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Friday Flight - Points for Paying your Mortgage, Credit Card Consultants, & AI UBI (to each according to his need!) #1092

23 January 2026 41:05 iHeartPodcasts

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Time for a Friday Flight- our little sampling of the week’s best financial news and what it means for your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we boil them down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to get ahead with your money. In this episode we explain some relevant and helpful stories like:

  • Dry January is still costing you
  • Background (credit) checks
  • Garnished student loan wages
  • Points for paying your mortgage
  • If the juice is still worth the squeeze
  • Credit card consultants
  • Smaller weddings saving money
  • Hey siri, reduce my medical bill by 80%
  • AI UBI
  • Tapping a 401k early
  • Greenland and the future of investing in US stocks

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