Mary Beth Franklin

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 everything from federal budget and tax policies as a Capitol Hill reporter for United Press International to consumer finances as a writer and editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. Mary Beth became a Certified Financial Planner in 2015 and is an in-demand speaker at conferences for financial professionals as well as a frequent guest on numerous radio and television programs. She is the author of “Maximizing Your Social Security Retirement Benefits” and host of the Retirement Repair Shop podcast. In her free time, Mary Beth likes to read, garden, ski and play the piano. She received a BA in Communications from American University in 1975 where she continues to mentor journalism students.

Mary Beth Franklin
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The skinny: Delaying retirement won't fatten Social Security check
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2012
The skinny: Delaying retirement won't fatten Social Security check

But waiting to claim benefits will increase monthly income

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2012
The UnCOLA: Social Security recipients to get puny cost-of-living boost

Bad news for Social Security recipients: The cost-of-living adjustment in 2013 will be puny. How puny? Likely, less than half of what it was in 2012.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 18, 2012
Are advisers giving bad Social Security advice? Survey says yes

New research from Wharton shows that many financial advisers are giving their clients shortsighted -- or plain bad -- advice about Social Security.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 16, 2012
Seniors to get puny Social Security COLA

Payroll tax takes a holiday — and could doom Social Security
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 12, 2012
Payroll tax takes a holiday — and could doom Social Security

Public trustee bemoans break with historic self-financed structure

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH OCT 11, 2012
Sharper tools in the box? Retirement income programs getting better

Best of the lot focus on tradeoff strategies to meet income goals; wildly different answers a worry, however

Tax hit from fiscal cliff a real doozie
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2012
Tax hit from fiscal cliff a real doozie

Think tank projects tax hike of $3,500 per household

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2012
Will pension plans stage a comeback?

A looming retirement crisis prompts a rethink about DB and DC models

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 23, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: Advisers and clients don't talk Medicare

Survey finds that the discussion never comes up; yawning opportunity?

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 09, 2012
Help clients determine best age to retire using checklist

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