This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Considering the importance of Social Security, it begs ...

Claiming Social Security benefits can be complicated. Retirees have to figure out the optimal time to apply, estimate the impact of other income on their monthly payments, and determine the best way ...

Americans have rarely been more wrong about Social Security. As Nationwide Financial found in a recent survey, 40% of Americans say they're either confident or very confident in their knowledge of ...

There are many online resources about Social Security, but it is important that you visit our official website, SSA.gov, for the most accurate and up-to-date answers. You can find lots of information ...

Questions on when to take Social Security benefits, what inflation-adjusted earnings are and more are answered in today's column. SDI Productions / Getty Images I recently did a couple of media ...

How Social Security works is something that would benefit all of us to understand, and yet, partly because of an overall lack of financial literacy, it can be quite a mysterious beast. Fortunately, ...

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, ...

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, ...

By that math, your typical American man would be smart to claim Social Security at age 62, the first year of his eligibility.

There are many online resources about Social Security, but it is important that you visit our official website – SSA.gov – for the most accurate and up-to-date answers. You can find lots of ...