{"id":520912,"date":"2026-11-06T20:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T20:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/520912\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T20:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T20:04:16","slug":"bang-for-your-buck-holiday-shopping-tips-from-a-finance-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/520912\/","title":{"rendered":"Bang for your buck: Holiday shopping tips from a finance expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:KGET Bakersfield;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"KGET Bakersfield\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/aol_kget_bakersfield_articles_632.png\"\/><\/a>Updated Fri, November 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM UTC<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/70cc477a-1a74-4f5d-af10-8c241566f9a6.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/70cc477a-1a74-4f5d-af10-8c241566f9a6.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; The holidays are creeping closer and so are those holiday deals. <\/p>\n<p>Senior financial advisor Justin Leland from Moneywise Wealth Management of Bakersfield weighs the pros and cons of online and in-person shopping, explains interesting new spending trends, and how to spot any sneaky price inflation hiding behind a 30% off sticker.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full interview in the video player above.<\/p>\n<p>\nCopyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<br \/>\n<a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Fri, November 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM UTC BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; The holidays are creeping closer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-520912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}