Bogleheads® Conference 2023 - Clark Howard: Honing Your Consumer Skills

Consumer advocate Clark Howard shares how to score the best deals on everything: travel, cars, cell-phone plans, and more.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:40 Clark's story
10:35 Characteristics of great companies
18:15 How Clark treats his employees
21:15 Schwab v. Vanguard
23:34 Scoring good deals on travel
28:34 Saving on cell phone plans
30:17 Saving on streaming services
32:12 Most pressing consumer issue today
33:12 0% credit cards
35:47 Finding health insurance pre-Medicare
40:40 Using airline miles for travel
43:40 How to move from being a spender to a saver
47:27 Couples and money
49:28 Private brands in supermarkets
53:51 Travel agents
56:04 How airlines treat customers
57:58 Electric and hybrid vehicles
1:00:00 How to balance time/hassle with getting a good deal
1:03:00 Concierge doctors
Recorded on October 14, 2023.
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