Social Security is an important piece of the retirement puzzle, particularly for middle-class retirees who count on the ...

Even if you pose this question to financial professionals, you will get the same non-answer, and then usually a slew more ...

As you might imagine, 62 is a very popular age to start collecting Social Security, as many people choose to start getting ...

There's no way around these three steps if you want to collect the maximum possible benefit. The average retiree collects ...

Careful research and deliberation should be made before Social Security filings for benefits, since one's amounts are usually ...

A growing number of Americans are choosing to delay retirement in hopes of receiving larger Social Security checks. However, ...

The third round of May’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, ...

There's a reason 62 is a popular age to claim Social Security: It's the earliest age to sign up. And it's hard to pass up that opportunity, given that you don't know what the future holds -- and that ...

Planning experts say Roth conversions are one of the best tactics for boosting spending power in retirement, and more people ...

The country’s debt problem is bigger than the latest budget or tax bill; it starts and ends with entitlements.

The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service finally acknowledged this month what the other two main credit rating agencies ...

A new bill has been proposed by the House of Republicans to lower the tax obligation of senior citizens on their Social ...