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The best state to be a saver scored 0 out of 100, where a lower score means it's easier to save.

Jim Esposito was critical of the firm's eventually abandoned push into retail banking.

Financial advisors and tax professionals with clients who bet online or at casinos must guide them through the choice of classifying as amateur or professional.

For clients who want sustainable investing reflected in their portfolio, financial advisors will need to find an approach that resonates while staying true to fiduciary responsibilities.

Tech stocks dominated last year's top-performing funds, but bitcoin made an appearance as well.

Adrienne Penta is the national head of wealth management at SCS Financial.

Previously, she served as  principal of private banking and executive director of the Brown Brothers Harriman Center for Women & Wealth. She led the creation of the CW&W, which supports women as they create and manage wealth and seeks to create a dynamic and inclusive environment where women can engage in conversations about wealth, family and values. She also oversaw private banking marketing and sales enablement.

Kerri Mast is a principal with extensive experience advising business owners and families of generational wealth at Brown Brothers Harriman.

She helps clients achieve their goals relating to estate planning, philanthropy, business succession, and tax minimization. As a national leader of the Philanthropic Advisory practice, Kerri works to create an environment where families can engage in conversations about wealth, values, legacy and impact.

Even planners who are willing to entertain investments in digital assets caution that clients should put no more in than they can afford to lose.

The Morningstar Direct rankings reflect a good year for the high-yield, longer-duration and emerging-markets categories of fixed income funds.

Michael Hickman is CEO and CFO of Exactera, where he manages the company's financial planning and strategic direction. Before joining Exactera, Hickman was the CFO at the global performance-marketing marketplace Perform[cb], where he championed the company's financial strategy and helped increase organic profitability markedly. Hickman oversaw multiple acquisitions and was instrumental in selling Perform[cb] to Beringer Capital in April 2021. A CPA with more than 25 years of leadership experience at companies including Deloitte, MetLife, Roper Technologies, and Switch and Data, Hickman has navigated acquisitions, dispositions, debt financing, corporate consolidations, financial planning and analysis, valuations, SEC Reporting, technical accounting, and system implementation and project management. He holds a master's degree from the University of Florida.