Author: Money Mechanics

(Image credit: Getty Images)Editor’s note: This is the fourth article in a five-part series about all-asset retirement planning that is covering such topics as using lifetime annuities and housing wealth, making the most of tax benefits and managing investment portfolio risk. The first articles are: It’s Time to Redefine Retirement for Retirees With $500,000 to $5 Million, Unlock Housing Wealth and Tax Benefits by Adding Lifetime Annuities to Your Retirement Plan and Does Your Retirement Plan Ignore Half of Your Net Worth?So many details factor into retirement planning: Income needs, how much to leave to heirs, protection against long-term care…

Actors Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jonah Hill and Michael Cera arrive at the premiere of “Superbad” in 2007.(Image credit: Jason Merritt/FilmMagic/Getty Images)Millennials are a scrappy lot, having to adjust to major tech advances and financial shocks early in their lives. They came of age during the Great Recession of 2008-2009; they are perhaps best known as the generation mired in so much student debt that they have often delayed key life milestones such as buying a house and getting married. The lousy economic timing has also set millennials back when saving for their retirement.Born between 1981 and 1996, millennials now range in…

Although the April 15 IRS tax deadline has passed, taxpayers in Delaware, Iowa, Virginia, Louisiana, and South Carolina are still on the hook for their state returns — or have just received extra time.It has been a tumultuous tax season. The 2025 Trump tax bill not only overhauled federal rules but also prompted state lawmakers to wrestle with whether to adopt federal tax code changes.While these updates may have yielded new tax savings for some taxpayers who live in states that adopted them, the new rules also led to state refund delays, even leading one state tax agency to move…

Precious metals, including gold and silver, have declined over the last two sessions. In today’s European session, prices extended losses after a gap-down opening.Gold and silver came under pressure as the US dollar strengthened and oil prices moved higher, while traders remain cautious ahead of key central bank decisions, especially the upcoming FOMC meeting. Stable real yields and firm USD positioning have limited upside in bullion. During the session: traded near $4604.66 per ounce traded near $4618.39 per ounce This marks a three-week low, reflecting ongoing bearish sentiment in the short term. Market View: Despite the recent decline, there is…

Just under an hour drive away from New York City, this Woodbridge, New Jersey 1,121-square-foot house is set to hit the market this week with a list price of $499,000.  The Cape-Cod style home is laid out across three levels and has three bedrooms and two full bathrooms. The house also features an unfinished basement with two separate exits allowing the next owners a blank canvas to create whatever kind of space they want.  The Cape-Cod style home is laid out across three levels. Photo credit: Shawn May Professional Photography The property also has a fully fenced-in yard and a…

picture alliance / Contributor/ picture alliance via Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysAlthough Linux is the king of open-source OSes, there are options.Here you’ll find a few open-source OSes to toy around with.Don’t expect any of these to be viable options for daily use.When you think of open-source operating systems, most likely only one option springs to mind: Linux.That makes perfect sense, given that Linux is the most popular open-source OS on the planet (and starting to catch up with non-open-source OSs). Also: Ready for a Linux laptop? I recommend a Tuxedo to beginners…

(World Oil) – Shell plc has agreed to acquire ARC Resources Ltd. in a deal valued at approximately $13.6 billion, or approximately $16.4 billion including debt. The deal significantly expands Shell’s position in Canada’s Montney shale and boosts long-term oil and gas production. The transaction will add roughly 370,000 boed of production to Shell’s portfolio and approximately 2 billion boe of proved plus probable reserves, strengthening its upstream base and supporting growth through the end of the decade. ARC’s assets are concentrated in the Montney formation in British Columbia and Alberta, one of North America’s most prolific unconventional plays. The acquisition will combine ARC’s acreage with Shell’s…

Actress Leslie Bibb has offered a look inside her ongoing renovation of a historic stone home in upstate New York, two years after she and her partner, Sam Rockwell, closed on the stunning abode.Bibb, 52, and Rockwell, 57, who have been in a relationship since 2007, purchased the property—which was built in the 1750s—in 2024 and embarked on a gut renovation of the dwelling the following year.Now, the actress has shared a progress update on the work being done, while also sharing some sweet snaps of her “White Lotus” co-star Aimee Lou Wood being given a tour of the gutted…

We just covered the 14 Best Low Risk High Growth Stocks to Buy Right Now and HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HSBC) ranks 4th on this list. HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HSBC) HSBC has successfully offloaded underperforming western assets, including retail divisions in Canada, France, and parts of the US, to double down on the high-growth corridors of Asia and the Middle East. In early 2026, revenue from its wealth management fees rose 20%, while insurance income jumped 49%. By focusing on new networks in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the UAE, HSBC is capturing the rapid wealth creation of the Asian middle class.…

The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) has made two separate cyclone payouts, one being an ex-gratia payment of FJD 1.2 million (US $545,000) to the Government of Fiji following tropical cyclone Vaianu, and a $500,000 payout to the Government of the Solomon, after its parametric insurance policy was triggered by cyclone Maila.Cyclone Vaianu brought severe winds, and significant flooding impacts across the Western division of Fiji in early April. “While the event did not meet the parametric thresholds required to trigger Fiji’s insurance policy, it came close,” the insurer explained in a LinkedIn post. Given the scale of hardship that…