Whether you're looking short-term or long-term, asset allocation can't be relied on. To explain this investing concept, we draw upon the commonsense approach of physicist Richard Feynman.

The new employee has six tattoos, a shirt she made herself, is armed with a nerf gun and, instead of negotiating a signing bonus, she negotiated a half day off a week to volunteer at the local humane society.

66 percent of investors said they intend to boost their allocation to alternatives during the second half of 2015. Here's what they're choosing.