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The Stacking Strategy: How Intelligent Allocation Can Create Better Tax Outcomes
EXPERT ADVICE OCT 08, 2026
The Stacking Strategy: How Intelligent Allocation Can Create Better Tax Outcomes

What if one investment decision could create tax-saving opportunities across your entire portfolio? Chris Vizzi shares how the Stacking Strategy helps investors align tax planning, portfolio construction, and wealth preservation to maximize long-term outcomes while keeping more of what they earn.

By Chris Vizzi, CFP®
The Year Is 2046 and I’m a Financial Advisor 
EXPERT ADVICE SEP 30, 2026
The Year Is 2046 and I’m a Financial Advisor 

What will financial advice look like 20 years from now? Evan Vladem explores how AI may transform wealth management while reinforcing the enduring value of human guidance, trust, and empathy. 

By Evan Vladem
Why serving women became our wealth management growth strategy
EXPERT ADVICE SEP 28, 2026
Why serving women became our wealth management growth strategy

Hendershott Wealth Management's Hilary Hendershott on turning a niche for women into an operating strategy, not a marketing pitch.

By Hilary Hendershott, MBA, CFP®
Why I traded transactional sales for fee-based financial planning
EXPERT ADVICE SEP 22, 2026
Why I traded transactional sales for fee-based financial planning

Rick Hu of Midas Wealth breaks down the fee-based planning shift that transformed his advisory practice and reshaped client relationships 

By Rick Hu, CLTC®, RICP®
In the Age of AI, Trust Becomes the Advisor's Greatest Asset
EXPERT ADVICE SEP 21, 2026
In the Age of AI, Trust Becomes the Advisor's Greatest Asset

As AI makes financial information more accessible than ever, Lana Hock explains why human judgment, trust, and empathy remain the qualities clients value most in a financial advisor

By Lana E. Hock, CFP®, ChFC®, CDFA®, QPFC
Prediction markets are the new sports betting for young investors
EXPERT ADVICE SEP 03, 2026
Prediction markets are the new sports betting for young investors

Why younger clients are trading parlays for prediction markets and calling it investing

By Jeffrey DeHaan, CFP®
The portfolio may be diversified. The family often isn't
EXPERT ADVICE SEP 02, 2026
The portfolio may be diversified. The family often isn't

Advisors stress-test allocations for market drops, but the bigger threat to a client's wealth usually sits outside the portfolio entirely

By Ari Baum, CFP®
Systems, not size, will separate scalable advisory practices
EXPERT ADVICE SEP 01, 2026
Systems, not size, will separate scalable advisory practices

Automation, niche focus and smarter regulation will decide which advisory practices scale and which stall, writes Brian Kovack

By Brian Kovack, Esq.
The great wealth transfer is really a trust transfer, not a check
EXPERT ADVICE AUG 31, 2026
The great wealth transfer is really a trust transfer, not a check

Advisors chase asset transfer, but the next generation decides whether the relationship survives it too

By Evan Vladem
Advisor says retirement plan defaults still target an average
EXPERT ADVICE AUG 26, 2026
Advisor says retirement plan defaults still target an average

ERISA Investment Fiduciary Philip Chao says most retirement plans use target date funds as a one-size-fits-all default that ignores individual circumstances

By Philip Chao
Why planning is the only strategy that holds in every market
EXPERT ADVICE AUG 24, 2026
Why planning is the only strategy that holds in every market

A structured financial plan doesn't just prepare clients for the future, it transforms how they respond to the present.

By David Pickler
Why retirement planning demands more today than it used to
EXPERT ADVICE JUL 13, 2026
Why retirement planning demands more today than it used to

Todd Bryant of Signature Wealth Partners on vanishing pensions, SECURE Act 2.0, and what clients really want to know.

By Todd Bryant, CFP®, AIF®, ChFC®, CLU®
Why fixed income still belongs in your clients' portfolios
EXPERT ADVICE JUL 08, 2026
Why fixed income still belongs in your clients' portfolios

In an era of AI euphoria and market FOMO, getting back to basics with fixed income may be the most contrarian and most important move advisors can make.

By Andrew Samalin, CFP®, EA, CDFA®
Trust at Scale: How AI Personalization Rewires Business for Growth
EXPERT ADVICE JUL 01, 2026
Trust at Scale: How AI Personalization Rewires Business for Growth

AI can personalize at scale, but without trust, it falls flat.

By Stan Gregor
What it really takes to serve ultra high net worth clients
EXPERT ADVICE JUN 19, 2026
What it really takes to serve ultra high net worth clients

Most firms think they are ready for the ultra high net worth market. Most are not.

By Stan Gregor
The great wealth transfer isn't coming - it's already here
EXPERT ADVICE JUN 18, 2026
The great wealth transfer isn't coming - it's already here

Advisors who wait for a wealth event to introduce themselves to the next generation are already too late.

By Peter V. Disch, CFP®
 Purpose-driven wealth starts with asking the right 'why' 
EXPERT ADVICE JUN 17, 2026
 Purpose-driven wealth starts with asking the right 'why' 

More clients want their wealth to do something. The advisor's job is to help them figure out exactly what that means and build a plan around it. 

By Jeffrey DeHaan, CFP®
Why heirs leave their parents' advisor and how to stop it
EXPERT ADVICE JUN 16, 2026
Why heirs leave their parents' advisor and how to stop it

The retention gap isn't about returns. It's about relationships you never built

By Todd Bryant, CFP®, AIF®, ChFC®, CLU®
When a client loses a spouse, slow down and lead
EXPERT ADVICE JUN 11, 2026
When a client loses a spouse, slow down and lead

The first instinct of a surviving spouse is often to act fast. The advisor's job is to pump the brakes and hold the course

By Jeffrey DeHaan, CFP®
Cybersecurity has become part of the advisory relationship itself
EXPERT ADVICE JUN 10, 2026
Cybersecurity has become part of the advisory relationship itself

Cybersecurity is often framed as a technology problem. In my experience, the biggest vulnerabilities rarely sit inside a server room

By Rob Howland