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Applying for Social Security spousal benefits works under a separate set of rules from filing on your own earnings record, and missing one important deadline can permanently…
2 min read · Updated 2026-10-01Two people can earn the same average return on the same amount of money, yet one may exhaust their savings in retirement while the other lives comfortably and still passes wealth…
3 min read · Updated 2026-09-30A new Defaulted Loans Support Center is meant to help borrowers understand their choices, resolve default status and get back into repayment, according to the release.
2 min read · Updated 2026-09-30A study published in the Journal of Financial Planning says the approach many retirees view as the safest — putting a large share of money into bonds and cash — may be the one…
1 min read · Updated 2026-09-30A study published in the Journal of Financial Planning found that the strategy many retirees view as safest — piling into bonds and cash — is often the one most likely to leave…
4 min read · Updated 2026-09-30Large changes are set to take effect for the tens of millions of Americans who depend on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, for help buying food.
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6 min read · Updated 2026-09-30Each week, we look at a reader's consumer or personal finance issue in our Money Problem series. You can send your own to moneyblog@sky.uk.
4 min read · Updated 2026-09-30A new nationwide survey highlights gaps in retirement confidence among Americans age 55 and older.
3 min read · Updated 2026-09-29Trimming these everyday expenses can make a surprisingly big difference to your budget.
4 min read · Updated 2026-09-29The tricky part of Social Security COLAs is that they look backward, since they’re tied to earlier inflation data.
2 min read · Updated 2026-09-28Each fall, older Americans wait for two key announcements: first, the size of the next Social Security increase, and later, how much of that gain Medicare premiums will absorb.
4 min read · Updated 2026-09-26