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After months of speculation, the Social Security Administration has finally announced the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2025. It’ll add this COLA to your checks beginning with your December 2024 benefit, which you receive in January 2025. The COLA is the smallest we’ve seen since 2021. Many

Image source: Upsplash/The Motley Fool Many would-be home buyers have stayed on the sidelines over the past couple of years, as high home prices and rapidly rising mortgage rates combined to make homeownership far less affordable for the average American. However, despite persistent high home

Image source: Upsplash/The Motley Fool If you haven’t started to think about your holiday travel plans, now is the ideal time to get planning. You can keep more money in your checking account by booking your holiday travel arrangements sooner rather than later. Otherwise, you may spend much more

Image source: Getty Images After much hemming and hawing, I finally joined Costco via its website a few weeks ago. I bought a house earlier this year, and I’ve got more storage space now, plus I was eager to maximize a Costco membership by taking advantage of deals on appliances, furniture,

Image source: Upsplash/The Motley Fool The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released the most recent Consumer Price Index for the cost of pretty much everything from September 2024. It’s no surprise that costs are still rising, but what was a bit eye-opening was that housing was once again up 0.2%