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If you’re breaking off from a larger advisory firm to go it alone, consider a specialty practice, say advisors.

Treasuries Losing Cachet With Weakest Foreign Demand Since 2001

ETFs Churning Most Cash Ever as $47 Billion Flows to Market

'Keep the Castle From Being Stormed'

Nobel Prize-Winning Takeaways for Mutual Funds, ETFs

From a relationship standpoint, social media and the financial advisory business are a perfect complement to one another. But social media presents serious compliance issues for firms and advisors.

Over the next 10 – 20 years, trillions of dollars’ worth of financial and non-financial assets are expected to be transferred from the boomers to their heirs. As a result, advisors must be prepared for these changes to make sure that inherited assets will remain with them.

MLPs offer high yields plus tax advantages, but advisors need to drill down to deliver those tax breaks without the headaches.

Multiples are stronger in historical terms than many bankers assume, buyers' stock prices are going up and banks need to get to $25 billion of assets to thrive, says David Olson of River Branch Holdings.