Weekly Links: May 2, 2010 *

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: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) Dividend Stock
• Carnival of Money Hacks published: 4 Dividend Stocks Raising Dividends and Expectations
• Carnival of Financial Planning published: 4 Dividend Stocks Raising Dividends and Expectations

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

The DIV-Net Featured Articles

• Dividends4Life presented Stock Analysis: Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
• Barel Karsan presented Jet Setting
• Dividend Tree presented Brown and Brown: Midcap Dividend Growth Company Priced to Buy
• Dividend Growth Investor presented 3M Company Stock Analysis

Articles From DIV-Net Members

• The Dividend Guy presented What is My Dividend Strategy
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Fixed Income for dividend investors
• Barel Karsan presented Quicker Paybacks
• Dividend Tree presented Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? – Book Review
• moneygardener presented personal finance activities
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented A Return To Quality
• Old School Value presented Free Altman Z Score Spreadsheet
• BuyLikeBuffett.com presented 3 Stocks For Long Term Investors
• 40percent 20years presented Stable dividend growth more important!
• EPIC INVESTOR presented How bad is “excessive” debt?
• Value Walk presented The High Dividend Yield Return Advantage by Tweedy Browne & Co.
• The Market Capitalist presented The Benefits & Dangers – Online Investment Message Boards

Other Articles

• Wall Street Journal presented The Great Dividend-Tax Mystery
• Forbes presented Three Dividend Buys That Won’t Let You Down
• CNBC presented Payback Time For Dividend Stocks
• Santa Cruz Sentinel presented Ten rules to improve your investing odds
• On Wall Street presented Reasons to Buy Dividends Stack Up
• TopForeignStocks.com presented 27 U.S. Stocks Yielding More Than 4% Dividends
• Investopedia presented Cheap Value Dividends

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

(Photo: Sachin Ghodke)