Retirement Planning
When to Claim Social Security at 62, 67 or 70
Take a worker whose full benefit at 67 would be 2,000 dollars a month. Claim at 62 and the check is 1,400 dollars.
Credit and debt writer, page 2 of 7
Owen worked in consumer debt collections for five years before switching sides to explain what actually shows up on a credit report and what a collector can and cannot do. He writes about credit and debt from the side that used to call.
Retirement Planning
Take a worker whose full benefit at 67 would be 2,000 dollars a month. Claim at 62 and the check is 1,400 dollars.
Investing for Beginners
Say you just received a 12,000 dollar inheritance, a bonus or the proceeds from selling a car, and you have already decided it...
Taxes Simplified
A reader emailed me last spring with a familiar shock.
Retirement Planning
A friend of mine worked at the same company for three years contributing 3 percent of her $100,000 salary to her 401(k).
Investing for Beginners
A question I heard constantly when I worked in collections, usually from people who had just made a payment arrangement with...
Games
Anyone who has traded items in an online game for long enough has either been scammed or watched a friend get burned.