Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web.

The grift economy is going mainstream (Your Brain on Money). Things are changing fast in this space. Read also, Kalshi fines and suspends MrBeast employee for insider trading (CBS News).

Wanna Bet? (Bloomberg—language warning). More on this topic — “Both Polymarket and Kalshi pitch themselves as sources of truth…Detractors call prediction markets glorified gambling.”

Is buying a home actually a good investment? (Clark Howard). “Before you start house hunting, it’s worth looking at the full picture — including the costs that often get glossed over.”

Money conversations that strengthen your relationships (Allora Wealth). Transforming money from a source of tension to a builder of trust has much to do with how you talk about it.

10 expert tips for lowering your car insurance rate (Wall Street Journal). If your insurance premiums have gone through the roof, you’re not alone. At very least, it’s probably worth getting a few new quotes.

Read this before you buy a pet wellness plan (Clark Howard). If your pet were to pass away, the bills might just keep on coming.

Where Olympians store their medals is a great lesson for your valuables and cash (Kiplinger). Each solution, it seems, comes with trade-offs.

How a football cup run helped unite a town (Positive.news). This article doesn’t have anything to do with money. I just like it.

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