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It usually pays to wait, but not always. Here's a look at five important factors advisors should consider when developing Social Security strategies for clients.

'If the goal is to maximize value, selling to an external buyer is always better,' says Pershing's Mark Tibergien. 'If the goal is based on commitments to clients and associates, selling internally is better.'

A standalone application, Pocket Risk, helps advisors gauge clients’ risk aversion and anticipate behavior during downturns.

Financial despair is a major contributing cause of suicide among troops and veterans.

New software is helping wealth management firms like Morgan Stanley and Raymond James put the ''social" in their advisors' networking.

FINRA's broad brush strokes smear good advisors as well as the bad ones. Here are five ways that the regulator, and the industry in general, tars those advisors who uphold the law and act responsibly with the same brush.

Every client-facing industry has embraced social media with both arms -- except wealth management. Advisors and firms need to catch up.

Ex-commanders take new jobs as load-pushing 'advisors.' No wonder service members get victimized.

Among many troops who take their own lives, financial stress is a major contributing factor.

As stocks bounce between bull and bear markets, risk reduction is increasingly vital.