Altucher's Blog Watch: April 7

 

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

How serious is the lower paid clicks issue for Google(GOOG)? Should you and I worry?


Why does Bank of America think eBay(EBAY) is such a strong buy here?


There are much better ways to invest in Ford(F) than buying F. Stockerblog shows us the way.


You think you're in trouble? No problem: Buy your girlfriend this diamond-studded thong for $1 million or so.


Before you click here, guess which Dow stocks are up and down the most on the year.


This was quite possibly the first bathroom in America -- 14,000 years ago.


Imclone(IMCL), Juniper Networks(JNPR) and more make the System Trades of the Day list.


Here are the top 10 mutual funds for a recession and other hot topics in this week's Barron's.


This is a nice survey of the latest dividend aristocrats, the stocks that have increased dividends for 25 years in a row or more.


Could Craigslist really be worth over $5 billion? If it's true, then I'm super jealous.


Freakonomics turns its excellent analytical skills to this critical question: Do hamburgers cause crime? Incidentally, an ex-TheStreet.com employee just became editor over at freakonomics.com.


Neatorama has the low-down: Marital bliss lasts for four years. Don't fight a universal law.


Paul Graham is my absolute favorite blogger. He's a genius. In his latest post, he discusses his top heroes and what makes a hero.


The microcap speculator gives the lowdown on public porn company, New Frontier Media(NOOF).


Here's a nice summary from Paid Content on the latest ins and outs of the Yahoo(YHOO)-Microsoft(MSFT) deal.


Sramana Mitra thinks now's the time to buy WebMD(WBMD).

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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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