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People looked up a slew of financial topics on Investopedia over the course of the year, with searches for some emerging as particularly popular.
Ten topics stood out as the ones that Investopedia readers searched for the most in 2024, the finance-focused site reported earlier in the month.
Investopedia editor-in-chief Caleb Silver discussed the findings of the “2024 Investopedia Terms of the Year” during a recent appearance on “The Claman Countdown.”
Investopedia editor-in-chief Caleb Silver looks at top stock picks heading into the new year on ‘The Claman Countdown.’
“We look every day, we look every week and we look throughout the year at what people are searching for, what trends, terms or topics,” he explained to host Liz Claman.
Inflation ranked No. 1 for the year, according to Investopedia.
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“That was top of mind for everybody in this year, and it actually bled through into the election,” Silver said. “It wasn’t just the fact that people were noticing that the growth rate was slower, but things didn’t feel cheaper to them.”
The Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% month-over-month and 2.7% year-over-year in November, the month with the most-recently available data, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Second-place on Investopedia’s annual list was “tariffs.”
Silver linked that topic’s appearance on the ranking to the presidential election.
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“So you were making a choice for a lot of people. ‘I’m not comfortable with the fact that prices are still high. On the flip side, we know tariffs will come our way if they elect President Trump into office.’ That’s what happened,” he explained. “Tariffs is trending very hard right now.”
The No. 3 and No. 4 spots went to “Nvidia” and “stock split,” respectively.
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., holds up the company’s AI accelerator chips for data centers. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Nvidia has seen its shares post an over 185% jump since the beginning of the year. It reported last month that it has generated nearly $91.17 billion in revenue and $50.79 billion in net income over the first three quarters of 2024, marking massive year-over-year increases.
The chipmaker also completed a highly-anticipated stock split over the summer, something that Investopedia reported helped contribute to searches for “stock split.”
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVDA | NVIDIA CORP. | 138.63 | +0.38 | +0.27% |
“National debt” took fifth-place, according to the site. The U.S. national debt crossed the $36 trillion mark last month and stood at $36.144 trillion as of Dec. 27, according to the Treasury Department.
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