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February 12, 2025 | Read Online

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💵 Today’s Top Stories

Is It Wise To Sign My Credit Card on the Back?

Don’t ignore this crucial step when you get a new credit card. Clark explains why it’s a mistake to miss this. Read more.

Top 6 Places To Buy Tires

Where can you find the cheapest tires and the best service? And how does Clark value post-purchase service vs. buying purely on price? Read more.

T-Mobile’s New Starlink Beta Is Free for Everyone

All major cell phone service customers are eligible to tap into T-Mobile’s Starlink beta program, which provides service in dead zones across America. Here’s how it works and how to register. Read more.

What’s a C.L.U.E. Report and Why Does It Matter?

A C.L.U.E. report is like a credit report for insurers. It shows property and value claims you’ve filed for up to seven years. You can dispute your report if it’s not accurate. Read more.

Is Budgeting Tool Quicken Worth the Price?

Quicken offers five customizable plans to track bills, monthly spending, investments and more. Here’s what it costs and how it compares to the competition. Read more.

🥚 Eggs Are the New Toilet Paper

Remember during the onset of COVID-19 when consumers made a run on toilet paper, clearing the shelves at places like Costco?

It’s not as dramatic, but that’s now happening to an extent with eggs.

Avian flu has wrecked the population of egg-laying chickens. The strain on supply has pushed egg prices to crazed prices ($4.15 on average for a dozen large grade-A eggs in December). Waffle House even started adding a $0.50 “egg surcharge.”

Now some consumers are getting antsy.

As a result, Costco and Trader Joe’s are limiting the amount of eggs you’re allowed to purchase.

Unfortunately, the trend shouldn’t reverse quickly. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, here are the number of chickens culled by month.

November: 7 million
December: 18 million
January: 23 million

Disinfecting a farm is a lengthy process. And afterward, it can take the new chicken flock nearly four months to begin egg-laying.

💸 Today’s Top Savings Rates

Check out our updated list of Clark.com-approved high-yield savings accounts with the highest rates. Here are the top five APYs on our list as of February 12, 2025.

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📊 Stat of the Day

📉 143,000: Number of jobs that the U.S. added in January. That’s less than the 169,000 jobs economists expected. However, unemployment fell to 4.0% and the Labor Department revised the November and December job counts, adding a combined 100,000 jobs. “The details of the January report is unlikely to divert the Federal Reserve from its current wait-and-see mode on interest-rate cuts,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

💰️ Deal Alert: Today’s Top Deals

🎙️ Podcast

YouTube video by Clark Howard: Save More, Spend Less

Full Show: Monthly Pension vs. Lump Sum: The 6% Test and Is the Market Too High To Keep Investing?

Do you take a monthly pension or a lump sum payout? That’s a tricky question, but fiduciary financial advisor Wes Moss has a simple rule that can help you decide. Also, is it better to invest when markets are high or low? Wes breaks down market records since 1950 and shares his perspective on why investing in an all-time-high market is more important to your money than you may think.

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