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Festival of Stocks #113

Mon, Nov 3, 2008

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Welcome to the 113rd edition of Festival of Stocks. If you aren’t familiar with my blog, Old School Value, it is a value investing blog dedicated to the fine art of analysis, valuation, investing strategies and alternative thinking as well a hidden emphasis on building knowledge.

Let the show begin.

Dave presents When Will The Bull Market Return? posted at Cheapo Groovo.

Steve Alexander presents Magic Formula Stock Review: Healthways Inc (HWAY) posted at MagicDiligence – Optimizing Joel Greenblatts Value Stock Strategy, saying, “Healthways is a provider of medical support services designed to lower the cost of care for health plan, corporate, and government clients. However, the effectiveness of it’s plans is in serious question, making this a risky stock.”

Dividend Growth Investor presents Constellation Energy (CEG) Merger Arbitrage Opportunity posted at Dividend Growth Investor.

Super Saver presents Experts are Buying Stocks – I’m Selling Put Options Instead posted at My Wealth Builder, saying, “Instead of buying stocks, I am selling out of the money naked puts on select stocks and ETFs. Doing so creates a win/win situation for me. If the stocks rise, I keep the premium for selling the put. If the stock falls below the put strike price, I buy the stock at a much lower cost.”

Michael Cintolo presents Keep Some Perspective posted at The Iconoclast Investor.

Bill Spohnholtz presents Float – Authorized – Outstanding Shares – Oh My! posted at Learn The Stock Market And How to Trade.

Dividends4Life presents Stock Analysis: CenturyTel Inc (CTL) High Yield, Highly Discounted posted at Dividends 4 Life, saying, “CenturyTel Inc. provides a range of telephone services in 25 states, with operations concentrated in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Wisconsin. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary.”

Jim presents 401(k)’s and IRA’s Are For Suckers posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Ironman presents Efficient and Rational, Yet Stupid posted at Political Calculations, saying, “Is the stock market really efficient? Is it rational? Political Calculations discusses how it’s both and yet is even more like a bunch of teenagers at a party where the parents are away….”

Enoch Ko presents Security Analysis: Chapter 3: Sources of Information posted at The Wealth Accumulator.

Mark presents As The Market Tanked Cheap Stock Delta Apparel DLA Soared posted at Stock Pursuit, saying, “A look at how investing in deep asset value stocks works in this bear market.”

The Financial Blogger presents A great dividend play: Dow Chemical (DOW) posted at Intelligent Speculator, saying, “Over the past few weeks, the markets have moved up and down, though mostly down but in the mix of things, a lot of irrational movements have been occurring and it is often very difficult to find any logic in what has been going on.”

Sun presents TradeKing Looked from Inside: CEO Don Montanaro Introduces the Discount Broker posted at The Sun’s Financial Diary.

Dr. Barry Burns presents The Most Popular Charting Software is ? posted at Top Dog Trading, saying, “Results of poll of the most popular charting software.”

George presents Dangers of the Greedy Limit Order posted at Fat Pitch Financials, saying, “Fat Pitch Financials recalls how he missed a quick profit on Constellation Energy Group (CEG) by just four cents.”

James Cullen presents Re-Assessing Harley-Davidson (HOG): Add, Cut, or Hold? posted at College Analysts.

That concludes this edition. 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 blog carnival index page.

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4 Comments For This Post

  1. Dividends4Life Says:

    Thank you for hosting this week and including my article “Stock Analysis: CenturyTel Inc (CTL) High Yield, Highly Discounted”.

    Best Wishes,
    D4L

  2. George Says:

    Thanks for hosting this week’s Festival of Stocks. It looks like the technical issues at BlogCarnival must have cleared up since you have quite a few entries. Now I look forward to reading them…

  3. Jae Jun Says:

    Yes I received a majority of the articles in the last few days. Kept my rainy weekend busy.

  4. Mark Perkins Says:

    thanks for getting my article in

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