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What we're seeing, like, these are concerning signs that may indicate a future recession or something like that.

The other thing, and speaking of that, I mean, there was a LendingTree survey yesterday of halloween spending that showed that you know and this is lending trees so they make loans may you know take that into account but one in four people nearly one in four people are going to plan to take on debt to afford their halloween spending so maybe people are spending but that doesn't necessarily mean they can afford the things that they are buying

Yeah, that made me sad when I saw that.

I think I think a lot of it's like this is a holiday that's about kids.

The next thing here, looking for insurance discounts and roof savings.

As we all know, homeowners insurance costs have risen about 47% over the course of the last five or six years or so, according to LendingTree.

Again, you can shop around your policy.

We all know that that's an available option, and perhaps that could save you a bit.

yeah i mean i'm gonna i'm gonna be a wet blanket here on people who get a really nice car and spend a thousand bucks a month but a car is not really an investment or at least you shouldn't think of it that way and the reason for that is all these gorgeous cars out there on rockville pike that i see every day they're all depreciating you know there's the proverbial you know you drive it off the lot and it immediately drops in value probably by more than a thousand dollars nowadays And vehicles almost always, almost always lose value as they age.

60% of their value after five years, according to LendingTree.

So it's just, it's not really an investment.

And so putting a whole bunch of money into something that is going to lose money every year you own it...

And so it's just real eye-opening to me that I encourage you to run through the different scenarios of just like the car, buying new, buying different kinds of buying a used one.

What's the best rate that you can get? I don't know if you've listened to the episode, but I tell you to go to like LendingTree or NerdWallet or whatever.

And actually, before you're going to go buy a car, like go apply for some of their loans.

Because then what I do is I just go into the dealer.

Nationwide lottery spending continues to rise as billion dollar jackpots increasingly become the norm.

New data from LendingTree finds Americans spend an average of $323 on lottery tickets in 2024.

That's up 4.5% in two years.

The increase comes as Americans more often hear about billion dollar prizes.

Four states had double-digit percentage growth.

North Carolina led the way with residents' lottery spending rising 20%.

LendingTree says the jump was likely because of the introduction of digital instant lottery games in November of 23.

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