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Chip Roame, managing partner of Tiburon, Calif.-based research shop Tiburon Advisors, is bullish on index and alternative investment products.

Patrick Morris is a veteran hedge fund manager who has come in from the cold.

Money market funds bled $114 billion in the first quarter, the biggest quarterly outflow since the second quarter of 2010, according to a report released by Morningstar.

A day after snapping a five-session losing streak, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied up another 181.19 points Thursday to close at 12,986.58.

Advisors looking to diversify client portfolios into international and emerging markets investments should take a close look at Latin America, says Heiner Skaliks, portfolio manager of the Strategic Latin America Fund.

Socially responsible investing has increasingly become hot over the past five years with much of that growth fueled by investors' desires to "marry the utilitarian and expressive characteristics of their investments,'' according to Sheldon McFarland, co-author of a new study, Three Hurdles to Implementing an SRI Mutual Fund Strategy.

The NYSE this week said that its volume of trading in U.S. stocks fell 24% in one year. Here is a series of stats showing how numbered the days of stocks are.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied up 89.46 points to close at 12,805.39 Wednesday after the Fed’s Beige Book showed the U.S. economy expanded at a modest rate following a generally positive start to the quarterly earnings onslaught.

Even not-so-wealthy clients now have a chance to participate in alternative investments, courtesy of a new mutual fund with a minimum investment of $1,000 from Wilmington Trust.

NYSE Euronext said its trading in stocks in the United States was down 23.6 percent in March, compared to last year. In Europe, stocks were down 12.7 percent. Derivatives were down 11.5 percent, worldwide.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 213.66 points to close at 12,715.93 Tuesday as investors continued to dump shares following more disappointing economic data.

Financial advisors are increasingly turning towards alternative investments and tactical asset allocations in response to market turbulence, according to a survey released by Curian Capital.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell another 130.55 points Monday to close at 12,929.59 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lost 33.42 points and 15.88 points, respectively.

Even though retirement portfolios have nearly recovered from the financial crisis, investors have not, say financial advisors in a recent survey.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 14.61 points to close at 13.060.14 Thursday, putting the finishing touches on its worst one-week performance of 2012.

Natixis Global Asset Management has launched an international hedged equity fund to bet on international equity.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 124.80 points to end at 13,074.75 Wednesday as investors weighed the implications of the Fed’s latest policy meeting and cast a wary eye toward Europe.

Wintrust Financial Corporation has added a new member to its wealth services team in a push to expand in the Chicago market and its suburbs.

Investors are interested in adding alternative assets to their IRAs, but lack the expertise — and often the advisors — to go about it.

For some Dow component stocks, the first three months of the year were forgettable. Here’s an interactive slide show featuring the 5 worst-performing Dow stocks so far this year.