Pondering your end-of-life wishes probably is not typically atop your daily to-do list, especially if you're mid-career and more concerned about keeping up with food and shelter and education for yourself and, say, children still in the home.

But that time will come, and if you've invested well and saved wisely, you may be leaving behind a substantial remainder of your nest egg. Now's a good time to consider their challenges in managing your legacy.

We're not talking about leaving a will; we're talking about the complexity of your assets. The type of investments that are easiest to manage for people who inherit them will depend on such things as the size of the portfolio, individual financial goals and risk tolerance, and their level of investment knowledge and experience.

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