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The markets have good years and bad years, but the impact on a client's investments depends on the timing.

Five years after the meltdown, advisors still face a crisis of confidence.

Cambridge founder CEO Eric Schwartz is making big plans to preserve the firm's independence and viability for the long term - by giving away control now.

Beyond the hard work of tax-advantaged strategies and complex trusts, we spotlight the good works of planners

With $73 billion in new flows, ETFs offer some clear views of the major market trends.

Most advisors offer their services to the wealthy. The people honored here provide planning help to clients who can least afford it - and need it most.

Everyone agrees that the current mishmash of legal oversight doesn't work. Here's a framework that could clean up the mess.

By practicing meditation and learning other stress-reducing habits, advisors can improve their practices - and their lives.

It's been nearly 3 months since I left my former firm to start my own. Here are a few strategies that have helped me so far.

Some advisors are great at strategic planning for others, but never plot out an ideal future for themselves.

The Supreme Court ruling clarified the financial status of some legally married same-sex couples - but muddied it for others.

The housing market may be picking up, but many clients have decided to avoid homeownership entirely.

If clients look at their access to you as one of the most valuable aspects of working with your firm, how much value is left in the firm when you leave and how will you ever have enough time? This is the “access to principals” paradox, says referral expert Steve Wershing.

Mike Boosel of Baird turned a part-time teaching gig, helping seniors learn about retirement planning, into a lucrative source of clients.

Federal prosecutors brought criminal charges against SAC Capital on Thursday. Dubbing SAC “a veritable magnet of market cheaters,” authorities argued that the company allowed a “systematic” insider trading scheme to play out between 1999 to 2010. It is deemed that the scheme generated profits for the firm in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

LPL Financial Holdings reported the strongest quarter in the company’s nearly three years as a public company, with net revenues topping $1 billion for the first time. LPL’s board of directors also announced the company’s quarterly dividend would be raised 40% to 19 cents per share.

Earlier this month, Nuveen Asset Management revealed that its Chief Equity Strategist and Senior Portfolio Manager Bob Doll will be taking on a new slate of equity funds including traditional, specialty and alternative funds.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched a new communications program designed to deliver a simplified explanation of its SmartRetirement series of target date funds. Animation and infographics support the easy-to-understand terminology.

The Federal Reserve has made it clear that short-term rates are on lockdown until the unemployment rate drops from its current 7.6% to 6.5%. That gives ammo to money managers who say "cash is trash." A federal funds rate stuck near zero means cash will continue to deliver negative real returns for some time.

The Midwestern community bank has plans to increase its program to seven or eight advisors over the next couple of years.