Vanguard warns investors about the overlooked risk of losing financial control without an incapacity plan
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Damilola Esebame
Summary
Vanguard warns that investors often overlook the critical need for an incapacity plan — legally binding documents that designate someone to manage finances and healthcare decisions if illness, accident, or cognitive decline strips them of decision-making ability. Without such plans in place, courts step in to control finances and healthcare, bypassing family and advisors. The article emphasizes that this risk exists at any age, not just in retirement.
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· 3 pulledIllness, a serious accident, or cognitive decline can strip an investor of decision-making ability at any age
Without legally binding documents in place before that moment arrives, courts, not your family or advisors, step in to control your finances and health care.
Vanguard is raising a concern that most investors overlook, and it's one that has nothing to do with market returns or allocation strategy.
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