03.31.23 Clark Answers His Critics on Clark Stinks / Top Scams Report
03/31/23 • 35 min
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Friday - Clark Stinks day! Christa shares Clark Stinks posts with Clark. Submit yours at Clark.com/ClarkStinks. Also in this episode, scammers steal billions of dollars from Americans each year. Clark shares the FTC’s annual summary of top scams, and has a simple rule for avoiding the number 1 scam on the list.
- Clark Stinks: Segments 1 & 2
- Top Scams & Fraud Schemes: Segment 3
- Ask Clark: Segment 4
Mentioned on the show
- 6 Tips for Hiring a Contractor
- Apple Screen Time Passcode
- NCUA - National Credit Union Administration
- CUNA: Credit Union National Association
- 5 Discount Airlines You Need To Know About
- Scams Cost Consumers $8.8 Billion in 2022 — The Top Five Frauds
- FBI says $10 billion lost to online fraud in 2022 as crypto investment scams surged
- Clark.com - Most Common Financial Scams and How To Avoid Them
- 5 Best Ways To Send Money Online
- Is a Costco Executive Membership Worth It?
- Get a new Sam's Club membership for $25
Clark.com resources
- Episode transcripts
- Clark.com daily money newsletter
- Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275
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Friday - Clark Stinks day! Christa shares Clark Stinks posts with Clark. Submit yours at Clark.com/ClarkStinks. Also in this episode, scammers steal billions of dollars from Americans each year. Clark shares the FTC’s annual summary of top scams, and has a simple rule for avoiding the number 1 scam on the list.
- Clark Stinks: Segments 1 & 2
- Top Scams & Fraud Schemes: Segment 3
- Ask Clark: Segment 4
Mentioned on the show
- 6 Tips for Hiring a Contractor
- Apple Screen Time Passcode
- NCUA - National Credit Union Administration
- CUNA: Credit Union National Association
- 5 Discount Airlines You Need To Know About
- Scams Cost Consumers $8.8 Billion in 2022 — The Top Five Frauds
- FBI says $10 billion lost to online fraud in 2022 as crypto investment scams surged
- Clark.com - Most Common Financial Scams and How To Avoid Them
- 5 Best Ways To Send Money Online
- Is a Costco Executive Membership Worth It?
- Get a new Sam's Club membership for $25
Clark.com resources
- Episode transcripts
- Clark.com daily money newsletter
- Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275
Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices
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03.30.23 Neglected Retirement Accounts? NO! / Amazon Satellite Internet
1 RecommendationsMillions of workers are leaving open retirement accounts with thousands of dollars sitting ignored or forgotten. If you’ve changed employers over the years, Clark’s has an assignment for you to make sure you get ALL your retirement money! Also in this episode, Amazon has announced their internet service to compete with Starlink. Who wins with the additional options we will have? The consumer!
- Neglected Retirement Accounts: Segment 1
- Ask Clark: Segment 2
- Amazon Satellite Internet: Segment 3
- Ask Clark: Segment 4
Mentioned on the show
- NYTimes.com: Set It and Actually Forget It
- Clark.com - How To Find Missing or Lost Retirement Accounts
- How To Find and Claim Missing Money in Your Name
- How To Open a Roth IRA
- State Farm® and Ting can help protect your family from electrical fires
- Cord Cutters News: Amazon’s New Home Internet Service Announces New Details
- T-Mobile 5G Home Internet: 5 Things To Know Before You Sign Up
- Verizon Home Internet: Things To Know Before You Sign Up
- Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card Review: Unlimited 2% Cash Back Credit Card
- Clark Deals - Today's Best Deals of the Day
Clark.com resources
- Episode transcripts
- Clark.com daily money newsletter
- Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275
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04.03.23 Greener Grass - Water Savings / INVESTING: Time IN The Market- Not Market Timing
For many sports events, fields are actually spray painted to make them look beautiful, which has led to lawn painting, especially where water is restricted and costly. How some homeowners, including Clark - are saving water by altering their lawns. Also, It’s not uncommon for people to pull their investments out of the market when it trends downward. Right now with economic uncertainty, people are rotating out of stocks in favor of savings, planning to return to the market when it’s “safe”. What are they missing? Plenty. How Clark handles investing.
- Lawns & Water Savings: Segment 1
- Ask Clark: Segment 2
- Steady Investing: Segment 3
- Ask Clark: Segment 4
Mentioned on the show
- Do Your Neighbors Paint Their Lawns Green? Increasingly, Yes
- FuelEconomy.gov
- Welcome to Bluebird
- Individual Investors Pile Into Cash, Chasing Higher Returns - The Wall Street Journal.
- NYTimes.com: A Question About Your Money: Has Anything Truly Changed This Week? [The Washington Post] Four money rules when financial news is making you nervous
- Should You Sell or Stay Put in the Stock Market?
- Dollar Cost Averaging Makes You a Fortune Over Time
- How To Save and Invest the Clark Howard Way
- How to Freeze Your Child's Credit
- A Simple Way To Help Your Kid Build Credit
- Should You Make Your Child an Authorized User on Your Credit Card?
Clark.com resources
- Episode transcripts
- Clark.com daily money newsletter
- Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275
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