Jim waited until 69 to file for Social Security, built up a bigger benefit through patience, then accepted a six-month ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am passionate about pensions, recessions, IRAs and retirement. Recent changes by the IRS have perked up interest in companies ...

Americans are facing a cost-of-living crisis - U.S. inflation is at a three-year high - that their retirement savings may not be able to handle. Some 60 percent of those over 50 worry that they won’t ...

The lead singer of rock band Sum 41 has confessed: “If I have one drink the docs say I will die.” Deryck Whibley, who was married to singer Avril Lavigne, wrote the grave warning on his website where ...

Whibley says of the returning guitarist, "I would say the only thing that's different now is we're just a little bit wiser -- a little bit. We're just a little bit more mature. We're a little bit more ...

You have a client who participates in a defined benefit pension plan at work. She's near retirement, and needs to make a decision: take the money as a lump sum, or receive a monthly lifetime ...