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10.1.19 Schwab eliminates trading fees; Using your credit card overseas; Getting married in a diamo…
Southwest is having a sweet sale right now! An all-out price war to zero is underway with small company Interactive Brokers and giant Charles Schwab.…
Clark Howard
10/01/2019
9.30.19 Another reason not to use debit cards; Payroll company scam; Hotel deals are coming
Over the last week, there have been several stories published about why you should stop using a debit card. When you present your card in person, the…
Clark Howard
09/30/2019
9.27.19 Grocery story happy hours lower costs and prevent food waste; Clark Stinks
By most estimates, 40% of the food in the U.S. is tossed – from expiration, restaurants, grocers. Some supermarkets route expiring food to food banks…
Clark Howard
09/27/2019
9.26.19 Apple & Google get into gaming; New tax form for seniors; Negative interest rates
A gaming war is underway between Apple and Google. Both are offering subscriptions. For a monthly fee you get a number of games with no in-game purch…
Clark Howard
09/26/2019
9.25.19 Open enrollment; Massive airline fees; Hot deals today
We’re nearing open enrollment. If your employer offers the option of a lower payroll deduction for a high deductible health plan or higher pay deduct…
Clark Howard
09/25/2019
9.24.19 How to stop SIM swapping; Digging up dirt on Amazon; Your TV is spying on you
Your phone may power up, but if your service is dead, that could be SIM hacking. Crooks have penetrated operations of the big 4 cell provider to hija…
Clark Howard
09/24/2019
9.23.19 Forced arbitration clauses stink; Government database breaches; Best time to buy a home
This summer came reports that cell phone carriers have been tracking and selling consumer location info. Lawsuits have been filed against AT&T fo…
Clark Howard
09/23/2019
9.20.19 Verified emails with watermarks are coming; Clark Stinks
Deleting financial emails has become standard consumer behavior, due to so much spam. This has become a frustration for the financial services indust…
Clark Howard
09/20/2019
9.19.19 New Walmart credit card; People love to help; Factors that make car insurance cost more
With new partner Capital One, Walmart is offering a store credit card or a co-branded Walmart Mastercard. With the use of their app tied in with a Ca…
Clark Howard
09/19/2019
9.18.19 Fed rate cut impact; Twisted tax law hurts military heroes; Medical bill shock
The Federal Reserve lowers interest rates again to reduce the severity of economic slowdown and to help prevent a recession. The Fed is acting defens…
Clark Howard
09/18/2019
9.17.19 Gas price fluctuations after Saudi attack; Equifax breach settlement follow-up; How gig wor…
Saudi Arabia represents a huge percentage of world oil production. The recent drone attack took half their production offline. But it appears they wi…
Clark Howard
09/17/2019
9.16.19 Car rental warnings; Update on Apple's battle with independent repair shops; Scientific stu…
Clark recently returned a rental car. He had 5 pics of the car. Why? After returning, sometimes weeks later you may get a notice saying you owe for d…
Clark Howard
09/16/2019
9.13.19 Gaming addiction is now considered a psychological disorder; Clark Stinks
The World Health Organization has declared excessive gaming a psychological disorder. A MarketWatch survey reveals the number of people spending an …
Clark Howard
09/13/2019
9.12.19 The dangers of annuities; Criminal investigations of insurance claims are on the rise; Clar…
Beware of annuity sales. Annuity sales subsided when fiduciary rules were in place - rules that have now been pushed aside, causing new sales to skyr…
Clark Howard
09/12/2019
9.11.19 Permissions and privacy issues with family tracking apps; Robocalls are still surging; Hydr…
Clark's family uses the Life360 app, allowing everyone to know each other's location. Teens use such apps, including Apple's Find My Friends, Google …
Clark Howard
09/11/2019
9.10.19 Artificial intelligence based lie detector created for airport security; Beware genetic tes…
We face many challenges with how to use technology for security. There's a race to develop screening tech to quickly assess facial images and determi…
Clark Howard
09/10/2019
9.9.19 Making prescriptions cheaper; Living paycheck to paycheck on a high income; Safe deposit box…
Government attempts to rein in prescription drug prices haven't worked. We have the most expensive med prices on the planet. And the way we get and p…
Clark Howard
09/09/2019
9.6.19 Clark creates a $500 savings challenge; Clark Stinks
We’re 10 years into economic expansion and people are still struggling. Most are in debt and unprepared for any unforeseen expense or emergency costi…
Clark Howard
09/06/2019
9.5.19 Texting gets you a ticket; Student loan forgiveness now more difficult; Payroll loans popula…
AAA reports deaths from red-light running collisions have hit a 10 year high. Fatalities are up 30% in the last few years. Likely distracted driving …
Clark Howard
09/05/2019
9.4.19 Your medical info on an app; Hurricane scams abound; Lesser requirements for energy efficien…
Proposed legislation would provide US citizens access to all of our own medical records. This would require providers to send data to medical record …
Clark Howard
09/04/2019