ThinkAdvisor | 10 VIPs Tell Us the Biggest Issues on Their Minds & What Advisors Can Do About Them

Published: December 9, 2021

ThinkAdvisor recently asked experts in the financial industry what market indicator, industry statistic, regulatory change or advisor trend they are keeping their eye on right now and why. President & Co-founder of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts is one of the top experts interviewed.

TheStreet | Retirement Daily Learning Center Webinar: Social Security Primer Part 2

Published: December 3, 2021

In the second of a multi-part webinar series, Martha Shedden, co-founder and president of The National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts, explains Social Security dependent benefits, including spousal and survivors benefits.

TheStreet | Can I Claim a Social Security Spousal Benefit If I File For My Own Benefit First?

Published: November 23, 2021

The highest spousal benefit is 50% of your husband’s primary insurance amount, or PIA, the retirement benefit he is entitled to at his full retirement age of 67, says Martha Shedden, RSSA®, CRPC®, president and co-founder of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts. “Yes, you can file for your own retirement at 62,” Shedden explains, “but when you begin to collect spousal benefits at your full retirement age (FRA), your total monthly benefit will be less than the 50% of your husband’s primary insurance amount, PIA.”

ThinkAdvisor | Martha Shedden: Why Advisors Should Watch the Social Security 2100 Bill

Published: November 23, 2021

Martha Shedden is president of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts, which she co-founded in 2016. An engineer by training, Shedden turned to financial and retirement education in 2011 when she opened her business, Shedden Social Security & Retirement Planning. In an email, Shedden responded to 10 questions on her professional and personal endeavors.

Forbes | The New Social Security Statements: Reasons To Check Yours Out

Published: November 19, 2021

Martha Shedden, co-founder of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts, had a mixed review of the new Social Security Statement. She liked its short length, layout and colored formatting “which make it easier for workers to quickly understand their benefits,” Shedden told me. And she approved of the monthly benefit estimates, the Statement’s “Retirement Ready Fact Sheet” for people (based on their age decade) and links, rather than arcane wording, to some of Social Security’s claiming rules…

Next Avenue | The New Social Security Statements: Reasons to Check Yours Out

Published: November 16, 2021

“Martha Shedden, co-founder of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts, had a mixed review of the new Social Security Statement. She liked its short length, layout and colored formatting “which make it easier for workers to quickly understand their benefits,” Shedden told me. And she approved of the monthly benefit estimates…”