What's your best money saving or investing strategy?

I save money through cutting the daily expenses and use the surplus to invest in stock options. I can't do real estate here because it involves in a large sum of money and too much risk! I prefer stocks for now. For now, I buy mostly high risk stock, but once I have saved up enough, I would buy the blue chip stocks and let the interest feed me! But these days I need to spend my savings because I will be jobless, so I don't know when I could buy the blue chip stocks *laughs*.

I have a high interest savings account plus I have some retirement GICS. I would like to invest in stocks, but do not make enough to do that without risking it. I did have a mutual fund account years ago, but the guy ran off to the Cayman Islands and because of that I am rather wary. I do not have enough for real estate either. So I will keep my money in high interest savings account and then put some in GICs until I get enough so I even if I pay income tax, I will still make a profit. I do not make a large income.

I myself put the money into a savings account that I can still get to if I need it. I have also purchased a rental property that is at this point paying for itself. I am counting on this instead of a 401k because 401k's tend to fluctuate so much and I am not sure that they rise as well as inflation.

i am a regular employee. the best way to save is really get a passbook and deposit every payday a certain sum of money. no withdrawals. if there is extra, go ahead invest. there is no same formula for everyone.