Social Security, Open Enrollment, and the Stock Market – Paul Fain, Knoxville Certified Financial Planner and President of Asset Planning Corporation, has a grab bag of current events and news affecting your finances this week on WBIR’s Sunday Money. WHAT IS MAKING HEADLINES RIGHT NOW? Social Security announced a Cost Of Living Adjustment: 1.6% benefit…
I’m retired and thinking about getting a part-time job, how will that effect my social security benefits? Our money man, Certified Financial Planner Paul Fain, answers this question this week on Sunday Money. THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION FOR ANY RETIREE WANTING TO WORK PART-TIME… True! Here are the rules for working AND collecting Social…
A viewer asks, “When is the best time to start taking Social Security?” Our moneyman, Certified Financial Planner™ Paul Fain joins us now with answers. PAUL, MAYBE WE SHOULD START BY REVIEWING THE EARLIEST AND THE LATEST THAT YOU CAN START SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS… Age 60: Widow/Widower Age 62: Reduced normal benefit…
Why do people claim their Social Security benefits when they do? A study in the Journal of Financial Planning offers new insights for our moneyman to share, here is Certified Financial Planner Paul Fain joining us now. LET’S REVIEW WHEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY START YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT… Widow: Age 60 Early:…
Social Security benefits are often confusing. You might say that “understanding Social Security” is an oxymoron! We recently received a client question regarding the complicated topic of a spouse’s Social Security claiming strategy before Full Retirement Age (FRA). The question was could his spouse start taking her own benefit early at age 62 and then switch…