estate planning Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Wed, 12 Jan 2022 01:12:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png estate planning Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 What to Expect When Expecting an Inheritance https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/expecting-inheritance/ Wed, 06 Aug 2014 15:27:30 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4561 Over the next 16 years, generations X and Y are expected to inherit $30 trillion from baby boomers. In the next five years alone an average of approximately $1 trillion will be inherited each year  according to an Accenture report published in 2012. Even small inheritances can create a lot of questions for the heirs. […]

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]]> How a Simple Estate Plan Pays for Itself https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/estate-plan/ Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:55:10 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4257 More than 50% of U.S. adults do not have even the most basic estate planning document; a Will. [1]  For adults without spouses, children or any significant assets, the lack of an estate plan may not significantly impact their surviving family, but for everyone else the costs of not having a simple estate plan are almost […]

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