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RealMoney's Blog Watch

James Altucher

The blog Blueprint for Financial Prosperity details (and I mean, DETAILS) the minute by minute net worth of "jim" (at my last check, it was $115,365.77). The post I linked to can almost be considered a meta-post in that part of the increase of his net worth last month was due to the blog itself and the advertising he was able to sell on it. Go Jim!

Also in the category of brutal blog honesty, DehTrader.com details the hardships, both financial and emotional, of trying to day trade.

Last Saturday was April Fool's Day, so I should've posted this then, but Wikipedia's got the entire lowdown on all the April Fool's jokes that appeared online.

Here's a great post on "what is a hedge fund."

The blog Closed-end Funds points out another fund that's set to potentially open via a shareholder vote. When a CEF opens, the discount to its net asset value immediately closes, generating a fairly safe return.

Maybe Jeff Matthews is not making this up, but he's scaring me.

Abnormal Returns notes how the frenzy for ethanol has created some equity opportunities.

The latest update from the Cheap Stocks blog: their list on all profitable companies trading below their net current asset value. Unfortunately, as usual, I own none of them.

Bob Parsons, the CEO of GoDaddy.com, every now and then has a great post on his blog on what he's learned running his businesses. The latest one is on how to make big ideas happen.

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Interesting

First he turned $12,000 into $900,000 by day trading when he was a teen-ager. Now he's lowering the fees on his hedge fund from 30% to 20%. It sounds almost too good to be true.

Capital Spectator does an analysis of the recent employment numbers.

10Q Detective offers a self-help post on how to make a million.

Henry Blodget points out how Google Base is potentially taking over the world.

This seems like a fun job.

This real estate blog is hilarious.

Ugh. I hate blogs like this, but everyone is entitled to an opinion.

Hopefully, the Dow will hit 50,000 before we are caught in the middle of this.

1 What would best describe your stance heading into the coming week of trading? Bullish Bearish Neutral 2 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move up in the coming week? --Choose One--Aerospace and DefenseAirlinesAutomobilesBeverages and Food ProductsBiotechnologyCommercial BanksComputers and PeripheralsConsumer NondurablesEnergy Equipment & ServicesHMOs and HospitalsHomebuildingInsuranceIntegrated OilInternet, Software ServicesInvestment Bankers and BrokersMediaMultiline RetailPharmaceuticalsPrecious MetalsSemis, Semi EquipmentTelecom EquipmentTobacco and AlcoholWireless CommunicationsUtilities 3 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move down in the coming week? --Choose One--Aerospace and DefenseAirlinesAutomobilesBeverages and Food ProductsBiotechnologyCommercial BanksComputers and PeripheralsConsumer NondurablesEnergy Equipment & ServicesHMOs and HospitalsHomebuildingInsuranceIntegrated OilInternet, Software ServicesInvestment Bankers and BrokersMediaMultiline RetailPharmaceuticalsPrecious MetalsSemis, Semi EquipmentTelecom EquipmentTobacco and AlcoholWireless CommunicationsUtilities View the results without voting