Who'd ever leave? | typhoonski/iStock/Thinkstock Urban legend goes that if municipalities raise taxes on the rich, the rich will just pack up their suitcases full of money and move elsewhere. And that's why they call it an urban legend. A new ...

(Bloomberg) -- Cash is the most common graduation gift, according to a new survey by the National Retail Federation...

(Bloomberg) -- Parents coo and cheer as kids take their first steps, speak their first words, and eventually gambol through those schoolhouse doors. Lurking in the background though is a slowly building dread that culminates with another...

Are robos really robo-allocators, rather than advice givers? | Deniseus/iStock/Thinkstock Tadas Viskanta asks a group of well-known, independent financial bloggers a simple question: If venture capital for robo advisors has reached a peak, whi...

Financial advisors succeed by demonstrating to the most qualified prospects why he or she is more client-oriented, education-centric and better informed than the competition.

Scottie needs a new money manager. | Jonathan Daniel The financial advisor for NBA legend and former Chicago Bull Scottie Pippen has been sentenced to three years in jail for fraud, including forging Pippen’s name on a $1.4 million personal lo...

Boats, Boats, Boats. | Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images Are your clients fed up with all of the unused yachts they have just floating around taking up space? Well, you’re in luck. SeaKeepers Society’s Yacht Donation Program is here to take unwanted...

There are few other major financial decisions clients will make from such a clueless position.