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A lot of solo advisory practices are going to start looking for ways to add scale, but what are the risks and how can you get started?

A new survey concludes that nearly half of boomers have no financial plans in place in case they live longer than expected.

It is pretty accepted that our practices are best grown through referrals, and that beyond our clients it is important to cultivate centers of influence such as CPA’s and estate attorneys.

LPL advisor Ben Marks is making a name for himself—and distancing himself from Wall Street—by building his clients portfolios of homegrown stocks.

I was driving home from the interview more excited than I had been in years. I could not believe thatI actually landed the position and I beat out hundreds. The job was mine and life was turning around. There I was, fifty four years old and I had been an unemployed manager for eighteen months. Howand why did it happen? I had such a long successful career as a brokerage manager. I always hit orexceeded my…

Life insurance seems to be the breakout product of 2010 on many levels for bank brokerage programs.

Many advisors have remained bullish over the past two years, telling investors to put money to work in this hot market.

One of the postings after a recent chat has started us all on a discussion of another possible way to handle this macroeconomic chore: Actually do your own evaluation of the markets and decide whether to be in or out.

Smaller financial advisors can build relationships and improve communication with this market segment by engaging them online and through their mobile devices with practical content that helps them make better financial decisions.

What Jon Wax learned about buying an advisory business from a retiring financial planner (his mother).