Weekend Blog Watch

10/07/06 - 10:31 AM EDT

James Altucher

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There have been a lot of news/rumors about Google(GOOG Quote) potentially buying YouTube for $1.6 billion. Two excellent posts about this:

Compete analyzes the traffic metrics of both sites and concludes Google Video is no match for YouTube.


Charlene Li at Forrester gives her reasons why Google would want to buy YouTube.


And, as an aside, if you can't find something on Google, try this.


On "Mad Money" Thursday, Cramer stated what he thinks are the best and worst companies in the tech sector right now.


Modern Graham looks at this week's list of the 15 stocks it believes are trading at the highest discount to intrinsic value.


OK, if we all work together, we can get this $1 million from Netflix. I'm on the case.


Kirk Kerkorian is not happy about GM.


This surprised me: Most MySpace users are over 35 .


24/7 Wall Street is out with the worrisome reality that Microsoft Vista might be more delayed than people think.


CXO Advisory demonstrates that serial entrepreneurs do better than first-time entrepreneurs .


On Monday, start-up company Zecco launches ZERO commission stock trading. 24-7 Wall Street looks at the implications on E*Trade(ET Quote), Ameritrade(AMTD Quote) and Schwab(SCH Quote)


Traders Insights pays some visits to Target, Old Navy and the Gap .


The Average Joe loves Suntech Power.


Wow, this is kind of cool.
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James Altucher is a managing partner at Formula Capital, an alternative asset management firm that runs several quantitative-based hedge funds as well as a fund of hedge funds. He is also the author of Trade Like a Hedge Fund and Trade Like Warren Buffett. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. Altucher appreciates your feedback; click here to send him an email.

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