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The 2026 Social Security COLA: Will a 2.7% Increase Be Enough to Outrun Inflation?

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Hosts Justin Klein & Luke Guerrero, CFA | Wealth Managers and Investment Advisors

Entrepreneurship, Business News, News, Investing, News Commentary, Business

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this segment, we break down the estimated 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 and explore why experts are concerned this moderate boost may not be enough to cover rising expenses for retirees. 

Today's Stocks & Topics: DIS - Walt Disney Co., Market Wrap, EBAY - EBay Inc., The 2026 Social Security COLA: Will a 2.7% Increase Be Enough to Outrun Inflation?, BBNX - Beta Bionics Inc., TOST - Toast Inc., NX - Quanex Building Products Corp., Recent Copper Mining Deals, BALL - Ball Corp., DOV - Dover Corp., TECK - Teck Resources Ltd., A-I and U.S. Market Returns.



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0:00.0

On radio, on YouTube, streaming live on invest talk.com, and for our podcast subscribers, this is InvestTalk. Incependent Thinking, shared success.

0:17.7

InvestTalk is made possible by KPP Financial, a registered investment advisor firm, serving clients throughout the United States.

0:27.0

Here is KPP Financial Portfolio Manager, Luke Guerrero.

0:33.4

Good afternoon, fellow investors, and welcome back to another episode of InvestTalk.

0:40.0

I'm your host, Luke Guerrero, and today's Wednesday, September 10th, 2025.

0:47.2

We're halfway through the day, or rather halfway through the week, that is, and quickly approaching the end of this year. And as we approach a new year,

0:59.9

one of the things we start to think about is what are our New Year's resolutions? Hopefully

1:05.7

for some of you, for all of us, our resolution includes taking stock of our financial lives.

1:13.6

But if it's a good idea to start in January of the year, it's a good idea to start today.

1:21.6

And so we here at InvestTalk see us as one small part of that goal of taking stock of your financial

1:29.3

life.

1:30.3

And so we meet here each and every day to help make you a better and more informed investor.

1:36.3

Now, in order to do that, we bring a mixture of educational focus points, talking points. We talk about what happens in the market. But most importantly,

1:48.0

we answer your finance and investment questions. Without you contributing to this show,

1:53.8

Invest Talk does not exist. And so with that being said, before we talk about today's market

1:59.6

performance, let's tackle

2:01.4

our first caller question. And that caller question is going to be from Sid from North Carolina,

2:07.2

who is calling in early. I love it, Sid. You got a question about Disney. Do you want it? Are you

2:11.4

looking to buy it?

2:12.9

Thanks for taking my call. Yeah, I do have a small position. It's been taken sometimes in the

2:22.1

middle of COVID. It was a little bit downstream and then now past a couple of quarters.

2:31.0

It is more only sideways. Still playing between 110 and 20. Do you think

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