Claiming Social Security at 62 is not always a smart idea. If those benefits will be your main or only source of retirement ...

Before you start collecting Social Security, make sure you've thought it through. Here are 10 questions to ask yourself to avoid costly retirement mistakes.

Dear Primary Breadwinner: Questions about spousal benefits are among the most frequently asked and confusing parts of Social ...

If you're retired or nearing retirement, you probably know some people claiming Social Security benefits, and you might also have a sense of how the program works. You pay into it your entire career, ...

In the 28 years I’ve been writing this column, I bet I’ve written 128 columns about the most common questions I get. However, I suppose not everyone is clipping those columns and pasting them into ...

Spousal benefits can be up to half of what the primary earner would get at full retirement age, but the amount is reduced ...

THE JUDGE’S RULING FOCUSES ON PRIVACY ISSUES AND THE POSSIBLE MISUSE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION. HEY HEY HO HO! ELON MUSK HAS GOT TO GO. EARLIER THIS WEEK, DEMONSTRATORS VOICED THEIR CONCERNS. AND NOW A ...

Both married couples and common-law couples should be thinking about their Social Security options. RgStudio / Getty Images A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column about some of the most common ...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column about some of the most common questions I receive. This week, I thought it would be interesting to write a column answering some of the more unusual questions I ...

Understanding how Social Security spousal benefits work is crucial for maximizing your family’s retirement income.

After months of job cuts, leadership turnover and other turmoil at the Social Security Administration, the agency's newly minted commissioner faced pointed questions from lawmakers about the future of ...