aQuantive: We know how to pick 'em

While it's certainly a red flag that 3,009 options contracts were traded on aQuantive Inc. (NASDAQ: AQNT) yesterday (32 times the trailing daily average), it's also the case that the smart money was already on aQuantive. After DoubleClick was purchased by Google for a whopping $3.1 billion, our writers were quick to point out that aQuantive was a good bet to follow -- Georges Yared posted about aQuantive's attractiveness on April 16, and Brent Archer followed up the same day surmising that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) might overbid on the advertising company.

If you bought aQuantive after being told that it (along with Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) was one of the two stocks to buy for Dow 14,000? You'd be up 77% today along with the rest of the lucky aQuantive shareholders. You got another chance when Larry Schutts pegged aQuantive as one of the "industry's best known practitioners" a few days ago (he recommended it much earlier in February). Back in February, Georges Yared also wrote three posts recommending the stock, before the company reported quarterly financial results, after it reported a great quarter, and also after ValueClick Inc (NASDAQ: VCLK) reported, claiming both are stocks to own.

Surely, a lot of pundits were picking aQuantive as a potential good buy once DoubleClick was sold, but it's worthwhile to note it's not the only time our writers have been right. Want a couple of other companies our bloggers have been hot for lately? Try ValueClick Inc (NASDAQ: VCLK) -- blog, or Crocs Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) -- blog, two stocks that have all the BloggingStocks folks up late at night dreaming of big, big things.