Sunday, September 11, 2011

Weekly Links: September 11, 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:

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

- Dividend Monk presented Harleysville Group Inc (HGIC) Dividend Stock Analysis

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Articles from D4L-News

This Millennium's Best Dividend Stocks
I'm always on the lookout for the next home run stock. From time to time, I like to look back and see what I can learn from the best- and worst-performing stocks over the long term. I make sure to key in on dividend stocks, because they have a history of outperforming the market. By examining the top performers of the last 11 years, I want to find...

Dividend Stocks Legendary Investors Would Love
Where to turn for yield then? Well, a myriad of companies’ stocks are offering dividend yields twice, or even three times what the Treasury is paying. Of course, you don’t get the guaranteed nominal return on your capital when you buy stocks. But given how the recent downturn has slashed valuations, and given that stocks of strong companies tend to fare far better than bonds during inflationary climates, I think these big dividend-payers are...

High Yield Dividend Stocks For This Market
These stocks have offered the best investments for the last decade, if not the last century according to one report. Over the period of the last 10 years, the stock exchanges have been flat. As a result, according to John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Funds in his book "Enough", about 40% of...

Look For Steady Dividend Stocks
Dividend-generating companies can help fight the effects of low interest rates and inflation by producing income. To find dividend-yielding companies, Catherine Maniscalco Avery, of Catherine Avery Investment Management L.L.C., of New Canaan, Conn., includes criteria such as...

U.S. Dividend Stocks With Rising Potential
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note is currently down around 2.2 per cent. Dividends continue to offer investors some security in this volatile trading environment. With the economy staring down the barrel of a potential double-dip recession, investors should gravitate toward...

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

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