Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am passionate about pensions, recessions, IRAs and retirement. Recent changes by the IRS have perked up interest in companies ...

Someone aged 55 who decided to take out their full lump sum allowance from a pension pot worth £500,000 and add it into a ...

What Is a Social Security Lump Sum Payout? Social Security retirement benefits are paid monthly. However, if you’ve passed your full retirement age and have not yet filed, you can claim retroactive ...

Answer: A lot of people experience sticker shock when they sit down to look at college costs today. For the 2025-2026 academic year, U.S. News & World Report puts the average cost of tuition and fees ...

Read this if you're thinking about retiring and taking the lump-sum option Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five ...

the Social Security Administration offers a retroactive lump-sum payment that’s worth six months of benefits. Here’s how it works. Let’s say for example that you were planning to delay taking your ...

The decision of whether to take a lump sum or an annuity from your pension can be overwhelming. It’s a choice that significantly impacts your financial future, and there’s no one-size-fits-all answer.

Executive Summary: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued two Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) opinion letters on January 7, 2020, addressing questions regarding overtime calculation for ...

In early August someone who bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Neptune Beach won $1.5 billion. I’m not a fan of lotteries, although I’ll buy a ticket very occasionally as part of a group. I do ...