which is a bit below the stock market's average, you could be sitting on a $137,000 nest egg. That's not a ton of savings, but it's something to supplement your Social Security with. And if it's ...

These criticisms misunderstand the purpose of Social Security. If an investment in the stock market underperforms or fails, people still have Social Security. The market is for generating returns.

Social Security is at the center of the fiscal emergency that threatens the US. Yet Washington is always reluctant to grapple with it honestly, partly because the issue is misunderstood.

Whatever you might think about President Donald Trump's steep tariffs, they're indisputably wreaking havoc on the stock market. Could tariffs even impact retirees' Social Security benefits?

Senator Adam Schiff wants Trump to be investigated over potential insider trading and stock market manipulation.