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Advisors need to educate clients — but not dumb down their advice — when it comes to the complex world of these investment vehicles.

By requiring brokers to look out for clients’ best interests, the SEC is effectively requiring them to give financial advice, which distinguishes them from online brokers and should let them keep charging clients premium fees.

How can advisors best use the investment research firm's data to help clients?

“The broker-dealer world has tried to hang their hat on suitability, and if you close your eyes a little and squint, they almost look like fiduciaries — but not really,” one advisor says.

Failing the test can be devastating, but you shouldn’t quit. Avoiding these mistakes may help you earn a coveted passing grade.

It appears the regulator bought into the investor choice argument of sales reps right from the beginning.

New rules recognize the fact that commission-based transaction services can be the most cost effective way for Main Street investors to receive financial advice.

At some point, stock price gyrations became synonymous with bad performance. Actually, it’s "only a reflection of volatile movements in the market.”

Debt is back on the rise, this time led by government.

Technology is rapidly changing many, but not all aspects of the business.