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 Choosing when to claim your Social Security benefits is an important retirement-planning decision. It’s also one of the trickiest. There’s a big gap between what consumers think they know about Social Security retirement benefits and what they actually know.
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| Think about what would constitute a significant financial loss if you were to lose it. There are four commonsense ways to manage the risk of loss and protect yourself from financial consequences.
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| The more you prepare for your retirement, the better it will be. Listen to Ric share advice on how one small change right now could lead to having 33 percent more in retirement savings.
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 | A reader with $3 million in savings and about $85,000 in annual income is about to retire to Florida. He wants to know whether he will have trouble getting a mortgage for a retirement home. Read Ric’s answer and advice on how to handle mortgages in retirement.
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