One of the most important retirement decisions you will make is when to apply for Social Security. Several retirement calculators have been developed to help you determine the optimal retirement age ...

Estimate your monthly Social Security retirement benefit using your age, income and when you want to retire. Use this Social Security benefits calculator to estimate your retirement benefits based on ...

One thing soon-to-be retirees need to start looking at carefully is where they fall in terms of Social Security benefits. Whether you start taking withdrawals at 62, 67, or 70, it’s important to ...

This would normally be the most-exciting week of the year for Social Security recipients, but the federal government shutdown ...

While it's impossible to know the exact amount, there is a lot of publicly available information about Social Security. Here's the maximum Social Security benefit at ages 62, 67, and 70.

Many Americans are taking Social Security early, but is that wise? It depends. Here's what to know when deciding when to ...

Social Security just upgraded its website in several very valuable ways. But the site still suggests you can accurately calculate your benefits using Social Security's calculators. Not true. For ...

The second round of October Social Security payments for retirees aged 62 and older, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in ...

I’m always chuffed by finding little nuggets within seemingly mundane things. For example, every year I get a Social Security benefit statement. It’s nicely detailed, showing how much I could expect ...