A good list of stocks for further consideration by value investors.

Investing should be really simple, you buy low and sell high. The problem is that when the 'low' is available, stocks are about as attractive as the girl who did the 100 meter dash in the 90 meter gym. Has the five letter word 'S-T-O-C-K' become a four letter word yet...?

David Carr and Larry Coats address what ishappening in the market, how the their fund is positioned, and how they are responding to these events.

The trouble with trying to find dividend growth stocks to invest in during the onset of a recession or 'recessionary economic conditions' as we are currently in, is that the stocks of companies that should stand up well to these type of conditions are not cheap.

William Patalon III has a four-point plan to beat the bear this time round: 1) Load up on high dividend stocks; 2) Buy gold; 3) Stick to ‘global titan’ companies; and 4) Stay relaxed…

With the S&P 500 index now re-visiting levels not seen since 2004, it is no surprise that several great companies with long histories of earnings and dividend growth are getting down to some notable lows.

William Patalon III says there are four solid ways to protect your portfolio from these forces: 1) Buy dividend-paying stocks; 2) Buy gold; 3) Buy companies focused on overseas market; and 4) Don’t panic…

The following extract is taken from a research report published over the weekend by Money Morning…

Ever since the broad market indexes entered into bear market territory and the dollar stopped falling against most of the major currencies, I have been checking the international dividend achievers list for bargains. I came up with the following dividend stocks list, using the followoing screen criteria:

Diageo is an international dividend achiever. It has been increasing its dividends for the past 10 consecutive years. From the end of 1997 up until August 2008 this dividend growth stock has delivered an annual average total return of 10.90 % to its shareholders. Diageo is the first international dividend company that I have analyzed in my pursuit of international exposure for my stock portfolio.

This week's Barron's looks at insurer, Markel. Markel's shares are down, but the company shares Berkshire like attributes that are worth considering.

Here is GuruFocus' actual tracking page for Tom Gayner of Markel (MKL) . You can see all of his positions as tracked by GuruFocus. His largest positions include Fairfax Financial (FFH), CarMax (KMX) , and Berkshire.