Election 2016

Proposed changes to the standard deduction that would have benefited lower-income Americans are now being revisited. Meanwhile, the top rates and estate taxes get the ax.

Why they should stay up-to-date with mergers and the financial difficulties of their past employers.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump described an economic plan that he said would create “the biggest tax revolution since the Reagan tax reform” and “cut regulations massively.”

Planners may be called on to invest assets within a client’s trust, but the ability to do so can vary greatly. What's more, the election outcome could eliminate some trusts altogether.

In his underdog bid in North Carolina, Andy Millard says he's fighting big Wall Street money: "The financial consumer is not well represented in Congress."

With markets struggling to forecast the outcome and Donald Trump's erratic moves, planners are worried about how the new government will impact their business.

Last election, the sky was falling but the markets handed in a good performance the next year.