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The next few weeks will be critical as the COLA is determined on the average inflation rate in the third quarter — July, August and September — versus the average third-quarter inflation a year ago.

Essential free services play a critical role for clients, financial advisors' careers and industry recruiting. But only if practitioners avoid some pitfalls, experts say.

Bill Kirk is a USAF Gulf War Veteran and CEO Co-founder of Weather Trends International. He has been featured on Fox Business, CNBC, ABC 20/20, has been named as inventor/co-inventor on three U.S. and U.K. patents, and published research in hundreds of Wall Street equity reports from JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Cowen, and other industry tech reports. Their weather forecasting technology for predicting the most accurate YEAR-AHEAD weather forecasting with predictive sales analytics for Fortune 500 companies has received 13 national and international business technology awards.

Julian Morris is a senior scholar at the International Center for Law & Economics.

The Swiss banking giant said a planned change to its yields on clients' uninvested cash will take a $50 million bite out of its net profits.

Find all of the figures from Financial Planning's latest annual study of brokerages whose financial advisors aren't employees of the firms.

The largest firms enjoy distinct advantages, to be sure. But many small and midsize independent wealth management firms have an edge, too.

Advisor consultants say it's time to do a tech gut check as new technology is bloating firms into paying for costly and often unnecessary tech stacks.

Cadaret Grant agreed to fines to clear up allegations that it had failed to disclose conflicts with costly mutual funds and sweeps accounts.

July has historically been a strong month for ETF inflows, and this year was no exception.