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1. My plumber charged $160 to fix the cistern on my toilet — but created another problem. Do I pay again?

2. ‘I feel like he may be taking advantage of us’: Our adviser pushes annuities after we already said no. Do we fire him?

3. ‘We are comfortable financially’: My husband is in his 60s and has $500,000 life insurance. Is this a good time to cancel?

4. ‘It seems too good to be true’: At a steak-dinner retirement seminar, the guy said annuities can outperform the market. Is that true?

5. Social Security is facing a 22% cliff — 4 ways to build an income stream Washington can’t touch

6. Worried about a lower Social Security benefit? How to calculate the exact impact it will have on your retirement.

7. Social Security benefits and costs are perfectly reasonable — no case exists for massive cuts

8. Millions of grandparents are spending their retirements raising their grandkids — and it’s taking a financial toll

9. The true national debt just hit $1 million per U.S. household

10. Social Security’s COLA could be 4.7% in 2027 as inflation hits the highest level in 3 years