For people who are not in the industry and who have never heard of the concept, it wasn't a bad introduction.
CNBC recently ran an
Alts 101 story to readers, which featured a quote from
Altegris Matt Osborne, executive vice president and managing director of strategic initiatives.
The article outlines the major attractions of the investments, i.e. as a place for soothing the neuroses of the most Woody Allen of investors. It also gives the most basic of the basics in how these funds try to avoid market melodrama. 
Edited by:
Tommy Fernandez
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