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Welcome to the 127th edition of Festival of Stocks. The Festival of Stocks is a blog carnival dedicated to highlighting bloggers’ best articles on stock market related topics. This will include research and commentary on specific stocks, industry analysis, ETFs, REITs, stock derivatives, and other related topics.

I am proud to host the following selection of the best entries to the Festival of Stocks. As always, there are plenty of great articles submitted for this edition. Thanks to all the authors for sharing your articles with everyone. Enjoy!

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Commentary

Steve Alexander presents 10 Red Flags in Financial Statement Filings - MagicDiligence posted at MagicDiligence - Optimizing Joel Greenblatts Value Stock Strategy, saying, “10 red flags to look for when examining a company’s financial statements. Conversely, the lack of these red flags usually indicates a well-run and transparent company.”

VC presents What To Invest In If The Economy Gets Worse posted at The Penny Daily, saying, “What to invest in if you think the economy is going to continue to deteriorate and unemployment will continue to rise.”

Qovax presents Options Backdating, Spring Loading posted at Value Investing and Entrepreneurship by Qovax, a Software Startup, saying, “Options backdating is one of the favorite shenanigans that executives can use to enrich themselves and employees instead of the shareholders. This is because backdating options is usually considered benign and not necessarily illegal as long as everything is disclosed to the shareholders.”

Dr. Barry Burns presents Making a Killing, or Getting Killed in the Markets? posted at Top Dog Trading, saying, “How to protect yourself when the market gaps dramatically against your position.”

Ironman presents Calling a Market Bottom posted at Political Calculations, saying, “When will the stock market hit bottom? Ironman at Political Calculations finds there’s a 36% chance of stock prices hitting bottom in February 2009 and a 24% chance it already happened in January 2009.”

jim presents Basics of Treasury Bonds & Securities Explained posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Raymond presents Second Stimulus Check For Obama 2009 Economic Stimulus Package? posted at Money Blue Book.

NetBiz presents Understanding The Stock Market: How To Make Money Even In A Bear Market posted at Money Galaxy - Make Money | Save Money | Invest Money.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Free Stock Charting Tool To Check Stocks, Chart Market Trends posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thank you!”

Sun presents Fibonacci Rule and How to Use it in Trading Gold Explained posted at The Sun’s Financial Diary.

Michael Cintolo presents The Lowdown on Value Investing posted at The Iconoclast Investor.

Insurance Toolbox presents How to Invest in the Stock Market without the Possibility of Losing Any of Your Investment posted at Fine-Tuned Finances.

Super Saver presents Looking for Future Winners instead of Past Performers posted at My Wealth Builder.

Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents Does Zecco’s New Rate Change Make You Want to Change Brokerage Firms? posted at Cash Money Life, saying, “Zecco essentially ended their free trades for many traders - here is how their new pricing structure compares to TradeKing and ShareBuilder.”

ChristianPF presents Zecco no longer free posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, “Apparently, even Zecco can’t keep the good thing going as the economic challenges continue…”

Stock Analysis

Saj Karsan presents Monster Worldwide posted at Barel Karsan.

Jae Jun presents Bill Ackman’s Wendy’s Presentation posted at Old School Value, saying, “Study the rationale for why Bill Ackman invested in Wendy’s”

Stockaholic presents Nova Chemicals (TSE: NCX) – Bankruptcy, Or A Screaming Buy? posted at Traders Corner, saying, “Is Nova Chemicals looking at bankruptcy or a turn around?”

Dividends4Life presents Stock Analysis: Lowe?s Companies, Inc. (LOW) posted at Dividends Value, saying, “Lowe’s Companies, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate as a home improvement retailer in the United States and Canada. The company offers a range of products and services for home decoration, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and property maintenance. Linked here is a detailed analysis commentary.”

One Family presents Our Fannie Mae (FNM) Investment – A Case Of Escaping With Minor Wounds! posted at One Family’s Blog.

Declan Fallon presents Zignals Stock Charts: British Airways posted at Zignals blog.