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  MarketWatch - Jan. 29

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  MarketWatch - Jan. 25

• Social Security’s COLA is expected to drop in 2026 — but how low could it go?

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  MarketWatch - Jan. 16

• Their Social Security benefits were slashed. Now they’re getting hundreds — maybe thousands — of dollars back under new law Biden just signed.

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  MarketWatch - Jan. 11

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