Thursday's Daily Blog Watch

10/12/06 - 07:57 AM EDT

GOOG , AA , LM , AMTD , ET , BAC , BUD , SHLM , HPQ , BEN  
James Altucher

Editor's note: Every morning, James Altucher presents the most timely, topical posts from the Web's best business blogs.


ValueBlogger is skeptical that super value investor Eddie Lampert is buying Anheuser-Busch (BUD Quote).


Happy birthday, bull market.


Ticker Sense looks at what has happened in the past when Legg Mason (LM Quote) and Alcoa (AA Quote) have missed earnings.


Barington dresses A. Schulman (SHLM Quote) down and insists on change. Barington is one of the best activist funds out there and has hardly had a down trade since 2001. Here are its top stock holdings.


Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, admits that nine out of 10 decisions he's ever made were wrong.


Modern Graham has Hewlett-Packard (HPQ Quote) as its overvalued company of the week. And here are its favorite stocks with high return on invested capital.


The Microcap Speculator is skeptical of the math going on at NewMarket Technology (NMKT Quote).


Equity Investment Ideas analyzes Franklin Resources (BEN Quote).


Inelegant Investor talks about Warren Buffett's five most dangerous words in business.


24/7 wonders if Google (GOOG Quote) will now go after Facebook. ValueBlogger believes it's a great idea.


It's here! Chad Vader, Day Shift Manager, Episode 4 -- the ongoing saga of Darth Vader's less talented younger brother.
At the time of publication, Altucher and/or his fund had no positions in any of the stocks mentioned, although positions may change at any time.

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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