Weekly Links: Carnivals & Articles - August 29, 2008

Each Friday I highlight the Carnivals I participated in over the past week, along with any notable articles that I came across. For those readers not familiar with carnivals, it's where personal finance bloggers submit their best articles of the week with one blog serving as the host. The entries are separated into various categories such as Investing, Credit, Debt, Budgeting, Frugality, Wealth Building, Money Management, Financial Planning, Insurance, Taxes, The Economy, Real Estate, et. al.

Below are the carnivals that I participated in this week, along with a link to my article:

• Investing Carnival published: Updated Dividend Stock Pre-Screen Model
• Festival of Stocks published: Stock Analysis: Chevron Corporation (CVX)
• Carnival of Personal Finance published: My Top 5 Stocks
• Carnival of Money Hacks published: My Bottom 5 Stocks

Articles I enjoyed reading included (in no particular order):

The DIV-Net Featured Articles

• Dividend Growth Investor presented Diageo (DEO) Dividend analysis
• The Div Guy presented New High Yield Dividend Stock: DCP Midstream Partners LP (DPM)
• Old School Value presented The Natural Contrarian's Way to Get Poor Quick
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Dividend Aristocrats Outperform S&P 500 Index Year To Date
• Dividends4Life presented Stock Analysis: Avery Dennison (AVY)
• The Dividend Guy presented The Four Most Important Metrics When Evaluating Dividend Stocks
• the moneygardener presented My Brief Dividend Growth History
• The Stock Market Prognosticator presented The Mother Lode - Part Two

Articles From DIV-Net Members

• The Dividend Guy presented Updated My Pension Allocation for Diversification
• Dividend Growth Investor presented International Dividend Achievers for diversification
• the moneygardener presented unique analyst advice on Telus
• Stock Market Prognosticator presented White Mountains Insurance (WTM) Analyst Day - Investment Portfolio
• The Div Guy presented Bank Stock News: Winning by Losing?
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Update On The Market And Lack Of Volume
• Living Off Dividends & Passive Income presented Why Jim Rogers Hates Investing In India
• The Dividend Investing Blog presented Euro Kidding Me
• Triaging My Way To Financial Success presented Taking Stock in IGM, Part IV:
• Dividend Money presented Using Historical Averages Can Make You Money In Stocks
• Bullish Dividends presented Dividend Stock Analysis: Canadian National Railway Company (TSE: CNR)

Dividend Articles

• Rising Dividend Investing presented Durable Goods Will Stay Strong
• The Globe and Mail presented There's more to the story than dividend yield

The Wealth, Money & Life Network Featured Articles

• Her Every Cent Counts presented The Chase Freedom Card Rocks: $250 in the mail!
• How I Save Money presented Top 5 Killer Post Titles at Problogger on Day One
• Saving For A Home Of My Own presented Travel Fund Blues

Other Articles

• Roth IRA: Wrought Your Way To A Brighter Retirement at Personal Finance Analyst -- The differences between Roth IRA and the Traditional IRA are quite simple. However, the implications of those differences are not as simple.
• Making Your Hard Earned Dollars Work Harder For You at Think Your Way to Wealth -- Are you putting your money to work? Is it doing all it can do for you? Is it losing value, being eroded away by inflation? Here are some things to consider when it comes to "putting your money to work".
• FNBO Direct’s Online Savings Account Review at Savings Toolbox -- First National Bank of Omaha entered into the online savings market through a division they now call FNBO Direct. This is a review of FNBO no-fees, no-minimums 3.50% APY savings account.
• A Venture Capitalist’s Advice on “Regular” Investing at Can I Get Rich On A Salary -- What would the father of venture capitalist investing advice be like? Read and find out.

There are some really good articles there, please take time and read a few of them.

(Photo: Sachin Ghodke)