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This is Motleyful Answers. I'm Alison Southwick and I'm joined as always by Robert Brokamp,

personal finance expert here at the Motley Fool. Hello, Alas. Hi, bro.

In this week's episode, breaking up is hard to do even when you're talking about stocks.

So, Bro is going to count down five reasons to sell a stock.

We'll also answer your question about trusts and hear some stories from a few fools who still regret the one that got away.

We're still talking about stocks, by the way.

All that and more on this week's episode of Motley Fool Answers. It's time for Answers,

and today's question comes from Josh and Phoenix. Josh writes, a friend of mine was explaining

all of the properties and stuff he keeps in his trust the other day. Of course, that's what we all

do. And it really wasn't making much sense.

Can you explain the benefits of creating a trust?

What can I put in a trust?

And why would I have one?

Well, Josh, so let's start with what is a trust?

A trust is a legal entity, sort of like a small corporation, really, that holds and manages

assets for the benefit of others, either their current benefit or future benefit.

A trust really can hold all kinds of things. We're talking real estate, life insurance, business interests, patents, vehicles, jewelry, even pets,

and of course your investments. With one big exception, that is you should not put your retirement accounts in a trust,

it would be considered a taxable distribution. However, you can leave your retirement accounts in a trust, it would be considered a taxable distribution.

However, you can leave your retirement accounts to a trust.

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