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Katy Willis

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Latest publication
Sep 29, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Aol
Top 5K sites
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Sep 26, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Katy Willis

    The new COLA could be the biggest in 3 years. Here’s what you could get in 2027 - AOL (opens the original)

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    Whether you’re already living on Social Security, watching a parent depend on it, or just trying to figure out what retirement even looks like these days, the 2027 raise is worth paying attention to. It’s shaping up to be the fattest one retirees have gotten in three years. Right now the guesses sit between 3.4% and 3.6%. On the average retired-worker check, about $2,086 a month, that works out to somewhere around $70 to $75 more landing in the account every month starting in January. Not life-c

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Katy Willis

    19 money habits that make lenders trust you - AOL (opens the original)

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    You pay every bill, keep your balances low, and still get handed a mediocre interest rate on your car loan, while someone with a similar income and messier habits gets approved in minutes at a better rate. That difference usually isn’t luck. The scoring models behind the three-digit number a lender pulls before they ever talk to you drive 90% of lending decisions in the U.S., and that number is built almost entirely from your habits, not your paycheck. Lenders can’t sit across from you and ask w

  3. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Katy Willis

    14 coins with missing letters, dates, or mint marks worth checking - AOL (opens the original)

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    Empty a jar of old coins onto the table and most people check the date and the mint mark. Flip that logic around. Sometimes the interesting part of a coin is what isn’t there. A letter that got polished off a die, a mint mark nobody punched into place, a date worn down to a smooth blank spot. All three can mean a coin is worth checking twice before it goes back in the jar or gets spent at the gas station. Missing text on a coin happens for different reasons, and the reason matters for value. Som

  4. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Katy Willis

    A new bill could let you turn 401(k) savings into monthly income before you retire - AOL (opens the original)

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    You’re 54. Nobody at your company has mentioned a pension in years, because there isn’t one. Whatever you retire on will come entirely out of your 401(k), and that balance moves up and down with the stock market whether you’re ready to stop working or not. A bill sitting in the House right now would change one specific piece of that picture. If it passes, workers 50 and older could move part of their 401(k) directly into an annuity that pays a fixed amount every month for the rest of their life,

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