For years, a comforting line has echoed in retirement conversations: take Social Security as soon as you can, because you ...

The wage base limit increase means that more higher earners will be paying more in Social Security payroll taxes. For example ...

If you withdraw money from your traditional IRA before age 59½, you will likely have to pay a 10% penalty on top of regular ...

Dave Ramsey has been very clear on when you should claim Social Security. Both on podcasts and on the Ramsey Solutions blog, ...

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Filing ahead of full retirement age will reduce your monthly benefits. That may not be a problem for you, but it could be an issue for your surviving spouse. When you sit down to think about when to ...

The third and final wave of Social Security payments for December is scheduled to be distributed this week, less than a month until the upcoming cost-of-living adjustment takes effect. Following the ...

Doctors across the country say flu season has arrived earlier than usual and is hitting people — mainly kids, so far — especially hard. “I don’t think I ever remember seeing it this severe, this soon, ...

For Americans of a certain age, there may be no bigger question than this. At what age should I take Social Security? At age 62? Sixty-five? Seventy? The question matters, because your monthly Social ...