Wealth management

Misinterpreting the Fed’s announcements continuously trips up advisors. Here’s what I tell clients who want me to predict the future.

Harassment, belittling, defamation and crass comments plague advisors in the online public eye.

Morgan Stanley was dragged into the family spat as father and children fought a tug-of-war over two accounts held at the firm.

The $3 billion-plus RIA seeking scale via acquisitions.

The deal to add ready-made packages of funds to the firm’s asset management arm is expected to close in the first half of the year.

Evidence-based portfolios have been a bust over the last decade, and they may become a tough sell for the average investor.

The tax law has made deducting philanthropic contributions more difficult, but there are ways to help clients reap benefits from their generosity.

The advisors were lifelong Morgan Stanley advisors, having started their careers at Smith Barney before Morgan acquired it.

Career-switchers may think becoming a financial planner is an easy transition, but done improperly can pose dangers to themselves and clients.

Discounted cash flow valuations have become popular, but untangling the formula can be challenging.

Heavily weighting any single stock has the potential to make a portfolio more volatile.

The deal combines two giants: the leading financial planning provider by market share with the leading TAMP by client assets.

The transaction means the TAMP will own software that serves tens of thousands of financial advisors.

The losing firms? Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.

The value custodians offer RIAs is not going away any time soon, but it is has changed.

A seller’s market means firms will need to adjust pay-raise budgets for 2019. They may also need to increase salary offers to attract the best workers.

Eleven of the 14 dividend-focused ETFs in existence 10 years ago beat a plain vanilla index fund.

The Trump administration unveiled its proposed budget that includes provisions that would enable Medicare beneficiaries to contribute to a health savings account.

From New York to Seattle, here's a look at cities with the best client purchasing power for the competitive spring home sales market.