Getting Your Financial Ducks In A Row

Review of 2009 Stats

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Ed. Note: taking a breather from our normal business of posting retirement, tax and other personal financial planning topics to report on the blog itself and the statistics we’ve seen in this, the 6th year of publication for the blog.  We’ll be back to our regular programming with the next entry. – jb

Over the past year, this blog has undergone a few major changes… I upgraded the format to WordPress; then added the IRA Owner’s Manual, reorganizing all those IRA posts into a coherent manual; a summary, chapter by chapter, of the seminal book “The Richest Man In Babylon”; plus I started writing more – generally adding a new post every other day.

Planned for 2010:  more of all the yummy income tax, IRA, and other retirement-related and investment/financial planning articles that you’ve come to expect; likely a Social Security Owner’s Manual and a 401(k) Owner’s Manual (along the same lines as the IRA Owner’s Manual); guest experts will from time to time contribute posts on areas complimentary to my expertise; and continuing the pace of approximately 175 to 200 posts throughout the year.  Please pass along any suggestions for new topics and series that you’d like to see written up and discussed.

Listed below are the Getting Your Financial Ducks in a Row end of year statistics and Top Ten lists for 2009.  Thanks to all who have supported this blog in 2009 by reading, subscribing, commenting, linking, and not coming right out and booing!

General Statistics for 2009

Top 10 Most-Viewed Posts for 2009

  1. The IRA Owner’s Manual
  2. 401(k) & Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO)
  3. Payroll Tax Reduction (ARRA 2009)
  4. Auto Purchase Incentive (from ARRA 2009)
  5. Separation From Service On or After Age 55
  6. 19 Ways to Withdraw IRA Funds Without Penalty
  7. Determining Your MAGI
  8. Traditional IRA v. Roth IRA – Compare & Contrast
  9. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
  10. 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2009

Top 10 Referrers for 2009

  1. leimbergservices.com/blogwatch.cfm
  2. obliviousinvestor.com
  3. moneysmartlife.com/financial-advisor-…
  4. blogher.com/those-pesky-401-k-fees-yo…
  5. blogcatalog.com/blog/getting-your-fin…
  6. twitter.com/
  7. wohlnerfinancial.blogspot.com
  8. keyfeeonly.com/web-resources
  9. monevator.com/2009/12/12/weekend-read…
  10. dividendsvalue.com/5086/weekly-links-…

Top 10 Search Engine Terms for 2009

  1. qualified domestic relations order 401k
  2. irs life expectancy tables 2009
  3. payroll tax reduction 2009
  4. net unrealized appreciation
  5. payroll tax reduction
  6. 2010 estate tax changes
  7. arra car sales tax
  8. 401k separation from service
  9. 401(k) fair disclosure for retirement
  10. 2010 gift tax exclusion

Top 10 Most Popular Links Clicked in 2009

  1. bfponline.com
  2. badmoneyadvice.com
  3. iraownersmanual.com
  4. irs.gov/publications/p590/index.html
  5. irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rr-02-62.pdf
  6. blankenshipfinancial.com
  7. carnivalofpersonalfinance.com
  8. money.cnn.com/2009/01/06/pf/funds/etf…
  9. affinefinancial.com/2009/07/09/can-an…
  10. moneyning.com

That’s it for 2009 – Happy New Year to all, and thanks again for all your support! – jb

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