These were the most searched money topics in 2024

People looked up financial topics on Investopedia over the year, with searches for some emerging as particularly popular.

Ten topics stood out as the ones Investopedia readers searched for the most in 2024, the finance-focused site reported earlier this month.

Investopedia Editor-in-Chief Caleb Silver discussed the findings of “Investopedia Terms 2024” during a recent appearance on “The Claman Countdown.”

“We look every day, every week and all year round what people are searching for, what trends or terms or topics,” he explained to host Liz Claman.

Inflation ranked #1 for the year, according to Investopedia.

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“That was the biggest thing for everybody this year, and it actually came through the election,” Silver said. “It wasn’t just the fact that people noticed that the growth rate was slower, but things didn’t seem cheaper to them.”

The consumer price index rose 0.3 percent month-over-month and 2.7 percent year-over-year in November, the month with the most recent data available, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Second on Investopedia’s annual list were “tariffs.”

Silver linked the appearance of this topic in the ranking to presidential elections.

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“So you’re making a choice for a lot of people. “I’m not comfortable with the fact that prices are still high. On the other hand, we know that tariffs will come our way if they elect President Trump into office.” And they did,” he explained. “Rates are moving very strongly right now.”

The number 3 and number 4 spots went to “Nvidia” and “stock split”, respectively.

Nvidia has seen its shares jump more than 185% since the start of the year. It reported last month that it generated nearly $91.17 billion in revenue and $50.79 billion in net income in the first three quarters of 2024, marking a huge year-over-year increase.

The chipmaker also completed a long-awaited stock split over the summer, something Investopedia reported contributed to “stock split” demand.

Ticker	security	last	change	Change %
NVDA	NVIDIA CORP.	138.63	+0.38	+0.27%

“National Debt” ranks fifth, according to the site. The U.S. national debt passed the $36 trillion mark last month and stood at $36.144 trillion as of Dec. 27, according to the Treasury Department.

“Homeowners insurance,” “student loan forgiveness,” “high-yield savings account,” and “bitcoin” were ranked fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth on Investopedia’s 2024 rankings.

While speaking with Silver, Claman said it was “interesting” that the Federal Reserve did appear among the most searched terms by Investopedia readers.

“People got used to the fact Federal Reserve had interest rates high enough to tame inflation, and then it became a waiting game of when would they cut, would they cut, they finally did in September,” the Investopedia editor-in-chief said. “People were beyond that, beyond that, thinking about other things.”

“Moneyline bet” took last place in Investopedia’s 10 “Terms of the Year”.

“That was the year that sports betting, election betting and trading crashed together, right?” Silver told Klaman. “They’ve all been cousins ​​at the same barbecue, but this was the year the presidential betting polls were actually more correct than the actual polls.” The betting odds, I must say, were more accurate than the actual surveys. So people were looking for a money line because you could make a money bet on Trump against Harris running.”

While appearing on “Claman’s Countdown,” Silver predicted that tariffs will remain a hot topic in the coming year.

He also said “100%” when asked if a Trump presidency will be a driver of investor concerns in 2025.

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“Because it seems like a risky attitude,” Silver continued. “We have seen the rise of cryptocurrencies. We’re seeing a lot of stocks rally after the election, but also a less regulatory environment, less intense. You can see a lot more deal making. You have already seen what happened in the crypto pasture. I think people who haven’t been in the market yet will come into the market and even into the crypto market,” Silver said, noting an increase in interest in bitcoin among. Investopedia readers in recent months.

He also predicts that there will be more interest in the capital markets next year.

Trump, who won the November election with 312 electoral votes, is due to officially take office on January 20 after his inauguration.