Social Security Updates for 2025
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Release Date: 07/09/2025
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Happy New Year from Penobscot Financial Advisors! Hannah Tackett welcomes Tyler Hafford, and Reilly Dwight to share holiday memories, favorite foods, plus a special look back at 2025 and a look forward to 2026!
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Sam's Insights Into Digital Assets
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These days, a coin can hold as much value as code, and a dollar can be digital by design. It's a burgeoning financial world out there, and there aren't many maps for this marketplace. Tyler Hafford and PFA’s Chief Investment Officer, Sam Chaplin, sit down and discuss Digital Assets, the intriguing pros, the concerning cons, and the curious comparisons to the regular economy. Despite many long years, money now always acts like money then: what might make the change is the people who are holding it. YOU’LL LEARN: How digital assets differ from physical analogues How assets like...
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When Trust Turns To Terror: Extortion From Afar
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In this episode of Dollars to Dreams, host Tyler Hafford is joined by Penobscot Financial Advisors’ Chief Operations and Compliance Officer, Hannah Tackett, for another installment in a new series on cyber scams. Today, they talk about "Ted," a victim who was tricked by a scammer into a devastating blackmail scheme, and what happened when the money ran out. Tyler and Hannah break down his story and the tactics scammers use to prey on connection, trust, and online connections, and they offer invaluable tips on how you can protect yourself from falling victim to these increasingly...
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AI V.S. DOT COM
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Programming note: This episode is a quick interruption to our 5-part Cyber Scam Mini-Series—we’ll jump right back into it next week. Is today’s AI boom just dot-com all over again—or something entirely different? Tyler Hafford and PFA’s Chief Investment Officer, Sam Chaplin, dig into what’s hype, what’s real, and what long-term investors should watch: Piece by piece, they compare the details of the rise of artificial intelligence agents to the investment bubble of the 1990s known as the Dot Com Boom. Tyler and Sam go over the similarities and many differences between the two...
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Carol’s Customer Service Scam
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In this episode of Dollars to Dreams, host Tyler Hafford is joined by Penobscot Financial Advisors’ Chief Operations and Compliance Officer, Hannah Tackett, for another installment in a new series on cyber scams. They dive into the alarming aspects of two successive scams, and share the story of “Carol”, a victim who lost more than she bargained for with a customer service scam. Tyler and Hannah break down the tactics scammers use to prey on reputations and receipts, and they offer invaluable tips on how you can protect yourself from falling victim to these increasingly sophisticated...
info_outlineIn this episode of Dollars to Dreams, host Tyler Hafford is joined by Hannah Tackett, Chief Operations and Compliance Officer at Penobscot Financial Advisors, to unpack what’s new with Social Security in 2025. Social Security touches almost every American household, and the 2025 updates include headline-making changes and some lesser-known details. The changes include a 2.5% COLA, updates to earnings limits, and a rise in taxable wage caps. They also discuss how working affects benefits, projected Medicare premium increases, and how to plan around IRMAA (Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts). With practical examples and planning strategies, this episode helps you make sense of the numbers and gives clear next steps to optimize your retirement strategy. The message is simple but powerful—don't go it alone, and don't make Social Security decisions in a vacuum.
YOU'LL LEARN:
-- Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA) – What the 2.5% increase really means and how it reflects the broader economy.
-- Earnings Limits and Taxable Wages – New income thresholds for 2025 and how they impact benefit eligibility and withholding.
-- Medicare and IRMAA Impacts – How rising premiums and income-related surcharges affect retirees.