Wealth management

There are 148 ETFs focused on dividends. We looked at the eight cheapest, and then whittled even further.

The program will give CPAs a new way to gain the institute's PFS credential — as well as provide other educational opportunities for non-CPAs.

Advisor exodus from beleaguered firm shows no sign of abating in 2018

Since 2008, advisors are looking beyond the percentage of equities or bonds in a client’s portfolio.

Passive funds attracting record assets, but Morningstar analyst warns advisors to take a close look.

Only 15% of bank customers at Bank of America use its online investment platform, but the company expects that figure to increase as it opens branches in nine major cities.

The former J.P. Morgan wealth executive will replace Don Heberle, who left his post at the end of March.

Members of Gen X and millennials seem to work harder to put their money where their mouths are.

Almost all young investors polled by Schwab expect the funds to be their primary investment vehicle in the future.

How one advisor sees the outsized influence of Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman on the financial planning industry.

Winning over brokers could give the firm a huge platform from which to sell mutual funds and ETFs and expand its vast influence in finance.

Because next year will be too late.

Walt Bettinger also took aim at robo advisors at the Morningstar conference.

The investment research firm debuted three new data sets that can help advisors evaluate investment options for clients.

Even investors who aren’t ultrawealthy may be able to avoid income taxes on their investments with “off the rack” strategies similar to the specially designed life insurance contracts sold by some financial firms to ultrahigh-net-worth clients.

More than half of the country's top housing markets are considered overvalued.

The move marks the fifth new office added by the hybrid RIA this year.

Outliers aside, fundamental indexing is still more expensive than old fashioned capitalization-weighted indexing.

Baby boomers are holding more mortgage debt than the retirees before them. But sometimes, that can be a smart financial strategy.