Friday's Daily Blog Watch
Editor's note: Every morning, James Altucher presents the most timely, topical posts from the Web's best business blogs.
Stockpickr's
include trades this morning on
JA Solar
(JASO)
,
PetSmart
(PETM)
and more.
Uh-oh,
ZipRealty
(ZIPR)
needs to
.
Electronic Arts
( ERTS) wants its own
.
Jim Cramer
about
McDonald's
(MCD) - Get Report
Rite Aid
(RAD) - Get Report
and more.
We debated this question endlessly on Stockpickr. BeyondVC discusses the
flip-or-build decision when starting a business
.
Yahoo!
(YHOO)
and
Alibaba
like
EMC
(EMC)
and
VMware
(VMW) - Get Report
.
Here are the
and the stocks that love them.
Crossing Wall Street wonders whether the
worst is over in foreclosures
. Guess how much foreclosures increased last month.
Freakonomics has the important data:
is eye color important for winning the presidency
?
Diamonds are a girl's best friend. The Talented Blonde welcomes
Tiffany
(TIF) - Get Report
.
Paul Kedrosky links money, retail and the weather in the
most complicated chart I've ever seen
.
Sramana Mitra has some important advice for
VeriSign
(VRSN) - Get Report
.
Well, the jury might be back: Do
Tasers
(TASR)
?
(GOOG) - Get Report
vs.
Microsoft
(MSFT) - Get Report
:
?
Unusual stocks of the day:
stocks that rose on unusual volume yesterday
, and stocks with
. 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.
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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;
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