12th March 2019 1

If you have focused all your planning energy on your 401(k), you may be missing a key piece of the retirement puzzle: Social Security.

You can influence your eventual payout from this safe, dull old-age safety net to a surprising degree by making some adjustments and changes in your planning.

Now is the time to get started pumping up your Social Security checks, even if you’ve got decades to go before retirement.

Here are some ways to do just that!