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The Clark Howard Podcast

8.12.19 Crazy good interest rates; Fake Equifax settlement sites; New cheap streaming services

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Credit card interest rates are at an all-time high. At a time when interest cost to banks is very low for what they borrow to lend on credit cards,  they’re charging the highest rates ever. Users don’t worry about rates likely because they don’t intend to carry balances. Meanwhile, if you’ve financed a vehicle at a bank or dealership, now there’s an opportunity to refi for a much lower interest rate through a credit union. With the trade related reduction in interest rates, this is a side benefit. Home refi opportunities are great again. Shop around. With good credit, you can refi a 30 into the low 3s, or move to a 15 year loan for around 2.34%. With all the publicity surrounding the Equifax settlement, people are doing searches to find out more and ending up at spoof sites. There are scam sites taking personal info. If you are interested in the settlement, go to ftc.gov/Equifax.   Nearly 1 in 5 American households have cut the pay TV cord. Streaming packages generally range from $20 to $60 a month. Philo and Sling are the bargains. (Sling TV is a service of Dish – always priced favorably). Coming this fall: the new Disney bundle, including the Disney film and video library, ESPN+ and a stripped down version of Hulu for $13 a month. Consider free streaming. Ad supported streaming is the fastest growing form of video content. Roku offers massive free content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

At VWFS Renter Car, we'll give you exactly the car or venue asked for.

0:04.7

So you might want to stop calling us Renter Car and start calling us,

0:08.6

Renter Volkswagen Golf Auto, or Renter Skoda Codiac for the whole family,

0:13.0

or Renter Craft a Panel Van with space for everything.

0:15.7

Actually, just call us VWFS Renter exactly the car or venue wanted,

0:20.0

or VWFS Renter Car for short.

0:22.5

Say yes to vehicle rental as it should be.

0:25.1

Say yes to VWFS Renter Car, book online today.

0:28.9

Season says apply.

0:36.0

It's my pleasure to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show where it's all about you

0:40.5

and that quality.

0:41.5

Or is that why you don't learn ideas to me so you can keep more of what you make?

0:46.3

Clark.com is our main website, ClarkDeals.com, where you go to save money

0:51.7

throughout the day.

0:53.6

So coming up later in today's Clark Regis moment,

0:58.4

there are con artists taking advantage of people in the wake

1:03.3

of the Equifax Databricks settlement.

1:05.9

I'm going to tell you how you trying to protect yourself could end up scammed.

1:12.0

And coming up yet later, the number of people that are dumping pay TV has hit

1:19.8

a critical mass.

1:21.2

There's a lot of things you need to know, including brand new pricing information.

1:26.5

I want to share with you.

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