Most people assume their assets would automatically go to the right person. In reality, banks, insurers, and investment platforms follow rigid rules. A nominee is not the heir. A joint account holder ...

Legal and financial experts have revealed how couples who meet and remarry later in life can avoid nasty inheritance battles. Americans 65 and older are increasingly getting remarried following the ...

One woman was killed and four others were injured in Wednesday's shooting. A gunman killed one and wounded four others in a mass shooting in an Atlanta medical center waiting room on Wednesday, police ...

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which immune cells attack and destroy the protective myelin sheaths that surround nerve fibres, leading to neurological disturbances. After spinal cord ...

Divorce can complicate estate planning (among other things). The good news is that your ex is automatically cut out of your will in most states. “Under New York law, once a divorce is finalized, your ...

Troy Segal is an editor and writer. She has 20+ years of experience covering personal finance, wealth management, and business news. Skylar Clarine is a fact-checker and expert in personal finance ...

While SIMPLE IRAs are in some ways similar to their cousins, traditional and Roth IRAs, they also share some features with workplace retirement plans such as 401(k)s. Understanding your plan's rules ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Jennifer Simonson is a business journalist with a decade of experience covering entrepreneurship and small business. Drawing on her background as a founder of multiple startups, she writes for Forbes ...