Video: Overlooked Social Security Strategies
Here’s a discussion with Jeffrey Maggioncalda, CEO of Financial Engines, on overlooked Social Security investment strategies — and how to maximize retirement income.
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Video: Pros and Cons of Increasing the Social Security Tax Cap
Here’s a segment from PBS NewsHour that explores the idea of raising the limit on the amount of income subject to payroll taxes.
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Video: Rethinking Social Security Benefit Calculation – What Are The Pros and Cons of Changing the Benefit Formula
Here’s a segment from PBS NewsHour that examines the pros and cons of reducing Social Security benefits by tying them to cost-of-living increases rather than wage increases. ...
Social Security Q&A: Are My Benefits Enough to Retire Now?
Question: I would like to retire at 60. I am 59-and-a-half this year. My husband and I were married for four years. He passed away when he was 57 and never applied for Social Security. ...
Social Security Q&A: Do Social Security Benefits Help the Economy?
Question: These days, with millennials hurting, there is talk of generational “warfare.” Greedy geezers versus unemployed millennials, with the lurking specter of poorly paid millennials ...
Social Security Q&A: Will My Spousal Benefit Reduce My Husband’s Retirement Benefit?
Question: I currently receive benefits under the civil service program with the federal government and don’t have enough paid into Social Security. My husband retired on disability ...
Social Security Q&A: Can I Claim on My First Ex’s Record After Divorcing?
Question: I am 63 and get my own Social Security every month. I am still married but separated and planning to divorce soon. My first marriage ended in divorce after 20 years. When ...
Social Security Q&A: How Can We Maximize My Spouse’s Survivor’s Benefit?
Question: I will be 63 in October, and my wife turned 63 in May. She quit work in 2012, while I plan to retire in January when we are both going to start taking our Social Security ...
Social Security Q&A: What Can I Do When My Terminally Ill Spouse Passes?
Question: I will be 60 at the end of September and understand that I will be eligible for survivor benefits at that time. My husband of 22 years, who is in home hospice and not expected ...
Social Security Q&A: What Will My Wife’s Early Spousal Benefit Be?
Question: I started collecting Social Security at age 65. I was born in 1944. My wife has never worked and is 60 years old. I earn $2,170 per month. If my wife starts taking spousal ...