As we await for the year to turn, I thought to do a little wrap up of the stuff we’ve published here in 2008. I realized after I looked through some of these articles that I tend to write novels at times, but if you don’t mind in-depth ramblings, then these posts may be of interest to you 
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So what are some of my favorite and best personal finance articles of the past year (based on topic, comments and personal preference) from The Digerati Life? The highlights:
Credit and Debt Articles
- Best Cash Back Credit Cards: Your Rewards For Spending
- Best Gas Credit Cards: Get Rewards, Cash Back For Spending on Gas
- Debt Elimination Tips: How To Reduce Debt With These Dos and Don’ts
- Get Rid Of Your Debt With These Debt Defying Strategies
- Eliminate Credit Card Debt! 4 Methods I’ve Used To Reduce My Debt
Investment Articles
- Why Most Investors Don’t Make Money In The Stock Market
- Beat The Average Investor’s Returns With The Simplest Investment Portfolio
- Why Long Term Investing Is Better Than Short Term Trading
- Help Your Kids Get Rich: Invest Early
- When You Should Buy Into The Stock Market? Like Yesterday!
- Stock Market Reality Check: What Investment Risk Actually Looks Like
- Strategies To Leverage A Weak Stock Market
- Best Places For Your Money When The Stock Market Tanks
- 10 Signs of A Stock Market Bottom
Frugality Articles
- See Our Lower Utility Bills! Save Money, Energy and Water With New Appliances
- Slashing Our Budget By 25%: Our Latest Frugal Moves
- Serious Savers Who Died Wealthy
- Frugal Tips: How To Make 10 Ordinary Things Last Longer
- 20 Ways To Earn More and Spend Less: Steps To Becoming A Frugal Capitalist
- Coupon Tips and Tricks That Can Cut Your Grocery Bill By 80%
- Saving Money Is In! The Recession Diet and The Shift To Frugal Living
- Lost Money: How Money Drains Add Up To $175,000 In 10 Years
- Fuel Efficient Cars In Your Future? Watch For The MPG Illusion
- Lose Weight While Spending Less on Food and Exercise
- Sick of High Gas Prices? Turn To Smart Cars or The Aptera
- 10 Frugal Steps To Help You Survive A Tough Economy
Real Estate Articles
Articles on The Economy
- We’re On Sale: Time To Buy America!
- Survive A Recession, Think Long Term
- Recessions and the State of Our Economy: A Visual Primer
- Despite A Recession, The U.S. Economy Isn’t As Bad As You Think
- Are You In Financial Trouble? Money Tips To Cope With Hard Times
Job, Career and Business Articles
- What Price Are You Paying To Have It All? The Supermom Myth
- I’ve Left My Job! Tying Up Loose Ends
- Increase Your Salary Without Increasing Your Work
- Basic Business Advice From An Accidental Entrepreneur
- Make Money Blogging: Top Bloggers And How Much They Earn
- When Is It The Right Time To Start A Business?
- Got Laid Off? What To Do When You Lose Your Job
Phew! That was a lot of writing for the year. Many thanks to my guest posters and writers who’ve also shared their views with us here. I hope you enjoyed the financial blogosphere as much as I have!
Recent Carnivals
- Carnival of Debt Reduction: thanks to Mr CC from the Ask Mr. Credit Card blog for awarding us an Editor’s Pick for our post on top deal sites and online tools to help you save money.
- Carnival of Personal Finance
- Money Hacks Carnival
- Cavalcade of Risk
- Bankruptcy and Debt Carnival
- Carnival of Twenty Something Finances
- Carnival of Family Life
- Stock trades: Free stock trades from Zecco, Cheap stock trades from TradeKing, Stock news and Investment info at INO TV Free, No cost Trend Analysis for stocks
- Earn top returns: FNBO Direct [1.90%], HSBC Direct [1.65%], WTDirect [1.76%], E*Trade Bank [0.95%], ING Direct [.25% to 1.65%]
- Cash bonus: Discover More [$50], American Express [$25], Lending Club [$25]
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Woah! A huge list of articles. This is going to take me a while to read because I found this blog recently =D
Thanks for stopping by Trevor! We all got our article lists by the end of the year all handy! Hope your New Year is well! We’ve enjoyed ourselves a lot, visiting family.
This is a great list!
Congratulations, Digerati Life, I just got wind of this article on my desktop where the most salient news is published. I vote to make this blog Numero 1 in useful financial articles. Anybody else?
Jacques,
You are way too kind. Thanks for the wishes! May we all have a much better new year with less of the financial drama that last year brought…. Thanks for your wonderful contributions and guest posts you’ve shared with us here and beyond.
Hi SVB,
Hows it going? Thanks for the link love! Its been too long since I been here. I LOVE the new design! Guess I better get my nose out of my reader every so often.
Cheers,
Jeremy