Winning at Life with Gregory Ricks

The Daily Wrap: 04.18.19


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01:39 - Gregory has some core rules for maximizing your Social Security benefit. Several factors go into your check amount, and Gregory breaks down how work credits and your starting age figure into your benefit.

04:52 - Initial jobless claims just set ANOTHER 50 year record low for the second week in a row. We haven't had this few people signing up for unemployment since before we landing on the moon.

13:11 - Political bickering over the Mueller report doesn't seem to have much of an effect on the markets, and clears the way for growth.

19:13 - How much money should you have saved by the time you're 40? 50? 60? One rule of thumb claims you should have 10 times your income by retirement age. Gregory thinks that may be a little low.

21:55 - Gregory answers questions from the comment cards at a previous Gregory Ricks Live, including how widows benefits work.

32:15 - Emily in New Orleans asks if she can continue to receive Social Security benefits from an ex's record if she gets remarried.

38:16 - David in Laffite asks if his mom could maybe get a larger benefit from Social Security by switching to her deceased spouse's record.

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