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.
Cramer's
from yesterday include questions he answered on
Goldman Sachs
(GS) - Get Report
,
VeriFone
(PAY)
, and whether it's time to switch away from growth stocks.
Doesn't anyone know how to make a plane anymore? According to 24/7 Wall St., both
Boeing
(BA) - Get Report
and
Airbus
are
.
Check out the
. This morning's trades include
Brocade
(BRCD)
, among others.
BloggingStocks analyzes
of
(GOOG) - Get Report
acquisitions.
I didn't know this, but Crossing Wall Street was kind enough to point it out: Yesterday was
the best day in almost a year
, and we have the final two hours to thank.
Facebook vs.
News Corp's
(NWS) - Get Report
MySpace:
What's the traffic look like
?
According to Investor's Business Daily, here are the
top 10 highest-rated dividend-paying stocks
.
This is better than
War of the Worlds
:
Intel
(INTC) - Get Report
and
Advanced Micro Devices
(AMD) - Get Report
are
in the battle to the death
. Stay tuned for my article on this topic in the next day or so.
Unusual stocks of the day:
stocks that rose on unusual volume yesterday
, and stocks with
. These are all potential breakout plays.
Investment Jungle
with
Cognizant
(CTSH) - Get Report
.
Dividends Matter does a
on
Coca-Cola's
(KO) - Get Report
dividend. Are they overreaching?
The Fly On The Wall
takes a peek
at
Yahoo!
(YHOO)
.
You know Donald Trump is a billionaire, but did you know he also owns a lot of
?
Which high-yielding stocks are
?
Freakonomics notes that the autism epidemic
. This is an excellent example of how to avoid getting influenced by media-driven stats.
The other Hilary, Hilary Kramer,
on
Build-A-Bear Workshop
(BBW) - Get Report
.
We always hear about housing doing this or doing that, but here are the
actual median and average house prices
so far this century.
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and
Trade Like Warren Buffett
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