My Top 20 Posts of 2025

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As is customary for bloggers at this time of year, here are the top twenty posts on Pounds and Sense in 2025, based on comments, page-views and social media shares. They are in no particular order. I have excluded any posts that are no longer relevant.

I hope you will enjoy revisiting these posts, or seeing them for the first time if you are new to PAS.

All posts in the list below should open in a new tab/window when you click on the link concerned.

1. The Pros and Cons of Investing for Dividends
2. From Saving to Spending – The Retirement Mindset Shift
3. Guest Post: How to Publish Your Book (And Earn Royalties!)
4. What Are ETFs and How Can You Invest in Them?
5. How to Save Money on Rail Fares With Split Ticketing
6. Where to Get Pension Advice
7. How Social Tariffs Can Help You Save on Household Bills
8. What Are Bonds and How Can You Invest in Them?
9. The Many Benefits of Learning a Musical Instrument in Later Life
10. How to Invest in Gold in the UK
11. Nutmeg Launches New Income Investing Portfolios
12. How Over-50s Can Use Vinted to Save and Make Money
13. Could a Smart Thermostat Save You Money?
14. Here’s Why I’m not a Fan of FIRE
15. How Often Should You Really be Washing Your Bedding? A Microbiologist Explains
16. How to Prepare for Winter Blackouts
17. How to Save Money on Your Heating Bills This Winter
18. Annuity or Drawdown? Weighing Up Your Pension Income Options After 50
19. Why Growing Numbers of Over-50s Are Buying Park Homes
20. What Are Money Market Funds and Who Should Invest in Them?

I’ll be taking a break from blogging over the festive period (though I’ll still be around on X/Twitter and Facebook). I’ll therefore close by wishing you a Very Merry Christmas (strikes and cost-of-living crisis permitting) and for all of us a brighter, more prosperous new year 

If you have any comments or questions, of course, feel free to leave them below as usual.