Portfolio

Buybacks and dividends each have their benefits for clients. Plus: Five ways to make money off market volatility, and when to start growing Roth IRAs.

Franklin Resources said fiscal first-quarter profit dropped 21 % as the selloff in emerging markets and energy stocks and bonds erodes assets.

Credit Suisse lost advisors managing a combined $4.1 billion in assets to J.P. Morgan and William Blair. Meanwhile, a Wells Fargo team that had over $2 million in annual fees and commissions left the wirehouse for Raymond James.

We sifted through a stack of nominations and selected these eight bank advisors as up-and-comers in the industry.

Vanguard says the expense reductions are a win for investors, but the fund provider industry is less enthusiastic, seeing the fee reductions as a grind to zero where product profitability disappears.

A five-year-old index tracking network security firms has slipped 14% in 2016, more than double the loss for the S&P 500.

Should advisors fear digital wealth management incarnations like Vanguard Personal Advisory Services?

Advisors dish on clients who tried to game the system a little too aggressively.

Mutual funds have recently marked down the values of their stakes in several private technology companies. The moves are another jolt of sobriety for Silicon Valley startups as they face a tighter fundraising environment.

To attract and keep successful clients, advisors need to be transparent about fees. Here’s how one advisor navigates those touchy conversations.