Weekend Blog Watch

12/09/06 - 09:52 AM EST

James Altucher

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


Portfolio Pam looks for January Effect stocks: Profitable companies down 10% or more on the year with analysts anticipating 25%+ earnings growth.


The results are in: Online ad dollars are heading for enormous growth vs. all other categories.


SINLetter wants to ride the ETF wave by investing in WisdomTree(WSDT Quote), which trades on the Pink Sheets.


Interesting portfolio: The companies that own the bestselling products so far this holiday season on Amazon(AMZN Quote).


Naked Shorts breaks down the latest returns from uber-hedge fund Renaissance Technologies.


TickerSense takes a look at how the market usually responds to job reports.


Check out The 10 top-performing ETFs of the year. They're a nice mix of real estate, tech, emerging markets, etc.


So what if Bill Gates sells $600 million worth of stock? Is it really a big deal?


Lloyds Investment blog looks at the history of investing in video-gaming companies.


Fig Trader offers up the pair trade: long Capital One, short American Express.


Equity Investments Ideas does its analytical magic on Microsoft(MSFT Quote).


Freakonomics looks at which search term is bigger: "Pearl Harbor" or "9/11".

At the time of publication, Altucher and/or his fund had no positions in any of the stocks mentioned in this column, 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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