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Anthony Hazzard
June 13, 2024

There is a game that people are playing more than ever before. Find out which game that is later in this email.

💵 Today’s Top Stories
Discover

If you have a Discover credit card or bank account, you now get a free perk that excites Clark. Here’s what it is and how it works. Read more.

Recall

Did you know there were more than 1,000 recalls involving more than 35 million vehicles in 2024? Lexus and MINI Convertibles don’t get recalled often, but one of Clark’s favorites generates a high recall volume. Read more.

Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses don’t have to cost hundreds of dollars. Here’s where you’ll find affordable, quality glasses, including a major update on Clark’s long-time favorite option. Read more.

Magazines

Whether you’re a teacher stocking your classroom or an avid reader on a budget, here’s how you can access brand-name magazines for free. Read more.

Frontier Airlines

Featuring some of the cheapest domestic flights and some of the lowest-regarded customer service, Frontier Airlines is a poster child for discount airlines. Read more.

♟️ The Business of Chess Is Booming

The Netflix show “The Queen’s Gambit” (October 2020) and the COVID-19 pandemic added jet fuel to online chess.

But Chess.com has been on a wild trajectory even without those factors. The founders bought the domain for more than $50,000 in 2005, subverting their original plan to provide a forum when gameplay proved mind-blowingly popular.

According to Similarweb data as researched by Sherwood News, Chess.com got 188 million visits in April 2024. That’s up ~300% from April 2019. Not a bad five-year growth rate.

About 35 million chess games a day take place on Chess.com. The site reportedly does more than $100 million in annual revenue from its 150 million members via a freemium model. And Sherwood speculates that revenue figure could be conservative.

As a game, it’s certainly no longer limited to “nerds” and geniuses.

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📊 Stat of the Day

🚗 46,561: The number of surplus Teslas last quarter. The biggest U.S. producer of electric vehicles made 433,371 Teslas last quarter but delivered just 386,810. That’s the company’s biggest single-quarter surplus ever. It has led to some telling satellite images of the parking lot outside of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas.

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🎙️ Podcast

Clark loves exercise. In fact, he wears three fitness trackers because he enjoys learning and improving his health so much! Data shows that people who are active for 150 minutes/week have less than half the cost of healthcare than sedentary people. Clark re-introduces his One-Minute Challenge to help you take the next step towards an active lifestyle. If you want to increase your physical fitness, it will impact your fiscal fitness, too! Also, the housing market has been crazy over the last few years. But we’re slowly starting to see more inventory growth and price reductions. Clark explains what he’s seeing in the housing market – and the state that’s seeing the highest inventory jump!

☎️ Need Money Help?

The Team Clark Consumer Action Center is a free helpline that can help you navigate your money questions. Call 636-492-5275. Visit clark.com/cac for more information.

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