In this Investment News piece I discuss the value of an advisor versus software. In many cases, software can deliver a detailed projection of the path your financial future may take; but if your advisor serves as an expert, independent voice, listener, instructor, guardian, coach, architect, and teacher*, then software isn't going to offer the answers that an advisor who knows you can.
*Categories financial advisors can provide value originally published by Dimensional Fund Advisors, The Seven Faces of Advice, Jim Parker, August 2009