This Year’s Most Popular Finance Tips: 2016
My Dollar Plan just celebrated nine years of personal finance! Thank you to each one of you for reading, commenting and sharing your own personal finance tips and questions. I love receiving your emails with feedback and ideas for making My Dollar Plan articles even better.
I truly hope you found lots of information to help you grow your wealth and improve your finances during the year. It’s time to look back at the most popular articles in 2016.
If you missed the most popular finance tips this year, here’s a recap:
Growing Your Wealth
Making money and growing your wealth is always one of our most popular topics here at My Dollar Plan:
- Making Money Selling Private Label Products on Amazon
- How I Saved Over $3,000 with Digit in 5 Months
- 14 Ways to Make Extra Money
- 5 Easy Ways to Build Your Emergency Fund
- 3 Steps That Will Lead You to More Wealth
- Why You Shouldn’t Focus on Income to Grow Your Wealth
- Schwab Checking and Brokerage $100 Sign Up Bonus
Spending Your Money
Here are some of the most popular articles about spending money this year:
- Skip These Expenses to Cut Your Spending
- How to Figure Out Whether Or Not You Can Afford It
- Use Plastiq to Pay Mortgage or Rent with a Credit Card
- 7 Emergencies You Think Are Emergencies But Aren’t
- 5 Ways to Save Money On Groceries
- Should You Spend More Money Now to Save More Later?
- 4 Things to Consider Before Downsizing
Improve Your Finances
Here are popular articles to change your relationship with money and improve your finances:
- Worthwhile Benefits from Living on a Budget
- Manage Your Finances Without a Budget in Two Simple Steps
- 4 Steps to Turn Around a Financial Failure
- Use These 4 Steps to Improve Your Life… Financially
- How to Overhaul Your Financial Life in 10 Years
- How to Overcome Big Financial Mistakes
- How to Survive a Layoff
- Why You Need to Give Your Money Meaning
Get Organized
Here are popular articles to help you get organized:
- 8 Ways to Start the New Year on the Right Financial Foot
- 22 Ways to Eliminate Financial Clutter
- What Should Your Financial Pie Chart Look Like?
- Financial Checklist to Complete after Getting Married
- How to Choose an Executor for Your Will
- How to Handle Kids Moving Back Home after College
Taxes and Investing
Are you a fan of minimizing your taxes and maximizing your investments? Check out:
- What to Do With Your Required Minimum Distribution
- 17 Tips for End of Year Tax Planning
- 5 Ways to Reduce Your Taxes as an Investor
- 7 Truths About Real Estate Investing
- A Quick Guide to Successful Investing
- How to Calculate Self Employment Tax
- Avoid These Pitfalls of Taking out a 401k Loan
- Should You Reverse Your Roth IRA Conversion?
Credit Cards
This year was huge for making money with credit cards! Here are some of the most popular articles and offers:
- Huge $5,325+ Credit Card Application Spree
- American Express Blue Cash Preferred $250-450 Sign Up Bonus
- Chase Sapphire Reserve 100,000 Point Sign Up Bonus Worth $1,500+
- Citi Prestige Sign Up Bonus Worth Over $1,000
- $4,500 Credit Card Application Spree Before Chase Changed the Rules
- How to Get an Exception to the Chase 5/24 Rule
- Best Credit Cards to Maximize Cash Back at Costco
- Save Money with Roadside Assistance from a Credit Card