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Middle-class residents in these states pay a smaller percentage of their paychecks to taxes.

The publication selected 20 women who have shown strong leadership and communication skills.

The Invest STL Rooted program provides longtime residents with grants and financial planning. Here's why its success could be crucial to building wealth in communities nationwide.

An advisor in Los Angeles wants to help his clients with their estate planning, which requires thinking about death. How can he broach the subject without scaring them?

Recent research may suggest private credit doesn't produce great returns after fees and risks are taken into account, but wealth managers still see a case for using it and other alternatives to move beyond the 60-40 portfolio.

Survey results suggest alternative investments like private equity and private credit are already popular among advisors and becoming only more popular.

Residents with high earnings in these 20 states get a bigger break on their taxes, paying a smaller percentage of their income.

Curiosity and a willingness to slay sacred cows made Barry Ritholtz into one of the financial industry's sharpest — and sharpest-tongued — analysts.

Crypto backers have amassed a $160 million to bolstering U.S. candidates who favor light-touch regulation of the embattled industry.

Bankers still mostly back Republicans, according to Federal Elections Commission data, but the Biden administration is centering its pitch for support on the economy, regulatory stability and promising higher taxes for the wealthy and corporations.

A client plans to leave an inheritance only for their biological children, icing out the adopted ones. Is their financial advisor obligated to help — or speak out?

These issues loom especially large for the LGBTQ client base, which is the focus of a new national initiative launched by financial advisors, lawyers and other professionals.

Without government intervention, it's estimated that Medicare funds will run out by 2036.

Worried about the upcoming U.S. presidential election, Goldman Sachs family office clients consider hindsight options.

LPL Financial topped the list, but the next five firms in these rankings of the 10 that picked up the most brokers from rivals are wirehouses and employee brokerages.

The meaning of independence takes on many different forms for these 10 financial advisors, wealth management executives, entrepreneurs and other experts.

With brokerages, consolidation, lawsuits and more, independence ain't what it used to be. Advisors who want to break away must contend with ever-changing options and obstacles to define their own version of independence.

Where are residents the most giving? Check out this ranking, which tracks the states with the most charitable donations, as well as volunteering and service.

Trump and his advisors have floated plans — on immigration, trade, taxes and the Federal Reserve — that could significantly alter the current calculus.