It’s time… for a new Festival of Stocks! This edition was made possible by you, the readers and writers! Without further ado, here are this week’s submissions, in no random order…

General Stock Market Investing

• Blain Reinkensmeyer presents 13 Great Ways to Invest in Oil Without Buying Barrels posted at Stock Trading To Go.
• George presents 52-Week Low List Packed with Quality Names posted at Fat Pitch Financials, saying, “I was looking at the front page of Value Investing News last night (October 17, 2007), and the New 52-Week Lows list jumped out at me. This list is packed with top quality companies, many of which have sustainable competitive advantages.”
• James Cullen presents [(Dell+Style)+(Motorola+Profitability)]*2 = Apple? posted at College Analysts, saying, “An implied DCF analysis of Apple shows that the company is expected to grow to have twice the combined sales of Dell and Motorola in the next decade.”
• MoneyNing presents Oh My God I Own Shares of ETrade (ETFC) posted at Money Ning, saying, “A story about my ETFC investment.” *Editor’s note: Hey MoneyNing… at least you didn’t own SLB on Friday…
• Super Saver presents Stock Buy List Update - 10/15/07 posted at My Wealth Builder.
• Nabloid presents Peter Grandich Predicts Trouble Ahead For U.S. Economy & Stock Markets posted at Nabloid on Investing.
• The Dividend Guy presents Dividend Stock Wednesday: McDonald’s Corp (MCD) posted at The Dividend Guy Blog.

Investing Strategies

• Dr. Barry Burns presents What Keeps You From Trading Success? posted at Top Dog Trading, saying, “Here’s what REALLY keeps people from making money in trading - directly from the source!”
• Allen Taylor presents Doubling Stocks With A Small Bankroll posted at Investing World Today, saying, “Successful traders know that you should never risk more than a small fraction, like maybe 5%, of your bankroll at any given time. When I say risk only 5% Im not suggesting you only spend 5% of your bankroll on shares, but rather that, for a losing trade, you exit the trade when your loss would only represent 5% of your bankroll.”
• Leon Gettler presents Six strategies for risky innovations posted at Sox First, saying, “The rule of thumb with risky investment is that it cuts both ways. The present new opportunities for big gains but there is also the danger of being wiped out. It applies to all sorts of financial innovations, from derivatives to sub-prime mortgages. Here are six strategies for dealing with it.”

IPO’s and You

• Jose presents Anything Goes & General News: Trans1 Shares Spike Up to 73 Percent After Medical Device Company’s Initial Public Offering posted at Anything Goes & General News, saying, “Trans1 Inc.’s stock spiked up to 73 percent Wednesday morning, after the medical device company’s initial public offering of 5.5 million shares priced above the expected price range. In morning trading, Trans1 shares surged $9, or 60 percent, to $24.”

Brokers and Financial Advisors

• Larry Russell presents Avoiding financial advisor and investment counselor frauds and scams - Overview posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog, saying, “The best way to avoid being defrauded or scammed by a financial or investment advisor is to investigate carefully several different advisers before hiring one of them. If you carefully choose a financial adviser or investment counselor, you have a far greater chance of finding one who is objective, competent, and ethical. This could help you to avoid significant problems in the future.”
• Blain Reinkensmeyer presents 12 Ways to Compare Your Online Stock Broker posted at Stock Trading To Go, saying, “12 great ways to compare your online stock broker. Are you in good hands?”

Financial Responsibility and Retirement

• Steve Faber presents - The 4 Most Important Things When Retirement Planning for Those Under 30 posted at DebtBlog.
• Tim Ramsey presents 5 Ways to Try and Reduce Your Debts and Outgoings posted at My Debt Relief Blog, saying, “Anyone that has a high level of debt or a number of creditors to pay off each month will know how stressful and difficult financial management can be. However, for those crippling themselves with monthly outgoing as a result of high debt levels there are some steps that could help to reduce the amount that you have to pay out each month, as well as reducing overall interest paid on your debts.”
• Eric Stanley presents Three Rules for Financial Freedom posted at Personal Finance Blog Articles, saying, “In a world of debts and overspendings, there are three simple and common sense rules that anybody can and should follow in order to cope with money. For applying them, you will only need a pencil, a piece of paper and 5 to 10 minutes every month.”
• Thomas Humes presents To Be A Millionaire posted at Wealth Building World, saying, “Most everyone will make a million dollars within their lifetime. For those making $50,000 a year it will take 20 years. For others it can take 2 years. So what does it take to be a millionaire? Becoming a millionaire is often times an added result of reaching a goal that was not based on a money.”
• Eric Hudin presents Life Insurance and Estate Plans - Protecting Your Assets from Estate Taxes posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog, saying, “Estates and estate plans have a mystique all of their own to the average observer. It is certainly a complex world of tax rules and regulations where inherited assets are taxed upon death. How might this affect you and the estate assets you now possess?”

Foreign Markets

• Raymond presents How to Profit From China’s Growth and Asia’s Emerging Market Boom posted at Money Blue Book.
• vld2czech presents Stockweb - Eastern Europe emerging stock markets posted at StockWeb.

Say What?

• Michael Fowke presents A vision of Canary Wharf posted at Money is the way, saying, “My vision and a celebration of the Canary Wharf financial centre in London’s Docklands.”

This concludes the October 22nd edition of Festival of Stocks. Thanks again to everyone reading these festivals and those writers that submit these great articles.

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