5 Signs You're Ready to Claim Social Security

Here, for instance, are five signs that suggest you're ready to claim Social Security benefits. You can start collecting your benefits as early as age 62. Hold on, though, because your "full retirement age" -- the age at which you're able to start collecting the full benefits to which you're entitled -- is 66 or 67, and starting to collect benefits before your full retirement age will shrink those benefits, just as delaying to start collecting them beyond your full retirement age will increase them.