If you plan to take an international flight or cruise anytime soon, there’s one free app that can make your return through customs and immigration a bit easier and quicker: Mobile Passport Control (MPC). This app eliminates the need for paper declaration forms — and unlike Global Entry no pre-approval is required. What Is Mobile […]
Pop quiz: What’s money expert Clark Howard’s favorite tax-advantaged retirement tool? If you guessed Roth IRA, we can’t blame you. Clark describes himself as “the man from Roth.” But that’s the wrong answer. It’s actually HSAs (Health Savings Accounts). Clark loves the triple tax benefit: Another fact about HSAs that isn’t as well known as […]
Are you considering subscribing to NFL Sunday Ticket for the upcoming season? Now may be the time to act. YouTube TV, which is the exclusive streaming TV home for the NFL package, announced that it will be offering the 2024 version of Sunday Ticket at a discount for a limited time. The promotion, which was […]
Did you know major changes are coming for the way credit card processing fees are handled in America? And, as a result, the way you think about earning credit card rewards could change forever. Credit card processors Visa and MasterCard recently reached a $30 billion dollar settlement on an antitrust lawsuit that accused the payment […]
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Money expert Clark Howard started a travel agency in his mid-20s and grew it into several branches. By the time he sold in 1987, he thought he’d retire for good. Starting a media career took a serendipitous twist after a radio station asked him to come on the air as a guest and offer travel […]
Deciding to take a lump sum vs. a monthly or yearly payout is a great but difficult choice. You need to win the lottery — or the workplace retirement benefits lottery — or experience some other stroke of fortune to have such options before you. Depending on the size of your windfall, relying on a […]
Ascensus, the largest player in the retirement investment space, announced it will acquire many small business retirement plans from Vanguard. This will bring the total number of Vanguard plans that Ascensus will service to almost 280,000. Vanguard isn’t selling the employer-based 401(k) plans it administers. Rather, it’s divesting some of its small business retirement plans. […]
If you’re booking a trip and searching for hotels, you may see numerous booking options besides the hotel itself. You may see prices from Booking, Expedia, and other online travel agencies as you browse your options. But there’s a newcomer to the group that surprised me. A relatively new name in the world of online […]
Bonds are an important part of a typical investment portfolio. That’s especially true the closer you get to retirement and once you’ve retired. Bonds typically lower the overall risk of your portfolio vs. putting together a portfolio comprised of 100% equities (stocks). However, during the period following the onset of COVID-19 (when inflation jumped to […]
Did you know that the latest reports indicate a majority of Americans now regularly use some method of digital payment? From Apple Pay to PayPal and several others in between, there is increasingly widespread acceptance that digitized payment for online and in-store purchases is the way of the future. And, as of now, that space […]
Advertisement Money expert Clark Howard says you’re not alone if you’ve experienced “shell shock” at how much your auto insurance has gone up. By the end of 2023, each of the ten largest auto insurers raised their rates by double digits! And many companies are continuing to raise rates this year. Even if you’ve got