Best choice that I made too. Retired at 61 and started SS at 62. A big
influence was that my Dad died at 66, my Mom will be 90 this year.
Since my wife didn't have 40 points to qualify for her SS she gets a
check for about 50% of my SS check.
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loren barber kona623@aol.com [vpFREE] wrote:
I am now 79 yrs old and started collecting at age 62 and do not regret it one bit. I have now lived 32 yrs longer that any other male in my family.
Sure it's a gamble, but I like the bird in hand rule.
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Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: Retirement & its impactOn Feb 15, 2015, at 6:46 AM, bornloser1537@yahoo.com [vpFREE] <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
ery good advice (IMHO)!
I concur. If at all possible, one should delay pulling SS until one is 70. Yes! Not all of your eggs in one basket. Diversify, diversify, diversify.
ETF's and index fun
I�m 73 now and the worst mistake I made was taking my SS at full retirement age 65 plus 7 months. My dad died at 73 and my mom lived to be 97. My wife had just died at 65 and did not collect a month of SS.
I continued to work and did not need the money. A bird in the hand choice. Never able to earn that 8% on fixed cd�s and now they are down to under 2%. Wait if you can its a great bet.[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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