A survivor’s trust is a type of trust that is used in estate planning as part of a joint trust arrangement. It is typically established between spouses and comes into play upon the death of the first ...

Setting up a trust fund might sound complicated, but it’s really not as hard as you think. Many people assume that trust creation is only for the rich or that it involves a ton of legal jargon. In ...

The Social Security Trust Funds hold the Social Security taxes paid by American workers. The trust funds are invested in Treasury securities that earn interest, helping the funds to grow. Four years ...

Social Security's retirement trust fund is on a path to insolvency in less than a decade, which would leave retirees facing an automatic 24% cut to their benefits if the trust fund is depleted, ...

Social Security is rapidly approaching insolvency. The retirement trust fund is seven years from exhaustion, and the theoretically combined trust funds are nine years from running out.

The Social Security trustees have released their annual report highlighting “the current and projected financial status” of the Social Security trust fund. And the media duly reported on the fund’s ...