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The Clark Howard Podcast

12.06.21 Investor Warning: Borrowing on Margin / Recent Clark Adventures in The Retail Competitions.

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

How margin investing is actually gambling - borrowing against stocks in order to buy more stocks - a huge profit center for brokerages. Clark explains how this plays, and where the danger lies. // Clark Howard - Deal Hunter, has click & collect and delivery experiences that speak to big retail competition with Amazon - and wins for consumers. Ask Clark topics include: Target Date Funds: Clark’s Favorite Retirement Investment / CELL PHONES - Clark.com / Red Pocket Deal: Get a Year of Unlimited Service Starting at $14/Month / Can YouMail Really Put an End to Robocalls? \\ Want more money advice? Sign up for Clark’s free daily newsletter! Free Advice: Clark's Consumer Action Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.0

It's great to have you here on the Clark Howard Show

1:08.0

where our mission is to serve and empower you

1:11.0

so you make better financial decisions in your life.

1:14.0

This episode, I want to talk about the stock market

1:18.0

and something that is so very dangerous that people have been doing so much of lately,

1:25.0

doing what's called borrowing on margin, I'll explain.

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