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The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 64.94 points to close at 13,199.55 Tuesday as investors digested the release of minutes from the Fed’s latest policy-setting meeting in March.

The percentage of investors who believe they’re in a better financial position today than they were two years ago rose to 43% in the first quarter, compared with 33% in the last quarter of 2011.

Invesco’s shareholders of the Invesco High Income Municipal Fund and the Invesco U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund have approved a plan to merge those funds into the Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund and Invesco Van Kampen American Value Fund.

SEI, a provider of investment processing, fund processing, and investment management business outsourcing services, has appointed Stephen Beinhacker as Global Head of Equities for SEI's Investment Management Unit.

By any measure, the first quarter of 2012 was a very good one for investors. Here’s an interactive slide show featuring the 5 best-performing Dow stocks so far this year.

Advisors have increased their recommendations of variable annuities since 2008, regardless of whether they were annuity supporters or skeptics.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up another 52.45 points to finish at 13,264.49 Monday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 added 28.13 points and 10.57 points, respectively.

Advisors have increased their recommendations of variable annuities since 2008, regardless of whether they were annuity supporters or skeptics.

Advisors have increased their recommendations of variable annuities since 2008, regardless of whether they were annuity supporters or skeptics.

Lazard Asset Management LLC has launched the Lazard Global Fixed Income Portfolio targeting both institutional and individual investors.

Despite wildly different 10-year returns, international stock funds all have similar impact in a 12-asset portfolio.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up another 66.22 points to close at 13,212.04 Friday while the S&P 500 added 5.19 points to finish at 1,208.47.

Investors under 50 have a general understanding of the tax advantages of IRAs but appear to confuse the specific benefits of traditional and Roth IRAs.

Mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. financial services industry took a dip last year but potential sell-offs in Europe could pave the way for a better M&A market for 2012 and beyond, according to a new PwC report.

Industry veteran John Morris joins Bank of the West’s Wealth Management Group as head of its investment products offering for affluent and high-net-worth clients.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 19.61 points to 13,145.82 Thursday, ending a two-day slump thanks to a late-afternoon rally.

Guinness Atkinson Asset Management, advisor to the Guinness Atkinson Funds, has launched a new equity fund aimed at providing investors with current income and consistent dividend that will exceed inflation.

The outflow of $1.8 billion in the week ended March 21 compares to $2.9 billion pulled from such funds in the prior week. The last time domestic equity funds saw an inflow was the week of Feb. 15 when they picked up $46 million.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 71.52 points to end at 13,126.21 Wednesday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lopped off 15.39 points and 6.98 points, respectively.

The world’s largest asset manager – with $3.5 trillion under its auspices as of Dec. 31 -- still is the only firm with shares of any sort listed on the rival to the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market.