Keep your passport safe while traveling (3 5 26)

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Sally McDonald
March 05, 2026

💵 Today’s Top Stories
Passport

You need to keep your passport safe when you’re traveling. Here’s where Clark wants you to put it. Read more.

Home insurance

Homeowners insurance exists to protect against a catastrophic event. Your top priority is to get coverage that will actually protect you rather than the cheapest premiums, Clark says. Read more.

Streaming TV

Streaming TV is as expensive as ever. We dug into the fine print to see if we could find any senior citizen discounts. The pickings are slim, as we explain. Read more.

Hacked

If your computer is doing any of these things, it could mean you’ve been hacked. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself against identity theft and more. Read more.

Car

You should know what your car is worth even if you’re not planning to sell. It has become tougher to figure out with valuations changing so quickly, but Clark has some good tips. Read more.

💵 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 March 5, 2026.

🚘️ 10 Automakers That Inspire the Most Loyalty

Team Clark often shares customer satisfaction scores and reliability scores for vehicles.

But this week, we came across a different angle for measuring how well a car manufacturer takes care of its customers: retention.

How loyal are your drivers? Measured by the percentage who return to purchase the same make of vehicle, we get a good idea.

Here are the 10 automakers with the best retention rates in the United States (out of a dataset of 40):

  • Toyota: 62.6%

  • Ferrari: 61.2%

  • Lexus: 54.2%

  • Honda: 52.2%

  • Porsche: 50.8%

  • Subaru: 49.3%

  • BMW: 48.6%

  • Chevrolet: 46.5%

  • Lamborghini: 46.5%

  • Ford: 44.8%

Lexus is Toyota's luxury division. So, Toyota Motor Corporation essentially took first and third place and even beat out Ferrari.

Interestingly, the list includes a mix of luxury, affordable and American-made brands.

Six of the 40 brands retained fewer than 20% of their customers: Fiat (4.0%), Dodge (10.0%), Chrysler (12.7%), Jaguar (12.7%), Alfa Romeo (15.1%) and Mitsubishi (16.8%).

Jeep (29.0%) and Maserati (20.2%) also finished 31st and 34th, respectively. So six of the seven Stellantis brands finished in the bottom 10, including four of the five worst (exception: Ram in 12th at 41.8%).

📊 Stat of the Day

💼 1,796: Number of hours the typical American works in a year. That’s 34.5 per week and doesn’t account for any holidays or PTO (paid time off). Cheyenne, Wyoming, ranks as the hardest-working city in the United States.

💰️ Deal Alert: Today’s Top Deals
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🎙️ Podcast

Clark tackles the frustrating reality of why your savings rates are dropping while credit card interest remains sky-high. He explores the "K-shaped" economy, where a flood of cash into savings and CDs is actually driving down the returns you earn – even at online banks. He also breaks down why credit card companies and auto lenders count on you not shopping around, and why the "convenience trap" is costing you thousands. Also, there is finally some good news at the grocery store: the "store brand revolution" is working. After years of price hikes, name brand giants are finally slashing prices on snacks to win back customers, as Clark explains.

☎️ 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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