Portfolio

How clients who retire early can increase their payout by claiming a spousal benefit; Plus, 12 steps to a stronger 401(k).

The biggest emerging markets funds have seen losses over the past year, while some of the smaller, more nimble funds have posted double-digit gains. Here's a look at the biggest funds and the top-performers over the past year.

Wednesday's trading outage on the New York Stock Exchange is the latest in a long list of technical glitches that have marred U.S. stock markets in recent years.

Rule-making at the SEC went from looking at information to be viewed by potential and current investors to collecting large chunks of data to be loaded in some future database and processed by analytics software.

A startup named FeeX says it has an automated service that calculates the fees in an old 401(k)s and recommends whether a rollover (and which kind) makes sense.

Eight months after Boston Private bought Banyan Partners, superstar Peter Raimondi is no longer CEO, key advisors are gone and asset growth has stalled.

Which banks are advisors moving to? Eleven recently switched to Associated Bank, BNY Mellon, Northern Trust, U.S. Bank and Wilmington Trust.

The super regional is keeping its focus on an advisor-centric model, says the firm's president Tash Elwyn.

The time has come for investors to emphasize savings and salt away another 5% to 10% of their incomes; Plus, how to create a stronger sense of community in retirement.

Wealthfront says the move was prompted by a surge of young investors who asked for a lower minimum and to pressure other robo advisors to get rid of fees on small accounts.