10 of Your Favorite Money Stories of 2025, Ranked

With a new year dawning, it’s time to look back at some of the most popular stories of the past year.

What follows are the Money Talks News articles that caught the attention of the most readers over the course of 2025. But the guidance that you will discover in many of these stories will serve your finances in 2025 and beyond.

So, if you don’t recall reading them in 2025, take a minute to check them out now:

1. 9 Things Retirees Should Stop Buying, According to Financial Experts
2. Brace for Price Hikes on These 11 Types of Groceries in August
3. 8 Expenses That Retirees Regret Not Cutting Sooner — and Why
4. I’m a Professional Thrifter. Here’s What I Do Differently When Shopping at Goodwill.
5. It’s Time to Stop Calling Elon Musk the Richest Man in the World
6. 13 States That Offer Property Tax Exemptions for Retirees
7. 11 Things People Have Stopped Buying — and How They Are Getting By
8. Red Meat Is Now Tied to Dementia — but 3 Other Proteins May Lower Risk by 28%
9. Here’s the Social Security Payment Schedule for 2027
10. What Salary Actually Makes You Upper Class Today?

Lastly, from all of us here at Money Talks News, Happy New Year to you and yours!