To plan smart for retirement, estimate your Social Security benefits years before you'll need the money. Here's how to do it.

Explore the Social Security benefit amounts you can receive at various retirement ages and whether the monthly amount or the lifetime amount matters more to you.

Starting next year, people who became disabled by age 46 will be eligible to open ABLE accounts. The accounts have been slow ...

Social Security rules have some changes in store for 2026, such as tax rules and cost-of-living adjustments. Here's what ...

You might assume that if you say you want your benefits to begin in January 2026, you'll receive your first check in January.