Janet Kidd Stewart

The cuts to a couple of key Social Security claiming strategies — squeezed into federal budget legislation in October — continue to confound seniors, whether or not they're actually affected...

Q. I am 66, retired, and have not filed for Social Security. My monthly benefit will be about $2,100. My wife is 64, filed for Social Security on her own...

Doctors take a lot of flak for their money habits. They either trade too aggressively or tune out completely and fall prey to unscrupulous brokers, so the stereotypes go. Laden...

Maybe you made a budget when you were pinching pennies on that first job decades ago. You knew precisely how much beer money you had after paying the rent. Then...

Q: When I qualified for Social Security I asked about my ex-husband's benefit and they said I was only entitled to it after he died. Yet everything I read about...

Q. I am 64 and work full time. I plan to claim Social Security benefits at 70. My ex-husband is 66 and we were married for 19 years. I remarried...

The budget deal Congress inked the day before Halloween has some scary implications for seniors and retirement savers. A couple of Social Security claiming strategies known as file and suspend...

Q: We are 80 years old, retired, with assets of $1.5 million. I was an accountant and a practicing lawyer and handle all our investments. Despite spending what we want,...

Frustrated with your Medicare coverage? You have until Dec. 7 to look for new options. That's the last day of open enrollment for current beneficiaries. Changes made to your plan...