The Daily Blog Watch

Editor's note: Every morning, James Altucher presents the most timely, topical posts from the Web's best business blogs. As always, let us know what you think.

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Bill Miller from Legg Mason has beaten the S&P 500 for 15 years running. Uh-oh.

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ValueBlogger.com makes its debut with a comprehensive analysis of why Wal-Mart is in deep value territory now.

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When did EarthLink get so cool?

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A lot of people are saying that earnings reports coming next week may balance out the pressure on the markets being caused by geopolitical risks. The Peridot Capitalist questions if this is true.

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Ticker Sense takes a poll to determine what geopolitical risks people are most worried about.

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If it's oil you are worried about, Daily Dose of Optimism will help alleviate that concern.

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Paul Allen (the lesser), a venture capitalist based in Utah, points out that Yahoo! Finance is often wrong on issues as important as market cap.

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The Million Dollar Portfolio reviews the The Davis Discipline, a book about the stock-picking methodology of the founders of the Davis Funds.

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Speaking of Paul Allen (the lesser), this recent post describes 11 recent VC investments his firm has made and an interesting approach that one of them took, using Craigslist to promote their products. I am intrigued by this idea because of an experiment I'm conducting, the details of which will be forthcoming in a month or so.

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GuruFocus spotlights the guru who is skipping stocks and betting on hurricanes.

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The Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, is going full force. Deal Book discusses how this is almost like a coming-out party for YouTube founder Chad Hurley. CBS CEO Les Moonves is making all the right moves.