Thursday's Daily Blog Watch

08/31/06 - 07:58 AM EDT

James Altucher

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


Are mutual fund fees too high in the U.S.? Index Universe finds out.


One Guy's Investments chalks up the latest at Blackboard (BBBB Quote - Cramer on BBBB - Stock Picks).


Equity Investment Ideas asks if iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (FXI Quote - Cramer on FXI - Stock Picks) is the right way to play growth in China.


Super hedge fund SAC Capital raises its stake in Interlink (SORC Quote - Cramer on SORC - Stock Picks).


Dealscape provides an excellent deal summary of the latest goings-on at Rite-Aid (RAD Quote - Cramer on RAD - Stock Picks).


Communicate.com has the best corporate blog I've seen. Today, Adam wonders if share buybacks help share price.


First there was L3. Now Viisage and Identix transform into L-1 (ID Quote - Cramer on ID - Stock Picks).


The Bivings Report provides a great nine-step guide for how newspapers can improve their websites.


24/7 Wall Street takes a look at the big oil guys: Exxon (XOM Quote - Cramer on XOM - Stock Picks), Conoco (COP Quote - Cramer on COP - Stock Picks), Chevron (CVX Quote - Cramer on CVX - Stock Picks), BP (BP Quote - Cramer on BP - Stock Picks), and Shell (RDSA Quote - Cramer on RDSA - Stock Picks).


Steel Partners is trying to scoop up New Frontier Media (NOOF Quote - Cramer on NOOF - Stock Picks), a stock I've recently written about.


Great post by CXO on how hedge fund strategies can be created synthetically.


Dealbreaker speculates that Time Warner (TWX Quote - Cramer on TWX - Stock Picks) might sell Time Inc..


I probably would've cried like a baby.

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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