Weekly Links: October 25, 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: Genuine Parts Co. (GPC) Dividend Stock Analysis
• Carnival of Personal Finance published: High-Yield Dividend Stocks: A Safer Approach
• Carnival of Financial Planning published: 3 Big Names, 3 Big Dividend Increases
• Carnival of Money Hacks published: Dividend Payout vs. Free Cash Flow Payout

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

The DIV-Net Featured Articles

• Dividends4Life presented Stock Analysis: Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
• The Dividend Guy presented What a Company Needs to be a Dividend Aristocrat
• Barel Karsan presented Earnings Revert To The Mean
• Dividend Tree presented Kellogg Company– Stock Analysis for Dividend Portfolio
• Dividend Growth Investor presented The Best Trades could be the ones not entered

Articles From DIV-Net Members

• The Dividend Guy presented Top 100 Investment Lessons I Have Learned – Part 1
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Is now the time to sell your dividend stocks?
• Barel Karsan presented Understand These Biases
• Dividend Tree presented Managing Trading Process for Income Generation
• Buy Value presented Sample Mortgage Details
• moneygardener presented Inter Pipeline raises distributions
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Tax and Spend
• Old School Value presented Investing Book Review: Quality of Earnings
• Triaging My Way To Financial Success presented Value Stimulus: Procter & Gamble
• Dividend Money presented Making A Case For Higher Commodity Prices
• Everyday Finance presented Stocks Gone Wild – Until Apple Covered Call Crashes the Party
• Value Investing Pro presented Joel Greenblatt Bloomberg 10-19-09
• EPIC INVESTOR presented Current Opportunities for the Defensive Investor

Other Articles

• TheStreet.com presented Dividend Stocks for the Week
• Forbes presented Freeport Shows Shareholders Some Respect
• Motley Fool presented You Should Buy Stocks Just Like This One
• Seeking Alpha Presented 18 High Dividend Canadian Stocks
• Globe and Mail presented Where to look for good dividends at good value

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

(Photo: Sachin Ghodke)