Some guidelines for determining when a communication qualifies as investment advice.

Whether an advisor is subject to the rule depends on these definitions of ‘fiduciary,’ ‘investment advice,’ and ‘compensation.’

Three elements must be present in order for the Rule to apply to an advisor communicating with a plan participant or an IRA owner.

The primary reason for the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule doesn’t involve protecting qualified retirement plans but rather unsuspecting IRA owners.

The DOL called Wall Street’s bluff, with a big sniff test.

It doesn’t take a crystal ball to know that more expensive non-institutional share classes will underperform lower-cost, but otherwise identical, institutional shares after fees.

Give up on chasing and predicting returns. Manage risks and costs instead.

There are a number of reasons why you should take presentations of outperformance with a grain of salt.

Disclosures in annuity contracts weren’t enough to protect this couple from missing out on big market upside.

Recent ERISA case offers key takeaways for plan fiduciaries that receive revenue in exchange for providing services to their own retirement plan.