There are plenty of resources online to help investors chose and work with financial advisors. The websites of regulatory agencies are, in fact, one of the better places to go in this regard. As a supplement to my column and earlier blog post on financial advisors, let’s highlight two of ...

Another financial advisor has inveighed against do-it-yourself (DIY) investing. First, it was Avner Mandelman; now it’s David West. What they argue may perhaps be true of DIYers with an active approach, but not so for the growing ranks of DIYers with a passive indexing approach.