Wednesday's Daily Blog Watch

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

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Great post by Mark Cuban on connecting with your customers.

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China has been on fire this year, with no end in sight. According to Lipper, Chinese funds rose 33.7% on average through Nov. 1. Here are the top performing China-focused mutual funds.

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Brett Steenbarger thinks maybe we're all a bit too optimistic. Secretly, I wish Steenbarger could be my therapist.

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If you're worried about the bear, here's the complete list of hedge-fundlike mutual funds -- funds that go both long and short.

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Ticker Sense has an interesting look at what debt as a percentage of GDP means for the stock market. I was surprised how little the U.S. percentage was compared with other world markets.

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Stockmasters makes some predictions on Dell (DELL Quote).

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Equity Investment Ideas breaks down Caterpillar (CAT Quote).

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What is up with the spike in Web searches for Ugg boots?

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Investor Geeks has a review of The Little Book of Value Investing, written by super investor Chris Browne and all-around good guy Tim Melvin.

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Super activist fund Steel Partners raises its stake in Brinks (BCO Quote).

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Wow, Street Insight contributor Grange Johnson gets active on 1-800 Contacts (CTAC Quote). According to public filings, here are Johnson's top holdings.

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Bloggingstocks believes MySpace is so over.

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Ticker Sense shows us all of the Russell 3000 stocks with 4% dividends about to go ex-div.

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Interesting post at footnoted.org about what stocks Republicans buy (as revealed by public records of government officials) vs. what stocks Democrats buy.