# Prof. Robert Whitelaw on alternative investments

1 Faculty News April 30, 2013 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031684.jpg?itok=KUrsvNr1)>

Excerpt from [InvestmentNews](http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130430/FREE/130439997) -- “'The promise is, over the long haul, you're going to get a better risk-adjusted return stream with alternatives, but that doesn't mean you'll always outperform,' said [Robert Whitelaw](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-whitelaw), finance chairman at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business."

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