More people are afraid of running out of money than they are to die. Outliving one’s retirement savings is a legitimate concern, and not weighing the options when thinking about one’s financial future is the main reason so many end up...

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VladimirFLoyd/iStock/Thinkstock Just as an advisor should do due diligence on the investment managers he or she uses, prospective client's are being encouraged to screen their financial advisor before they hand over their money. Steven Abern...

Nicholas Schorsch The saga over American Realty Capital Service's $23 million accounting error keeps growing. According to the Wall Street Journal, Lisa McAlister, ARCP's former chief accounting officer, has filed a $50 million lawsuit in Ne...

The SEC is working on a rule that would require financial advisors to create transitions plans in case or retirement or a major disruption in their business. The rule, which may come to life by October, is aimed at mitigating the risk of client...

monkeybusinessimages/iStock/Thinkstock Anyone with a computer and an E-Trade account can trade stocks these days, but is that actually a good thing? Cullen Roche, the founder of Orcam Financial Group, argues that technology is adding to the ...

A Harvard Business School graduate and Boston-area mutual fund manager was arrested last week and charged with securities fraud. According to prosecutors, Daniel Thibeault, the president and chief investment officer of GL Capital Partners, fabri...

Copyright Spencer Platt, Getty Images Twenty-five years ago Monday, New York sculptor Arturo Di Modica delivered a Christmas present to Wall Street. "Charging Bull," the 18-foot-long, 3 1/2 ton bronze statue, was immediately a crowd favorite...

Design Pics/Thinkstock If you're reading this, odds are you aren't the problem, but there are plenty of folks out there posing to be financial advisors and using a wide variety of defunct, outdated or nonexistent credentials to get their han...