Financial planning

Four advisors made the switch from Wells Fargo's independent broker-dealer to Raymond James Financial Services.

Despite high volatility and the Great Recession of 2008, these funds never turned in a bum year.

These funds are only for true long-term planners. Nervous Nellies need not apply.

Among their chief concerns: being a burden on their families, according to a UBS survey.

Among their chief concerns: being a burden on their families, according to a UBS survey.

Whenever markets drop, clients start clamoring to hold gold in their IRAs. Here’s what to tell them.

These advisory hubs appeal to those to want both independence and a corporate structure.

Seniors increasingly rely on their advisors, so don’t let them down.

The complicated rules for 401(k) plans, IRAs and other retirement accounts have created many traps that even some smart investors fail to avoid; Plus, how Social Security rule changes affect your clients.

You load up on a mutual fund and it returns 15%. You're a genius--until you learn the benchmark in that industry returned 18%. Here are the top outperforming mutual funds for the past 3 years.

Advisors using digital advice tools must implement compliance best practices to help mitigate areas of risk that technology — like a double-edged sword — can both cause and combat.

The former wirehouse advisors have opened an RIA with the help of Focus Financial Partners.

Seniors increasingly rely on their advisors, so don’t let them down.

You need to be collecting all of your client interactions in one centralized place. Only by integrating them with your CRM will you have an efficient singular view into your client relationship. But where do you start?

The independent firm affiliated with Raymond James picks up two recruits who made the jump in separate moves from Oppenheimer.

The hefty penalty is one result of an SEC investigation into performance claims of the AlphaSector ETF-linked strategy.

Some participants receive a lot of plan documents and they may overlook the fee disclosures or find it confusing; Plus, why millennials are saving younger than previous generations.

Pessimistic thinking can turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Key to a firm’s growth is being able to transition away from smaller accounts.

Family office advisor Rick Flynn rebrands his practice and teams with two other veterans.