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Monty’s Bluff draws attention to an interesting use of YouTube. And Micropersuasion has the latest stats on YouTube.Quant Investor takes another look at PVC pipe maker (and Pirate activist play) PW Eagle(PWEI Quote - Cramer on PWEI - Stock Picks).
I love the way Dealbreaker scours the craigslist personals for mentions of bankers or hedge funds.
I have never thought of Caterpillar(CAT Quote - Cramer on CAT - Stock Picks) as a stock for contrarians.
CXO Advisory looks at how August stacked up vs. previous Augusts and what, statistically, might be ahead for September.
Blogging Stocks asks whether Howard Stern can rescue Sirius(SIRI Quote - Cramer on SIRI - Stock Picks).
Activist fund Pershing Square is getting more serious about McDonald's(MCD Quote - Cramer on MCD - Stock Picks).
All of the S&P 500 stocks with five-day winning streaks, courtesy of Ticker Sense.
Please, Please, PLEASE!
One Guy's Investments takes a closer look at Charlie Munger’s favorite stock, Costco(COST Quote - Cramer on COST - Stock Picks).
Jeff Matthews calls "bull" on the idea that Apple(AAPL Quote - Cramer on AAPL - Stock Picks) and Sun Microsystems(SUNW Quote - Cramer on SUNW - Stock Picks) might merge. Just to add to this, people have been speculating about this merger since 1994, when Apple stock was caving in and looked like a bankruptcy under Amelio. It didn't happen then, and I believe Jeff that it won't happen now. Thank God.
Great analysis by The Peridot Capitalist of all the negatives baked into the Capital One(COF Quote - Cramer on COF - Stock Picks) story and why those negatives might not be as bad as people are thinking.
Fantastic post on how genius works.
This is what I feel like when I get lucky on an otherwise bad trading day.



