Investments

The equity strategy's tax-loss harvesting component can scratch a client's itch to do something amid sell-offs while staying fully invested.

The increasingly popular Section 351 process offers many low-basis investment portfolios an exit ramp — without incurring any capital gains.

The broker-dealer alleged that a FINRA arbitration panelist who helped hand down the landmark penalty should have recused herself after reaching a similar conclusion in a case involving the same embattled broker.

The Federal Open Market Committee will meet on June 17-18. While no rate cuts are expected at this point, things can change quickly. Lauren Saidel-Baker, economist at ITR Economics, provides her take on the meeting the new Summary of Economic Projections and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.

A new study explored the benefits of adding timepieces to portfolios of stocks, bonds and gold.

The dilemmas from data, client demand and recruiting could provide opportunities for upstarts. Here's how wealth and asset management firms are responding.

Amid the tariff-related uncertainty, gold hit an all-time record of $3,500 last month as some advisors and clients look for hedges.

The investment strategy may generate much greater loss harvesting than direct indexing, but backers point out that they work much differently.

With the recent tariff-induced volatility, some advisors have been thinking twice before jumping into bond funds, but for those still interested, knowing the details can help choose the right one.

PE funds have outperformed stocks over the past five, 10 and 25 years. But not in three of the past four. Here are some of the key caveats to the appeal of PE.

With billions of dollars in revenue at stake, wirehouses and broker-dealers are keeping an eye on a potential regulatory change in favor of the ETF industry.

Morgan Stanley is among a long list of wealth managers facing questions about whether their handling of uninvested cash is really in clients' best interest.

Only two out of nine firms included the total amount of money involved in revenue sharing — a practice critics say should be ended entirely — in their disclosures.

Four experts say that video training and giving the TLDR versions can go a long way to securing and keeping clients confident and engaged.

The industry conflict of interest takes many common, controversial or outright confusing forms. Here's what financial advisors and investors should know.

Shrinking fees and expanded service offerings are squeezing financial advisors. Cerulli research says the problem will only grow over the coming year.

The contemplated service would let E-Trade users put money into popular tokens like bitcoin and ether.

Industry experts say Edward Jones was at risk of being left behind if it didn't offer access to investments that are becoming 'table stakes' for large wealth managers.

Aiming to funnel more millionaires into its services, Morgan Stanley is launching a private equity fund for its widest audience yet.

Financial planners who take their customers through a difficult calculation can add a lot of value that may sometimes get overlooked in the profession, one expert said.