Drinking the Annual COLA - November 23, 2025

from Retirement 360 · host Alan Mercurio and Troy Bolton

Troy handles the entire show today and begins with the 2026 Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) and what you need to know about next year's program. Later he touches on highly appreciated assets and how you can save on taxes when it comes to disposing them or passing them to the next generation.Retirement 360 is a Sunday morning radio tradition in the Louisville, Kentucky area, running for well over a decade. Alan Mercuio and Troy Bolton of Mercurio Wealth Advisors take a look at economic issues and topics related to retirement planning, as well as educating listeners to help prepare them for their post-working years, whatever they may have in mind for them.

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