Weekly Links: October 11, 2009 *

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: RPM International Inc. (RPM) Dividend Stock Analysis
• Carnival of Financial Planning published: Six Double-Digit Dividend Stocks Increasing Their Yields
• Carnival of Money Hacks published: Protecting Your Dollars With Foreign Currency

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

The DIV-Net Featured Articles

• Dividends4Life presented Stock Analysis: Genuine Parts Co. (GPC)
• The Dividend Guy presented 10 Tips When Buying ETF Index Funds
• Barel Karsan presented Trusting Analysts
• EPIC INVESTOR presented On Capitalizing Expenses — a Practical Example
• Dividend Tree presented Investing in ETF – Know what you are investing in
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Selling Options is no free lunch
• Buying Value presented Not all debt is scary

Articles From DIV-Net Members

• The Dividend Guy presented Do High Yield Stocks Mean Lower Returns?
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Emotionless Dividend Investing
• Barel Karsan presented Interim Updates
• Dividend Tree presented Five Assets for Hedging Against Dollar Inflation or Deflation
• Buy Value presented Insider Trades: 08/10/2009
• moneygardener presented why McDonalds is a good investment
• The Div Guy presented Value manager John Osterweis is buying high-yielding stocks
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Market Performance After Big Down Years
• Living Off Dividends & Passive Income presented Gold Hits Record High!
• Old School Value presented Value Stock Investment Criteria
• Triaging My Way To Financial Success presented Costco Connecting with Consumers
• Everyday Finance presented September’s Hottest ETFs (non-leveraged)
• Value Investing Pro presented Warren Buffett On Ben Graham
• EPIC INVESTOR presented On Capitalizing Expenses

Other Articles

• MSN Money presented Dividend stocks that beat the market
• BusinessWeek presented Where Have All the Value Stocks Gone?
• Yahoo Finance presented Be a Better Investor
• Wall Street Journal presented Active Management Loses in Risk Study
• Forbes presented Lifeboats For A Sinking Dollar
• Kiplinger presented The Social Security Catch-22
• Toronto Star presented Investors get their marching orders
• US News & World Report presented Should Newborns Get $500 Each?

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

(Photo: Sachin Ghodke)