Retirement News

One claiming age is a mammoth step above the rest -- within the traditional claiming age range of 62 through 70 -- when it comes to maximizing lifetime Social Security income.

There's the potential to build a huge nest egg -- without doing a lot of work.

Choosing the right spending strategy can help ensure your nest egg will support you throughout retirement.

The IRS may come after your money in retirement. Here's what you can do about it.

Next year's raise may be lower than this year's. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Boosting your checks after you've signed up is possible, but it might not work how you think.

Thankfully, it's an error you may be able to correct.

Signing up for benefits is a big deal, so make sure you have all the right information first.

The Senior Citizens League keeps raising its forecast for Social Security's 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).

Is maxing out your employer plan your best bet? Here's why it is -- and why it isn't.

Retirees should have more money in their pockets with this proposed legislation.

Spouses can work together to get the most from Social Security.

With some savvy planning, you can find ways to spend less on Medicare.

Sometimes the early claimer really does wind up with the most cash.

There's a reason that benefit is so out of reach.

We don't know how much benefits will increase yet, but here's what we do know.

RMDs don't just create a tax liability. They might hurt you financially in other ways, too.

It's sort of a good news/bad news situation.

Dave Ramsey says you can take Social Security at 62 if you invest all of it. But most people can't do this, and many who can probably shouldn't.

Social Security benefits have (arguably) lost buying power over the last decade due to a flaw in the way cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are calculated.