The 2025 Social Security COLA is about to go into effect. Here's how much more money you can expect in your check.

While seniors will get their regularly scheduled benefit checks this month, 2025 brings an entirely new cost-of-living adjustment for beneficiaries.

Broadly speaking, the older you are, the less exposure to the stock market you're supposed to take on. When you need safety and certainty, more reliable investments like interest-bearing bonds and even higher-yielding cash balances are prioritized. And understandably so.