Thursday'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
on
Bank of America
(BAC) - Get Report
, Countrywide
(CFC)
and more.
The Talented Blonde
figures that nobody is buying dog food anymore
, or pretty much anything other than the
Apple
(AAPL) - Get Report
iPod, clothes from
lululemon
(LULU) - Get Report
and a few others.
Stockpickr's
include trades this morning on
LDK Solar
(LDK)
,
PetSmart
(PETM)
and more.
Wall Street Mayhem explains
on
Ninetowns
(NINE) - Get Report
.
Why is Standard & Poor's
on
Boeing
(BA) - Get Report
.
Why did Merrill say
(GOOG) - Get Report
is
?
And then why did Merrill say
Research In Motion
(RIMM)
is
?
Hilary Kramer
Republic Airways
(REP)
.
Wallstrip
on
3M
(MMM) - Get Report
.
I can't believe it. Google passed
Wal-Mart
(WMT) - Get Report
in market cap
.
Paul Graham makes sense when he says
if you have a start-up, you need to move to Silicon Valley
. I'd argue New York City is equal, but it depends on the start-up.
Notable Calls
is all gung-ho on a tiny company
called
Cisco
(CSCO) - Get Report
.
Unusual stocks of the day:
stocks that rose on unusual volume yesterday
, and stocks with
. These are all potential breakout plays.
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