Wednesday's Daily Blog Watch
Editor's note: Every morning, James Altucher presents the most timely, topical posts from the Web's best business blogs.
Which
auto stocks are speeding ahead
, and which are off the road? Hint:
Toyota
(TM) - Get Report
is on the road.
This is very telling. Hot or Not was one of the most amazing viral and profitable sites out there. Now it has abandoned its model and
switched from subscription to free
.
Stockpickr's
include new trades on
Mamma.com
(MAMA)
and
Parametric Technology
(PMTC)
.
Economics post of the day:
The U.S. did not fuel its growth through debt
. Go get 'em, Dash!
Check out Stockpickr's
Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume
, including a continued breakout on
Jones Soda
(JSDA)
.
I've always liked small-cap defense company
Allied Defense Group
(ADG)
. Now Stock Market Beat gives
the full lowdown on the company
.
Here's how every country in the world has done
during the somewhat volatile first quarter
.
Ticker Sense looks at how
Goldman Sachs
(GS) - Get Report
has historically done
(GOOG) - Get Report
.
Wow, I bet this
on
News Corp.'s
(NWS) - Get Report
MySpace will be interesting.
Bob Chapman, hedge fund activist and partially insane, is my hero. He
with his 13D letter on
FSI International
(FSII)
.
Paul Kedrosky looks at the Mercer list of
the world's top 10 cities to live in
ranked by quality of life. To be honest, I don't trust any list that doesn't have NYC as No. 1.
Tommy Weisel, bank extraordinaire,
and breaks it down on how
Apple
(AAPL) - Get Report
is doing.
I've collected comics since I was a kid. But my problem is: I like to read them, which immediately causes them to go down in value to about zero (somehow, I destroy everything I read). American.com takes a look at
what the average annual returns of comics books have been
, and what I might have made if I taken good care of them.
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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and
Trade Like Warren Buffett
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