Weekly Links: September 4, 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:

• Carnival of Personal Finance published: 5 Dividend Stocks With Yields In The Sweet Spot
• Carnival of Financial Planning published: 13 Dividend Stocks With A Quick Payback
• The Wealth Builder Carnival published: 13 Dividend Stocks With A Quick Payback

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


The DIV-Net Featured Articles

• Dividends4Life presented Stock Analysis: Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW)
• Buy Like Buffett presented Target's Growing Dividend Yield
• Barel Karsan presented Hart Stores: The Value Trap
• Dividend Mantra presented Dividend Income Update - August 2011
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Novartis Stock Analysis

Articles from D4L-News:


Top Dividend Stocks in a Down Market
How does dividend yield impact stock movements in a downturn? Which dividend stocks best survive turbulent markets? To answer these and other related questions about performance in severe market downturns...

Dividend Myths, Part I
The single biggest misconception about dividend investing is that rising or falling stock prices are directly linked to the...

Strong Dividend Stocks For Dependable Income
In my experience the crowd is usually wrong. There may be more volatility in front of us even with the more than 10% drop in the market recently; nevertheless, this may be a good point to start a position in these dividend-paying buying opportunities. As Warren Buffett says...

Markets Are Rewarding Companies That Pay Dividends
Slow economic growth. Whipsawing volatility. In an environment like this, it is little wonder investors are piling into stocks with steady dividend payments. The best way to view dividends, say money managers...

This Stock is a Dividend Play for a Lifetime
A year ago, I highlighted this stock as the dividend play for a lifetime. Since then, the stock has climbed 29% (dividend-adjusted) -- vastly outperforming the S&P, by more than 25%. And the company boosted its payout by 11% in September last year. So with all that...


More Dividend News

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

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