07.26.23 Energy Savings & Backup Power / Back To School Shopping

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Have you seen the ads for a device that Elon Musk supposedly invented to cut electric bills? Clark tells you if that’s for real, and discusses some exciting upcoming options for power to your home. Also, believe it or not it’s time to shop back to school items. Clark points to some exceptional deal categories and shares shopping strategies. Energy Savings & Backup Power: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Back To School Shopping: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Invent Energy-Saving Device That Will Cut Power Bills By 90% | Lead Stories GM Energy’s Ultium Home products provide backup power to your home in outage - USA TODAY The best back-to-school sales & deals available now! Paramount+ Plans Paramount+ Review 2023: Is This Streaming Service Worth It? What’s the Best Way To Exchange Dollars for Foreign Currency? When To Exchange Money? 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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0:00.0	Apple Card is different. It has a cashback rewards program unlike other cards.
0:04.4	You earn unlimited daily cashback on every purchase, receive it daily, and can grow it at 4.15%
0:10.8	annual percentage yield when you open a high yield savings account.
0:14.4	Apply for Apple Card in the wallet app on iPhone and start earning and growing your daily cash with
0:19.1	savings today. Apple Card Subject to Credit Approval. Savings is available to Apple Card owners,
0:24.4	subject to eligibility requirements. Savings accounts provided by Goldman Sachs Bank USA,
0:29.6	Member FDIC, Terms Apply.
0:37.0	I'm so glad to welcome you here at the Clark Howard Show. Our mission is to serve you
0:41.6	and empower you to make better financial decisions in your life.
0:46.4	I hope you've made the excellent decision to sign up for one of our three daily newsletters
0:53.7	at Clark.com slash newsletter. Did you hear that word? They're free. But
0:58.7	value packed today. Energy savings with the heat wave that so much of the United States has
1:06.0	been under. Wow. A lot of focus right now and info, commercials and advertising on things to
1:14.0	save your energy. And have you seen the ad that's floating around claiming that Elon Musk supposedly
1:22.1	invented this thing that will cut your electric bill by up to 90%. I'll tell you if that's for real.
1:30.0	Also discuss some exciting options coming for power to your home. And later,
1:37.8	it's time for back to school shopping. You ready? Tell you my son's not. Even that really
1:44.1	clear to me this morning. So I just got a text from the power company. Crystal, look what
1:53.8	our bill was for our condo for the month. Wow. That's higher than my house. Why is it so high?
2:02.6	I don't know. Wow. Maybe because we live in a condo that's 11 foot tall for the ceiling glass
2:09.3	everywhere. Anyway, the bill $442 and 82 cents. Wow. Maybe it's because we have a teenage boy
2:19.6	who likes to keep the air conditioning at the temperature of a deep freezer. I put our AC at 69
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