To some, portfolio diversification means investing outside of the usual suspects of public debt and equities. To others, it means exploring options beyond North American shores into Europe and Asia.

Click to Enlarge Maybe it's not the technology that gives robo advisors an edge in the marketplace. Maybe it's trust. Mike Kane, a co-founder of Hedgeable, says he is confident in his company because of how little trust most people have in...

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A couple of indicators look ominous.

Cogent Reports, a division of Market Strategies International, asked 1,390 registered financial advisors to select which mutual fund companies they trust out of a list of 48. The study found that "trust" in an asset manager had the greatest i...

Setting a record | Spencer Platt/Getty Images A 99-year-old financial advisor and holocaust survivor will be the oldest person to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange in honor of her 100th birthday Aug. 2. As a teen, Irene Bergman ...

His new home. | Darrin Klimek/Digital Vision/Thinkstock A Waco, Texas, financial advisor has been sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to pay more than $9 million in restitution for running a Ponzi-type fraud scheme. Charles D. Jon...

Not unusual (or entirely exclusive to China) since the passing of the recent Global Financial Crisis, stocks continue to portray a significant disconnect between the real and financial economy.

With an increasing abundance of market uncertainty, defined outcome strategies can provide the comfort and relative safety that financial professionals and their clients increasingly seek.