Weekly Links: Carnivals & Articles - October 3, 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: Stock Analysis: Johnson Controls (JCI)
  
• Festival of Stocks published: Stock Analysis: Colgate Palmolive (CL)
  
• Carnival of Personal Finance published: Goldilocks and the Three Pharms
  
• Carnival of Financial Planning published: Masco (MAS) Increases Qtr. Dividend 2.2% (4.98% yield) and Other Increases
• Carnival of Money Hacks published: Pocket Change Portfolio - August 2008
  
• Carnival of Money Stories published: Pocket Change Portfolio

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

The DIV-Net Featured Articles

• Dividend Growth Investor presented Are Drips Worth It?
  
• The Div Guy presented Have an Investment Plan for the Long Term
  
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Dividend Aristocrats Continue To Perform Well In Volatile Market
  
• Dividends4Life presented Stock Analysis: Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW)
  
• The Dividend Guy presented My Main Investment Objective: To Generate a Reliable, Growing Stream of Income from Stocks
  
• the moneygardener presented The Golden Arches Raise Dividend 33%
  
• The Stock Market Prognosticator presented Capital Sleight of Hand?
  

Articles From DIV-Net Members

• The Dividend Guy presented Dividend Investing Overview via Video
  
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Which Bank will be next? Follow the dividend cuts
  
• the moneygardener presented dividend fix
  
• Stock Market Prognosticator presented The FDIC Rips Into Bloomberg
  
• The Div Guy presented Eight Keys to Financial Security
  
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Dividend Aristocrats Outperform In September
  
• Living Off Dividends & Passive Income presented Now What - Is The US Economy Doomed?
  
• Old School Value presented You Can Be A Stock Market Genius!
  
• The Dividend Investing Blog presented Buffet Takes the Plunge
  
• Triaging My Way To Financial Success presented The AGF Puzzle
  
• Dividend Money presented Finding More Money To Invest
  
• Bullish Dividends presented Dividend Investors: Hold Your Resolve
  
• Barel Karsan presented Banks And Bottoms
  

The Wealth, Money & Life Network Featured Articles

• Dollar Frugal presented COUNTDOWN! To Christmas
  
• Her Every Cent Counts presented Economic Ignorance... No Longer Bliss
  
• How I Save Money presented $300 Richer…Or Not…It Depends On How You Look At It
  
• Saving For A Home Of My Own presented Net Worth Decrease
  

Other Articles

• Rising Dividend Investing presented The Greatest Stock Market Wisdom I Have Ever Heard!
  
• Timothy Lutts presents Sequenom: A Great Biotech Stock posted at The Iconoclast Investor.
• Ralph Jean-Paul presents Make Money During a Slow Economy posted at Bugs Munny.
• Contrarian Profits presents 5 Reasons Why Stocks and Commodities Will Soar Over Next 9 Months posted at Contrarian Profits.
• FIRE Finance presents Early Retirement Case Study - My Dollar Plan Retires At 29 posted at FIRE Finance.
• John Hunter presents Stock Market Decline posted at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog.
• Kacper Wrzesniewski presents Investing: How to control your emotions? posted at KacperWrzesniewski.com.
• Tushar Mathur presents Are you disappointed with your mutual fund investments? posted at Invest In India.
• Lazy Man presents $700 Billion Bailouts - Is My Money Safe? posted at Lazy Man and Money.
  

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

(Photo: Sachin Ghodke)