Charitable giving is something advisors should be thinking about and discussing with clients all year long.

Don't let a simple maze of paradoxes slow down the growth of your RIA practice.

Learning how to mine your past through a well-crafted story that tells a lot about what you believe can help you attract and keep clients.

The SEC should consider the consequences before it makes rules for money-market funds.

If you've taken the time to assemble a truly diversified portfolio, almost any mid-cap fund will work well.

When a client has target-date funds in a 401(k), you must decide whether to shake up the portfolio and start from scratch.

Helping clients deal with cash flow issues takes a lot of listening, creative thinking and some hard-nosed honesty.

To create growth in your practice, institutionalize your operational systems.

Cloud-based planning software that's proactive rather than reactive could shake up the industry.

Investors who benefit from rising gold prices may find unexpected pitfalls in the tax code.

New companies provide money to help high-net-worth clients get their fair share when a marriage ends.

Investors gravitated toward certain equity mutual funds in the last quarter, and fixed-income funds put in a respectable performance, as well.

Figuring out how to advise clients facing an uncertain future is a core part of every planner's job.

Clients can get a peek at the future by converting - and then recharacterize if they don't like what they see.

Not all trusts are created equal, especially when it comes to protection in a divorce.

Marylin Capelli Dimitroff likes to think of her clients as partners in the investment process.

RIAs may be scrutinized more by state regulators than under the SEC.

In a time of currency trouble and low interest rates, gold can give portfolios some luster, says John Hathaway of Tocqueville Gold.

A planner helps families with inheritance issues.

Investors who analyze volatility instead of fleeing from it may be better positioned to profit from post-volatile times.