In Trusts We Trust: Controlling When Your Kids Get Your Money by Dan Caplinger May 21st 2013 5:00AM You don't have to be a billionaire to worry about the risks of leaving your kids a large inheritance; having too much money too young can create its own problems.
The Consequences of Dying Without a Will by Dan Caplinger May 9th 2013 2:00PM Millions of Americans don't have wills, never considering the consequences of their actions on those who'll survive them. But getting a will in place need not be complicated.
You're Rich! 5 Strategies for Staying That Way by Dan Caplinger Apr 25th 2013 10:04AM Rich people know it can be just as hard to hang onto your wealth as it was to earn it. Here are 5 steps you can take to avoid becoming a rags-to-riches-to-rags story.
'Dear Mom, I Wish You'd Had Life Insurance' by LearnVest Apr 24th 2013 5:00AM Brittney Lacombe's mother died with only $300 in the bank. Unable to pay the bills, she and her sisters lost their house. Life insurance would have made things a lot easier.
How Much Financial Advice Do You Really Need? by CNBC Apr 18th 2013 5:00AM Despite a troubling national shortfall in retirement savings and the aftereffects of the foreclosure crisis, the answer, to judge from a rash of recent studies, is "not much."
Daughter Gives Bank Real Proof of Dad's Death: His Ashes by David Schepp Apr 17th 2013 2:21PM A grieving daughter pestered by Royal Bank of Scotland over a charge on her late father's account went to extremes to demonstrate to the bank that he really was dead.
Barbara Piasecka Johnson: The Maid Who Launched 1,000 Prenups by Bruce Watson Apr 5th 2013 5:55PM You may not recall Barbara Johnson, who died this week at 76. But her rags-to-riches tale blazed the way for women like Anna-Nicole Smith, Ivana Trump and Kimora Lee Simmons.