RECORDED: Understanding Your Social Security Options

Are you a Baby Boomer thinking about Retirement? 

You've probably paid Social Security tax for decades. You probably paid it every time you've received a paycheck but do you really understand how the system works? This presentation will bridge the information gap to help you prepare for retirement.

Download Social Security Retirement Benefit Basics

Get Savvy About Social Security
with Brad Yablonsky, RBC Wealth Management

Presentation covers:
  • When to start taking Social Security
  • How much you can expect to receive
  • How COLAs (Cost of Living Adjustments) affect your benefits
  • The ramifications of a spouse's death on benefits
  • How do former marriages affect benefits
  • What strategies are allowed to maximize benefits
  • The changes to Social Security based on Congress' new budget bill
  • How Social Security can be aligned with retirement plans

Brad Yablonsky
Brad is Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor with RBC Wealth Management. His focus is Social Security and Medicare benefits and integrating those programs with the other moving parts and puzzle pieces of retirement planning. He is originally from New Jersey and traveled to Albuquerque in 2001 “just to visit” though now proudly calls it home. Brad graduated from Rutgers University and holds Series 7, Series 66, and Insurance licenses. He serves on the Boards of La Vida Llena and the Senior Citizens Law Office. In his free time, he is a drummer and performs with a Pink Floyd tribute band called Pink Freud.