I’d move it all to broad market funds and then slowly use it as savings to fill your retirement accounts.

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I'd cash them out and buy broadly diversified, low fee, tax efficient index funds. If you're not currently maxing your retirement, I would increase your contributions to the maximum and supplement your income using these funds.

>-Are there any taxes I should be aware of or plan for?

I'm not a lawyer or CPA but your cost basis in the stocks should be set on the day your family member passed away. So just look up the stock price of your different holdings on that day and that'll tell you whether you have any appreciation on which to pay taxes when you sell.

If they are good, I would let them ride. Increase 401k contributions and use dividends to back fill your checking for take home decrease.

Are there specific broad market funds I should be looking at?

Yes, this is key - you get a “stepped up basis” which will greatly reduce any capital gains taxes if you want to sell and invest in something else.

Cheap expense ratio S&P or world market ones. Whatever your brokerage offers.

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You should be looking sell all the position now and rebalance into your current desired portfolio allocation.

You may have some capital gains tax implications but they will be much reduced due to the stepped-up basis on death.

>So just look up the stock price of your different holdings on that day

For publicly traded stock, you actually use the average of the high and low for the day of death - not the open/close or randomly chosen price that day.

Jumping in on the bandwagon to max your 401k if you already arent and supplement the differential with these stocks, using the dividends and sale of the stock as needed to replace your income that you are now diverting to your 401k max.