Age 62 is the earliest point to claim Social Security. Filing then will result in reduced monthly benefits. It's not necessarily a mistake to file that early, though. On a recent trip, my husband and ...

Social Security is one of the largest line items in the federal budget and helps provide more than $1.5 trillion in benefits annually to an average of 68 million Americans. Choosing when to receive ...

I've been saving up questions I've gotten from readers about benefits for spouses. It's an issue I've covered a hundred times in this column. But the questions still keep coming. So, here is column No ...

People often think of "reaching retirement" as one set date—and at least from an employment standpoint, that's largely true. Most people only retire from the workforce once. But many of the ...