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**Mosheh Oinounou** (0:00)
With summer almost here, so many of us are thinking about family travel, getting away for a bit, but you also want to make sure, given how expensive things are, that you are budgeting accordingly. One way to get your finances organized ahead of this busy season, and frankly, all year round is with the Monarch Money app. Monarch is a personal finance app that tracks everything, accounts, investments, savings goals, and spending. You can get your first year of Monarch Core for half off, just $50, with the promo code MoNews. What I like about Monarch, we've been using this for a while in my house, it keeps everything in one place. You're not bouncing between various financial apps. You can track your investments, you can track your banking, you can track your credit cards. It also has a weekly AI recap that's been very useful, that flags spending spikes, shifts in net worth, and upcoming expenses before they sneak up on you. That's probably the biggest thing for me and for so many of us, is taking that mental load off and that's something Monarch does. It feels less like reacting after money is gone and more like planning ahead. It's a real financial advisor in your pocket. You can use the code MoNews at monarch.com to get your first year off of Monarch Core half off at just $50.
Again, that's 50% off your first year at monarch.com with the code MoNews.

**Jill Wagner** (1:09)
One thing we could all agree on, housing is expensive. I personally just went through the process of buying a new home and moving in, which is stressful enough, and that is where BILT comes in. BILT is the membership for where you live and it rewards you with points on every housing payment, whether you're renting or paying a mortgage. This actually started with rent, and now BILT members can earn points on mortgage payments too.
So now every time you make a payment on your new home, you can earn points and then redeem them toward things like flights with partners like United or Hyatt, Lyft Rides or purchases on amazon.com. Another part I didn't expect to use as much as I would is the neighborhood concierge. It helps with restaurant reservations, finding new spots nearby, even booking fitness classes. Especially helpful when you're new to an area and still figuring things out. It's simple. Where you live can do a little more for you. Join the membership for where you live at joinbuilt.com/monews. That is joinbilt.com/monews.
Make sure to use our URL so they know we sent you. It is a more thoughtful way to approach your biggest monthly expense.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (2:19)
Hey everybody, it is Tuesday, June 9th. You're listening to the Mo News podcast. I'm Moshe Oinounou.

**Jill Wagner** (2:24)
And I am Jill Wagner. This is the place where we bring you just the facts.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (2:28)
And where we read all the news and read between the lines so you don't have to. And we just want to give you a heads up, a literal heads up that something that's referred to as a cosmic kiss or planetary kiss will be happening above us. It's been happening above us for a few days now, but tonight it will appear, for those of you who are into this sort of thing, that Venus and Jupiter are touching. Now in reality, there are hundreds of millions of miles away from one another, but from our vantage point on Earth, they'll be lining up along the same line of sight in the sky. So a very cool optical illusion to check out in the early evening hours tonight, pending there's no cloud cover, if you're into nerding out into all things space, and apparently Mercury will be up there too, but it'll really be Jupiter and Venus.

**Jill Wagner** (3:11)
Who are smooching, as they call it. They call it the planetary kiss.
And Mosheh back here on Earth. So much anticipation leading up to game three of the NBA Finals, the New York Knicks versus the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (3:27)
Jill, this game had a bit of everything going on, including coming down to the final minute. The Spurs pulling out their first victory in the Finals. The Knicks were up 2-0. It's now 2-1 series. Thus far, the road team has won every game. The Knicks winning both in San Antonio. The Spurs winning the first game in New York.
So dreams of a New York sweep are over. The next game will also happen in New York. And there have always been a lot of celebrities at New York Knicks games. But this was next level last night. I imagine the New York Times or another newspaper might do a seating chart to show just all the prominent people who were there. Jay Z to Tracy Morgan, to Timothy Chalamet, to Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, who's been there for decades, says he was offered half a million dollars for his seats. Of course, he did not give those up. You don't have a former athletes in the audience, including Eli Manning. A little bit more Hollywood with Larry David. Then you had various media executives and owners, Bob Kraft and the New York Patriots was spotted. David Zaslov, who just sold Warner Brothers Discovery to Paramount was there. Then you DJ Khaled and Fat Joe. I could go on here. I've only covered about a dozen of the folks in the front row, but pretty remarkable. President Trump making good on his promise to attend the game.