When Social Security started in the 1930s, monthly benefit checks were paid in the exact amount, including dollars and cents. And the law specified that the check should be rounded up to the ...

When it comes to claiming Social Security benefits, the general retirement planning advice is to wait as long as possible to maximize the amount you can get, but not everyone heeds that advice. It ...

Looking back on her decision to move to Paris at the age of 79, Mary Jane says that she doesn’t necessarily think of this as a brave move, but a necessary one.

After falling in love with Paris in her 20s, American Mary Jane Wilkie finally relocated the French capital at the age of 79. “I knew that I didn’t want to say on my deathbed ‘I always ...

No, home is where I am. I’m here.” Looking back on her decision to move to Paris at the age of 79, Mary Jane says that she doesn’t necessarily think of this as a brave move, but a necessary one.

By Alessandra Malito 'I started collecting my own Social Security benefits at age 70' Dear Help Me Retire, This is a complicated question. I was married for 27 years to my first husband before ...