

Economy May 03

Here are five Social Security gotchas and five secrets from the new and revised book, "Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security."…
By Laurence Kotlikoff
Economy Apr 26

The deadline to pursue the file and suspend strategy is April 29, 2016. Do you know what your retirement plans are?…
By Laurence Kotlikoff
Economy Apr 19

If your optimal Social Security lifetime benefit maximization strategy requires you to file for retirement benefits and immediately suspend them, make sure you do so by April 29.
By Laurence Kotlikoff
Economy Apr 14

Is the April 29 deadline hard and true?…
By Laurence Kotlikoff
Apr 11

By Laurence Kotlikoff
Changes to Social Security rules in November may affect your ability to use the file and suspend strategy.
How can one file and suspend before the deadline -- if, indeed, this is the optimal strategy -- if one can't get in the Social Security door?…
Mar 28

By Laurence Kotlikoff
Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff answers your Social Security questions.
Mar 21

By Laurence Kotlikoff
A financial adviser tells a reader she should start taking her benefits at 65 or 66, but continue working until 70. Is the adviser right?…
Mar 15

By Laurence Kotlikoff
It's important for anyone dealing with Social Security to know exactly what they are due and to tell, not ask Social Security to give them what's theirs, writes economist Larry Kotlikoff.
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