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1. My mother, 91, has dementia. Every bank says I need her signature to unlock her $100,000 stock certificate. What can I do?

2. My contractor handed my $42,000 pool upgrade to a subcontractor I had already rejected. What can I do?

3. Does a 2% beneficiary inherit 100% if the 98% beneficiary dies in a car accident? Asking for a friend.

4. Am I too old for Roth conversions? I’m 84 and my wife is 77. We have $8 million saved.

5. These charts show how leverage-happy investors are transforming the stock market

6. ‘I feel shoehorned’: My father funded my $800,000 Roth IRA. Does that give him the right to say how I invest it?

7. Party balloons could become a ‘luxury’ as the Iran war spurs a helium shortage

8. AI isn’t eating software after all — and the sector’s ‘epic’ rally could run through October

9. Why would someone lock up money by rolling it into a 401(k)?

10. 5 affordable cities to retire in the U.S. right now