Understanding Social Security COLA + How Behavioral Bias Affects Your Financial Decisions

𝗔𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗔) 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?

During today's RichLife Retirement Show, Bruce Steinbrock and I are taking a deep dive into the complexities of Social Security's cost of living adjustments (COLA) for 2025. We're going to explore how these adjustments are determined and what they could mean for your retirement strategy.

We'll also be talking about:

  The importance of proactive tax planning in retirement

  How behavioral biases can impact your financial decisions

  Strategies to help create a retirement plan that accounts for market volatility

Don't let uncertainty derail your retirement plans. Get the knowledge you need to make informed decisions about your future.

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