Conventional wisdom is often wrong about what it takes to achieve great results.

You know you're supposed to provide great client service. Is anybody telling you how to do it?

If your practice needs a push, it may be time to get professional help. Just make sure you find the right partner.

While the planning profession has evolved considerably, there is still work to be done.

Some nontraditional investments can provide valuable diversification in a portfolio. But choose wisely.

Perfect timing helped Baron Real Estate's Jeff Kolitch launch the fund with a bang. The next steps are trickier.

The stock market has been more erratic in recent years - but not as much as you might think.

Riskalyze Pro's risk-assessment and portfolio-construction tools aim to help you keep clients from buying high and selling low.

Planner Rich Arzaga believes individually owned property is key to a diversified portfolio. Just don't get him started on home ownership.

A dearth of suitable candidates is putting a strain on growing firms - and sharply boosting the price tag for top advisors.

For a variety of reasons, advisors sometimes need to cut ties with clients. Here's how to make a clean break.

For ETF investors, a focus on the broad, diversified asset classes has been paying off.

As the housing market rebounds, advisors face new challenges - and many new opportunities

Aging clients may need to adjust real estate holdings to address changing health care needs. Here are 7 strategies to consider.

Tax changes may affect investing ideas about bypass trusts, grantor trusts and other estate planning steps.

Topics include expanding a practice, working with divorced clients and more

For the head of Ameriprise Financial's Personal Advisors Group, the ultimate compliment is to have a client turn to his planner in time of crisis.

Sentiment climbs, buoyed by big increases in retirement planning activity and fees.