In the first of a three-part series, Dr. Daniel Crosby examines why simplicity impacts the quality of the investment experience.

LPL Financial reported record first quarter adjusted earnings of $71 million, or 69 cents per share, on revenue of $1.1 billion, up 12 percent year-over-year. (Earnings missed analysts' estimates by 3 cents.) Much of the growth was attributed...

Raymond James Financial announced net income of $104.6 million, or 72 cents a share, for the fiscal second quarter, missing analysts’ estimates by 5 cents a share. But the private client group provided a bright spot in the firm’s...

Emerging markets have come under pressure over the past year due to the Federal Reserve tapering its asset purchases and increased expectations of higher interest rates in the U.S...

It does not take a Ph.D. to see that we may be witnessing a big bang in inflation, but the early stages of accelerating inflation have been historically good for the economy and stock market.

A key precursor of inflation at the consumer level is an elevation in producer prices...

Why FINRA’s proposed rule to prohibit firms from demanding clients don’t oppose broker’s records being expunged will change nothing.

Many advisors who grew up in this industry were taught to look at asset allocation in a pretty standard way: What’s the client’s risk tolerance? And based on that, how much exposure should they have to stocks? To bonds? Should we mix in some less...

Imagine you purchase Apple stock.  By definition, you and the seller are on opposites sides of a binary trade – if Apple zooms up, you will have made money and the seller will presumably regret selling, and vice versa.  Apple is most likely going...