Weekend Reading 1/8/2011

Josh Peters from Morningstar discusses his two dividend portfolio strategies and the latest dividend increases from the market:

Walmart Stock Analysis
Dividend Pig launched his new site and it’s great. Here is a particularly good analysis of Walmart (check out their impressive free cash flow).

Updating My Dividend Portfolio for 2011
My Journey to Millions wrote a very detailed post about his choice of stocks for 2011. He has a dividend portfolio but only writes about it from time to time, so when he has an article about it, it’s quite thorough and worth reading.

My Stock Picks for 2011
Dividend Ninja shares his views on some specific stocks for the new year.

The T20YM Dividend Value Portfolio for 2011 and beyond
Craig from Twenty Year Millionaire discusses dividend strategy and several specific dividend picks for 2011.

How Much Do You Get Paid?
Andrew Hallam asks why this question is taboo.

Value Rankings
Dynamic Dividends has an updated value rankings list to showcase several top value stocks.

Six Consumer Stocks To Own in 2011
Dividend Growth Investor describes a number of blue chip defensive stocks.

10 Under-Valued Dividend Stocks
Rather appropriately, Dividends Value provides readers with 10 dividend value stocks.

3 Questions To Help You Sell Your Stocks
A lot is said about knowing when to buy stocks, but little is said about knowing when to sell stocks. The Dividend Guy covers the latter in this article.

Thanks for 2010
Defensiven talks about some recent purchases and lists his top posts of the year.

Stock Analysis: Fundamental vs. Technical
Momvesting posts an article describing two ways to analyze stocks.

Financial Samurai
Financial Samurai pulled out his crystal ball and came up with several predictions about blogging, economics, and politics. Economic predictions cover the Dow, unemployment, gold, and inflation.

5 Men Who Knew How To Make Money Investing
Mark from Buy Like Buffett highlights five extreme wealth-builders. It’s not hard to imagine who he places at #1.

Building a Socially Responsible Dividend Portfolio in 2011
Intelligent Speculator puts forth some socially responsible dividend investment ideas for the new year.

What’s Your Magic Number?
My Own Advisor shares statistics regarding how much money Canadians expect to need in retirement.

Becoming A Renaissance Man: Early Retirement Extreme
Invest It Wisely provides a book review about retiring extremely early. The author of the book has a blog too.

Persistence Leads To Success
Barbara Friedberg explains why the optimistic mindset is so important.

Cook In Bulk
Sustainable Personal Finance has several sustainable tips to save money and energy.

When Is A Good Time To Buy Stocks?
The Loonie Bin delves into this important question.

4 Stocks To Buy In 2011
Beating the Index selects his four choices for companies that he expects to outperform in 2011.