Social Security Administration

It’s finally over. The deadline for the world’s most grueling holiday has passed. Taxpayers can breathe once more, and corporate leaders can redirect their greedy gazes toward the federal government. After all, the tedious financial reviews and subsequent payments ultimately yield...

For many Americans, social security may be their largest — if not only — source of income in retirement. However, the ins and outs of how retirement income works, how much income can be expected and how feasible the reality of maintaining current lifestyles are not always that clear....

While it comes as no surprise that the health of Social Security as we currently know it is less than ideal, the publicized estimates of when Social Security funds will run out are "grossly overestimated," said Baton Investing's Jim Shahen, referencing recent Dartmouth and Harvard...

While Benzinga mostly covers actionable trading ideas and news stories, we've decided to delve a bit deeper into personal finance. The team at Benzinga would like to assist readers with not just their investing endeavors, but their financial lives as a whole. And today, we continue this effort...

While there are no concrete dates of birth that allow one to be considered a member of Generation X, it is generally accepted those born starting in the early 1960s through the early 1980s are "Gen X-ers." Millennials, or members of Generation Y, are said to have been born in the late 1970s or...