Wednesday's Daily Blog Watch

08/15/07 - 06:54 AM EDT

James Altucher

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

Jim Cramer answers questions about Hewlett-Packard (HPQ Quote - Cramer on HPQ - Stock Picks), Dell (DELL Quote - Cramer on DELL - Stock Picks) and others.


24/7 Wall St. wonders whether the Tribune (TRB Quote - Cramer on TRB - Stock Picks) deal is now off the table.


The market downturn is nonstop fuel for the Stockpickr System Trades of the Day, which include Applied Materials (AMAT Quote - Cramer on AMAT - Stock Picks), Rent-A-Center (RCII Quote - Cramer on RCII - Stock Picks), Oracle (ORCL Quote - Cramer on ORCL - Stock Picks) and others today.


Kevin Kelly of BloggingStocks believes it's the right time to pick up shares of the Chinese Google (GOOG Quote - Cramer on GOOG - Stock Picks): Baidu (BIDU Quote - Cramer on BIDU - Stock Picks).


I give my own two cents on the housing market and how to take advantage of the current situation.


Not many people in this world are "free" -- free from money and health concerns, and young enough to enjoy it. Mark Cuban gives his creative solution to the real estate market: take your house public.


What the heck? How does Hilary Kramer find these stocks?


VMware (VMW Quote - Cramer on VMW - Stock Picks) opens up 76%. Paul Kedrosky gives us the color.


Sramana Mitra believes Trimble (TRMB Quote - Cramer on TRMB - Stock Picks) is a compelling stock to look at right now.


Value Investing World reminds us of these 1966 thoughts from Warren Buffett on diversification.


Gap (GPS Quote - Cramer on GPS - Stock Picks) has improved lately, and InvestorTrip believes it is a prime value stock.


Notable Calls has some analysis of Avon Products (AVP Quote - Cramer on AVP - Stock Picks).


Unusual stocks of the day: stocks that rose on unusual volume yesterday, and stocks with unusual option activity. These are all potential breakout plays.


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 a fund of hedge funds. He is also a weekly columnist for The Financial Times and the author of Trade Like a Hedge Fund, Trade Like Warren Buffett and SuperCa$h. 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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