Alana Benson is an investing writer who joined NerdWallet in 2019. She covers a wide variety of investing topics including stocks, socially responsible investing, cryptocurrency, mutual funds, HSAs ...

Clint Proctor is a lead editor with the credit cards and travel rewards team at Forbes Advisor. He has five years of experience in personal finance journalism and has contributed to a variety of ...

Buying stocks may seem complex, but it's as easy as opening an investment account online and then purchasing stocks of the companies you're interested in. Many, or all, of the products featured on ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Choose individual stocks if you can dedicate time to research; otherwise, consider index funds. Invest only funds not needed for at least five years due to stock market volatility. Open a brokerage ...

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The rules governing the inheritance of an individual retirement account (IRA) when the IRA owner dies are complicated, but one aspect is straightforward: When the IRA owner dies, the current tax law ...