Festival of Stocks, October 4, 2010

Welcome to the October 4, 2010 edition of the Festival of Stocks. The Festival of Stocks is a blog carnival dedicated to highlighting bloggers best posts on stock market related topics. Fat Pitch Financials is the actual birth place of this online weekly event, so it is always a special occasion when I get the chance to host this roving event.

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Now that you are familiar with Fat Pitch Financials, let’s take a look at this week’s Festival of Stock participants. Here are this week’s entries:

Arjun Rudra presents Investing In Canadian Natural Resources and Bank Of Nova Scotia With Tony Demarin of BCV Asset Management posted at Investing Thesis, saying, “We sat down with Tony Demarin of BCV Asset Management to discuss his 2 favorite stocks.”

Carlos Sera presents A Mining Tale posted at Financial Tales, saying, “I thought it appropriate to release a tale that deals with investing or trading and one of the many pitfalls. Just remember after you read this tale “All that glitters is not gold.””

Dividends4Life presents Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) Dividend Stock Analysis posted at Dividends Value, saying, “Universal Health Realty Income Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in healthcare and human service related facilities. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary.”

Mike Piper presents Researching a Financial Advisor: Form ADV Part II posted at The Oblivious Investor, saying, “Want to get the dirt on a financial advisor? Ask to see their “Form ADV Part II.””

Intelligent Speculator presents Research in Motion Market Issues posted at Intelligent Speculator, saying, “A look at some of the present day problems with RIM.”

Matt from Dividend Monk presents Diageo (DEO) Dividend Stock Analysis 2010 posted at Dividend Monk.

Matt from Dividend Monk presents The Benefit of Smaller Dividend Payers posted at Dividend Monk.

Wise Bread presents Why Roth IRAs Are Ideal for Young Professionals posted at Wisebread.

Michael Pruser presents Understanding the Penny Stocks of the Stock Market posted at The Dough Roller, saying, “Penny stocks make up a large portion of the stock market, so educating yourself on exactly what they are is very important.”

Tom @ Canadian Finance Blog presents I Should Have Bought An Index Fund posted at The Canadian Finance Blog, saying, “Index funds based on these indexes are a great way to invest in the stock market without buying individual stocks or actively managed mutual funds.”

Control your Cash presents Sex, nudity, pizza and free beer posted at Control Your Cash, saying, “Are you willing to spend a couple of hours to potentially earn yourself hundreds or thousands (or just as importantly, not cost yourself that much)?”

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Dogs of the Dow: Top Investing Strategy or Brilliant Marketing? posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thanks!”

That concludes this edition of the Festival of Stocks. Be sure an leave comments as you visit each of the blogs that participated in this week’s Festival of Stocks. They’ll appreciate knowing folks are reading their articles.

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