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Sage Retirement Planning Advice for Women
Reuters’ Beth Pinsker examines the pitfalls that women face in planning the financial aspects of their retirement, from filing for benefits too early to leaving the workforce to early, with a couple of related strategies thrown in. Part of the…
Getting More out of Social Security
There are ways to maximize the amount of financial benefit one gets out of Social Security, and they involve some very basic areas of focus for you during your career years. The Motley Fool’s Maurie Backman explains in a post on…
Want to double Your Social Security proceeds? Here’s how.
It’s as simple as changing the point at which you elect to begin receiving your benefits. This article by Kieran Smith, posted on Real Daily, outlines the numerical upside to delaying benefits, including the benefit of deferring from the early retirement…
Retirement can be for a long time…make sure your finances do also!
Planning for one’s retirement years is critical, especially for those how want to be certain their accumulated finances will carry the through this period comfortably. Forbes contributor Catherine Schnaubelt addresses the strategic planning everyone should consider as part of this planning…
Women and Retirement…Some Issues to Consider
“Nearly two-thirds of women (64%) say they’d like to live to 100, yet most (60%) fear they will run out of money if they do live that long. Forty-two percent are afraid they will run out of money by age 80.” So…
A Quick Primer on Spousal Benefits
Karin Price Mueller of NJMoneyHelp.com takes a look at the basics of spousal benefits in this post on connect.nj.com. In addition to the routine issues of filing for the benefits, she delves into the specific rules associated with divorced spouses and…
Savings Struggles…It’s Not Too Late
For those struggling to build an adequate nest egg for retirement, The Motley Fool’s Maurie Backman offers several suggestions that can help ease that feeling of desperation. From staying in the workforce longer to turning your home into a source of…
Waiting to 70 to File…A Growing Trend
CNBC’s Kelli B. Grant, in a post on www.cnbc.com, examines the increasing trend of Social Security beneficiaries deferring their filing to age 70 and thereby realizing the benefits of the Delayed Retirement Credits available to them, She begins her article with an…
Test Time: Social Security Basics
Social Security is complex. How;s that for an understatement? In fact, there are over 2700 rules comprising the program that provides benefits for seniors in retirement, and and even greater number of supporting regulations that factor into the program at…
Addressing the Disability Backlog
JIm Allsup, spokesman for a Social Security-authorized Employment Network, addresses the significance of the 600-day Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) hearing backlog in a post on www.washingtontimes.com. He suggests that congressional hearings on the Social Security commissioner nominee Andrew M. Saul need to include specific questioning regarding this…