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The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 89.16 points to close at 13,090.72 Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates unchanged near zero until at least late 2014. Apple’s strong quarterly profits helped lift techs as the Nasdaq vaulted up 68.03 points to end at 3,029.63.

La Jolla, Calif.-based alternative mutual fund provider Altegris will launch a new "R" share class on May 1 to four of its private placement funds.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied up 74.39 points to close at 13,001.56 but the tech-laden Nasdaq posted its fifth loss in a row, falling 8.85 points to finish at 2,961.60 ahead of Apple’s blowout earnings report.

The nascent active exchange-traded fund space, currently populated by PIMCO, AdvisorShares and Guggenheim Partners, may soon get a new entrant.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 102.79 points to close at 12,927.17 Monday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 shed 30 points and 11.59 points, respectively.

When it comes to investing in China, many investors have overlooked a crucial opportunity when they should be allocating at least 9% of their portfolios to that emerging country, Princeton University economics professor Burton G. Malkiel told attendees at IMCA’s annual conference on Monday.

Morningstar’s fund analysts assigned a Gold rating to just one fund in the past few weeks: DFA US Small Cap I.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 65.16 points to finish at 13,029.26 Friday, closing out an up-and-down week for stocks in several key sectors.

Institutions say they will sharply reduce their use of money market funds if the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopts either a net asset value float, a redemption holdback or capital buffer requirements on the industry, according to a report released by the Investment Company Institute.

Trading on U.S. equity markets averaged 6.6 billion shares a day in March, according to Tabb Group. That was down from 6.9 billion in February.

Despite generally strong quarterly earnings and outlooks from companies in a variety sectors, the Dow Jones Industrial Average still fell another 68.65 points to end at 12,964.10 Thursday.

But despite the inflows and booming equity markets during the first quarter, revenue declined $33 million, or 1 percent, to $2.2 billion.

The nascent actively managed exchange-traded fund space, currently populated by PIMCO, AdvisorShares and Guggenheim, will soon get a new entrant: Putnam.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 82.79 points to close at 13,032.75 Wednesday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lopped off 11.37 points and 5.64 points, respectively.

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Fund administration service provider Gemini Fund Services, LLC and Cole-boutique law firm Frieman Mallon & Hunt LLP have joined forces to launch Two Roads Shared Trust.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied up 194.13 points to close at 13,115.54 Tuesday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 stormed up 54.42 points and 21.21 points, respectively.