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Baby Boomers Effect on Housing Market
Retirees have historically down sized once they stopped working and started living on a fixed income. The newest generation to start heading in to retirement have deviated from the norm and are holding on to their homes. It was predicted…
Deciding When to Start Collecting Social Security
With the new rules taking effect, many couples are wondering how it changes when they plan to start filing for Social Security benefits. This decision got a little more complicated once the file and suspend strategy was shut down, a…
Ensure Your Social Security Info is Correct
Social Security is an easy thing to let go and forget about until it is time to file, but it is important to keep up with it and make sure that you will be getting all of the money you…
Solving the Retirement Dilemma
Politicians have started talking about and proposing solutions to a retirement crisis that they say is looming over the horizon. The proposals offered diverge in two directions, with one party wanting to increase Social Security benefits while the other pledges…
Social Security in the New Year
Many things are changing in the realm of Social Security in 2016. Some of these changes are things that have been taken for granted as main stays in the system, but are being cut off due to what some deem…
Bolstering Retirement Security
Retirement security is quickly becoming a top concern among Americans as the population ages and Boomers continue to retire en masse. Obama just took a step in the right direction with the introduction of the myRA accounts, but it simply…
Comparing American Retirement to Global Averages
Much of the outrage about retirement savings is unfounded, a recent study shows that American seniors are among the top in the world when compared to global averages. This trend is expected to continue when looking at the saving tendencies…
The Need to Work in Retirement
Working in retirement sounds like an oxymoron and paradoxical, but it is the reality that many seniors face when they realize that they can’t afford to retire. It is becoming increasingly more difficult for older people to find work due…
Social Security Replacement Rates
Most experts say that in order to maintain the same quality of living in retirement that you experienced while working you would need to maintain 70% of your previous income. Social Security is generally expected to make up 40% of…
New Year’s Greetings from the AMAC Foundation!
The staff at AMAC Foundation and the SocialSecurityReport.org editorial team wish you and your family the best of health, happiness, and prosperity in the New Year!