Weekly Links: Carnivals & Articles - December 28, 2008

Each Sunday 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:

• Festival of Stocks published: Stock Analysis: Clorox Co. (CLX)
  
• Carnival of Personal Finance published: American Safari: Stalking Three Great Dividend Stocks
  
• Carnival of Financial Planning published: Stock Analysis: Donaldson Company, Inc (DCI)
  
• Carnival of Money Hacks published: Is Now The Time to Consider Long-term Bonds?
  

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

The DIV-Net Featured Articles

• The Div Guy presented Reasons to buy stock now
  
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Dividend Aristocrats Performance With One Week Remaining In The Year
  
• Dividends4Life presented Stock Analysis: Kraft Foods Inc (KFT)
  
• The Dividend Guy presented Online Financial Calculator Suggestions
  
• the moneygardener presented Happy Holidays!
  
• The Stock Market Prognosticator presented A Contrarian Strategy In The Newspaper Industry
  
• Dividend Growth Investor presented When to sell my dividend stocks?
  

Articles From DIV-Net Members

• The Dividend Guy presented An Updated To His Blog
  
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Dividend Aristocrats in danger
  
• the moneygardener presented how did I save so much money?
  
• Stock Market Prognosticator presented An Update on the Energy Patch - Part I
  
• The Div Guy presented To Shell-Shocked Investors, Dividends are Sexy
  
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented S&P Announces 2009 Aristocrats
  
• Living Off Dividends & Passive Income presented 10 Worst Real Estate Markets In 2009
  
• Old School Value presented Forbes Best Small Companies: Part 4
  
• Triaging My Way To Financial Success presented Competition for Capital
  
• Dividend Money presented Fighting The Herd Mentality
  
• Barel Karsan presented Goodfellow Or Greatfellow?
  

The Wealth, Money & Life Network Featured Articles

• Dollar Frugal presented Restaurant Recipes Online
  
• Her Every Cent Counts presented Daily Dollar Briefs
  
• How I Save Money presented Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps: My Take
  
• Saving For A Home Of My Own presented Small deposits...
  

Other Articles

• Tim Duy presents The Pursuit of Wealth and Its Consequences
• Mark presents Cheap Stocks Selling For Below Net Cash and Net Tangible Book posted at Stock Pursuit, saying, “A look at some stocks selling below net cash and net tangible book value.”
• Steward presents Dollar Cost Averaging Criticism: High Transaction Costs posted at My Family’s Money, saying, “Dollar Cost Averaging is not without its criticisms - one of which is that it can significantly increase your transaction costs.”
• AlexG presents You don’t need to know if a person weights 250 or 400 pounds to see that they are fat.-Warren Buffett posted at Contrarian Value Investing.
• ABCs of Investing presents Index Funds vs ETFs, and says, "A short comparison of index funds vs exchange traded funds (ETFs)." Timely investments for troubled times.
• The Investor presents Government bonds: An exciting new way to lose money to the bear market posted at Monevator.com, saying, “After the appalling stock market performance of 2008, many advisers and commentators are steering their clients towards government bonds, but with yields at 50-year lows, are treasuries the next bubble to burst?”
• Investing School presents 9 Terrific Investing Websites That is Sure to Suck Up Your Time posted at Investing School, saying, “If you are into investing at all, you need to take a look at these great websites for your research needs!”
• Money Saver presents How to Save Money during the Economic Downturn posted at Save Money Tips.
• Mike C. presents Are TheStreet.com Ratings Great Contrarian Indicators? posted at Stock Investing Tips.
• value investor presents Graham vs. Greenblatt (Session 1) posted at Value Investing.

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

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