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Retirement planning is complicated, beginning with the decision about when to begin taking your Social Security benefits. On one hand, if you need the money and don’t expect to live into your 80s, it is tempting to take Social Security as early as possible — at age 62 — to benefit from the income stream. […]

Via AOL Blackvoices: A very informative article from CBS MoneyWatch.com explains how to double your Social Security benefits during retirement. In a nutshell, the story makes the case for waiting just a few years to claim that Social Security check in order to reap a huge financial benefit. According to an example outlined in the […]