Weekend Blog Watch

The top-earning hedge fund managers of 2006, plus all of their top holdings. (Why not cherry-pick for free?)

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Blogger (and Street Insight contributor) Scott Rothbort gives his thoughts on the housing industry.

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Compete.com notes that Snap.com quietly is becoming a popular search engine.

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The Top 10 Yielding Conglomerates.

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Disagreeing with Peter Lynch, Crossing Wall Street says that it's sometimes better to buy what you hate.

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Freakonomics points out how scary the flu really is.

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The 15 Stocks with the highest projected dividends.

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Sergey Brin, founder of Google(GOOG Quote), talks about anti-Semitism.

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The StockMasters notes that the age of the droid is here and analyzes IRobot(IRBT Quote).

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Please contribute: What are your favorite investment books?

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This will change my life: The ultimate Web 2.0 TV guide.

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Main Street Stocks contends that Las Vegas Sands(LVS Quote)is trading at a discount.

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Cheap Stocks says Cresud(CRESY Quote) is trading below book value.

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Investor Trip thinks Barclays(BCS Quote) is the top foreign bank in which to invest.

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Yaser Anwar's blog discusses what's going on at Wal-Mart(WMT Quote).

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The Digerati Life lists the top 20 dumbest online business ideas that made millions.

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WS Lounge writes that homebuilder WCI Communities(WCI Quote) is a value play here despite the problems with homebuilders right now.

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Stockerblog lists the top books about Warren Buffett's trading techniques. (Disclosure: I wrote one of the books.)

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Google, with this acquisition of video-game advertising company Adscape, enters the same space that Microsoft(MSFT Quote) did when it bought Massive last year.

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VC and former Apple(AAPL Quote) evangelist Guy Kawasaki ranks the top 20 countries by happiness.

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Tomorrow I'll publish the Barron's Roundup. Please check it out to get a complete summary of all the portfolios and ideas mentioned in this week's Barron's.

1 What would best describe your stance heading into the coming week of trading? Bullish Bearish Neutral 2 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move up in the coming week? --Choose One--Aerospace and DefenseAirlinesAutomobilesBeverages and Food ProductsBiotechnologyCommercial BanksComputers and PeripheralsConsumer NondurablesEnergy Equipment & ServicesHMOs and HospitalsHomebuildingInsuranceIntegrated OilInternet, Software ServicesInvestment Bankers and BrokersMediaMultiline RetailPharmaceuticalsPrecious MetalsSemis, Semi EquipmentTelecom EquipmentTobacco and AlcoholWireless CommunicationsUtilities 3 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move down in the coming week? --Choose One--Aerospace and DefenseAirlinesAutomobilesBeverages and Food ProductsBiotechnologyCommercial BanksComputers and PeripheralsConsumer NondurablesEnergy Equipment & ServicesHMOs and HospitalsHomebuildingInsuranceIntegrated OilInternet, Software ServicesInvestment Bankers and BrokersMediaMultiline RetailPharmaceuticalsPrecious MetalsSemis, Semi EquipmentTelecom EquipmentTobacco and AlcoholWireless CommunicationsUtilities View the results without voting