Did you know that claiming your social security benefits only six months before your full retirement age will decrease the payments for the rest of your life? Something good to know. In this article, timing and spousal factors are explained in relation to amount of benefts receieved, and is very useful.

To succeed in business, small business owners must keep a close eye on expenses. Poor expense management can destroy your profit on a project or business venture. A component of expense management is expense tracking.

Going into business with a partner can be a great way to spread risk, to draw on each other’s skill sets, and to combine resources to grow your business. But, at some point, the partnership may not be serving either you or the business well. It might be time to dissolve it.

Divorce has a negative affect on most people's finances, and can be detrimental even to the most successful Americans. With divorce rates rising among those 50 and older in the United States, it's good to be informed just what damage can be caused if you and your partner decide to split up. 

Many small businesses open business credit cards to help meet their capital needs. Roughly 67% of business owners have business credit cards, but less than half of them use them as their primary spending source.

According to a recent article by ThinkAdvisor, many parents and grandparents in the U.S. provide financial assistance to dependents for purchasing property. Many say they have burdened by it, with some having to delay their retirement.

Don’t Mix the Personal and the Business; Keeping Finances Separate

According to a recent article by Financial Advisor magazine, the average U.S. couple will pay $387k in medical costs after they retire at 65. They will even pay more if they are healthy. Something to think about when saving and investing for retirement.

If you are lucky enough to be able to invest more after maxing out your 401(k) contributions, you have many options to expand your portfolio. In this article, published by US News, many helpful tips are provided to continue to build your wealth and diversify your investment options:

The IRS has recently released a consumer alert regarding scam calls claiming they are SSA agents. In these calls, the scammers claim that the target may be under arrest or have their social security benefits revoked if they don't wire money or gift cards to the deceptors.