Alpha Equity Research Announces Promotion NORTH HAMPTON, N.H., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpha Equity Research, Inc., a leading independent research firm, announced the promotion of Christian J. Galipeau to President. Mr. Galipeau co-founded Alpha in 1994 with a group from Fidelity Investments, eventually becoming national institutional sales manager. "Chris has extensive experience with portfolio managers in picking stocks and sectors in Alpha's universe of over 3,000 stocks," said David J. O'Leary, Chairman and CEO. "Alpha remains a leading independent research firm and Chris will continue to be the primary contact with senior portfolio managers at mutual funds, pension funds and hedge funds." Mr. Galipeau also serves as a Senior Vice-President of AER Advisors, an affiliate of Alpha Equity Research. About Alpha Equity Research, Inc. Alpha Equity Research, Inc. (http://www.alpharesearch.com/), a member of NASD and SIPC, has provided independent, institutional research since 1994 to over 300 portfolio manager clients at over 100 firms. Alpha also provides custom portfolio analysis for many institutional clients. Alpha covers over 3,000 stocks across 36 sectors in large cap, mid-cap, small cap and value in daily ranking reports, as well as a ranking for exchange-traded funds. On a weekly basis, the Moneyflow Stockpicker, Alpha Stockchecker, Portfoliochecker and Master List are available to clients on the company's website. A comprehensive six page Alpha Stock Report is offered in the Global Research Analyst Settlement to investment banks. About AER Advisors, Inc. AER Advisors, Inc., a newly formed Registered Investment Advisor, is developing a family of actively managed Exchange Traded Funds in the U.S. According to Carol O'Leary, President, AER Advisors has trademarked 88 portfolio strategies for use in active ETFs and plans to leverage the stock picking performance of Alpha Equity Research. For more information contact: Dan Beaton Alpha Equity Research, Inc. 603-964-4499 or DATASOURCE: Alpha Equity Research, Inc. CONTACT: Dan Beaton of Alpha Equity Research, Inc., +1-603-964-4499, Web site: http://www.alpharesearch.com/

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