Investing Adventures

It’s back! The Festival of Stocks, the November 12^th edition! We have love and romance… we have greed and jealousy… and… well… we have bears and bulls. Without further ado, here’s your November 12^th edition. Enjoy!

Editor’s Picks

• Jimmy Atkinson presents 200+ Awesome Investing Websites posted at Forex Blog.

Yes I’m biased, but what’d you expect.

• The Investor’s Journal presents How to Make a List of Rules to Invest By posted at The Investor’s Journal, saying, “Every investor needs a self created list of rules to invest by so that they stay disciplined and successful. Many investors learn the hard way what the do’s and don’t’s of the stock market are, but fail to write them down so that they don’t repeat these mistakes over the course of their investing career. You need to make a list of rules to invest by yourself, and this article will show you how to do that.”

I have my rules posted on my desktop so that I can never forget them.

• LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS presents Even Supermodels Don?t Want To Get Paid in US Dollars! posted at LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS, saying, “You know its bad when even supermodels don’t want your money!”

<insert supermodel + intellect joke here>

• Leon Gettler presents Wall Street to be hit by a Level Three Storm posted at Sox First, saying, “We are about to find out how much toxic waste is on the balance sheets of the big banks with a new American accounting rule SFAS157 that goes into effect on November 15 . It will force banks to rate their assets according to how liquid they are. And that will affect markets and investment.”

I’ve been hearing quite a bit regarding the new accounting rules going into effect. Curious how it’s going to affect Goldman in particular. Keep us posted

• George presents Who are the most influential value investors? posted at Fat Pitch Financials, saying, “Reader ratings of the most influential value investors currently active in the market.”

I still think Carl Ichan needs to be a tad higher

General Investing

• Golbguru presents The Tale Of Two ETFs posted at Money, Matter, and More Musings, saying, “Two ETFs – Same Index – Different Performance!”

• Numerian presents As Wall Street Awaits its Destruction posted at The Agonist, saying, “Is Wall Street facing financial Armageddon? It’s at least as serious a financial crisis as has ever been seen in living memory.”

• Logan Flatt, CFA presents “Growth Investing” Nothing More Than Rank Speculation posted at PowerWealth.com, saying, “Thanks to decades of promulgation by the financial services industry, it is now common for many people not unlike Mr. Authers to mistakenly use the terms “value” and “growth” to describe two contrasting styles of investing. However, there are not two styles of investing. Instead, there is investing and there is speculation.”

• LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS presents Jim Rogers Short On US Financials posted at LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS, saying, “How to profit from the current negative sentiment surrounding the financial sector.”

• Super Saver presents Not Buying On The Dips posted at My Wealth Builder.

• FIRE Getters presents Tax FREE Money Market Mutual Funds! posted at FIRE Finance.

• Dirk Masuch Oesterreich presents The Location Risk in Mining Investing posted at Nevada Gold Investor, saying, “A crucial concept to consider when investing in mining stocks: risk and reward.”

• ATradeADay presents How I Trade Support and Resistance posted at A Trade A Day, saying, “An understanding of the nuances of support and resistance is critical to successful stock trading. Here are three easy to remember concepts from my trading methodology.”

• kdickson presents Stock Bubbles can seriously damage your wealth! posted at InvestorBlogger, saying, “I really lost money on this one! Hope you enjoy it!”

• Sagar presents 7 Countries Considering Abandoning the US Dollar (and what it means) posted at Currency Trading.net.

Portfoilo and Ego Boosting

• Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents My Investment Portfolio Has Been Kickin’ Butt! Here’s How To Calculate Your Portfolio Performance posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door.

• Silicon Valley Blogger presents Latest Net Worth / Portfolio Numbers: Unexpected Increase Of +15% for 2007 posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Reporting my latest portfolio returns… Thank you!”

Personal Finance

• Jason Elder presents Chapter 7 Bankruptcy – 5 Good Reasons To File Bankruptcy posted at A Bankruptcy Lawyer’s Blog, saying, “Chapter 7 bankruptcy is a popular form of bankruptcy in the United States. For some, it is the last resort of those who have experienced a sudden job loss or a major medical issue that they had no control over. Through bankruptcy liquidation filed under this chapter the debtor can get a fresh financial start by receiving a discharge of all debts.”

• Allen Taylor presents Planning Retirement Stock – What You Need To Know To Make A Fortune With Your Investing posted at Investing World Today, saying, “When it comes to planning retirement, stock is very important helping you achieve your retirement goals. The stock market is one of the main avenues of revenue for many investors today, and it can be a great source of revenue for you. Combined with real state, the stock market is probably one of the most famous investment vehicles there is today.”

• Andrew Erickson presents Taking the Long View – Are You In Business? posted at WebSite Werx.

• Ian Welsh presents The Wile E. Coyote Economy posted at The Agonist, saying, “The US markets have been operating like Wile. E. Coyote running off a cliff. For years many of us have been looking at the US like Wile E. Coyote, scratching our heads and wondering “What the heck is keeping him up there?””

• Steve Faber presents - How Federal Taxes Affect Your Retirement Accounts posted at DebtBlog.

• Edith presents 7 Business Lessons Learned from Watching Warren Buffet posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

• Matthew Paulson presents Is Lending Money on Prosper.com Competitive With Stocks and Other Investments? posted at Getting Green.

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. If you don’t submit this week, I will have Chuck Prince run your portfolio (I’m sorry… that was a cheap shot… well I’m not really sorry… but it was still a cheap shot… actually I’ll take my apology back.)

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Here’s the latest edition to the Twenty Something Finances Carnival! Thanks to all the readers and writers in making this carnival a huge success. All articles will be within the more cut since the list is so long! Thanks again for participating!

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This weekend I’ll be hosting the Twenty Something Finances carnival.  If you’re twenty something and have an article (or articles) relating to finances, go ahead and submit here!  Thanks to Lulu over at How I Save Money for the opportunity to host this carnival.  If you have any questions, leave me a note here!  Looking forward to reading everyone’s articles!