As 2025 draws to a close, many Americans are focusing on their financial future, especially regarding retirement. With the maximum Social Security check set at $5,108 per month in 2025, it's natural ...

When you've spent four decades or more in the workforce, it's understandable to be drawn to the idea of claiming those ...

The same approach could work again: thoughtful, phased reforms that maintain the program’s core protections. Ideas on the ...

You’re not prohibited from working if you collect Social Security retirement benefits, but these rules can apply depending on ...

Pairing an annuity and Social Security can have a big, and perhaps surprising, impact on your retirement plan.

If benefits are reduced, it would require $138,000 in additional savings to generate the same income, PensionBee found.

But if you claimed Social Security early and are now thinking about going back to work, you'll need to be careful. Though you ...

"In the area of reducing benefits, Social Security has always been a system that's been kind of tilted towards the lower wage earner" said Tammy Flanagan ...

If you can make these three moves, you may find that you're able to take home a lot more money than just $2,002.39 per month.

If you can keep working while looking after your health, do it. You get 100% of your Social Security benefit at full retirement age, which is 67 for anyone born in 1960 or after, and you receive a ...

Concerns about outliving savings and healthcare costs are reshaping how "Peak 65" Americans and advisors approach income ...

The first round of July Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, ...