How to Come Up With a Down Payment on a HouseMany people don’t realize there are myriad programs that offer grants or loans to help home buyers come up with the necessary funds.
Gen Zers Have Some Wild Misconceptions About Filing TaxesThe United States’ tax system is notoriously difficult to try and figure out, which is why there’s a slew of A.I.-powered options hitting the market to help taxpayers navigate it all.
Year-End Bonuses Rise — but Fewer Workers Are Getting Them, Report FindsThe average end-of-year bonus rose about 2% in 2024, according to an exclusive look at data from Gusto.
How ‘Scary Hour’ Helps Me Stay on Top of My FinancesIf you're looking to transform vague money worries into concrete actions, this is the hack for you.
6 Foods You Should Be Buying in Bulk, According to an ExpertThe average shopper can save up to $1,000 in a year buying in bulk. Here are six staples you should be stocking up on.
They lost their home insurance policies. Then came the firesLast year, Francis Bischetti said he learned that the annual cost of the homeowners policy he buys from Farmers Insurance for his Pacific Palisades home was going to soar from $4,500 to $18,000 — an amount he could not possibly afford.
‘Laid’ Tells the Story of Sex, Death, and the Single GirlAs pithy summations for TV series go, that line from the new Peacock comedy Laid is pretty tough to beat.
Can You Get Rich Using a Raspberry Pi to Mine Cryptocurrency?In olden times, people dug holes in the ground to look for gold. They called it mining. But why is gold valuable, anyway? Well, mostly because humans decided it was valuable.
8 Decluttering Rules I Live By as Someone Who Writes About Organizing for a LivingI consider myself extremely lucky to write about all things home, including decorating, cleaning, and organizing. I’ve been covering these topics for over a decade now, and while I think I’m naturally a bit of a homemaker, my job has certainly played a huge role in how I maintain my apartment.
This Is How to Spot a Card Skimmer Before You Get ScammedSummary Card skimmers capture card data at ATMs & POS systems; hidden cameras may capture PINs. Skimmers are hard to spot, but you should check for tampered seals, misaligned card readers, and hidden cameras.
Sebastian Mallaby on Finance’s Intellectual Adventure StoriesSebastian Mallaby is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of five books, including, most recently, “The Power Law,” an account of the venture-capital industry.
We Have to Stop Underwriting People Who Move to Climate Danger ZonesFires are still raging across Los Angeles in what is shaping up to be one of the most expensive calamities on American soil, with estimates of the economic damage and losses running as high as $275 billion. Thousands of residents have lost their homes, which are often their most valuable asset.
Irrevocable Trusts: So Many Options to Lower Taxes and Protect AssetsEditor’s note: This is part 16 — and the final article — of a series about the fundamental principles of using trusts and LLCs in estate planning, asset protection and tax planning.
OpenAI has created an AI model for longevity scienceWhen you think of AI’s contributions to science, you probably think of AlphaFold, the Google DeepMind protein-folding program that earned its creator a Nobel Prize last year. Now OpenAI says it’s getting into the science game too—with a model for engineering proteins.
Nosferatu is the stuff of exquisitely erotic nightmaresEven if you haven’t seen F.W. Murnau’s original Nosferatu or read Bram Stoker’s Dracula, those stories have undoubtedly shaped your ideas about vampires. They weren’t the first tales about undead ghouls rising from the grave to suck the blood out of the living.