Younger planners have a lot to offer, but can face numerous hurdles to success, said Joseph D. Pitzl, director of financial planning at Intelligent Financial Strategies.

When it comes to tracking the master limited partnership market, investors need to pay attention to which benchmark they pick.

While clients often look to set a fixed rate of spending over retirement, some advisers say it's more realistic to expect it to rise and fall over those leisure years.

While regulation and nonbank competition are spooking some banks and credit unions, others believe low funding costs and the right relationships can help them succeed.

Prepayments tied to repeated VA loan refinancing activity have had an adverse effect on Ginnie’s mortgage securities that persists despite countermeasures. The government bond issuer is making new plans to address the impact.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson appeared not to recognize a commonly known real estate term during a congressional hearing on Tuesday.

Scams and fraud on real-time payment platforms are well documented. To solve the problem regulators, lawmakers and the public must acknowledge the inherent risks that come with a powerful new technology and develop rules to make it safer.

The possibility of regulatory chaos if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding is declared unconstitutional should not deter the courts from following the law.

Open data could be a game changer for small and medium-sized businesses. We need a regulatory structure that recognizes this.