Tuesday's Daily Blog Watch

Stock quotes in this article: FRPT , TTWO , CRYP , MCD , GOOG , AAPL , CTSH , EMC , CMGI  

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

Cramer's Answers of the Day from yesterday include responses on whether to start a hedge fund, shorting, and Annaly Capital (NLY Quote).


BigCapital Advisors has the pro side of Force Protection (FRPT Quote).


Dan Fitzpatrick is the best chartist out there. I like the way he weaves fundamentals in and is not religious about the technical analysis stuff. So I'm really grateful he does his chart of the week on Stockpickr. This week is Apple (AAPL Quote)!


10Q Detective loves CryptoLogic (CRYP Quote).


24/7 Wall St. has the complete breakdown on Take-Two's (TTWO Quote) earnings.


Big Ben's Investing Blog encourages us to stay long the agriculture stocks.


Just in case you feel sorry for Paris Hilton (and I actually do), Crossing Wall Street has just the thing to make you feel better.


The System Trades of the Day have been doing phenomenally well so far this year, and I'll provide a summary sometime in the next week or so. Basically, we take all the systems on Stockpickr and find out which ones are generating trades that morning. This morning's trades include EMC (EMC Quote) and CMGI (CMGI Quote).


Dealbreaker summarizes the list of famous Harvard rejects or dropouts.


The Big Mac index: How much does it cost to buy a McDonald's (MCD Quote) Big Mac in every currency on the planet.


What I've been waiting for, the first full-length feature on Google's (GOOG Quote) YouTube.


Ticker Sense has the global returns and P/E ratios from almost every country.


Guess the second-most-popular name in the U.K. (Hat tip to Freakonomics.)


Marc Andreesen, founder of Netscape (since bought by AOL, since bought by Time Warner (TWX Quote)), gives his guide to personal productivity. I agree with most of the ideas on his list.


Stock Market Beat updates its Magazine Cover Indicator. That is, if a stock is on a magazine cover, it's doomed to go down. The latest addition to the list is Cognizant (CTSH Quote), one of the best-performing stocks of the past year.


Unusual stocks of the day: stocks that rose on unusual volume yesterday, suggesting a possible breakout, and stocks with unusual option activity, suggesting that you and I are getting screwed by someone who knows something.


  • Loading Comments...
  •  

SHARE:

  • email
  • print
  • comment
  • digg
  • delicious
  • linkedin
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 president of Stockpickr LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TheStreet.com and part of its network of Web properties, and 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.

TheStreet.com has a revenue-sharing relationship with Trader's Library under which it receives a portion of the revenue from purchases by customers directed there from TheStreet.com.

Recent Comments





Connect with TheStreet

Dow Jones S&P 500 NASDAQ 10-Year Note
10,482.99 1,111.91 2,213.12 36.07
Oil *
72.34
DOWN
18.06
DOWN
2.20
UP
1.02
UP
0.61
10 Yr
3.61%
SPDR Gold
109.74
-0.17%
-0.20%
+0.05%
+1.72%
Data delayed 20 minutes

Brokerage Partners

TheStreet Premium Services

All Services