Here’s a quick overview of the best 2008 posts on this blog along with the best from the other blogs in December. I have not written much recently for the reasons explained here, but there are plenty of interesting articles on other blogs.
Best of Shark 2008
In January I was still interested in Forex trading and researched tons of signal providers and information on trading by signals. As a result there is a three part tutorial – part one, part two, and part three – if you are interested in forex yourself, it may be quite useful.
In February one article got a great feedback and attracted a lot of interest – The Basics of Domain Investing. It’s a very important piece if you are interested in alternative investing strategies.
The Sexy Art Of Losing Money, published in March is there to remind you that fear is your worst enemy. Be more courageous not only with your money, but also with your life.
April came to contradict Passive investing and growing assets. My position is clear: putting more efforts usually results in getting better results. Completely passive investing is almost a dream.
In May many of the readers of this blog were happy to learn how to earn income by freelancing. It’s not easy but is far more reliable than trading forex.
Speaking about forex, the June article called 10 Reasons Not To Trade Forex is one of the most commented on this blog. Seems like you are more interested in producing real wealth rather than playing the numbers game.
The all time most read and commented article on this blog was published in July – Don’t Make Money Blogging. Is it that another “make money” myth have been stripped?
On the other side, people seem very interested to know How To Profit From Ideas. This article was published in August.
After the summer breaks, in September many returned back to their 9 to 5 jobs which attracted a lot of interest to the article about the 9 to 5 alternatives. Did you already find yours?
The fear, chaos and panic everywhere resonated in the post Is Investing A Big Fat Lie? published in October.
In November I made a little provocative and little funny post – How YOUR Saving Advice Caused The Financial Crisis. It attracted link from MSN Money and few other forums and a good traffic spike. If you are a blogger, you can read that post like “How to attract links” case study.
I didn’t write much in December (lazy and busy month at the same time). However if you have time to read just one post from this blog, read How To Outgrow The Self-Help Learning Stage. It’s not at all the most popular one, but in my opinion it’s one of the most useful articles ever published here.
Now, enough self-retrospection, let’s see what my fellow bloggers have published in December:
Best That Others Wrote In December
Tricia at Blogging Away Debt has collected a nice list of unusual ways to make money.
Jim at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity shares the five reasons why he recycles.
I keep linking to lists: Patrick at Cash Money Life advices on 4 ways to not get stuck in the sandwich generation.
Harisson at Finandom Dot Com muses whether you can use a 100% working way to make money from Adsense. The article is good, just don’t limit your income streams to Adsense. Diversify.
Jeremy at FMF shares a quick example how a hobby can turn into a big income.
Gather Little By Little shares a touching story concluding that Your life is more important than your stuff.
Jeremy at Generation X Finance shares financial tips to make 2009 your best year ever.
Sadly the Lazy Man’s post giving some survival tips if you are laid off is quite actual. Let’s hope it won’t be for long.
Pinyo at Moolanomy has written a good tutorial about investing in commodities. Just be careful as these times commodities are quite risky.
David at My Two Dollars offers some inexpensive ways to stay warm in the winter. It’s -10 C here now, good tips *grin*.
David at MoneyNing helps you empower yourself to think that nothing is impossible. Let the power be with you.
Jacques at The Digerati Life shows how to stand out from the crowd when writing a resume.
Trent at The Simple Dollar always have more interesting stuff that I can read. This time I have chosen to share Overcoming Obstacles with you.
And this time the most important piece comes from Seth Godin – 10,000 hours. Have time to read only one post? Let it be Seth’s.
Great collection of links, thanks for including me!