The Daily Blog Watch

08/12/06 - 10:13 AM EDT

James Altucher

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.


Paul Kedrosky points out a recent Pirate Capital/activist win, as well as the perils of piggybacking activists.


Internet technology analyst extraordinaire Charlene Li notes that Google's(GOOG Quote - Cramer on GOOG - Stock Picks) strong brand has both negatives and positive.


Speaking of which, BloggingStocks looks at the fastest-growing brands on the Web.


FinanceProfessor analyzes the relationship between consumer confidence and stock market returns.


Excellent analysis by Startup-Review on the Advertising.com business, which ended up getting bought by Time Warner(TWX Quote - Cramer on TWX - Stock Picks) for $435 million.


Do we really care about oil prices? Econbrowser answers.


24/7 Wall St. breaks down Juniper(JNPR Quote - Cramer on JNPR - Stock Picks) by the numbers.


This sounds vaguely Wizard-of-Oz-ish, but 13D Tracker gives us the scoop on The Lion Fund raising its stake in Friendly Ice Cream(FRN Quote - Cramer on FRN - Stock Picks).


Inspirational post about the couple that built up pomegranate juice company POM.


Tech guru and entrepreneur Chris Allen on the difference between a venture capitalist and an angel investor.


BloggingStocks gives us some specifics on Google's recent deals with News Corp.(NWS Quote - Cramer on NWS - Stock Picks) and Viacom(VIA Quote - Cramer on VIA - Stock Picks).


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Please note that due to factors including low market capitalization and/or insufficient public float, we consider Friendly Ice Cream to be a small-cap stock. You should be aware that such stocks are subject to more risk than stocks of larger companies, including greater volatility, lower liquidity and less publicly available information, and that postings such as this one can have an effect on their stock prices.

At the time of publication, Altucher and/or his fund had no positions in 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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