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Help clients give wisely
OPINION JUL 28, 2016
Help clients give wisely

Not all charities are created equal, and advisers shouldn't relinquish their role as stewards of their clients' wealth by avoiding philanthropy discussions

By MFXFeeder
OPINION JUL 26, 2016
Why women tend to outperform men when investing

By Kara Murphy
Finra, it's high time for transparency
OPINION JUL 24, 2016
Finra, it's high time for transparency

A call for new Finra leadership to be more forthcoming about the board's work.

By MFXFeeder
Why the DOL fiduciary rule will lead to more ETF innovation
OPINION JUL 21, 2016
Why the DOL fiduciary rule will lead to more ETF innovation

Asset managers must expand the depth and breadth of their offerings to become more relevant and differentiated.

By Thomas Hoops
Why financial advisers should focus on readiness before growth
OPINION JUL 19, 2016
Why financial advisers should focus on readiness before growth

Adding significant growth can put a strain on a firm's infrastructure without proper preparedness.

By Sheryl Rowling
Let brokers be brokers: A response to the lawsuit against the DOL fiduciary rule
OPINION JUN 30, 2016
Let brokers be brokers: A response to the lawsuit against the DOL fiduciary rule

The original industry regulations from 1934 and 1940 were perfect — just not perfectly enforced.

By Luke Dean
OPINION JUN 21, 2016
Activities every financial adviser should delegate to someone else

Don't let the 'adviser's curse' — the feeling you have to do everything yourself or want to be in control of everything all the time — hold you back.

By Shawn Sparks
Stop lying to yourself about value investing
OPINION JUN 03, 2016
Stop lying to yourself about value investing

Value stocks never have and never will dance to the rhythm of business or market cycles.

By Nir Kaissar
OPINION JUN 02, 2016
Help more women succeed as financial planners

Encouraging more women to join the industry would go a long way toward addressing the looming talent gap and better reflect the marketplace we serve.

By Kate Healy
OPINION JUN 01, 2016
3 apps to help advisers stay on task while traveling

These tools have helped Morningstar's Sheryl Rowling stay on top of business while traveling abroad.

By Sheryl Rowling
OPINION JUN 01, 2016
This $120 investment could make a huge difference for a financial adviser's practice

Morningstar's Sheryl Rowling is amazed at how quickly her computer now boots up and programs open up instantly.

By Sheryl Rowling
Lessons learned while working overseas
OPINION MAY 26, 2016
Lessons learned while working overseas

Morningstar's Sheryl Rowling has advice for how to best adapt to changing conditions as she works remotely from Spain.

By Sheryl Rowling
Why advisers need to talk to clients differently about life insurance
OPINION MAY 08, 2016
Why advisers need to talk to clients differently about life insurance

Give clients an alternative to the auto-industry-like life insurance industry operating system

By Barry Flagg
OPINION MAY 03, 2016
How to properly defer Medicare enrollment

Helping your clients think through the timing of Medicare coverage can be very beneficial, especially considering the significant impact health care costs have on retirement income

By Peter Stahl
OPINION APR 19, 2016
Solving operational issues from M&A transactions

These deals are much more complex than RIAs ever imagined, and they require specific operational expertise to harness promised synergies

By Matt Sonnen
OPINION APR 18, 2016
A technology response to the DOL fiduciary rule

To face the changing regulatory season squarely, it's time for some technological spring cleaning

By MFXFeeder
In Apple's universe, does one size fit all?
OPINION APR 08, 2016
In Apple's universe, does one size fit all?

When it comes to technology, we all want it all. But we all can't agree on size

By Sheryl Rowling
OPINION MAR 07, 2016
Billionaire wealth is not guaranteed forever

New research conducted over two decades across the 14 largest billionaire markets in the world found stark differences between the billionaires “of old” and today.

By John Mathews
OPINION FEB 29, 2016
Why indexed annuities eventually could outsell the variable variety

The factors influencing a shift toward indexed annuities and away from variable annuities

By Scott Stolz
How retirement coaching can add value to your practice
OPINION FEB 17, 2016
How retirement coaching can add value to your practice

Offering this coaching is one way advisers show they care not only about clients' financial success, but also about their health and well-being.

By Steve Sanduski