Your Money: Moving abroad, baby investors and more
More families are moving abroad. What are the financial implications?
Your Money
July 13, 2026

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A friend of mine is taking a big leap and planning to move her family to Paris next month. Her twin daughters are about to start middle school, a transitional year, so she and her husband felt the timing for such an adventure was right. After finding a suitable school, they decided they would try it for a year.

There are more Americans entertaining the idea. Within the U.S., a growing number of younger women say they would move abroad permanently if they could, recent Gallup research has found. And earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal found that Americans are moving abroad in record numbers. Though far from scientific, my social media feed has increasingly featured young mothers who have decided to raise their children elsewhere, often in family-friendly places like Italy and the Netherlands.

While Americans move abroad for a variety of reasons, I’ve long wondered how their financial lives change, and what they may come to appreciate about American money culture from afar.

Have you or someone you know recently moved, either temporarily or permanently, to another country? What were your reasons? Were finances a significant factor? How did you make it all work? If you’re willing, please send me an email at yourmoney_newsletter@nytimes.com. As always, we appreciate your willingness to have these conversations with us.

Below, you’ll find a collection of money-related stories from across The New York Times. Thanks for reading, and have a great week.

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Strategies

A.I. Has Rewarded Investors. It May Now Pose Their Greatest Risk.

Near the midpoint of the year, stocks and bonds both report good returns. But the global stock market has become highly concentrated, our columnist says.

By Jeff Sommer

The Work of Helping A.I. Destroy Work

Start-ups are paying white-collar professionals to teach their jobs to artificial intelligence models. It’s a bonanza. It’s bleak. Where will it end?

By Lora Kelley

As Consumers Pare Spending, Grocery Stores Race to Cut Prices

While shoppers may get better deals on some items, it’s unlikely their overall grocery bill will fall.

By Julie Creswell and Kim Bhasin

The Daily

Why Are Grocery Store Prices So High

Motivated to keep prices low, the general manager of a food co-op in Pittsburgh tells us how the store is navigating the steep costs.

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Oil Prices Jump After Back-and-Forth Strikes by U.S. and Iran

The renewed hostilities posed fresh risks to ships seeking to navigate the Strait of Hormuz.

By Jason Karaian and Lisa Friedman

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Global Economy, Hit by Iran War and Inflation, Faces Sharp Slowdown

The I.M.F. projected world output growth would fall to 3 percent for the year, a number pushed down by high commodity prices.

By Alan Rappeport

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What’s in the Housing Bill That Just Became Law

It is no Great Society measure, but the new law offers local governments and builders incentives to make incremental changes.

By Conor Dougherty

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‘Hysteria’ Grips San Francisco’s Housing Market as A.I. Wealth Pours In

Even before OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they are distorting home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area, as people race to buy and sellers ask for stock instead of cash.

By Emmy Martin

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How the Superwealthy Sidestep the Masses to Get to the World Cup

The skies above the Hamptons are packed with choppers headed to games, as “inequality is taking it right in the face.”

By Rob Copeland

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Hotel Workers Hoped the World Cup Would Boost Their Hours. It Didn’t.

Even as matches have drawn large crowds, hotel bookings have lagged. And workers in host cities say they’re struggling.

By Kurtis Lee

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How to Lie Flat for Less: A Guide to Basic Business

Delta is the latest U.S. airline to introduce stripped down, luxury-class fares. What do you get for your money, and is it worth it? What you need to know.

By Victoria M. Walker

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Tripped Up

Help! I Refueled My Rental Car, but Enterprise Charged Me Anyway.

A traveler to Germany returned his vehicle with slightly more gas than it had when he picked it up. So why was he billed $131 to fill up the tank?

By Seth Kugel

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Four Seasons Sets Sail, Private Butlers and All

Luxury hotel brands are getting into the cruise business. A Mediterranean itinerary offered a taste of what at times seemed like a mega-yacht experience.

By Ceylan Yeğinsu and Camille McOuat

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I Have a Light Workload and I Simply Can’t Handle It

Plus: When a nurse practitioner in gynecology needs care, should she see one of her own colleagues?

By Max Read

You’re Freezing in Your Office Building. Here’s Why.

Office temperatures are typically set in the low 70s during summer. But where you sit and the efficiency of the cooling system can make you feel colder.

By Aruni Soni

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