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Collecting Social Security benefits on your ex-spouse's record; No need to worry about Social Security; How a mini-retirement can rejuvenate your career

HighTower has recruited newly formed 401(k) practice Fiduciary Plan Advisors to its network platform.

It's going to be a slow week in the municipal market with a thin new issue calendar and light trading as market participants look to get their hands on paper before the end of the summer season.

By using income tax bracket arbitrage, some clients’ families will do better if the tax is paid sooner rather than later.

Do retirees take the right amount of risk?; An overlooked vehicle for retirement savings; People don't realize they have self-directed brokerage accounts

Survivor benefits have some unique rules that separate them from the rest of the program.

A set of mid-1990s recommendations aimed to reform Wall Street's culture. They didn't, however -- and the real losers were investors.

Several factors are pressuring margins for everyone in planning, says LPL Financial's Bill Morrissey.

The flexibility and broad selection of a regular investment account could outweigh the tax advantages of a 529 plan for funding higher education.

Though New Jersey and California are on starkly different credit paths, municipal analysts said their recent trading patterns suggest equally-strong demand.