When it comes to personal finance, retiring is a big life shift. Moving away from working full time, focusing on family, ...

It has been my custom for most of the past 27 years to write a year-end column that summarizes the Social Security updates ...

You can maximize your benefits if you wait to claim Social Security until your full retirement age or older. However, ...

Understanding how continued employment can impact your Social Security benefits is crucial, especially if you plan to claim ...

The updates include a higher cost-of-living adjustment, revisions to the earnings test thresholds, and increases in maximum benefits.

The full retirement age (FRA), the age at which retirees can claim their Social Security benefits, has been gradually ...

Important Social Security dates for 2025 include the increase in cost of living, scheduling in-person visits, and age ...

Social Security recipients are getting a cost-of-living adjustment, starting this month, but that’s not the only change to ...

The best way to see how much your Social Security benefit would be at age 69 is to log in to your account at www.ssa.gov (or ...

Technically, you don't have to take Social Security when you retire. It's possible to leave your job at 62 and then wait ...

Many people think of 65 as retirement age. But for people born in 1960 or later, you'll now have to wait until 67.

Elizabeth Ayoola with NerdWallet said the earliest you can start collecting is 62 years old. However, the amount is permanently dinged 25% to 30% depending on your birth year. For example, if your ...