Exactly how much you gain or lose depends on when you start taking benefits, but there's a lot more to consider in making that decision.

Financial services companies today are much better informed about social media than they were a year ago.

For the first time since 2008, the Social Security Advisory Board is fully staffed.

The Center for Retirement Research estimates that about 35 percent of multiemployer retirement plans will exhaust their assets over the next 30 years.

The funded status of the 100 largest U.S. corporate defined benefit plans fell by $22 billion in August, despite market gains that brought in $24 billion, according to the latest Milliman report.

Sales of annuities in the second quarter hit their highest level in three years.

The drop in corporate pension funding was tied to geopolitical tensions that put downward pressure on interest rates, leading to higher liabilities.

Soon-to-retire Americans struggling to save enough to kiss the workplace goodbye now have another set of statistics to examine when trying to figure out where to make their post-retirement last stand.