Festival of Stocks # 112

Welcome to the October 27, 2008 edition of Festival of Stocks. If you aren't familiar with our blog, TheDiv-Net, we are a network of investors focused on dividend investing, value investing and a long-term buy and hold philosophy.

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As for this edition there were 11 submitters that made the cut.

Here are this week’s entries:

Dividend Growth Investor presents BB&T Corporation (BBT) Stock Dividend Analysis posted at Dividend Growth Investor.

D4L presents Stock Analysis: Manulife Financial Corp (MFC) posted at Dividends4Life.

Andy presents InBev and Anheuser-Busch (BUD) Options - Arbitrage Profits from the Credit Squeeze posted at Saving to Invest.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents A Profitable Stock Sale: Sold The Bank Shares in my 401k Account posted at The Digerati Life.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Wall Street Woes posted at Mad Kane's Humor Blog.

Dorian Wales presents How to Recognize a Bull Trap posted at The Personal Financier.

FIRE Finance presents Secure Retirement - At What Rate Should You Save For It? posted at FIRE Finance.

Declan Fallon presents How good are Bloggers at predicting the S&P? posted at Zignals blog.

Steve Alexander presents Quick Take: National Oilwell Varco (NOV) posted at MagicDiligence - The Best Magic Formula Stocks.

Enoch Ko presents Security Analysis: Chapter 2: Fundamental Elements in the Problem of Analysis. Quantitative and Qualitative Factors posted at The Wealth Accumulator.

Ripe Trade presents 401k strategy Best seasonal period posted at Ripe Trade.

*** 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 for those of you interested in reviewing the archives. Next week’s Festival of Stocks will be at The Div-Net. The hosting schedule is booking up quick for the end of 2008. If you are interested in hosting a future edition of the Festival of Stocks, please visit the schedule to find a free slot. Then contact George with the name of your site, blog URL, email address, and the date your prefer to host.

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