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The 74th Festival of Stocks

February 4, 2008 at 11:56 am
by Timothy Sykes

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Welcome to the February 4, 2008 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 so I’m incredibly proud to be hosting this 74th edition of this weekly roundup.

This week, the posts are listed in the order I received them because if they were in the order I liked best, all the value investors would hate me, even more than they already do!

See how the venerable Fat Pitch Financials Special Situations Real Money Portfolio, or as I like to try to say outloud “The FPFSSMP”, performed in January.

And, the Millionaire Mommy Next Door, or the much easier to remember MMND, chimes in with her 2007 performance (which rocked because most millionaires know what they’re doing).

Speaking of millionaires, Millionaire Neumes tries on (CROX).

Ever wondered the secret to value investing—ContrarianValueInvesting.com has the answer

My Wealth Builder prefers making small stock purchases here and there.

Money Blue Book advises against trading based on gut and emotion (right on!)

The Digerati Life wants to cure you of your illusions about money

The Dividend Guy analyzes one of the most boring stocks in existence (WMT)

American Consumer News has some retirement advice for ya!

Millionaire Money Habits compares stock market vs. real estate investing

Sox First is no fan of the Fed

The Personal Financier doesn’t think investors should try to time the market

College Analysts analyze Buffett favorite /short sellers (USG) (that’s right, it’s been a great stock to short, suck on that!)

Living Off Dividends goes off on the government

Fire Finance details tax free money market mutual funds

Self Investors takes a look at homebuilders

Dividend Money’s got a recession proof stock for ya!

Middle Class Millionaire dissects (TRP)

WhatIThinkAbout.com is thinking about when compounding returns aren’t that important

The Canadian Personal Finance Blog talks about employee stock purchase plans

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  • http://livingoffdividends.com Living Off Dividends

    thanks for the mention!

  • http://livingoffdividends.com Living Off Dividends

    thanks for the mention!

  • ryan z

    hey tim, the new site is looking sweet. i know you said you were gonna switch up your style for TIM right now so my question may or may not be welcomed with open arms. I found INFN on friday to be up +40% after beating on earnings. one analyst upped it from hold to buy, but also cut the target from 22.50 to 15$ citing the cutting in value of its competitors from the economy, etc. I also found on the Google Finance blog some frustrated investors warning of “shady short sellers” playing with the price. after reading that I shorted it for an overall price of 4.15. friday. it meandered around 14.40 for most of the day today, but it just cracked 14 over the past few hours and is on a steady downward slope. any thoughts on whether or not i’ve found something worth holding or do you see this as something too dangerous to hold on to? thanks!

  • ryan z

    hey tim, the new site is looking sweet. i know you said you were gonna switch up your style for TIM right now so my question may or may not be welcomed with open arms. I found INFN on friday to be up +40% after beating on earnings. one analyst upped it from hold to buy, but also cut the target from 22.50 to 15$ citing the cutting in value of its competitors from the economy, etc. I also found on the Google Finance blog some frustrated investors warning of “shady short sellers” playing with the price. after reading that I shorted it for an overall price of 4.15. friday. it meandered around 14.40 for most of the day today, but it just cracked 14 over the past few hours and is on a steady downward slope. any thoughts on whether or not i’ve found something worth holding or do you see this as something too dangerous to hold on to? thanks!

  • NS

    Wow, thanks for all the useless links.

  • NS

    Wow, thanks for all the useless links.

  • timsykes

    I was looking to buy INFN for a Monday gap up, that’s it. Now its a storng earnings play in a strong downtrend—-aka unpredictable. Too many cross currents for me

  • timsykes

    I was looking to buy INFN for a Monday gap up, that’s it. Now its a storng earnings play in a strong downtrend—-aka unpredictable. Too many cross currents for me

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    Thanks for the link Tim – nothing wrong with a boring stock if you ask me.

    The Dividend Guy

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    Thanks for the link Tim – nothing wrong with a boring stock if you ask me.

    The Dividend Guy

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