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The Clark Howard Podcast

07.25.22 Delaying Retirement / SAVE on Groceries: Strategies Including A Cash Back App

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.64.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The economy has upended the best laid retirement plans of many Americans. So what do you do right now if you are in this situation? Clark discusses a reasonable compromise to help maintain financial security. Also - Every grocery dollar is basically buying 10% less these days - UNLESS you shop differently. Clark shares his base strategies, plus - looks at a cash back app that can help you save. Delaying Retirement: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 SAVE on Groceries: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: What Is a 403(b) and How Does It Work? What Are Index Funds? 5 Things To Know About Series I Savings Bonds Major Tax-Reporting Change for Users of Venmo, PayPal and Others 8 Things To Know Before Your First Trip to Aldi Ibotta Review: 4 Things To Know Before Earning Cash Back SuperCook - Zero Waste Recipe Generator Ask Clark: Should I Convert a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA? 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's my pleasure to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show, where I'm

0:08.8

missionist to serve you and empower you to make better financial decisions in your life.

0:15.3

So the economy has really been upsetting for people who are just approaching retirement,

0:24.2

just entered retirement. What in the world do you do now? And later grocery prices have

0:31.6

gone sky high and we all want to save when we shop. So should you use an app that pays

0:39.8

you cash back when you're shopping? We reviewed one recently, I want to tell you about it, talk

0:44.9

about grocery strategies generally. So this is really, really, really hard. If you were

0:55.6

green lighted, let's say you use one of the algorithms on the Monte Carlo algorithms,

1:01.4

it said you're good, you're good, you can retire, never worry about money again, or you

1:06.6

have a financial person, the man or woman you go to for advice at the firm and they said,

1:12.9

hey, you're good, go, go have a great life. And then all of a sudden, you see your portfolio

1:18.8

just go, and you're worried, are you going to outlive your money? Are you going to have

1:25.6

to live the life of you were expecting to live a comfortable life? And now you've got

1:30.4

a scrimp all over the place, which was the whole point in retirement that you wouldn't

1:35.2

have to do that. That's why you saved all that money. So what do you do? Okay. Well,

1:42.7

new survey says, survey says people approaching retirement that one in four of them are now

1:51.6

delaying their retirement that were about two. And that's pretty crushing if you've been

2:00.3

looking forward to a date certain and work was going to be in your rearview mirror. And

2:06.5

now you're having to say, I'm going to keep working. So there's things between the absolute

2:14.3

stark choice of I keep working or I don't. And it's part time work. And in this job market,

2:27.2

more and more employers have been rethinking their historical age discrimination. And

2:35.0

I've been thinking, you know what? Jane knows so much about blah, blah, blah. Wouldn't

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