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| Jun 15, 2026 | Sen. Warren asks Trump if administration plans to raise Social Security retirement age | Social Security’s trust fund for retirement benefits is just over six years away from depletion, according to the latest annual trustees report. If no action is taken by Congress by that time, just 78% of those benefits will be payable.
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| Mar 25, 2026 | Social Security benefits can top $100,000 a year for high-earning couples. A new proposal would cap them | High-earning couples who consistently pay the maximum into Social Security during their careers stand to get the biggest monthly benefits.
For the wealthiest couples, that may add up to about $100,000 per year, or more, according to the Com... |
| Mar 31, 2025 | The Deadly Mistake: Social Security's Struggle with Life and Death | In the world of bureaucracy, few things are as complex as the Social Security Administration (SSA). It’s a giant machine, churning out benefits for millions. Yet, when it misfires, the consequences can be dire. A recent case highlights this... |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Man declared dead by Social Security still fighting to restart payments: ‘I’m at my wit’s end’ | Most reports come from the states, but family members, funeral homes, federal agencies and financial institutions notify the agency of some deaths, it said.
The Social Security Administration distributes about $1.5 trillion a year in retire... |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Million-dollar wage earners have already stopped paying into Social Security for 2025 | In 2025, workers pay Social Security payroll taxes up to a $176,100 cap.
High earners with $1 million in gross annual wage income have already stopped paying into the program as of March 6.
Most workers can expect to see Social Security pay... |
| Nov 4, 2024 | The Retirement Crisis: A Bipartisan Concern | The American dream is fading. For many, retirement feels like a distant mirage. A recent survey by the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) reveals a troubling consensus: the state of retirement in the U.S. is alarming. Both Dem... |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Dems and GOP agree: The state of retirement in the U.S. is concerning | Despite rampant political polarization, a majority of people affiliated with the Democratic and Republican parties agree that the state of retirement in the U.S. is concerning. This is according to a recent survey conducted by the National ... |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 87 Percent of Americans Want Action Now to Address Social Security Funding Shortfall, New National Institute on Retirement Security Research Finds | Despite Policy Divides Across Nation, Americans Remain United in their Support for Social Security
Webinar on July 23 With Review of Research and Update on Social Security
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new research brief from ... |
| Jun 25, 2024 | New National Institute on Retirement Security Research Examines the Role of Pension Plans in Sustaining a Robust Public Safety Workforce | Webinar on July 11th to Review Research
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As state and local governments across the nation continue to struggle filling public safety positions, new research from the National Institute on Retirement ... |
| Jun 11, 2024 |
Despite financial insecurities, retirement may be easier than you think: Forbes | An article written by an Atlanta-based certified financial planner and published Tuesday by Forbes indicates that retirement may not be as difficult as many Americans think.
Wes Moss, who hosts the “Retire Sooner” podcast and has 20-plus ye... |
| May 15, 2024 | New Research Finds Strong Support for State-Facilitated Retirement Programs for Workers Lacking Workplace Plans | Webinar on May 16 With Review of Research and Update on State Programs
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new national survey of working-age Americans from the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) finds strong support fo... |
| May 8, 2024 | National Institute on Retirement Security Submits Research Issue Brief to U.S. Senate HELP Committee with Policy Options for Boosting Private-Sector Pension Coverage | Webinar Today at 2 PM ET to Review Research
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to a request for information issued by the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, the National Institute on ... |
| Mar 8, 2024 |
Expert says women face unique retirement challenges: CNBC | Women face a series of challenges that add up to make retirement prospects “pretty bleak,” including issues such as gender pay inequality, longer life spans and a lack of savings based on U.S. Census Bureau data.
But Cindy Hounsell, founder... |
| Nov 21, 2023 | An expert who spent 6 years studying financial behavior says retirement can sneak up on women — but there are 3 ways to get ahead of it | Stacey Tisdale. Stacey Tisdale images
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| Oct 11, 2023 | Gen Xers will start heading into retirement soon, and things are looking grim | Personal Finance Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
Retirement Gen Xers will start heading into retirement soon, and things are looking grim
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| Aug 14, 2023 | 19 Steps Forward In The Retirement Security Struggle | Many Americans are losing ground when it comes to building retirement savings, despite policy ... [+] efforts to improve workers’ savings.Getty Images/iStockphoto |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Generation-X Includes Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos, While Many Can’t Afford To Retire | Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez (Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| Jul 27, 2023 | Pay inequity for Black women reaches all the way into retirement. Here are 4 ways they can counteract that damage. | Personal Finance Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
Retirement Pay inequity for Black women reaches all the way into retirement. Here are 4 ways they can counteract that... |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Generation X On The Brink: The Stark Reality Of Their Grim Retirement Outlook | The retirement outlook for Generation X isn't good. Getty Images |
| Jul 18, 2023 | Social Security’s Finances: Reality Versus Common Misconceptions | A Social Security card sits alongside checks from the U.S. Treasury in Washington, DC. Getty Images |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Millions of Gen-Xers have almost nothing saved for retirement, researchers say | Millions of Americans born between 1965 and 1980, collectively known as Generation X, are headed toward retirement woefully unprepared financially for retirement, a recent analysis shows.
The typical Gen-X household with a private retiremen... |
| Apr 27, 2023 | Closing Pensions For Public Workers Has Proven A Mistake | A measure to close North Dakota's public pension plan could have unintended consequences, as other ... [+] states have learned. Getty Images/iStockphoto |
| Mar 27, 2023 | There’s A New Retirement Normal For Public Employees: Supplemental Savings | There are growing concerns that public sector workers may fall short when it comes to retirement ... [+] income adequacy. Getty Images/iStockphoto |
| Mar 14, 2023 | 3 ways women can combat the retirement gap, starting today | Lynnette Khalfani-Cox. Lynnette Khalfani-Cox
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| Mar 7, 2023 | Why fintech needs to embrace gender equity | CommunityFintechOpinion
Rosalia Gitau · 8 Mar 2023 · 4 min readWhy fintech needs to embrace gender equity
In March 2019, NASA announced it was going to do something it had never done before: entrust an all-female team to conduct a spacewalk... |
| Feb 10, 2023 | How The SECURE Act 2.0 May Affect Your Business | Managing Partner, Hamilton Capital Partners. |
| Dec 13, 2022 | False alarms distract from real retirement challenges | Millions of Americans who lack retirement plans and face a grim financial outlook in their elder ... [+] years.Getty Images/iStockphoto |
| Jun 19, 2022 | 12 charts show how everyone in America but the rich is getting squeezed right now | US adults in middle- or lower-income households are feeling inflation pressures more than top earners. urbazon/Getty Images
US inflation is at a four-decade high, and Americans across income brackets are feeling the squeeze. In May, Gallup ... |
| May 26, 2022 | Report – Millennials Are Saving More Than Their Parents – Are You Saving Enough? | We financial millennials have been the punchline for Boomers for way too long. But, guess what? When it comes to saving money? We’re on fire.
According to a study by Charles Schwab, millennials save significantly more for retirement than Ba... |
| May 6, 2022 | What Mothers Need To Know About Retirement | A complexity for mothers is safeguarding their family’s financial security while also saving enough ... [+] for their own retirement. Getty Images |
| Dec 28, 2021 | Why African American Financial Planners Offer the Empathy and Support that African Americans Need | African American financial advisors can offer trustworthiness to other African AmericansEnvision |
| Oct 6, 2021 | Social Security: Just Fix It Already | There are pragmatic policy solutions to shore up Social Security’s financingGetty Images/iStockphoto |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Bridging The Retirement Readiness Gap With Focused Financial Literacy | Jim Poolman, former North Dakota Insurance Commissioner, serves as Executive Director of the Indexed Annuity Leadership Council (IALC). |
| Sep 7, 2021 | What Some People Are Doing (and Not Doing) To Prepare For Retirement Without Social Security | September 7, 2021 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | Stark And Growing Economic Inequality Fuels Retirement Insecurity | Economic inequality ultimately translates into financial insecurity in retirement.Getty Images/iStockphoto |
| Sep 1, 2021 | Accumulation of Financial Assets Increasingly Unequal, Especially for Blacks and Hispanics | |
| Jul 19, 2021 | New Research Finds Millennials and Gen X Increasingly Concerned About Retirement in Wake of Pandemic | |
| Jun 21, 2021 | Did you retire too early? These side jobs could pad out your budget | When Diane Davis realized her retirement income would fall short of the amount she needed to afford small luxuries like cable television and bowling, she turned to side hustles to address the shortfall. Now, the 66-year-old retired schoolte... |
| May 18, 2021 | Xiggit Unveils First-of-a-Kind Solution to Help SMEs Offer “Large Company Benefits'' to Full-time, Part-time, Contract or Gig Workers | Xiggit Inc. logo “We switched from offering a 401k to Xiggit, and that has been a game-changer for us. Our experience with the 401k was horrible. Xiggit’s solution is low-cost, easy-to-use and shoulders the administrative burdens for us,” s... |
| Mar 18, 2021 | 77 Percent of Americans Support Pensions for All Workers, According to New Research from the National Institute on Retirement Security | |
| Feb 18, 2021 | Amid Deep Political Division, Americans United in Worry About Retirement, According to New Research From the National Institute on Retirement Security | |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Pension Spending Supports $1.3 Trillion In Output, 6.9 Million Jobs, $192 Billion in Tax Revenue Across the U.S. Economy | |
| Oct 14, 2020 | New Report Examines Medicaid's Critical Role in Providing Long-Term Care Coverage for Older Americans | |
| Sep 1, 2020 | IRS Payroll Tax Deferral Starts Today; Will It Defund Social Security? | Trump's payroll tax deferral starts today. It's mostly hype and few employers are likely to ... [+] participate given IRS Notice 2020-65. Congress is unlikely to forgive the tax, meaning that it likely won't lead to a defundi... |
| May 29, 2020 | What The Pandemic Means For The Gender Wage Gap | The gender wage gap just got worse, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Aug 16, 2019 | No, Public Pension Reform Experiments Have Not Failed | FRANKFORT, KY - APRIL 13: Kentucky Public school teachers rally for a "day of action" at the ... [+] Kentucky State Capitol to try to pressure legislators to override Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin's recent veto of the state�... |
| Mar 8, 2018 | Most Millennials Have $0 for Retirement and We're All Fucked | If you're a young person struggling with student loans, working a part-time job, and wondering if you'll ever be able to buy a house, it will probably come as no news to you that about 66 percent of your fellow millennials haven&#... |
| Aug 14, 2017 | 82 Years of Social Security Now Threatened by Trump Policies | This is an opinion piece by Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works.
On August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law. In the 82 years since, Social Security has transformed this nation an... |
| May 14, 2015 | What Startups Can Learn From LearnVest’s $250 Million Acquisition | Joe Polverari Contributor
Editor’s note: Joe Polverari is chief strategy and development officer of Yodlee.
When LearnVest, one of the hottest startups in fintech, announced its acquisition by Northwestern Mutual, the $250 million deal rais... |
| Saving for retirement in your 50s can be ‘really stress-inducing,’ expert says. These tips can help | In your 50s, it can be difficult to prioritize retirement saving when family may be a higher priority.
Experts say these tips can help ensure you stay on track.
Turning 50 is a milestone birthday — and it becomes harder to ignore that retir... |
| Gen X has the largest wealth gap of any generation: ‘Retirement is going to be a nightmare’ | More On: generation x
Billy Idol may be coming to a city near you in 2023. Here’s what to know ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ co-creator George Newall dead at 88 Get out, Gen Z: Kim Kardashian proves TikTok is ruled by over-40 crowd now Older millennia... |
| Op-ed: How Gen X can transform worrying about finances to flourishing | Generation X often must manage financial commitments to adult children and aging parents, in addition to their own current needs and goals.
While this generation is experiencing peak incomes, they also have significant student loan debt, hi... |
| ‘Inflation is the silent killer,’ as many retirees are feeling the sting | As inflation inches higher, some retirees worry about the rising cost of necessities like food, housing and gasoline.
Not all retirees are feeling the sting of price hikes, however.
To combat inflation, retirees may adjust their portfolios ... |
| This advisor started a financial non-profit to empower women. Here’s her top investing and entrepreneurship advice | Stacy Francis founded Savvy Ladies, a non-profit providing free financial advice for women, after seeing her grandmother suffer from spousal abuse.
The organization offers free virtual guidance nationwide, regardless of income, through a fi... |
| Just 4% of current retirees say they are ‘living the dream,’ survey finds. Here’s why | Many Americans are finding retirement isn’t living up to their expectations.
Yet experts are divided as to whether a retirement savings crisis is brewing.
Just 4% of today’s retirees said they are “living the dream,” according to a new surv... |
| Middle-class Americans face retirement insecurity, analysis finds | Middle-class U.S. households have limited financial reserves and may face retirement insecurity, according to the National Institute on Retirement Security.
In 2019, middle-class baby boomer households had median assets of $51,700, and the ... |
| 62% of adults age 50 and older have not used professional help to plan for retirement. Here’s why | Reaching retirement with enough money to live on is a big-ticket goal.
Yet, many people have not consulted with a professional to make sure they’re on track.
For some pre-retirees who are members of Gen X, the oldest of whom turn 59 this ye... |
| Retirement prospects for women can be ‘pretty bleak,’ expert says — but there are ways to prepare | The gender pay gap and longer lifespans relative to men make it challenging for many women to save enough for retirement, experts said Tuesday at CNBC’s Women & Wealth event.
However, there are ways women can try to boost savings.
Women... |
| Is it a great wealth transfer or retirement savings crisis? It can be both, expert says | Even as an estimated $84 trillion is poised to transfer from older to younger generations, many Americans worry they won’t achieve financial security in their elder years.
Wealth inequality has led to discussion of both a great wealth trans... |
| Retirement tax breaks benefit higher earners, leaving middle-class savers behind, report finds | Tax breaks designed to boost retirement savings may leave middle-class families behind, according to the National Institute on Retirement Security.
Although Congress created tax incentives to boost savings, the tax code and uneven plan part... |
| The average Gen Zer started saving for retirement 15 years earlier than baby boomers. It still may not be enough | Retirement looms large in the American psyche, with many millennials and Gen Zers worried that come age 65, they won’t be able to afford to enjoy their golden years outside the confines of a nine-to-five. But the youngest generation in the ... |
| Many workers believe pensions are key to achieving the American Dream. But getting those plans back isn’t easy | A shift from pensions to 401(k) plans has made it so retirement savings is a worker’s responsibility.
Yet, new research finds most individuals say pensions are essential for achieving the American Dream.
Many Americans long for the days whe... |
