Welcome to Stock Pursuit and the 102nd edition of the Festival of Stocks! There are a lot of good articles in this weeks edition covering a wide range of topics. Check them out. If you are new to Stock Pursuit the blog focuses on the stock market and more importantly finding undervalued stocks.

Steve Alexander presents LCA Vision Could Be 75% Undervalued posted at MagicDiligence-Optimizing Joel Greenblatts Value Stock Strategy.

Dorian Wales presents How to Invest Wisely In a Bear Market? posted at The Personal Financier. Bear markets present a challenge for any investor with the end never in sight. How do we invest wisely in a bear market? Good examples here of dollar cost averaging.

George presents Who is Searching for Value Investing posted at Fat Pitch Financials. Using Google Insights for Search, this article looks at the global patterns of those searching for value investing information.

James Cullen presents What Could a Stronger Dollar Do? posted at College Analysts. Commentary on the possible consequences of a stronger dollar.

Dividends4Life presents Stock Analysis: Stanley Works (SWK) posted at Dividends4Life. Stanley Works is a worldwide producer of tools, hardware and specialty hardware for home improvement, consumer, industrial and professional use. Linked here is a detailed stock analysis of SWK and commentary.

Qovax presents More Important Than Margin of Safety? posted at Value Investing and Entrepreneurship by Qovax, a Software Startup.As I mentioned in my earlier post As I mentioned in my earlier post The Best Kept Secret to Successful Investing, the most important rule to remember in investing is never lose money. However, there is one assumption that could throw all your assumptions off course, even with a wide margin of safety.

Dividend Growth Investor presents I got a 10% raise from CSL (Carlisle Companies) posted at Dividend Growth Investor.

Paul Goodwin presents A Beatiful View in War and Peace posted at The Iconoclast Investor. A look at the stock Axsys Technologies (AXYS), a designer and manufacturer of surveillance and imaging systems for the defense industry.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Financial Bloggers Reveal Their Stock Portfolio Returns (Mid-Year 2008) posted at The Digerati Life.

Contrarian Profits presents How to Profit From OPEC Nations’ 2008 Windfall posted at Contrarian Profits. Think about it this way: At $100 a barrel, the oil exporting countries are sitting on total proven reserves of about $104,000 billion. This means they are worth $104,000,000,000,000.

FIRE Finance presents Investing - Mutual Funds - The Economic Cycle of Sectors posted at FIRE Finance.

Bootstrap presents Olympic Inspired Investing posted at Bootstrap Investing.

Raag presents SEBI approves Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) for IPOs: Financial Planning demystified posted at RaagVamdatt.com.

Sandy Naidu presents Behavioral Finance-Investor Psychology-Behavioral Finance Stock Market Investment | FutureNestEgg posted at Future Nest Egg.

Personal Finance
Benjamin Dinsmore presents Should You Participate In Your Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)? posted at Trees Full of Money.If you work for a publicly traded company, you may be eligible to participate in an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). For some employees this might be a very lucrative opportunity, but you must ensure that you understand all of the risks (and benefits) of your particular plan before you "opt in".

KCLau presents Frugal living doesn’t mean cheap posted at KCLau's Money Tips.List of benefits of being frugal and what frugality is about.

Jim presents Introduction to Lazy Portfolios posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

MBB presents Open A Roth IRA Broker Account posted at Money Blue Book Personal Finance Blog.

LAL presents Drunken Wall Street? posted at LivingAlmostLarge.

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