Should Social Security Invest Its Money in the Stock Market?
Investing its reserves could help narrow the Social Security funding gap. But by how much?
Several experts have suggested that instead of investing its $2.8 trillion in reserves exclusively in Treasury securities, Social Security could invest some of its money in the stock market to boost reserves. In this video, Matt Frankel, CFP®, discusses what that might look like and what it could mean for Social Security's financial health.
