Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. Mail theft and check fraud are soaring, costing an estimated $21 billion in 2023, ...

Beyond the general discomfort of talking about death, the topic of inheritance brings in a whole other set of sticky issues. Research finds that parents’ and children’s expectations for bequests are ...

We often frame conversations about intergenerational wealth transfer in terms of numbers and planning documents — an almost exclusively adult perspective. But the reality is that many young people are ...