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In a new report released on Monday, TD Ameritrade reveals some common myths and realities of becoming an RIA in today’s business environment.

Investors are reminded almost daily that the world is changing—that the post-war era of U.S.-led economic growth is becoming a thing of the past. While the U.S. economy remains one of the most dynamic and resilient in the world, the collective economic might of the developing nations—with China at the forefront—continues to grow and expand on both an absolute and a relative basis.

Looking for international investing ideas? Every year, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney unveils its list of global investment ideas. Its 2012 list generally posted strong gains led by emerging markets equities (up 19.1%), dividend aristocrats (up 16.9%), U.S. large-cap growth (up 15.3%), and global gorillas (up 13.4%).

Coupling up, in the business sense, can increase income by 32% or even more, according to a recent Fidelity study.

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, millions of Americans are shopping for flowers and gifts. But some advisors may want to offer female clients something more substantive: financial security.

The tech outsourcer and platform services provider’s second annual conference in Chicago underscored the firm’s rising influence among independent advisors: more than 600 advisors attended, twice as many as last year, and attendance also doubled to 1,100.

Advisors have a lot to consider when working with Generation Y clients, but it’s a two-way street.

Gen Y clients may be the next frontier for financial planning, but their low investable assets and risky retention rate aren’t all advisors should be thinking about.

Speakers and attendees alike had plenty to say about the merits of an active management approach to investor assets at the annual conference of he National Association of Active Investment Managers. Check out some of the smartest things overheard at the conference.

Thousands of Raymond James financial advisors gathered in Dallas this week for the firm's annual national conference -- here's what they told us they picked up.