Applying early for your Social Security benefits is doable, but the financial hit you're likely to take may make it less ...

Your full retirement age depends on when you were born. Those born between 1943 and 1954 reached full retirement age at 66.

Investopedia spoke with Isabel Barrow at Edelman Financial Engines to discuss the changes the new Social Security Fairness Law will bring and the impact it could have on retirees.

As such, he is applying for a pension from a company he worked for decades ago. Recently, he was told that he should have started to withdraw the pension at age 70 1/2. He is now being told that he ...

For instance, March 3 of last year fell on a weekend, so Social Security recipients received their March payments two days early, on March 1. The only benefits that are paid on the same schedule ...

This rule of thumb on how much retirees can safely withdraw per year could lead some to run dry if stocks hit the skids.

The average retirement age for Americans is 62. The average retirement age has increased by a few years since the early 1990s ... full retirement age for Social Security from 67 to 69, which ...