Coinky-dink?

Judy over at Newshounds ("We watch Fox so you don't have to") noticed an odd coincidence:

The U.S. economy has tons of strong companies looking for investors, so when stock analysts on two different Fox financial shows recommended buying the same three stocks during shows on Saturday (January 7, 2006), I was more than a little suspicious.

During Brenda Buttner's "Bulls and Bears," analysts suggested buying Verizon, J.P. Morgan Chase and Pfizer. In "Cavuto on Business" immediately following, investors recommended the same three stocks.

Googling the names of those companies with the head of News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, shows connections between all three companies and Murdoch.

Now, this might indeed be coincidence. Murdoch has many tentacles. Still, let's keep an eye on these Fox business pundits -- a pattern may reveal itself.