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Writing call options is a time-consuming tactic, but may deliver respectable returns in a sideways stock market.

More than many small-cap growth funds, Wasatch Core Growth favors steady rather than spectacular earnings growth.

Be sure prospects and clients understand the difference.

It's a reminder that advisors need to ensure their clients don't venture into the muddy waters of the prohibited-transaction rules.

Our annual Influencer Awards honor six individuals whose contributions are pushing the field to new heights.

Who's at the forefront of the shifting dynamic of planning? The 2012 Influencer Award winners.

The pursuit of double-digit returns means taking greater risks. Some ETF investors are making the move.

A surprisingly simple business model could deliver financial advice to a much broader segment of the American population.

Five steps you should take now to protect your firm from fraud.

Developing a vision and a plan for your business takes focus, collaboration and consistency. And it's how the best performers enhance their success.

A planner with a client with a fatal illness needs to engage in hand-holding and some gentle pushing.

For planners who specialize in assisting members of the military, the job often feels like a calling.

For a client whose mortgage is underwater, is a short sale still the best option?

In light of looming changes in industry regulations and advances in current technology, advisors need to act now when it comes to making data and document management electronic, Timothy Welsh of Nexus Strategy, said at FPA Experience in San Antonio on Sunday.

With the financial crisis as the backdrop and the fiscal cliff and regulatory changes on the horizon, "you know that how you manage your practice is not going to get easier," said Bill Winterberg, of FPPad.com.

Stanzak, the principal and owner of Financial Empowerment, in Bloomington, Minn., will begin her term on Jan. 1, 2014, when she succeeds Michael Branham, FPA's 2013 president.

The economics that drove up the costs of traditional pension plans are showing signs of slowing down and that could augur their comeback.

The Board of Trustees of the Northern Multi-Manager Funds last month approved the termination of Marsico Capital Management as a sub-adviser to the Multi-Manager Large Cap Fund (NMMLX, effective Sept. 12, and the appointment of WestEnd Advisors to sub-advise a portion of the Large Cap Fund, effective Sept. 24.

Clear, consistent messages about what makes a fund stand apart and serve a particular investment purpose well is what, in turn, makes a fund manager stand apart in the eyes of present or potential customers.

"Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further developments," Julius Sextus Frontinus, Roman engineer, 10 A.D.