Choosing an investment adviser can be challenging, but deciding on an adviser could possibly be the most important financial choice in your lifetime. Adviser Wade W. Slome, CFA, CFP provides a checklist of items to review when picking an adviser.

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Online brokers are fighting hard for a greater share of the fast-growing exchange-traded fund business, and investors stand to benefit from lower costs.

Alexandra Levit explains how Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy's experience reinventing an iconic company has lessons for individuals reinventing themselves.

Steve Yoder and his son Isaac discuss how much and where they donate their money.

These are desperate times for many job seekers, but you can avoid desperate-looking and time-wasting measures when putting together and marketing your résumé.

Jason Zweig writes that the market's horrific turbulence since 2007 has not just destroyed wealth, but has shattered faith in the financial system itself.Video: Time for Bankers to Say They're Sorry

For investors with cast-iron stomachs, so-called frontier markets can bring big returns—along with substantial risks. But you have to get there before everyone else does.