Portfolio

Advisors should go behind the music before signing up tomorrow's stars.

A third-party examination system might be the most practical response to RIA oversight, but questions remain about how advisors will shoulder the costs.

ETFs made investing easier for retail clients, not just in stocks but in riskier areas they may not understand like currencies and bank loans.

The argument's underlying reasoning is simple: Vanguard is cheating state and federal tax authorities by charging its customers much less than other fund companies do.

Regulators remain worried about hard-to-sell assets held by high-yield bond funds as they probe whether the failure of the Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund could be repeated, a top SEC official said.

How to score big with business-owning clients and prospects.

It's never easy to talk to strangers, but establishing a swift rapport with prospective clients is vital for building your business. Advisors share their best tips for getting these conversations underway.

President Obama's proposed 2017 budget includes provisions that would scrap the "backdoor" Roth IRA and Roth contributions after 70, ending the tax benefits from these strategies; plus; are 401(k)s and 529 college savings plans safe places for clients to invest?

The commission wants to dramatically reshape the regulatory environment for investment advice in waning months of President Obama's administration.

According to research from online brokerage TD Ameritrade, there is one particularly risky ETF that is attracting the millennial demographic far more than other age groups.