Weekly Links: May 16, 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: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Dividend Stock Analysis
• Carnival of Personal Finance published: 20 Dividend Stocks With A 20% Yield In 20 Years
• Carnival of Money Hacks published: How Often Should A Stock Pay And Raise Dividends?
• Carnival of Financial Planning published: How Often Should A Stock Pay And Raise Dividends?

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

The DIV-Net Featured Articles

• Dividends4Life presented Stock Analysis: Owens & Minor, Inc. (OMI)
• The Dividend Guy presented Are People Saving Too Much?
• Barel Karsan presented Natural Barriers To Competition
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Exxon Mobil Stock Analysis
• Buying Value presented Stock Fishing

Articles From DIV-Net Members

• The Dividend Guy presented How You Can Plan for the Unplannable with Dividends
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Four Characteristics of The Best Dividend Growth Stocks
• Barel Karsan presented Forced Dividends
• moneygardener presented Scotts to grow dividend
• The Div Guy presented Two Bank Stock Laggards
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Aristocrats Outperforming Year To Date
• Old School Value presented Investment Book Review: Active Value Investing
• BuyLikeBuffett.com presented Get On Board With Goldman Sachs
• 40percent 20years presented Data Exchange & What you gonna do about X, Y or Z happens?
• Value Walk presented Understanding Financial Statements and Terms
• The Market Capitalist presented Increasing interest rates & how to best position your portfolio

Articles from D4L-News:

• Dividends offer security in a turbulent market
• Dividends Make More Sense When The Market Is In Turmoil
• Too good to be true dividends
• 15 Companies Committed To Dividends
• Is Berkshire Considering Paying A Dividend?
• Dividend Income From Utility Stocks
• Dividend Stocks To Defend Your Portfolio

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

(Photo: Sachin Ghodke)