A financial planner explains why he couldn't stop his client from making irrational decisions.

A financial planner says people can be cynical about her work. Her own experience as a bank customer helps explain why.

Financial planning isn't about investing for retirement or saving for college; it's about turning your vision into reality.

When it comes to deciding who inherits what, the law gives the dead wide latitude to impose a number of conditions.

Investment pros try to impress their clients with jargon, but the message isn't getting through.

Today is the four-year anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Has it made our financial system fundamentally safer? Unclear. But one thing about the law is certain: It's forced the financial industry to get much more interested in individual investors.