The Daily Blog Watch

Altucher's Blog Watch: April 14

 

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

Catwalk models are the reason health insurance costs are so high.


How did D. Thomas win $5,000 in the Beat the Street contest?


Why didn't EMC(EMC) go up when VMware(VMW) ripped up the other day? Cramer Answers this and other questions.


Dr. John Rutledge finds some hope in the recent housing data.


Why did Merrill give Sirius(SIRI) a sell rating?


Donaldson Capital is taking a fancy to Johnson & Johnson(JNJ).


Crossing Wall Street finds some choice language in one of the odder SEC filings I've seen.


For the couple who has everything, why not buy toilets for two?


Why did S&P downgrade Cisco(CSCO)?


Why is GE(GE) a buy, Lennar(LEN) a short and other fun things in the latest Barron's Roundup.

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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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