benefits
A Preview of Potential Social Security Changes
As we’ve reported on this website persistently over the past several years, Social Security is facing a long-term solvency issue. Not bankruptcy, as the rumor mill frequently suggests, but rather the inability to fully pay the benefits promised to beneficiaries who…
Getting the Most Out of Social Security
Rather than wait until its too late, folks need to know that there are ways to boost the benefit amount they will receive when they elect to begin drawing their earned benefits. For example, delaying the starting point for collecting…
Social Security: Understanding Who Gets What
With nearly one trillion dollars being paid out to a variety of recipients, folks often wonder exactly where it goes. Well, there are more than 62 million individual recipients, and it might or might not surprise you that retired workers…
Getting the Most Out of Social Security: Some Tips
If you’ve spent any time thinking about Social Security and analyzing where and how it fits into your retirement financial strategy, you’re well-versed in the benefits of deferring benefits past age 62, as well as the longer-term advantage of collecting…
Understanding Your “Full Retirement Age”
Hopefully, this is old news to anyone thinking about their future on Social Security, but it’s always a good idea to be tuned in the the precise numbers. In a post today on www.fool.com, The Motley Fool’s Christy Bieber provides a refresher…