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Assessing Your Social Security Readiness
Social Security can be fairly complex, and anyone who has sailed those waters can tell you that there are some basic things you should know before you get to the point of claiming your earned benefits. The Motley Fool’s Christy…
Dealing With Social Security’s Inherent Inability to Ensure Retirement
The more you look at Social Security, and the more you ponder its place in your retirement planning strategy, the more you become aware of the program’s basic premise. This premise, in simple terms, is to keep seniors from falling…
Pessimistic Thoughts about Retirement
Contrary to yesterday’s post about folks expressing optimism about their future retirement life, wouldn’t you know it—a counter to those hopeful thoughts popped up in today’s harvest of retirement news. Specifically, in a post today on CNN.com, reporter Matt Egan…
In Defense of Social Security Administration Staff
There are many perceptions around the country regarding the efficiency and effectiveness of the Social Security Administration and its field staff, and there are a number of “war stories” about bad experiences folks have had. As is the case in…
How & Where Does Social Security Fit in Your Retirement Plans?
This question resonates differently depending on one’s proximity to their 60s, and the closer one is to “pulling the plug” on retirement, the more they’re beginning to think seriously about Social Security. But no matter your age, this post by…
Social Security Could Be One of the 5 Costly Mistakes You Could Make
Retirement planning–especially the financial side of the equation–presents many potential pitfalls if you’re not careful. In a post on finance.yahoo.com, reporter Mark Henricks explains how “messing up Social Security” can, for example, lead to problems in the area of survivor…
The Importance of a “Break-Even” Calculation
As we’ve noted repeatedly on this site, the question of when to claim Social Security benefits is one of the most frequent questions received at the AMAC Foundation’s Social Security Advisory Service. Because of its consequences, we take great caution…
More on the Age 62 Filing Question
In an earlier post in today’s “Latest News” lineup, we shared a perspective from a leading Social Security commentator on the thought processes that accompany the question on whether it makes sense to claim benefits at the earliest possible point,…
Another Perspective on the “Claiming At 62” Question
Age 62 remains the most popular age for claiming Social Security retirement benefits, and there are many pros and cons cited either in favor or disfavor of this as a filing strategy. Here at the AMAC Foundation Social Security Advisory…
Some Perspectives on Retirement
There’s a fair amount of gloom and doom floating around the airwaves when it comes to retirement planning. From the hand-wringing about Social Security’s solvency problems to the persistent reports that future retirees are not saving enough to support their…