Financial planning

Have you considered how much more enjoyable your own post-work years might be if you’d only take the time to mentor the next … you?

Treasuries reached the cheapest level relative to stocks in 3 1/2 years before U.S. data today projected to show durable-goods orders rebounded, bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to further slow stimulus.

Suggest delaying and many clients will counter that forgoing years of benefits will take a long time to make up. But it's not as long as they might think.

Set objectives for one simple, powerful reason: to identify what matters most to you. That will make it easier to build your business.

Looking to make a move? Here are top 10 tips from Danny Sarch, president of Leitner Sarch Consultants, to help you get everything you think you're worth.

Here's how to prepare as you and your clients head into the tax-filing season.

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a staff report Friday to Congress on its disclosure rules for U.S. public companies, as part of the SEC’s efforts to modernize the disclosure requirements and reduce compliance costs for emerging growth companies.

Hedge funds got less bullish on gold before prices dropped to the lowest level since 2010, leaving the metal poised for the worst annual loss in 32 years as investors dump bullion at a record pace.

The globe-trotting Henderson International Opportunities Fund came to the Japan party a bit late, but had an outstanding year in Europe.

The amount of loans to the riskiest U.S. companies ballooned to a record this year, propelled by unprecedented demand for floating-rate debt that offers protection from rising interest rates.

Employing technology in strategic ways can free planners to spend more time communicating and less time fretting.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, seeking to bolster global oversight of derivatives trading, released determinations for when overseas rules are sufficiently robust to take precedence over Dodd-Frank Act measures on trades in foreign jurisdictions.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. agreed to pay about $54.3 million to U.S. regulators and the Justice Department to resolve allegations it bribed officials in Ukraine to win tax refunds.

Gerber Kawasaki wants its 2,700 clients - and every prospect - to communicate with one another.

In her final column for American Banker, Editor-at-Large Barbara Rehm says there is no denying the system is safer than it was in 2007, and while further changes may be needed, it makes sense to "take a breather."

Lawmakers this week called on FINRA to explain its policies for expunging investor complaints about brokers from the public record, suggesting that the industry regulator should revisit the extent to which information is removed from the BrokerCheck database.

The portfolio management tool has been a key selling point as the rapidly growing tax-focused independent broker-dealer continues to attract tax specialists to its network of nearly 5,000 advisors.

LPL Financial is promoting one of its own. Bill Chetney is slated to become president of LPL Retirement Partners, where he currently serves as executive vice president.

Wealthy investors with young children share a number of key characteristics, needs and values that set them apart. Make sure you understand them.

The IRS has issued guidance on rollovers within a retirement plan to designated Roth IRAs in the same plan.