Holiday Tips from Clark Howard
Retailers ramp up for Christmas toy selling season
Toys R Us and Target each have their own strategies to compete with both Wal-Mart and Amazon this coming Christmas season. Toys R Us used to own Christmas, but that has changed. Amazon was the game changer. They're unique as a capitalist enterprise because it seems they never care if ...
Seasonal work and manufacturing boost job outlook
Hiring prospects are beginning to look more robust in both the short term and the long term. Retailers have always hired temporary and seasonal workers for the Christmas season. What's changed this year is the sheer number of hires. These kinds of numbers below suggest that retailers are confident this ...
Toys R Us introduces $149 tablet for kids
The tablet marketplace is widening, but we still may be one selling season away from mass market adoption. Amazon's Kindle Fire HD tablets are a real value proposition starting at $199 and $299. But they do come with ads to make up for the money Amazon is losing on each ...
Airfares set to go down in August
MONEY-SAVING MOMENT: Airfares are set to go down shortly -- if only temporarily -- after three consecutive years of airfare increases. The Los Angeles Times reports there's an expected drop of 10% to 20% in airfares coming sometime in August. The decrease can be attributed to a few factors. You ...
Summer is a surprisingly good time to look for work
If you're looking for work, the summer affords one of the best times for you to get a leg up while everybody waits it out until after Labor Day. The reasons are twofold. First, there's less competition for each job opening during the summer because your competition is probably taking ...
Home equity rises for first time since recession
After years of doom and gloom on the housing front, Americans are seeing a big rise in the equity in their homes. New numbers from the Federal Reserve show the average equity of the average American homeowner now stands at 41 cents on the dollar -- the highest it's been ...
Huge airfare sale for spring travel
There are great bargain opportunities in the world of travel today that I want to share with you. SouthWest and AirTran have both launched big sales that I expect will be matched by pretty much everyone across the industry within hours. In general, the deals are good for travel during ...
Vacation homes in remote locations will see depressed prices
Airfares hit a record high last year and that's changed the behavior of people, particularly of vacation home buyers. Remember the movie Dirty Dancing? It was about people in the New York metro area who would go up to the Catskills for vacation, which is just a short distance from ...
Laptop prices to drop ahead of Windows 8 launch
Laptop prices are poised to take a drop as Microsoft readies its new Windows 8 operating system. Right now, it seems like the price point for a basic entry level laptop is hovering around $300. Back leading up to Christmas though, it was down as low as $229 for a ...
Prices of sports tickets being driven down
High definition flatscreen TVs are driving down the price of live sports tickets in an unexpected way. For the first time in decades, the cost of a Major League Baseball ticket has not increased in price. In fact, ticket prices have gone down in a lot of cities. At a ...
Average household debt continues dropping
Looking for encouraging news on the economic front? The level of debt we carry for every dollar we make is moving in the right direction. In hindsight, the financial train-wreck of the last five years was as obvious as it could have been. Starting 15 years ago, we as a ...
Holiday Inn readies fitness-themed hotel brand
If you travel a lot for work, you know how hard it is to eat right on the road, get a decent sleep pattern and get a workout in. Now there's a new hotel chain that might be able to come to your rescue. Having traveled for five months last ...
Video chatting becomes a new family holiday ritual
In an age when you hear so much about how technology makes us absent even when we're present, I want to tell you how it can actually do the opposite and bring people together. Recently while in England, the cell phone chip I bought came with unlimited Internet. So I ...
Clark talks his winter break travels
It's been weeks since I have been with you on the air. I finally took the opportunity to do something I have wanted to for years: Take a multi-week vacation with my family and clear my head. All told, I had more time off than at any time since 1990. ...
Home exchange offers affordable way to stay abroad
There are a variety of exchange services that pair families in different countries who want to swap homes for a week or so each year. HomeExchange.com is the graybeard in the business. If you’ve ever seen the movie The Holiday with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet, this is the service ...
Websites and resources mentioned Dec. 27 2011
Editor's note: Lawyer and car-buying expert Adam Goldfein fills in for Clark Howard on Tuesday, Dec. 27. Below is a summary of some of what he discussed. Visit AdamGoldfein.com for more information. Throughout the holidays, we will be featuring Best of Clark repeats. Clark returns on January 3, 2011 with ...
Websites and resources mentioned Dec. 20, 2011
Editor's note: Lawyer and car-buying expert Adam Goldfein fills in for Clark Howard Monday the 19th - Wednesday the 21st of this week. Below is a summary of some of what he discussed. Visit AdamGoldfein.com for more information. Throughout the holidays, we will be featuring Best of Clark repeats. Clark ...
January is the unofficial fast food bargain month
MONEY SAVING MOMENT: I like going to fast food restaurants. Sure, I know I don't fit the profile. I'm not an 18-34 year old guy anymore. But I am who I am. I order off the value menu wherever I go. Yet right now, I'm saving even more money than ...
Websites and resources mentioned Dec. 21, 2011
Editor's note: Lawyer and car-buying expert Adam Goldfein fills in for Clark Howard Monday the 19th - Wednesday the 21st of this week. Below is a summary of some of what he discussed. Visit AdamGoldfein.com for more information. Throughout the holidays, we will be featuring Best of Clark repeats. Clark ...
Websites and resources mentioned Dec. 19, 2011
Editor's note: Lawyer and car-buying expert Adam Goldfein fills in for Clark Howard Monday the 19th - Wednesday the 21st of this week. Below is a summary of some of what he discussed. Visit AdamGoldfein.com for more information. Throughout the holidays, we will be featuring Best of Clark repeats. Clark ...
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