Mary Beth Franklin is a Contributing Editor at Investment News specializing in Social Security, Medicare and Retirement income. She has been a financial journalist for more than 40 years, covering ...

Jeff and Bruce chat with InvestmentNews contributing editor Mary Beth Franklin about recent projection that the Social Security trust funds will run out by 2034. Mary Beth walks us through how Social ...

It comes time to lower the curtain — at least part way — on my second act. I’ve been a journalist for more than 40 years, usually writing about money, from big picture economic policy issues as a ...

Despite the serious concerns that many retirees have over rising health care costs, fewer than one-third of those who work with a financial adviser have ever discussed their Medicare plans, according ...

Hosts Jeff Benjamin and Bruce Kelly tackle the Wells Fargo riddle, with its budget cuts that sent a sizable group of advisers packing. The Social Security trust funds, created to help pay future ...

If advisor Mary Beth Franklin, an expert on Social Security and retirement income, is sure of anything in Washington, D.C., it’s that congressional leadership on both sides of the aisle is loath to ...

Christine Benz: Hi, I’m Christine Benz from Morningstar. Social Security is a bedrock of the retirement system in the U.S., but concerns about its financial health have been looming for some time.

Social Security planning has taken a giant step into the workplace, and retirement planning may never be the same. Mary Beth Franklin calls the addition of claiming strategies to retirement income ...