Portfolio

Whether you are planning to sell your business to an outside party, thinking of implementing an internal succession plan to transfer ownership to the next generation, or considering the strategic acquisition of another wealth management firm, an understanding of the true drivers of valuation is critical.

Only 42% of couples who have advisors work with them jointly, according to a new Fidelity study. Here's one way to fix the problem.

Very few funds have been able to maintain a top quartile ranking over the years, according to the S&P Dow Jones Indices’ S&P Persistence Scorecard.

With the new school year underway, clients are focusing on the best ways to use their 529 plan dollars. Don't let them make these mistakes.

On your to-do list: Decide on a holiday gift suitable for all clients that’s not cheap but won’t break your budget, that travels well, that can be used at home or in the office, that suits their special dietary needs and won’t clash with their upholstery. Here are some tips to help with your holiday shopping.

Spousal benefits are the meat and potatoes of Social Security planning. Have you helped your clients maximize their situation?

They’ve been called egotistic, impatient and self-entitled -- and they have a notoriously bad reputation when it comes to saving -- but advisors want them.

Program to focus on marketplace risks, 2014 SEC enforcement priorities and other topics.

Rules, as they say, are made to be broken. Yet as financial planning has grown as a profession, collective thinking has coalesced around a few solid pieces of advice. A panel at the Morningstar Investment Conference on Friday set out to debunk some of those rules and establish new guidelines. Here are a few of the biggest myths they tackled.

Puerto Rico came under increased pressure to issue bonds in coming months to prove it can still access capital, as Moody's Investors Service put $52 billion of the island's debt under review for a downgrade to junk status.