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Patent dispute involving popular financial planning software MoneyGuidePro; former LPL Financial execs start consulting and recruiting firm; and more.

Let commodity trading advisors reduce your volatility and potentially boost returns.

Are you benchmarking your practice against a clear fiduciary standard?

Heavily skilled employees can bring fresh thinking and do more advance work

Hiring the right people can make or break your practice, so you need a formalized process.

If the lines between value and growth are blurred, how should advisors determine a benchmark?

An ever-expanding roster of total return funds take different paths towards their goals of cash flow and asset growth.

Should your clients stay in a target-date fund beyond the target date?

Running a risk analysis can help advisors and their clients figure out if it makes financial sense.

The U.S. debt crisis was political theater at its best. All the elements of a Shakespearean drama were there: suspense, the soaring rhetoric, the grand entrances and exits of key protagonists. Unfortunately, however, the final act sent everyone home disappointed. A last-minute bipartisan deal - long expected to resolve the debate and lift the financial markets - did anything but.