Wednesday's Blog Watch

09/06/06 - 08:10 AM EDT

James Altucher

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


Fat Pitch Financials looks at the stocks most hit immediately after Katrina and where they are now, one year later. It's an interesting look at buying dips in catastrophes.


Forget about Wal-Mart. Check out Walmex (WMMVY Quote - Cramer on WMMVY - Stock Picks).


Thank you! 24/7 Wall Street points out it doesn't matter who the CEO of Viacom (VIA Quote - Cramer on VIA - Stock Picks) is.


Blogging Stocks asks the importance of Chevron's (CVX Quote - Cramer on CVX - Stock Picks) recent oil find in the Gulf.


Lew Rockwell asks what lessons we can learn from the type of capitalism found in Star Trek.


I really like when these blogs do a deep analysis of stocks I've never looked at before. Gannon on Investing breaks down Blyth (BTH Quote - Cramer on BTH - Stock Picks).


Freakonomics checks out the most surprising Amazon (AMZN Quote - Cramer on AMZN - Stock Picks) best-seller it's ever seen.


Both The Average Joe Investor and One Guy's Investments look at what is probably one of the most unusual acquisitions I've seen, the acquisition of Click Commerce (CKCM Quote - Cramer on CKCM - Stock Picks) by Illinois Tool Works (ITW Quote - Cramer on ITW - Stock Picks).


Not many stocks can do this. Crossing Wall Street looks at Donaldson (DCI Quote - Cramer on DCI - Stock Picks), which has increased earnings for 17 straight years.


Quant Investor looks at micro-cap stock Euroweb (EWEB Quote - Cramer on EWEB - Stock Picks).


According to 13D Tracker, Loeb Partners discloses a 4.6% stake in Perceptron (PRCP Quote - Cramer on PRCP - Stock Picks).


This blog is a great example of the long tail at work. I don't even know how a site like this got traffic in the first place, yet it looks very popular.


And here's one if you need a bubble wrap fix.


Great post on how to make money from your blog, from A to Z. It's a great post not only if you're a blogger, but also if you're an investor, to see how this industry that was a zero two years ago is quickly growing.


People definitely have a lot of time on their hands.

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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