Money
The best high-yield savings accounts of 2026
Where to actually park cash this year, with rates, fees, and the small print that separates the genuinely good accounts from the ones that work hard for the headline number.
Wendell Crowe
Money Editor · Personal finance and money tools
Wendell Crowe is The Curated Weekly's money editor. His coverage focuses on the practical side of personal finance — the apps, accounts, and habits that move household balance sheets. He came to journalism after eight years in retail banking and brings a banker's skepticism to financial product marketing.
Expertise
- Personal finance apps
- Budgeting tools
- Banking and savings products
- Practical money habits
Bylines have appeared at
- NerdWallet (former)
- The Motley Fool (contributor)
- Investopedia (freelance)
Recent reporting
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The best tax software of 2026
Five tax-prep options tested through actual filed returns of varying complexity, from a simple W-2 single filer to a multi-state self-employed couple. Where the gap between products is small and where it matters.
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Should you refinance your mortgage in 2026? A decision tree
Rate movements over the past eighteen months have created a meaningful refinance opportunity for some homeowners and a clear pass for others. A working framework for figuring out which side of the line you fall on.
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The real cost of streaming everything
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ETF or mutual fund? A practical guide for 2026
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The credit-card churning rules in 2026, plainly stated
Bonus offers are still rich and the rules for capturing them are still confusing. A working guide to which restrictions actually matter, which are bluff, and how to avoid the most common ways otherwise-sensible people get themselves locked out of cards.
Money
The budgeting apps worth using two years after Mint's shutdown
The forced migration when Intuit closed Mint in 2024 sent millions of users looking for a replacement. The dust has settled and a clear set of winners and losers has emerged.