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Lightning strikes twice at Investment Jungle and I am very proud to host my second Festival of Stocks - the 40th Edition.

As host of the festival, I encourage you to have a look around the Investment Jungle. Check out my most popular posts on the right sidebar for a small sampling of the type of articles you will find here. And don’t forget to subscribe to my RSS feed to keep up with all my latest articles.

Now on with the show! This week we had 12 submissions. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the articles.

Stock Analysis

INTC AMD: Are Margin Risks Recognized at Intel and AMD posted at Stock Market Beat

Trent performs analysis on the inventory and gross margins of these two companies after both companies stated that the next few quarters will be good.

Stock Purchase Update 6/4/07 posted at My Wealth Builder

Super Saver keeps us posted on his recent purchases. And interestingly enough, while he was waiting to make his purchases, all the stocks had risen 6-10%!

Stock Analysis - Cognizant Technology Company (NASDAQ: CTSH) posted at Investment Jungle

Check out my analysis of CTSH. It is currently selling at a huge discount to its MOS (margin of safety) price.

Dividend Analysis - Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) posted at Dividends Matter

The analysis shows that earnings growth has not been keeping up with dividend growth. This has led to the dividend payout ratio increasing steadily over the last 10 years. How much longer can KO continue to raise dividends?

Special Situations Real Money Portfolio - May 2007 posted at Fat Pitch Financials

George’s “Special Situations” portfolio is up 16.4% for the year!  Check out his trades for the month of May.

Technical Analysis

Will Bonds Sucker Punch the Market? (Part II) posted at Trader’s Narrative

Babak feels that this recent fall in bond prices is over and that it will breathe new life into the equity markets.

Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds - What You Need to Know posted at The Mad Money Analyst

The Mad Money Analyst is starting a series on mutual fund investing. In this first installment, a primer on mutual funds explaining the various different types of funds that you can invest in.

Low Risk Mutual Fund Types - Money Market Funds posted at FundsZine

You can find another series on mutual fund investing over at FundsZine. This article specifically discusses money market funds. My personal view is that you can do better with a high interest savings account!

General Investing

Unintended Consequences of the Ethanol Boom posted at SelfInvestors

Tate discusses the impact of moving to ethanol to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Very interesting seeing the domino effect: farmers grow more corn, other food becomes more scarce, price of food increases, farmers can’t afford to feed livestock, price of food increases.

How Some Hot Finance Bloggers Are Investing posted at The Digerati Life

Silicon Valley Blogger gives us insight into the portfolios of three prominent money blogs: Binary Dollar, The Sun’s Financial Diary, and Money, Matter and More Musings.

The SSBC Investing Strategy - The Four Secrets to Investment Success? posted at Debt Free

The same four things required to be a great athlete will also help you be a great investor: strength, balance, speed and coordination.

Private Equity Conflicts posted at Sox First

Company boards will be subject to tougher rules ensuring they manage conflicts of
interest during private equity bids and leveraged buy-outs. But the new rules are
not perfect and won’t stop conflicts of interest.

And that ends this week’s Festival of Stocks. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Festival of Stocks using this submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on the Festival of Stocks homepage. Consider volunteering to host a future edition of the Festival.

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