When planning retirement, one of the most consequential decisions a worker can make is when to begin claiming Social Security ...

You're not necessarily stuck with a smaller monthly benefit for life.

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% ...

You're allowed to sign up for Social Security at any point once you turn 62. You'll face a reduction in benefits for claiming before full retirement age. Permanently cutting your benefits could hurt ...

Dear Rusty: I will be 65 this year and my husband is 72 (he retired in 2019 at age 66). I would like to retire and enjoy some time with him before he gets too much older. I do not want to have my ...