From former President Jimmy Carter shopping at Dollar General to the $1.5 billion lottery jackpot, the second-largest in history, there was a lot to say about how people earned, saved, spent, approached, invested, agonized over and hoped to make money in 2018.
Below, in no particular order, you'll find the 10 most popular money posts that appeared on CNBC Make It this year.
You don't need a perfect credit score to get the best deals, Greg McBride, chief analyst at Bankrate, tells CNBC Make It.
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Apple shares hit a historic $1 trillion market cap value in August 2018, making the tech giant the first public U.S. company to ever reach the milestone. CNBC calculations shows that if you invested in Apple a decade ago, you'd probably be feeling pretty good about that today.
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About four in 10 millennials are homeowners but they're not necessarily happy about their choices, according to a 2018 survey by Bank of the West.
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Steve Adcock and his wife, who quit their jobs in their 30s and now travel full time, say saving isn't the key to early retirement.
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Though housing is scarce and wages are still pretty stagnant in many places across the country, a lot of American cities are booming: These 15 offer job opportunities, thriving businesses and an abundance of places to live.
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Jimmy Carter, the nation's 39th president, lives a fairly normal, even frugal, life. The now 94-year-old still lives in the ranch house he built himself in 1961 and has been known to buy his clothes at his local Dollar General store.
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Warren Buffett's longtime waitress Ellen Augustine explains what she learned while serving the Oracle of Omaha steaks for a decade.
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If you invested in Tesla in 2010, when it made its initial public offering, that bet would definitely have paid off, according to CNBC calculations.
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In October 2018, Mega Millions announced that someone had won its $1.5 billion jackpot, the second-biggest lottery jackpot in history. Check out the top lottery prizes ever won.
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Vitaminwater's new contest, which kicks off in January 2019, promises $100,000 to a person who can successfully live without their, or any, smartphone for a year. The deadline to enter is January 8, 2019.
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