What’s Happening in China Is a Warning for Social Security’s Future

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government is having to make immediate changes to the way that they are handling retirement for their citizens. Those immediate changes were implemented without public consultation, forcing those reaching retirement age to have to reevaluate their plans without warning. What the CCP is doing, though, is also being floated here …

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Social Security’s 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Looks Like Bad News and Worse News for Retirees

Each year, Social Security benefits get a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to help retired workers and other recipients keep up with rising prices. The Social Security Administration will announce the official 2025 COLA on Thursday, Oct. 10, shortly after the Labor Department publishes September inflation data. Unfortunately, all evidence suggests the 2025 COLA will be a …

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Social Security’s 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Is on Track to Do Something That Hasn’t Happened in 28 Years

In May, 51 million retired-worker beneficiaries took home an average Social Security check totaling $1,916.63, which works out to $23,000 on an annualized basis. While this might not sound like a game-changing amount of money, the average retiree would struggle mightily without their guaranteed monthly benefit. Over the last 23 years, national pollster Gallup has …

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From SEC staff Memorandum: Figures 9B and 10B display daily counts of gross positions that surpass 7% and 10% of a U.S. listed security’s market cap, respectively. A single participant can hold multiple large positions, hence the count can exceed the total number of market participants…

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: Memorandum from the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis My understanding is figures 9 and 10 outline the daily market participants’ gross positions in securities exceeding 7% and 10% of the security’s market capitalization. On average, 65 participants exceed the 7% threshold daily, and 46 exceed the 10% threshold. The highest recorded numbers …

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