Social Security Administration

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  T. Rowe Social Security Calculator Shows Strategies to Boost Benefits

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 22, 2013

  T. Rowe Price's Benefits Evaluator helps advisors calculate the goals-based annual dollar amount that clients stand to claim from Social Security under a variety of scenarios.

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  Live (Not Too) Long and Prosper: Bankers Life

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  March 26, 2013

  Longevity, one of the major risks investors face in retirement, is also one of the furthest things from their minds.

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  Build Your Practice With Female Clients and Social Security Planning

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  February 20, 2013

  Social Security is an important part of planning for female clients and can attract them to advisors’ practices, according to a webinar held on Wednesday.

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  The Future of Financial Advice? Maybe It’s Health Care

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  January 16, 2013

  I suspect that financing health care will replace investments as the primary service demanded by advisory firm clients in the all-too-near future.

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  Social Security’s Old Forecasting Method Hides New Time Bomb, Researchers Say

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 8, 2013

  Two researchers argue that the Social Security Administration is using outdated methods to project longevity and therefore understates the system’s shortfall by two years.

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  IRS Raises 401(k) Contribution Limits

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  October 19, 2012

  While an extra $500 a year might not sound like much, compounding interest over a 20- or 30- year period could result in a sizable sum.

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  Social Security COLA Could Be Offset by Higher Medicare Premiums: IRI

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 16, 2012

  “This reflects the growing trend of health-related expenses eating into retirement income,” the IRI president said.

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  House Bill Would Cut $762 Million From Social Security’s Budget

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 8, 2012

  The Social Security Administration warned Friday that “drastic funding cuts” proposed by the House would dramatically impact service to seniors and other beneficiaries and “needlessly” waste taxpayer dollars.

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  Advisors’ Mistakes on Social Security Advice Hurt Widows

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  August 27, 2012

  A new study finds advisors tend to overlook the complex interactions of retirement, spousal and survivor benefits. The result is especially detrimental to widows, says Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute.

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  Keep Savin’ It, Sister: GAO Says Women Saving More, but Need Social Security More Than Men

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 3, 2012

  American women may think they’re good at penny-pinching, but it turns out that they’ll need to save even more if they want to feel secure in retirement.