Investors young and old love Apple. | Copyright Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Millennials and baby boomers may have different levels of trust in financial services and engage banks and advisors in very different ways, but when it comes to inve...

Carl Icahn's not impressed. | Copyright Michael Nagle, Getty Images A lot of people probably wish they could replicate the moves of famous activist investors like Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman and Daniel Loeb, fund managers who have achieved high re...

TMI? | drmglc/iStock/Thinkstock One-third of Americans have no financial plan, a new study by Northwestern Mutual is reporting. The study also reflects that nearly 60 percent of Americans feel their financial planning is deficient. While two-t...

Robos are for everyone. | pxel66/iStock/Thinkstock A majority of high-net-worth investors feel confident about the U.S economy, with about a quarter saying they’re confident enough to explore online financial advice tools.  While wealthy mille...

Man vs. Machine In the ongoing debate about robo-advisors, one argument that technology detractors like to fall back on is that an algorithm can’t provide the same service as a flesh-and-blood advisor. MarketWatch decided to put that idea to t...

Too many cooks? | designaart/iStock/Thinkstock If you have some eggs about to expire, or a car that has problems, you can turn to an online community to find some solutions. But what if you have a financial issue, like what to do with a windfa...

There's a reason they call him, 'The Oracle.' | Copyright Bill Pugliano, Getty Images Which financial experts do investors have the most confidence in? According to a new Spectrem Group study, Warren Buffett has the highest credibility, coming...

Welcome back. Every Friday night for 32 years Americans watched Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser. Always crisply dressed, Rukeyser, who died in 2006, was the ideal financial talk show host: He had the air of a patrician but with a mischiev...

Long live the king. | Copyright Christopher Furlong, Getty Images Financial adviser numbers have stabilized in the United Kingdom after five years of sharp decline, according to a report from the Association of Professional Financial Advisers ...

Can you hear me now? | Copyright Lisa Maree Williams, Getty Images Many advisors believe clients need face-to-face contact. But that only works for clients in their 60s, writes Garland, Texas-based financial planner Katie Brewer on Money magaz...