Weekly Links: December 13, 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: Aflac Incorporated (AFL) Dividend Stock Analysis
• Carnival of Personal Finance published: 9 Small/Mid-Cap Dividend Stocks Answering The Call
• Carnival of Financial Planning published: 9 Dividend Stocks Working Hard During The Holidays

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

The DIV-Net Featured Articles

• Dividends4Life presented Stock Analysis: Cincinnati Financial Corp. (CINF)
• The Dividend Guy presented Use Index Funds, Not Mutual Funds and Save 80% In Fees
• Barel Karsan presented Shareholder Rights? Not So Much
• Dividend Tree presented Index Investing in the Context of Exposure to a Market
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Stanley Works (SWK) Stock Analysis
• Buying Value presented Google maps for property assessment

Articles From DIV-Net Members

• The Dividend Guy presented My Fixed Income Portfolio Components
• Dividend Growth Investor presented When to break your rules
• Barel Karsan presented Stocks That Can Only Go Up
• Dividend Tree presented Three Small Companies Demostrate Resilence by Dividend Increases
• The Div Guy presented Top 10 Dividend Stocks
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented S&P 500 Dividend Estimate Down 21.4% In 2009, But Growth Likely Resumes In 2010
• Living Off Dividends & Passive Income presented Unemployment Game Show Video
• Old School Value presented 2009 Best Small Companies Part 6
• Triaging My Way To Financial Success presented Best of the Blogs 2009
• Everyday Finance presented 10 Worst of the Worst ETFs of 2009 – Wall of Shame
• BuyLikeBuffett.com presented Small Cap Value
• Value Investing Pro presented Magic Formla Investing Strategy 1a

Other Articles

• U.S. News & Work Report presented 10 Great Dividend Stocks
• Wall Street Journal presented Reach for Stock Yield, and You Might Just Get Bitten
• Kiplinger presented 5 Solid Stocks With Secure Dividend
• MSN Money presented 1 dividend stock to buy now
• Yahoo Finance presented Top 10 Financial Blessings of 2009
• Bargaineering presented Why Dividends Stocks Rock
• Financial Ducks In A Row presented Why Most People Are So Bad At Stock Picking

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

(Photo: Sachin Ghodke)