01.10.24 Should You Own Gold? / Subscription Inventory & Streaming Decisions

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Clark explains the real purpose of owning gold, and, should you decide to - the best way to include it as an asset. Also - One way to save money in the new year? Cancel subscriptions! Clark revisits subscription creep, and how streaming and other services can add up to big bucks. Many people forget to cancel free trials, and worse, many companies make it difficult to cancel. GOLD! Yes Or No: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Subscription Creep & Streaming Services: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Costco sold more than $100 million in gold bars last quarter Clark Howard's Advice on Buying Gold Debt Archives - Clark Howard Best And Worst Homeowners Insurance Companies: December 2023 This metro woman built a tiny home and dumped her mortgage The high cost of subscription binges: How businesses get rich off you forgetting to cancel - USA TODAY Americans Are Canceling More of Their Streaming Services The streaming wars reached a stalemate in 2023, but here are 6 trends that will define 2024 Axios: Hello TV bundles, our old friend New York Post: NY AG Letitia James sues SiriusXM: Service made it intentionally ‘hard to cancel subscriptions’ Clark.com - STREAMING TV Visible Deal: Unlimited Service for $20 Monthly for Two Years When Should You Get an Accountant To Do Your Taxes? Scams & Rip-Offs Archives - Clark Howard Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.1	mission is to serve you with information with advice guidance that empowers you so you can
0:46.8	take that information like a booster shot and make better financial decisions in your life.
0:54.0	And plain fact, we can't get to every question submitted,
0:58.0	not even close.
0:59.0	So we have a service that's been around for 31 years for free answering your questions one on one.
1:07.0	It's the Team Clark Consumer Action Center.
1:10.0	And they're available for you Monday through Friday to talk to you one on one.
1:17.0	And to see how to get this advice that is both free and priceless at the same time,
1:24.4	go to Clark.com slash CAC.
1:28.4	So in today's episode,
1:31.2	we're an Austin Powers movie. Gold! I forget what was that
1:38.0	character's name but how he was all about the gold. Anyway, it goes through waves where people will ask me a lot about
1:47.3	gold or silver or whatever. They don't get really quiet for a while and then they come back and they ask more about
1:53.4	particularly gold. Then there were all kinds of stories all over the news media
2:00.1	television, podcasts, websites, radio, you name it.
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