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Top Stories for this Week: Last Week of August 2008

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This was a busy week. But I’ll try to pick some of the best posts: in all, there were over 15 posts this week, though some of them were Twitter updates.

In blogging, we looked at five new plugins that you might want to try out on your blog. Then we looked at a new series called DEAD END BLOGGING or how to avoid the charlatans of the blogging world. And finally, we examined the current situation between PayPerPost and PageRank, just in time for a new update on the Google Dance.

In finance, I showed you to track your expenses via Google Docs and the new Forms feature. Then showed you what happened when I *I* failed to use any system for tracking my credit card expenses in early August. There was also an update on the third in our Dow Jones Series: JP Morgan (JPM: NYSE).

Apart from a few other newsbytes, photos, videos, and twitter updates, that was the week on InvestorBlogger Dot Com. You can of course subscribe to our feeds, or via email.

Enjoy your weekend.

Around InvestorBlogger: 5 posts that are worth reading this week

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For those of you wanting a little help with traffic and backlinks to your blog, you should read Building Back Links and Traffic with a little help from Google Reader.

In one post, Steve provided some great tips on getting up and running with AdWords.

Then on Wednesday, I examined whether more expensive hotels were really worth the difference or not. Surprisingly there was a slight premium I found on the price, but it seemed worth it.

There was a recent post that covered updates on InvestorBlogger’s site and how they were impacting traffic: returns, time on site, etc. in a positive manner.

And the Top 20 Money Making Feed Download has been given a refresh, so take a look at who’s out and who’s in.

Quotation: 300-point rallies in the Dow happen in bear markets

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We’re in a very confusing atmosphere. People didn’t really know what to make of a 300-point rally in the Dow the other day, but my main message was that 300-point rallies from the Dow don’t happen in bull markets.

In fact, they never happened in the bull market from October ’02 to October ’07, but it has happened 6 times in this bear market and happened 12 times in the last bear market.

You don’t get moves like that in bull markets. As Rich Bernstein has said time and again, “This is the hallmark of a recession and a hallmark of a bear market.”

David A. Rosenberg, Conference Call Notes, published under the title “The Elusive Bottom” at InvestorInSight, August 2008.