The money stream is flowing again. After two years of stagnant or shrinking revenue, the 50 largest independent broker-dealers reported that annual revenues rebounded last year.

Private banks and wealth managers must adapt to far higher expectations from clients and a new set of regulations. Those that can't simply won't survive, according to a global survey of senior industry executives.

"If you get at what someone's underlying values are, the right choices become more obvious," advises the president of one financial coaching firm on dealing with couples.

The potential for negative long-term mortgage rates is surfacing around the world, and with global tensions building in the U.S. market, there's a small but growing chance it could happen here, too.

It’s hard to time the next economic slowdown. But lenders, many with lingering memories of the financial crisis, are taking steps now to limit exposure in commercial real estate, construction and other loan segments.

These banks posted strong quarterly results at a time when many others struggled with thinner margins and rising expenses.

The lack of housing — particularly on the lower price range — is becoming an increasingly urgent political issue. But it's also a twisted bramble of tradeoffs that politicians are reluctant to touch.

Nothing demoralizes a good employee like seeing managers tolerate a bad one.

Reducing access to funding would harm both homebuyers and communities across the country.