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Most retirees assume they know whether their Social Security benefits will be taxed, but a little-known income calculation catches many off guard regardless of which state they call home. This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. If you’re approaching retirement, it…

We’re just a few weeks away from the long-awaited 2027 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announcement, and it’s not too early to start preparing for it. Taking a few simple steps now will help you better understand how the COLA will affect your benefits once it’s announced. Here are two things worth doing when you…

The past few years have been fantastic for investors willing to hold artificial intelligence stocks through their inherent volatility. Since the end of 2022 (shortly after the launch of ChatGPT sparked an AI arms race of sorts), the so-called “Magnificent Seven” stocks like Nvidia and Alphabet have gained an average of nearly 250%, largely spurred…

For investors watching the markets over the past year, geopolitics have been front and center. In April 2025, President Trump announced a sweeping set of tariffs that set off a redefinition of global trade relations. In February 2026, the US and Israel launched the war in Iran, now in its sixth month. In Eastern Europe,…

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Most people assume Social Security rewards long careers, but the specific formula the SSA uses can quietly shrink your monthly check in ways that catch retirees completely off guard. This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. There are millions of seniors…

Treasury yields finally rewarding retirees sounds like a win, until the IRS formula that Congress wrote in 1984 and never updated turns that interest income into a stealth tax on Social Security benefits most people never saw coming. This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for…

The S&P 500 has been advancing through a bull market for more than three years, with artificial intelligence (AI) stocks leading the way. Investors got excited about the game-changing nature of this technology and piled into potential winners early to maximize gains. And this proved to be a winning bet in many cases, considering the…

Los Angeles Dodgers player Miguel Rojas has retirement on his mind as the playoff season quickly approaches. “A lot of the players in this game are getting younger and younger, and obviously, you wanna keep up with that and kind of stay in the best shape as possible to help the team win,” Miguel, 37,…