Author: Money Mechanics

Moving into a partner’s fully furnished home sometimes means being forced to live with undesirable design decisions that were made previously, as one star of “90 Day Fiance” promptly realizes when relocating from the Philippines to her fiance’s Kentucky house that is filled with “dead animal” decor.Anabelle Chua, 54, is a caretaker from Iloilo City who has traveled to the United States on a K1 visa to marry her American fiance, 54-year-old real estate agent Shea McGuire, within 90 days of arrival.The international pair is one of seven new couples featured on the hit TLC dating series, which premiered its…

Nvidia just delivered what analysts are calling one of the most consequential quarters in semiconductor history. The stock was already up nearly 20% year-to-date before the results landed. And JPMorgan’s Harlan Sur still sees 25% upside from here. The reasoning behind that view is more nuanced than a simple beat-and-raise story, and understanding it requires looking at what Nvidia (NVDA) said, and did not say, about what comes next. What JPMorgan changed on Nvidia and the analyst behind the call JPMorgan analyst Harlan Sur raised his price target on Nvidia to $280 from $265, maintaining an Overweight rating. At Nvidia’s…

The Hamptons is packed with over-the-top estates, extravagant compounds, and elegant beach retreats—but one recently listed abode is proving that, no matter the size or luxury amenities, not all Long Island mansions are created equal.Located in the upscale enclave of Southampton, the 1-acre retreat at 177 Bridies Path was originally built in 1980, but has been extensively reimagined in recent years by actor, developer, and HGTV personality Ricky Goldin.The home, which is on the market for $3.69 million, now comes with a magazine-worthy design with newly renovated and curated interiors.Tucked away at the end of a private cul-de-sac and bordered…

Spyware attacks on journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents are no longer rare or exotic. In early 2025, WhatsApp notified roughly 90 users — many of them journalists and civil society members across Europe — that they had been targeted by Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions. Months later, Apple sent threat notifications to a new group of iOS users; forensic analysis confirmed two of them, both journalists, had been hit with Paragon’s Graphite spyware using a zero-click attack, meaning they didn’t even have to tap a link to be compromised. These aren’t isolated incidents. They’re the norm. For the…

(By Oil & Gas 360) – The longer the Iran war continues, the less this looks like a temporary geopolitical disruption and the more it resembles the early stages of a structural oil supply crisis. For months, markets have focused on headlines surrounding ceasefires, diplomacy, and tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. But beneath the volatility, the global oil system is steadily losing flexibility. Inventories are tightening, shipping risks remain elevated, and one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints continues operating under unstable conditions. The issue is no longer whether disruption exists. It already does. The question is…

Architect Wallace Neff’s iconic Airform “bubble house” has returned to the market in Los Angeles County for the first time since undergoing an elegant restoration that breathed new life into the pioneering midcentury modern design. Known as the Wallace Neff Shell House, the two-bedroom, one-bathroom Pasadena dwelling is the last surviving example of the architect’s Airform homes, which were conceived in the 1940s in a bid to combat the housing crisis.To build a structure in as cost-effective a manner as possible, Neff—who was best known for designing homes for a host of A-listers, including Judy Garland and Groucho Marx—came up…

(Image credit: Getty Images)If it feels like your credit card balance is not going down, even though you’re making payments each month, you’re not imagining it.Elevated interest rates, the higher cost of living and increased month-to-month card balances can make paying off debt feel more like running in place than making progress.It’s an experience millions of people are navigating right now — juggling multiple accounts, rising costs and the quiet fatigue that comes from trying to stay on top of it all. From just $107.88 $24.99 for Kiplinger Personal Finance Become a smarter, better informed investor. Subscribe from just $107.88…

(Image credit: Getty Images)Whenever you’re looking for ways to cut your monthly budget, the dream is to find cuts you can make that don’t feel like sacrifices. You want to save money, but you don’t want to live like an ascetic monk. One of the more popular pieces of advice floating around online is to call up your current service providers and just ask them to lower your bill.It’s one of those tricks to save money that sounds nice, but feels like it probably doesn’t really work, or at best, you might save a few bucks. Where I live, two…

When you grow up in northern New Jersey like I did, you get used to the frivolous frustration of the “New York” sports teams that actually play in New Jersey. Now, that confusing twist of geography is going global, as the World Cup comes to the Meadowlands.FIFA announced that eight matches for the 2026 World Cup, including the final, will be taking place at the “New York/New Jersey Stadium.” To be clear, they’re referring to MetLife Stadium, which is solidly in New Jersey.MetLife Stadium sits in the middle of a complex braid of highways in East Rutherford. The best way…

Gold Mid-Tiers’ Q1’26 Fundamentals Mid-tier and junior gold miners just finished reporting their sector’s best quarter in history by far. These smaller gold miners achieved spectacular results, shattering all records and greatly outperforming their larger major peers. The epic earnings deluging in left gold stocks trading at super-low valuations despite record prices. And with high prevailing enduring, gold miners’ astounding fundamentals will persist. The leading mid-tier-gold-stock benchmark is the J VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF. With $8.2b in net assets midweek, it remains the second-largest gold-stock ETF after its big-brother GDX. That is dominated by far-larger major gold miners, though…