Weekly Links: Carnivals & Articles - November 23, 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: International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)
  
• Festival of Stocks published: Stock Analysis: Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Editors Choice
  
• Carnival of Personal Finance published: Searching the World For The Best Dividend Stocks
  
• Carnival of Money Hacks published: Two Winning Bank Stocks
  
• Carnival of Money Stories published: It Has Been a Wonderful Year!
  

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

The DIV-Net Featured Articles

• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Don't Overreach For Dividend Yield
  
• Dividends4Life presented Stock Analysis: Entertainment Properties Trust (EPR)
  
• Old School Value presented Ben Graham Net Net Deep Value Stocks
  
• The Dividend Guy presented Dividends as Defensive Buffers
  
• the moneygardener presented Mr.Dividend, The Third Earner
  
• The Stock Market Prognosticator presented Pershing Square Capital Letter
  
• Dividend Growth Investor presented 40 Net Current Asset Stocks for Value Investors
  

Articles From DIV-Net Members

• The Dividend Guy presented Calculating My Portfolio’s Annualized Return
  
• Dividend Growth Investor presented 10 by 10: A New Way to Look at Yield and Dividend Growth
  
• the moneygardener presented added to IGM
  
• Stock Market Prognosticator presented Hedge Fund Kingpins Testify - Highlights
  
• The Div Guy presented 4 Dividend Stocks You Can Actually Count On
  
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Big Drop In Investor Sentiment
  
• Living Off Dividends & Passive Income presented Passive Income For October 2008: A New Record!
  
• Old School Value presented I’ll Pass on Eaton Corp (ETN), for now
  
• Triaging My Way To Financial Success presented Taking Stock in IGM, Review
  
• Dividend Money presented Is Opportunity Knocking For Investors?
  
• Bullish Dividends presented Dividend Stock Analysis: Bank of Montreal (TSE: BMO)
  
• Barel Karsan presented Jacked Up For LoJack
  

The Wealth, Money & Life Network Featured Articles

• Dollar Frugal presented Retirement Account Limits for 2009
  
• Her Every Cent Counts presented Making Money Online Through Affiliate Programs
  
• How I Save Money presented Tracking My Finances In November: Day 17
  
• Saving For A Home Of My Own presented Ebates payment
  

Other Articles

• Rising Dividend Investing presented Rising Dividends Are Not An Endangered Species
• Sherin presented Portfolio investment models posted at Investment Internals, saying, "A clean article introducing the most required investment knowledge on various portfolios."
• Michael Cintolo presents The Stock Market is Not the Economy posted at The Iconoclast Investor.
• FMF presents Why I Sold My Mutual Funds posted at Free Money Finance, saying, "Details why I sold my mutual funds."
• Steward presents Dollar Cost Averaging and the Great Depression posted at My Family's Money.
• Silicon Valley Blogger presents 10 Signs Of A Stock Market Bottom posted at The Digerati Life.
• Raymond presents How To Become A Millionaire and Get Rich In 10 Steps posted at Money Blue Book.

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

(Photo: Sachin Ghodke)