Weekly Links: March 13, 2011 *

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: T. Rowe Price Group Inc. (TROW) Dividend Stock Analysis
• Carnival of Personal Finance published: These 11 Dividend Stocks Could Make You Wealthy
• Carnival of Financial Planning published: 23 Stocks With A Vision Of Higher Dividends
• The Wealth Builder Carnival published: 23 Stocks With A Vision Of Higher Dividends

Articles I enjoyed reading included (in no particular order): The DIV-Net Featured Articles

• Dividends4Life presented Stock Analysis: Medtronic Inc. (MDT)
• Buy Like Buffett presented Is Walmart Finally A Value Play?
• The Passive Income Earner presented Power Financial Corporation (PWF) Dividend Analysis
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Stock Analysis: Colgate Palmolive

Articles From DIV-Net Members

• Dividend Growth Investor presented Warren Buffett – A Closet Dividend Investor
• Buy Like Buffett presented How You Can Benefit From The Rise In Oil Prices
• The Passive Income Earner presented Telecoms Really Are Utitlies
• The Dividend Guy presented Commodities Vs Companies
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Oil Price and GDP Calculator
• The Market Capitalist presented Opportunity in Geothermal Energy
• Dividend Monk presented Step 2: Consider a Yield Target
• Frankly Speaking presented Lexmark International: A Takeover Candidate? (LXK)
• The Dividend Pig presented Confectioners Industry Comparison
• Dividend Ninja presented The Dividend Payout Ratio
• The Twenty Year Millionaire presented Milton Friedman on Capitalism

Articles from D4L-News:

• Ways to Boost Your Investment Income
• Do Covered Calls Improve Returns?
• 2011 Should Be A Better Year For Dividend Increases
• Solid dividend performers for 2011
• Safe Dividend Stocks for an Unsafe Market
• More Dividend News

There are some really good articles here, please take time and read a few of them. (Photo: Sachin Ghodke)