Naming someone who will inherit your brokerage account after you pass away can be a smart estate-planning move. Here's how to do it.Image source: Getty Images. Stock investors know that a brokerage ...

High and persistent inflation over the past couple of years has caused interest rates to rise, and while that's made borrowing costs more expensive, it's also helped savers earn a higher return on ...

Naming a bank account beneficiary ensures your money goes straight to your loved ones without getting tied up in costly, time-consuming probate. Most banks let you do this through a “Payable on Death” ...

Losing a loved one isn’t just an emotional burden — it also carries an administrative load. There are flower arrangements to pick, eulogies to write and a stream of paperwork to sort through. You can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a managing director and senior wealth strategist for CIBC Private Wealth Management. A trust is an arrangement whereby one ...

Learn about contingent beneficiaries, their role in estate planning, and how they ensure assets are distributed effectively ...

The Secure Act has brought with it some new rules for those lucky enough to receive an inheritance in the form of a beneficiary IRA. These rules will change how long you have to move money out of your ...

When people think about estate planning, they often focus on wills and trusts. But one of the most important decisions about where your money goes after you die might not appear in those documents.

Banks and other financial institutions don’t automatically ask account holders to designate a beneficiary, so it can be easy to forget or postpone adding a beneficiary until it’s more convenient. But ...