As many Americans look forward to retirement, maximizing Social Security benefits becomes a significant part of their ...

The main idea behind waiting until age 70 to claim benefits is that the increase in monthly benefits will eventually make up ...

The Fed's latest Survey of Consumer Finances shows that the typical American household has $5,300 in a savings account at a ...

That old adage, ‘Retire without debt,’ may be going the way of the electric typewriter. Nearly every retirement-age American ...

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The primary reason for this risk is increasing life expectancy. As life expectancy continues to rise, retirement planning ...

And by the age of 40 to 49, a person may want to have the average amount of retirement savings, which sits at $93,400. The Fed survey found that Americans between the ages of 55 and 64 had an ...

People often debate about the ideal age to retire in America, and there are a few schools of thought. For some it could be 65 ...