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Sport, gaming, the outdoors and whatever you do with a free Saturday.

Price the gap before you pick the retirement date

Leave work at sixty and Medicare is five years away. Work out what that bridge costs before you set the date, not after.

GuideCryptoRay OkonkwoOct 17, 20265 min

Your address is public. Your seed phrase had better not be.

Three terms get used as if they mean the same thing. They don't, and mixing them up is how people lose money they can't get back.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideTravelDean ShawOct 17, 20266 min

The ski trip costs that aren't on the lift ticket

The ticket is the number everybody quotes and the one you can't do much about. The rest of the bill is where a ski trip gets won or lost.

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The tax deadline you didn't know you had is the expensive one

Most owners can handle the bill. It's the filing nobody told them about that costs real money. Build your calendar before the notice shows up.

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What was your first ever job?

GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawOct 17, 20266 min

Your GPS Is Really a Stopwatch, and Stopwatches Get Fooled

Your phone doesn't ask satellites where you are. It times their signals and does the math, and that's exactly why the blue dot sometimes wanders.

GuideHealthCal BrennanOct 17, 20266 min

Heartburn Is the Symptom. Reflux Is the Problem.

The two words get swapped all the time, and the difference tells you what to fix, what to buy at the drugstore and when to see a doctor.

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GuideSide HustlesRay OkonkwoOct 17, 20266 min

Selling Used Youth Sports Gear to Parents Who Are Out of Time

Kids outgrow cleats in a season, and parents buy the week before practice. Here's what the gear flip really pays, and when it isn't worth your Saturday.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideReal EstateRay OkonkwoOct 17, 20266 min

The most expensive part of a country house is underground

A failed drainfield can cost more than a new truck. Find out what's in the ground before you sign, not after the first wet spring.

GuideMedia LiteracyMarcus ValeOct 17, 20265 min

Before you trust the study, find out who paid for it

The funding line sits in small type near the bottom of the paper. It takes two minutes to find, and it changes how you read everything above it.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideRetirementRay OkonkwoOct 17, 20266 min

Give from the account the IRS is waiting on

Writing a check from checking is the most expensive way to give. Three better routes for retirees, and one mistake that costs heirs real money.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideCryptoRay OkonkwoOct 17, 20265 min

Why the futures Bitcoin ETF costs more than its fee says

Spot and futures Bitcoin ETFs look alike on a brokerage screen. Over a few years, they don't behave alike, and the gap isn't only the expense ratio.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideTravelDean ShawOct 17, 20266 min

Kids won't remember the dates. Give them something else.

A battlefield is a field until a kid has a reason to care about it. How to give them one, and what to pack so the day lasts.

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoOct 17, 20265 min

Stop doing the work when your hour is worth more than the job

Being the best hand in the shop is how you got here. It's also what caps you. Here's how to know when to step back, and what to hand off first.

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GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawOct 17, 20266 min

Concrete Is Designed to Crack. Engineers Just Pick the Spot.

Those lines every few feet in your sidewalk are cracks someone put there on purpose. Here's why concrete splits, and how engineers keep it from mattering.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.