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Festival of Stocks #95

Welcome to the 95th Edition of the Festival of Stocks. Unlike newspapers, our readership continues to increase! Every week bloggers in the stock arena submit their content to the head-hancho (this week its me) . The articles are then molded into one golden post for the world to enjoy.The best part about it, there’s no JC Penny ads. Enjoy!

Dividend Growth Investor presents a dividend analysis on this champion. Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Dividend Analysis posted at Dividend Growth Investor.

The Dividend Guy presents his presentation on an good ‘ol American company, JNJ : Dividend Stock Wednesday: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ-N) posted at The Dividend Guy Blog.

George continues his series on the poor man’s Mosaic : Mosaic Chapter 11: Dhando! Summary posted at Fat Pitch Financials.

Mark presents the first edition of baby boomer stocks. JNJ would not be a bad one… Best Baby Boomer Stocks: First Edition, Golf posted at Stock Pursuit

KCLau presents a  Personal Asset Inventory Template which hopefully will provide more convenience posted at KCLau’s Money Tips

Steve Alexander presents How Low Can Gannett Go? posted at MagicDiligence - Optimizing Joel Greenblatts Value Stock Strategy. I agree with Steve, this one has value trap written all over it. Only the NYT and WSJ have some sort of moat. WSJ has the ability to branch out into other media outlets (WSJ Channel). Also, there were rumors Murdoch was going to let WSJ.com be free and make money off advertising.

Passive Income Investor presents Time To Buy Online Retailers? (something everyone should do) posted at LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS & PASSIVE INCOME.

Declan Fallon presents Technical Analysis: is it worth anything? posted at Zignals blog. Not worth anything IMO. Get 10 different chartist’s in the same room, they will provide 13 different chart patterns

Slackerwealth presents A Look at WisdomTree’s New Currency Income ETFs posted at A Slacker’s Quest For His First Million. The title says it all.

Dr. Barry Burns  provides a video describing the current market conditions using some charting techniques….. Current Stock Market Conditions for Investing posted at Top Dog Trading.

Dividends4Life presents Stock Analysis: BB&T Corporation (BBT) posted at Dividends4Life. Along with BBY, STI might be of interest to those who are brave enough to dabble in financials.

Money Answer Guy shows us how to choose quality mutual funds…… How Do You Choose Quality Mutual Funds? - The Money Answer Guy posted at The Money Answer Guy.

Andy presents What happened with Babcock and Brown (BNB) posted at Finance ViewPoint.

AndyS presents $150 Oil! Buy Oil or Short Oil - this is the ETF to use posted at $aving to Invest. I also feel your pain Andy

Steve Faber shows us the - Top 10 Retirement Financial Planning Mistakes That Will Make Sure You Don’t Retire Wealthy posted at Get Debt Free.

Garret presents Investing In The Stock Market To Grow Your Wealth posted at Personal Finance Basics. Screw the advisors and mutual funds, index funds are highly suggested for those individuals who want a low-cost, tax effiecient way to be in the market. Investing clubs are also a great way to learn, network, and profit.

Debt Freedom Fighter presents Money Merge Accounts: A Good Idea? posted at Discover Debt Freedom!. Great article if you do not know what a Money Merge Account is…

Silicon Valley Blogger presents When Should You Buy Into The Stock Market? Like Yesterday. posted at The Digerati Life.Awesome Post!

James Cullen presents Primus Guaranty (PRS) Stock Report posted at College Analysts.jeff Anello might be interested in this……

Sun Financial Diary takes a look at Bank Dividends  presents Bank Dividend Yield Revisited posted at The Sun’s Financial Diary.Also, for individuals who want a good article financials and the amounts of capital they have raised is a good read.

Frank Lara Jr. looks at MSFT and GE for better times…… Help me MSFT and GE, you’re my only hope posted at The StockMasters - Wall Street News and Commentary for the Savvy Investor .

Ben provides a primer on the stock market….. Stock Market Investing 101 - How Can Stocks Make You Money? posted at Money Smart Life.

That’s it folks. I told you there would be no JC Penny Specials. That concludes this edition of the Festival of Stocks. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Festival of Stocks using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our  Festival of Stocks index page.

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