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Social Security COLA 2027 Prediction Hits Highest Forecast Since 2022 — What It Means for Retirees
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Social Security November Payment Schedule Released || Early SSI Date + 2026 COLA Raise Coming || Thoughts?
Just accepted a job that offers a pension. Should I change my ROTH IRA strategy?
Some of these 100%+ YTD movers aren’t even on most screens. What the institutional read here?
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Uhhh no. If you're in your 40s and buy a BMW today you're paying around $300 if you get normal coverage and deductibles. Depends where you live though obviously. If you live in a lower income or lower COLA area that changes.
No, again. 50 basis point is way less than 525 bps. Think of it as 2 separate 0.25% interest rate increase on an adjustable rate mortgage, versus multiple interest rate increase that total 5.25%. The later is awful, this previous market drops. The prior is not a big deal. The second 0.25% increase will come around the same time people are getting 4.0% raises and Social Security COLA increases thus dampening it further.
There is no cap because the pension is tied to a union / bargaining unit's contract. So if the union gets a 3% raise one year, the value of the pension also gets 3%. So no cap, but highly variable. there have been years with no COLA adjustment, and years with an 8% COLA adjustment. Thanks. I have actually been trying to play catch up a bit because I couldn't afford to save barely anything for retirement until I was in my early 30s. My 403B has been doing insanely well for the last decade and it is my biggest account. The Pension should cover a large chunk of my yearly expenses in retirement. SS won't be much, but every dollar counts. I decided to add the Roth IRA recently due to the current historic low rates of taxes, and wanting to have some tax shelter/flexibility when I retire.
Does the pension COLA have a cap? Do they compound from yer to year? My pension has a 3% cap on what the COLA can be. Furthermore, it’s based on my original benefit amount, so a 3% COLA would yield the same amount no matter how long I had been retired. With your pension, SS, 403b, Roth IRA, and taxable brokerage account you should be quite comfortable in retirement.
The pension gets COLA adjustments based on the bargaining unit tied to it. I got 3% this year and last year.
Lol the 1776 dividend that was BAH and COLA funds?
[Columbus Acquisition Corp Announces Adjournment of Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/11/3360284/0/en/columbus-acquisition-corp-announces-adjournment-of-extraordinary-general-meeting-of-the-shareholders.html) \- COLA COLAR COLA adjourned the shareholder meeting to vote for business combination with WiseSat; no new date set yet, no reason given.
Hey OP, was in a similar situation. Had a fiance at one point, an awesome 1 bedroom in one of the highest COLA in the US and a few hundred thousand. Things happened, trusted the wrong people and ended up loosing my assets close to a mil. Started with less than $25k. The honest truth is you'll hate it for the longest of time. And you won't honestly get over it at some level. You ultimately learn to live with it; the "what ifs" disappear and you focus on where in front of you and not behind you. It's easier said than done but took me nearly 2x decades where if I was on a budget I didn't go "man I wish I had the money". It was really just needing to get to a point where I just needed to address the current. Have an amazing love, have things I look forward too. Would that money be awesome to have in this economy especially? Well yeah but that's the thing. It's not the tI don't care it's just, I don't think of it anymore nor do I beat myself over with it. There ain't no way path but wish you the best ✌️
The US can't and won't inflate away the debt. We can't grow our way out of our deficits. There's too much and this isn't post WW2. Bond yields would spike. Markets aren't dumb. Over half of fed spending carries COLA. Short term treasuries will mature and new debt will be at higher and higher interest rates. It would make everything so much worse. It's not going to happen.
Salaries going up minimal amount compared to inflation. Even government employees are seeing a 0% COLA for 2027. That’s BAD
We did run the fixed stress cases you mention before we ran MC. I also tested different growth rates and obviously the higher the better outcomes are but I am less interested in the upside at 80-90yrs than testing the floor on the downside. To do this it seemed modeling in historical bear markets and known potential cap expenses that are optional and some emergency events would be close enough to my Situation that makes the Modeling reasonably good. Of course I can come up with even worse scenarios eg being bed ridden from a life changing event etc but that worst case scenario is covered by the home we would need to sell. I have modeled Most other expense side things fairly carefully taking into account past spending patterns, MediCare costs, inflation and COLA and also introduced a variable to change the predicted expense by a precentage on top of inflation.
>This is the most likely outcome. Absolutely not. Social security will be there. It just won't buy as much. COLA adjustments haven't kept up with real inflation for decades. Globalization and declining birth rates is when it started. This is not recent at all. We are about 40 years in already. Nothing new is happening. It will be a gradual slide just like it has been for decades.
My husband has a pension, however it appears to be 1/4 of his salary and WILL NOT have any COLA. Social Security has COLA. He’s maxed out the contribution yearly, so it will be high. We’ve also got an annuity, because, well, I don’t know. He wanted multiple income streams. All three of those together will not be enough to cover our expected expenses and we’re not planning anything crazy. We won’t have a second home, yacht, or new cars. We’ll pay off our home in 9 years and keep it. Cars will be upgraded as needed. Vacations will be moderate to amazing but not likely to include a Ritz Carlton cruise or Four Seasons. We still save 25% of our income. We max 401k, HSA, and still save into brokerage.
$COLA filed DEFM14A Vote September 10th
WISeKey International Holding AG filed a 6-K after market close today. SEALSQ Corp., a subsidiary of WISeKey International Holding, [subscribed to a $10 million PIPE at around $10.66 per share](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1738699/000121390026091235/ea0302501-6k_wisekey.htm#:~:text=%2410%2C000%2C000%20in%20ordinary%20shares%2C%20no%20par%20value%2C%20of%20Pubco%20(%E2%80%9CPubco%20Ordinary%20Shares%E2%80%9D%20and%20such%20shares%20issued%20hereunder%2C%20the%20%E2%80%9CSubscription%20Shares%E2%80%9D)%2C%20at%20a%20price%20per%20share%20equal%20to%20the%20redemption%20price%20per%20share%20paid%20to%20Public%20Shareholders%20that%20redeem%20their%20CAC%20ordinary%20shares), if the business combination with Columbus Acquisition Corp. (COLA COLAR) and WISeSat.Space Corp. closes.
Bad precedent ! If the courts system hand the prosecutors a win, NFLX, APPL, AMZN, COCA COLA, McDonalds , DISNEY , just to name a few will all me targeted as they all make products that kids are all addicted to
Social security for high income earners is actually not that bad if you also own your home and downsize your lifestyle. Social security is designed to pay for 40% of your former income plus has COLA, though it’s based on your top 35 earning years. I personal achieved FIRE by living comfortably off less than $40K with a paid off house and investing the difference while living in a VHCOL area. Your dad may be taking home $60K/year. On the other hand, if you were a low income earner and are still renting, thats where we can have a problem. Or if you built a lifestyle where you need over 40% of your former income to survive.
No... the benefit cut once the trust fund is depleted is already part of standard operating procedure. Reform would be raising/lowering retirement age, increasing/decreasing payroll taxes, adjusting COLA, means testing, closing investment loopholes ect.
thats a cool way to pay less social security benefits. Mess with the COLA adjustment
Expect the DoE DSA approval for Aurora INL and NRC COLA application as catalysts before end of year. Aurora INL plant should come online late 2027/early 2028. There is a timeline out for an Aurora plant at Eleison Air Force Base. Probably 2029. META is paying for an Aurora build-out in Southern Ohio. Probably online in 2030. Everything else is Letters of Intent, but Oklo has the most commitments and is ahead of the competition.
100k today has same buying power as 39k did three decades ago. People earning below 200k are struggling with COLA
🤦🤦♀️🤦♂️🙈Everybody is losing to inflation all the time. So, assuming the same COLA area, I ain’t losing anything relative to you.
Some government pensions get COLA adjustments. Not many private pensions do.
The COLA is a basket of things that does not include stock prices. Those on fixed incomes will feel some bump, but it won't be much.
Social security and most pensions are raised by COLA, no? And if someone is living off their own retirement investments, they would be fine because they are also in the market, right? So it seems like the only people who suffer are currently working people who do not invest much or at all, which would primarily be low income people.
WISeSat.Space Holdings Corp [filed the first public S-4 registration statement yesterday](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0002101411&owner=include&count=40) for the business combination with Columbus Acquisition Corp ( COLA COLAR ) after filing three draft registration statements.
I think this should be measured by buying power. Based on Social Security COLA for last 40 years compounded annually it looks like about 2.7 million (just shy of 3 million). Location is probably a significant factor on buying power. Over the last 40 years, the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) has averaged approximately **2.6% compounded annually**. When this rate compounds over a 40-year period (from 1986 through 2026), an initial benefit or salary of 1000 would grow to 2,720.
I treat my pension as a bond allocation, and not as a reason to invest in risky and undiversified equities. But...my pension will pay ~35-40% of my salary; not 75-80%. There's also no COLA. So I do depend on my investments for the rest (and SS is my backup).
> Ask the Detroit firefighters how relying on their pension worked out They got their full pension but their COLA was reduced from 2% to 1%? For some reason redditors hate pensions, but also don't understand them. And think that everyone in detroit lost their entire pension. As opposed to regular city workers, whose pension was reduced by 4% and who lost their cola.
Looks like I’ll be getting my 3% COLA demotion AGAIN.
At least you get a merit. Looking forward to my 3% COLA demotion for the 5th year in a row…
I think you’re misunderstanding how often step increases happen for federal employees which is what that guy excluded. After your 3rd year the step increase start to occur every 2 years. After your 6th step you only get a step increase every 3 years. So to get to step 7 they have to be there 9 years, and then step increases occur every 3 years. It’s not an annual pay raise on top of the government wide pay raise. They also don’t get standard COLA’s. That’s reserved for retirees. So if an employee is in their 4th step, then yea, they’re probably only getting a 1% raise this year.
So the COLA for social security and disability should be higher for 2027
So COCA COLA will grow more than Nvidia in the next years? lmao
We are going to get a big COLA raise now, right? RIGHT?? https://preview.redd.it/aabbe9340h6h1.png?width=3072&format=png&auto=webp&s=65c4b65ee925a6bf0276792bb26748216cb9d9b4
Remember this CPI when your employer gives you a 2% annual COLA raise
SS has COLA adjustments. Not the boomers’ problem, lol.
Ok did it. Sold COLA and added both BCAR and BBCQ at 10.90 each. Although I may grab a few COLA rights if they get into the 40s. The company is intriguing with the sector so hot right now
Dumped my COLA down the drain that Rights reaction was brutal
[WISeKey and Its Subsidiary WISeSat Space Corp Announce Confidential Submission of Amended Draft Registration Statement on Form F-4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/06/04/3306504/0/en/wisekey-and-its-subsidiary-wisesat-space-corp-announce-confidential-submission-of-amended-draft-registration-statement-on-form-f-4-with-the-u-s-securities-and-exchange-commission.html) \- COLA COLAR Finally an update on COLA.
I don't know which one of you convinced me to buy COLA??? Are we still loving it? 😁😁
Maybe when they file a public F-4 it will get more attention. They [filed a confidential one in December](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/12/29/3211134/0/en/WISeKey-International-Holding-AG-Nasdaq-WKEY-and-Columbus-Acquisition-Corp-Nasdaq-COLA-Announce-Confidential-Submission-of-Draft-Registration-Statement-on-Form-F-4-in-Connection-wi.html), but don't see a public filing yet, no idea why the delay.
Cannot buy COLA on Schwab. Low float???
Space sector adding billions per day in mkt cap. COLA still flat just above NAV Will be interesting if it gets picked up
Let’s take an extreme example over a moderate time frame of (let’s say) three years. You have 5% of your portfolio allocated evenly over 20 stocks that have reverse split. And 19 of these go totally belly up, not necessarily out of business, but to the point of a restructuring that wipes out stockholders. The other, though, goes up 20x. More likely, a few stocks would be up a little. A few more are COLA even. Ten to 12 are down, some a little, some a lot. And a couple are way ahead.
College professor of finance for engineers made us build several kinds of spreadsheet models showing how compound interest works and proving that someone getting a 2% COLA every year on their starting salary at age 21 starting to invest 15% of their salary at age 31 until retirement can NEVER catch up to someone investing 15% of the same salary from age 21 to 31 and then stopping all contributions. Several of us took that advice seriously and that class alone was easily worth the price of 4 years tuition.
Hahaha fuck. He is for sure the kind of guy to get a COLA raise at work and tell his friends and family it’s a bonus.
$COLA rights are up too, but I believe they have until the 22nd to extend another month, but it appears they have the intent to do so. .59c for 1/7 rights seams like a bargain
Surprised COLA isn't getting much attention yet considering the SpaceX partnership, still just barely above NAV.
I have a pension, but I also maxed out my tax deferred accounts as as soon as I could afford to because I wasn't sure how long I would stay at the job. As it turns out, I may have oversaved...but you never really know, and it's nice having various sources of funds. Make sure you understand all of the details of your pension, in particular: (1) even though you may be entitled to a 50% pension after 20 years of service, you may or may not be able to draw the pension after 20 years of service. I don't have that kind of pension, but our law enforcement pensions are 50% after 20 years, but you can't start drawing the pension until you are 52 or 65 (depending on the exact plan). (2) You also need to know whether or not your pension has an automatic COLA or not. Many state and local pensions don't, and this is of particular importance if you start drawing your pension ASAP - 50% of your salary in retirement may not be much 20 or 30 years into retirement.
A [confidential F-4 registration statement was filed in December 2025](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/12/29/3211134/0/en/WISeKey-International-Holding-AG-Nasdaq-WKEY-and-Columbus-Acquisition-Corp-Nasdaq-COLA-Announce-Confidential-Submission-of-Draft-Registration-Statement-on-Form-F-4-in-Connection-wi.html), but no public registration statement yet.
COLA 2.55m float SPAC with NAV around 10.55. Merging with WiseSat Space. They are partnered with SpaceX Starting to get talked about on X and has had some action past few days.
$COLA DA w/ WISeSatSpace With space stocks going wild into Spacex IPO, this probably gets picked up. \-DA w/@WISeSatSpace \-Trust(float):2.55M \-Deadline: 1/22/2027 \-NAV: $10.35 \-Partnered w/ @SpaceX 👀
$COLA DA w/ WISeSatSpace With space stocks going wild into Spacex IPO, this probably gets picked up. \-DA w/@WISeSatSpace \-Trust(float):2.55M \-Deadline: 1/22/2027 \-NAV: $10.35 \-Partnered w/ @SpaceX 👀
It's baffling that while the government claims inflation is cooling, COLA (Collateralized Inflation Act) forecasts continue to climb.
Highest COLA since 2022 sounds great until you realize it probably means inflation is still beating everyone up.”
COLA announced definitive agreement with WiseKey in November 2025, but doesn't look like anyone has filed a S-4/F-4 registration statement yet.
$COLA hot on Twitter? No float space X partner I guess
> That's not how one would interpret an inflation adjusted graph. As if CPI was a sacrosanct objective stat rather than an utterly gamed stat that elevates substitution bias to a virtue while keeping COLA costs low
COVID market declines were very short term, if a retiree had some cash or non-correlated assets they could have left their stocks alone and we're back at new all-time-highs recently. SS also got large COLA during this period to help keep up with inflation.
Wanahua, WOLF COLA!
All of a sudden Twiiter is saying we won the Irun war and we have successfully punked out CHYNA HOT DOGS AND COCA-COLA FOR EVERYONE
With inflation rising this much month to month, I can’t wait for my COLA to come in to match 😃
? This is not accurate for mortgages. I am locked in for 30 years at 2.75%. I'm not saying this to be callous or brag. Just the reality that inflation makes my debt smaller once we get COLA raises at work.
At least when inflation was 9% I was getting good raises. Now we're gonna have high inflation, and I'm not even getting a COLA and my benefits have been cut...
The reduction in benefits is the “action.” Anyone retiring after 2034 will get 75% benefit payouts. Possibly earlier, as current recipients are also getting COLA increases, and inflation is growing.
The strategy of a retiree turning 62 in beginning to draw Social Security with the Hope of investing the cash and having an 8% CAGR and matching the normalized increase of the Social Security payout is fraught with Risk. This is where sequence of returns Risk comes in to play. Imagine retiring in 2000 and beginning to draw Social Security at age 62 at that year. This theoretical retiree would have the first three years of -11%,-22%, -27%. With these returns, the retiree trying to invest and do as well as the Social Security increases by waiting until FRA, or, age 70, could never catch up,, because the hole is too deep. I hope this real life example demonstrates sequence of returns. Likewise, starting in 2008, the retiree starting Social Security at 62 in this year starts off at a -37% rate of return, which destroys the objective of trying to having the surety of cash in hand and matching the normal increases in Social Security all the way to FRA or 70. Of course, Social Security has some COLA adjustment to provide an additional hurdle that the individual investor must face. I agree with the sentiment in this thread that if a retiree needs the money at age 62 or is in poor health, they should just begin to draw their benefits. Otherwise, it is the toughest of challenges to try to collect, invest, and match the guaranteed inflation returns, built in to the normal Social Security payout schedule. As all of our fellow investors have enjoyed the returns of the past three years and watched our investments grow, it seems easy that taking the payout early, and investing we could do better. In behavioral economics, this is called “ recency bias”.
Way too basic. Most people should WAIT to claim. Higher widow benefit, and a *gauranteed* increase of 8% year, with a COLA on the final benefit. To outperform this when investing would require a high risk tolerance and luck ( who knows what sequence of returns the investor will get??), or you are permanently behind.
Going back to your numbers, there should be about a 77% increase in benefit at age 70 compared to filing at age 62, before factoring in inflation assumptions. If you assume $1425 at 62, it should be at least $2522 at 70. If we assume a 2.5% COLA then the initial benefit at 70 would be $3072. We haven't even touched on the potential tax ramifications. I do this professionally and have created very sophisticated real world models. If your break even is 95, there is a flaw in your model. Lastly, break even is a one dimensional way of making this decision because it doesn't capture several other factors.
This looks crazy, but if you dive in, their middle and lower class has more money left over after expenses than the US middle and lower class. They have universal Healthcare and public transportation that works. So as crazy is this looks, its all relative to local incomes, and COLA. Based on my research the disposable income at the end of the month is 30-45%, compared to 5-10% in the US, in these classes. It's reminds me of how some people see a $1000 stock hit $2k, and are like its up huge, and making fun of my stock going up only 5 dollars from 1.
I thought about that. COLA also increases current benefits to all retirees every year based on CPI. So I assumed that the amount taken out from your 401k would increase by the same percentage on Model A and Model B. So in model A if the COLA is 2% a year then a at age 70 your monthly distribution would increase from 1425 to 1670. I haven’t included it in my calculation, but I’m pretty sure that as long as the % of increase is the same in both scenarios and the retiree matches it in their 401k withdrawal, then the effect should cancel out and wouldn’t change the break even date. It would be worth running the numbers to verify, but I would have to think on the formula.
This is the perfect counterpoint to my comment haha. Thanks for sharing. Another pro I've thought about for waiting, is for people who may have reduced capacity for managing their finances. Getting just this COLA annuity to pay the most possible is very nice, no bond allocation, selling decisions, etc.
Also the COLA for SS will add some complexity. If starting at 62, with 2% per year inflation, the sum over 8 years is about $160k. If not needed for expenses, this money can be invested in an income fund @8% can earn an added $1200 to $1600 per year which is like an extra month per year.
I did some work on a spreadsheet to look at the subject that OP mentions. I attempted to do my dilligence to get it right but you should do yours before using these numbers. I basically started with the average payment given for $1424 at 62 and increased by 8% per year for delaying taking SS and a COLA of 2%. The Year column is what year SS is taken. The Total Pay column is when the total pay received equals taking at 62. The value @ columns is when the value equals taking at 62 based on a return of 8%, 6% and 4%. Hopefully someone finds this helpful. | Year | Total Pay | Value @ 8% | Value @ 6% | Value @ 4% | |-------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------| | 63 | 74Y 3M | 88Y 10M | 81Y 5M | 77Y 10M | | 64 | 74Y 9M | 89Y 4M | 81Y 10M | 78Y 5M | | 65 | 75Y 3M | 89Y 10M | 82Y 4M | 78Y 11M | | 66 | 75Y 10M | 90Y 4M | 82Y 11M | 79Y 5M | | 67 | 76Y 5M | 90Y 11M | 83Y 5M | 80Y | | 68 | 77Y | 91Y 5M | 84Y | 80Y 7M | | 69 | 77Y 7M | 92Y | 84Y 7M | 81Y 2M | | 70 | 78Y 2M | 92Y 6M | 85Y 2M | 81Y 8M |
I'll get retirement after 30 years of work when I'm 50. 60% of my income +1.5% semi annually COLA
Now you are correct. The INL reactor is a test and demonstration reactor which should provide performance data to support an NRC design certification under Part 52 or perhaps Part 53 when it is finalized. It may also be converted to commercial use after obtaining an NRC operating license. In contrast to to Oklo, TerraPower, Kairos, and X-Energy are all obtaining NRC licenses under Part 50 and are ahead of schedule to start construction of their reactors. Part 50 is an incremental process well suited for first-of-kind designs. Part 52 is for mature NRC certified reactor designs. Oklo could have gone through the Part 52 process for a COLA but would have first had to mature their design.
No one is claiming a reactor can sell power into the commercial grid without an NRC license… that’s not the point in dispute. The distinction is when and how the NRC licensing burden is carried. Under the RPP/MOU framework, Oklo can design, construct, and operate a non-commercial reactor at INL under DOE authority, generating operational data and validating the full system before seeking commercial authorization. Prior to this framework, Oklo would have been forced into a COLA-first path with incremental NRC approvals before construction or operation. The MOU allows NRC to rely on DOE-accepted analyses and documentation, which materially reduces duplication, regulatory risk, and timeline uncertainty at the back end. The NRC license is still required for grid sales- but it becomes a transition step after an operating reactor exists, not a gate that must be cleared before anything can be built or run.
Did you even read what I wrote? Again, Oklo can design, construct and operate the reactor non-commercially, which is different from the past. Before the MOU, Oklo would have needed to submit their COLA and waited for incremental approval throughout the process… the RPP changed all of that.
Social Security COLA increase is very close to CPI, which are close to people's yearly raises. If something (healthcare) increases 200%, it's problematic and out of alignment.
The market isn’t random is one of the first things you will discover after viewing charts long enough. Then you discover cycles and repeating patterns. Then from there MA crosses predicting price moves. Then waves and fibs. Before long you see everything. Is based on math and follow a programming with some noise thrown in. Then you discover news isn’t random either. It comes out to make it look like it was the news that caused the movement but from reading charts you know it was gonna happen anyways. So the news is obviously fake and made to fit the narritive of the market when needed. Then you start wondering how much of this matrix is actually real or just a simulation that you’re slowing decoding. Once you know all these things you can never look at anything or the world the same way. It’s actually pretty heavy and takes a toll on you but I use this information to my advantage to help me. My family. And others. I’m not on this earth to get rich at others expense. I’m on here to expose the reality of what is really happening not what they gaslight us with 24x7. I miss the days of three tv channels but I will continue on for my grandchildren. The wealthy in control might think we are their little playthings that they can take advantage of and slowly take everything from us and we’re non the wiser. I see what they are doing. I know others also see. Unregulated capitalism only benifits the wealthy and they are basically going for the kill shot. There is no jobs and you don’t hear a single peep from our wealthy leaders on fixing any of the issues. Tiring healthcare to slave wage jobs…. Nice but obvious. Giving raises that don’t except the COLA every year. Year that’s why after 18 years at a bank I was like F this. The American dream is dead because of Reagan and all these greedy sob. I hate them all. I will fight for others till the end. The smoke and mirrors of this matrix is being exposed buy the army of matrix seers. We will raise others up and not be part of their destruction or greedy selfish ways. That isn’t what life is about.
Poor consumer: please, we need help. COLA is too high 🥭: I’ve called interest rates at 10%, thank me *banks cancel high risk accounts and slash limits* Poor consumer: no not like that, now I can’t buy shit. This’ll be catastrophic if it somehow happens
I think you should consider a few other variables. 1) My 2.6% COLA ~ after Medicare ~ was so small I won’t bother to calculate it! The moral of this story: you will be a negative run rate day one. 2) RMD’s. This is when you have to pay the tax on all the money you’ve saved. I make my first RMD this coming year, and my Certified Fiancial Planner (free via Fidelity) said I could estimate 4% per year tax to be paid on RMD’s. Be mindful this percentage was a guesstimate. I’ll get more of a feel (hopefully) this time next year.
Not for COLA, no they didn't. If you got a promotion coincidentally or something, that needs to be compared to the same position's salary last year, not your other different position.
Wait for OKLO to get back down to $20-30 within the next 2-3 years depending on how fast they get their COLA. Just replace all those risk with RKLB, thank me in a year. Large cap just go mainly Google, then Amazon, then Nvidia, Then Microsoft and Broadcom. Depending on how much money you have go 50-70% VOO. This is not financial advice 😂
Blew the clutch on my truck cause I was hot dogging it. Quoted $2,100. Bad timing. Lost middle class job - over hiring in 2022 (me), then 2024 COLA’s. Anyways, working 70hr weeks at the time, two jobs, and like $100 left over after rent and no groceries if I didn’t blow $50 of it on whiskey at the bar. I was sitting with my buddy and he was like, I will help you. Got it on jacks. Used our friend’s barn. Smoked our asses off, dropped the tranny; we only had enough energy for like an hour every night. A little here and there. Clutch and flywheel replaced. $200.
Probably a combination of things over a 10-20 year period. Higher taxes, slow the rate of spending or even cut spending. I’d likely cut military spending, raise corporate taxes, raise individual taxes, walk a fine line of inflating the dollar above the target rate without spiking the interest rate on the debt. Rework the entire healthcare system to match more successful systems. Slowly erode entitlements by raising the age or capping benefits, lower multipliers for COLA, and pray while I do all that I don’t slow growth too much. It’s a challenge there is no “good” way out of having a debt burden that is 120% your annual “salary”. A combination of all of these is what is likely to happen as incentives are never aligned to make big bold moves at any given time so it will be 100’s of small things that all suck over a long period of time. How would you do it?
What your opinion on annuities with a COLA? I'm inclined not to buy-in, but I feel I can handle another 20% drop.
MANGO SAID: - MCDONALD’S HAS THE BEST COCA-COLA Bros a fat ass, who TF asked him who has the best coca cola
For interested parties that want to know the path forward for OKLO: With the DOE selecting OKLO for their nuclear project, OKLO is moving forward with building a reactor with criticality (reactor is running) in the summer of 2026 ( about eight months away). They cant sell electricity without a COLA and NRC approval, but they can have a working reactor with DOE approval. They already have the fuel for this first reactor. After having a working reactor, OKLO is betting that the NRC approval will happen faster since they will have a working model rather than a design on paper. After NRC approval, all that is required is to hook up their reactor to the electric grid and do all the necessary startup testing. I have no clue as to what the OKLO stock is worth, I made my money this year and got out.
OKLO expectations for call is a very low bar and likely already baked in, wouldn’t be surprised if we see $130-$140 by end of week. Especially since they can submit COLA later this week when the government reopens.
Their actively building right now, so that’s not true. My best guess is COLA submission or a significant partnership.
OKLO can finally submit COLA once gov reopens… huge catalyst
OKLO can finally submit COLA once gov reopens… huge catalyst
OKLO hopefully to announce COLA submission soon once gov reopens
Fluor is selling off their SMR stake, which is causing an early dip in nuclear sector, still think OKLO COLA submission will drive $150+
OKLO can submit COLA once shutdown is over- $150+ when that happened
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Government shutdown will now allow them to submit their COLA, which has been holding things up.
OKLO $150+ this week, shutdown ending means they can finally submit COLA