Author: Money Mechanics

Netflix sensation and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders darling Reece Weaver has already turned the page on her time with the team—and planted new roots in the state of Alabama, where she and her husband, Will Allman, have just snapped up a $750,000 home. Weaver, 24, who is originally from Florida but met her husband while she was a student at the University of Alabama, shot to superstardom while being featured in Netflix’s “America’s Sweethearts.” The hit series documents the grueling tryout process that every member of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders—or D.C.C.—squad has to go through each season.She quickly became one of…

futures continue to stabilize after completing a sharp corrective decline from the June 22 high of 65.31 to the June 24 low of 55.75. The market has since recovered toward the Weekly VC PMI Mean at 60.71, with prices currently trading near 60.33, placing the market just below equilibrium. This recovery confirms that buyers continue to accumulate positions at statistically discounted levels while the market transitions from correction into consolidation.According to the VC PMI, the Daily Mean Price is 58.79. Daily support is identified at Buy 1: 57.67 and Buy 2: 56.72, while resistance is located at Sell 1: 59.75…

CNBC’s Diana Olick sits down with HB Capital CEO Hannah Hammond.CNBC Property Play brings you interviews with some of the biggest names in real estate, touching on everything from commercial and residential to finance and the mortgage markets, innovation in the industry and the growing risk to assets and operations from climate change.CNBC’s Diana Olick sits down with HB Capital CEO Hannah Hammond. Hammond shares how she became a self-made millionaire by age 25 and built a career in commercial real estate, why relationships are her greatest business asset, where she’s finding opportunity in today’s market, and how AI is…

(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – The first story was straightforward. The United States has largely solved its energy supply problem but remains exposed to global energy pricing. The second story followed naturally. In a world increasingly concerned with energy security, artificial intelligence, grid reliability, and geopolitical uncertainty, every barrel, molecule, and electron matters. The conclusion was simple: Every barrel counts. The next question is harder. If every barrel counts, how should an investor invest? For many investors, this question has become increasingly relevant. Over the last decade, technology stocks dominated portfolio performance. Capital flowed into software, cloud…

In late June 2026, rumors began to circulate across the tech world that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is leaning toward delaying its IPO from late 2026 to 2027. While the regulatory review process, market volatility, and a host of other factors regularly shift IPO timelines for companies planning to go public, this update is particularly significant. There has been a broad sense of unease across much of the investor sphere as AI seems to have taken over a variety of other industries, and growing concern that a potential “AI bubble” could pop. For investors considering their next plays in the tech space,…

Investors, traders and speculators observed the end of the second quarter and the first half of the year on Tuesday by extending a holiday-week risk-on rally. Technology took the lead, as chipmakers celebrated their best-ever three-month gain, and another survey suggested consumers are feeling better about the broader economy.The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose more than 80% from April through June on demand for chips, hardware and memory to sustain a revolutionary buildout for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.The index of semiconductor stocks is up more than 90% so far in 2026, putting it on track for its best performance since the…

A Legacy Trust can benefit family as you define it, charities, friends, community organizations and more all while carrying forward your legacy.gettyIntroductionPride Month is a time to celebrate authenticity, resilience, community, and the many ways people create families and build lives of meaning. It is also an ideal time to reconsider what estate planning can accomplish.Traditional estate planning has been presented as a technical exercise: avoiding probate, minimizing taxes, drafting documents, and transferring wealth. While those goals remain important, many people—particularly members of the LGBTQ+ community—may view their wealth through a different and perhaps broader lens. They may see it…

Lightning strikes may seem like a rarity, but when they do hit, their damage can be devastating. And they are hitting homeowners’ wallets harder than they used to.U.S. homeowners insurance losses tied to lightning strikes jumped 59% in 2025, totaling an estimated $1.65 billion, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Claims rose nearly 12% year over year, but the bigger story is cost: The average payout per claim climbed 42.8% to $26,616—nearly 147% higher than a decade ago. But that’s what insurers paid out on average, not necessarily what a homeowner is left covering. How much of that falls on…

Jobs data has “been moving in a good direction,” said Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh in his June 17 press conference, his first as head of the central bank. Indeed, the U.S. has added 569,000 new jobs so far in 2026, or 113,800 per month on average.However, job growth “continues to be narrow,” notes David Payne, staff economist and reporter for The Kiplinger Letter, in the Kiplinger jobs outlook, as “100,000 of the total gain in May occurred in just two sectors: food service and local government.”Still, Payne believes the strength we’ve seen since March “should dispel concerns at the…

The United States Supreme Court has concluded its current term with the usual flurry of rulings. This year, SCOTUS heard arguments in disputes ranging from gun rights to birthright citizenship, and, as usual, there’s been no shortage of controversy.However, the Court also issued decisions that can ultimately affect the financial bottom lines of everyday people across the country. These rulings, which involve property rights, the independence of monetary policy, and tariff authority, alter key rules for investors, consumers, and homeowners.Additionally, a separate tax case that the High Court declined to review leaves heightened IRS audit risk in place for some…