If you haven't yet, at what age do you think you'll retire? Most people say the magic number is 65. The actual average ...

A significant part of this planning involves estimating potential Social Security benefits and determining how much one can ...

Social Security retirement claims tend to follow a seasonal pattern each year, and they increase over time with the aging of ...

The numbers behind Social Security say you should wait as long as possible makes sense, but there's more to the story than ...

Say you end up retiring at 62, but won't reach full retirement age until 67. It may not be feasible to live off of savings ...

Deciding when to start claiming Social Security benefits can be one of the most difficult decisions for retirees. Most ...

The Social Security Administration assigns everyone a full retirement age (FRA). That's when you become eligible for the full ...

The number of people filing for Social Security typically increases each year amidst population growth and as more ...

Retirees in the past decade may have been able to capture additional gains by claiming benefits early and investing the Social Security payments into stocks. But recent strong performance shouldn ...

Let’s talk about the retirement panic that has folk hitting the Social Security button faster than folks rush to buy Beyoncé ...

Advisors Are Seeing It Firsthand Nathan Sebesta, owner of Access Wealth Strategies in Artesia, N.M., said discussions about taking Social Security early have become more frequent among his clients, ...