If your full retirement age is 67 and you claim Social Security at 62, you'll be looking at about a 30% reduction in payments. So if you're entitled to $2,000 a month at full retirement age, signing ...

All Social Security recipients can get one do-over in their lifetime. If you withdraw your application for benefits and repay ...

There’s a reason seniors are told to think carefully before signing up for their Social Security benefits. The age at which ...

Filing for Social Security ahead of full retirement age means having to accept a smaller monthly benefit permanently. You may ...

Before claiming spousal benefits, you should check your potential benefit to ensure that spousal benefits would be higher ...

The law says if you start your Social Security checks before full retirement age, your benefit will be reduced five-ninths of 1% for each of the first 36 months of reduction and five-twelfths of 1% ...

To understand this sudden rush to cash in early, AARP conducted a survey of 1,884 adults aged 50-plus in June 2025 (2). The ...

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Any money you move from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA is treated as ordinary income. That's why you should make these ...

Those who work long, high-paying careers can receive thousands of dollars above the average Social Security benefit.

Retiring ahead of the traditional timeline requires careful planning. Here’s how to chart a realistic course to financial freedom Written By Written by Staff Money Writer, WSJ | Buy Side Molly Grace ...