I asked my friend the English professor to define “discern.” He said — wisely, I think — that the word doesn’t mean telling right from wrong, but telling right from almost right.

With the rise of roboadvisors, advisors must bring more value to the table to earn each client’s business. It’s a major shift from the days when strategic asset allocation was every advisor’s greatest ...

Most of you probably know someone like my good friend Pia. She's the prototypical do-gooder, the kind of person for whom the phrase "wouldn't hurt a fly" was coined. She only sees good in others. So, ...

I asked my friend the English professor to define “discern.” He said — wisely, I think — that the word doesn’t mean telling right from wrong, but telling right from almost right. Today’s West led the ...