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Archive for November, 2007

November 30th, 2007 11:11 AM

Happy Hour Friday, 11.30.07

by Cody Willard

Happy Hour wraps up a great week with another terrific guest line-up:

-Anthony Chan, JP Morgan Private Client Chief Economist  

-Bob Faulkner, Communications and Technology Expert  

-Midwin Charles, Attorney

-Doc Elmo, Writer of  “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” (He’ll sing it for us.)  

-Allison Storr, Organizer of Rich People’s Lives  

-Andy Levy, Red Eye Ombudsman  

Due to some unforeseen technical difficulties we were unable to play the Arrested Development jams that Cody wanted to yesterday. They will be played tonight instead. Enjoy…

Check the show out at 5 and 11PM on channel 43.

November 29th, 2007 10:11 AM

Happy Hour- 11.29.07

by Cody Willard

Happy Hour guests for tonight are as follows:

-Doug Roberts, Channel Capital Research  

-Judge Alex Ferrer  

-Bill Schulz, Red Eye

-Joe Capone, Founder- SMaRT Financial Partners LLC                                              

-Last but not least, The Rockettes

Cody and Rebecca are anticipating what Bernanke will discuss tonight…Perhaps he will provide more clues to the rate cut? Stay tuned…

Today’s Jams are from Arrested Development. Here’s Cody’s take:

A band that took so long to break out they titled their album “3 years, 5 months and 2 days in the Life of…” Ironically, it’ll take forever and a day for them to ever produce anything like that classic again. One hit album wonder indeed.

1.  People Everyday

2.  Mr. Wendal

3.  Children Play With Earth

4.  Raining Revolution (Ever heard me use the word “Revolution?”)

5.  Give A Man A Fish

6.  Tennessee

November 29th, 2007 8:11 AM

Up 300% on VMW in Three Days? Sell!

by Cody Willard

Okay, so in the still better to be lucky than good category, we sorta nailed that VMW near-term bottom on Monday when the stock was at $73, eh? The stock’s trading at $92 this morning. Momo is a sharp knife!

If you bought most any out-of-the-money January or February calls in VMW, you’ve got a triple or quadruple in them in three days’ time. You ever heard that old saying on Wall Street that bulls make money, bears make money, but pigs get slaughtered?

Don’t be piggy. Keep the common for an investment, but start selling those calls right now. Take half off the table today. Sell another 1/4 of them tomorrow. And let the last tranche ride til expiration in January or February and maybe you can roll ‘em up then.

November 28th, 2007 10:11 AM

Today’s Happy Hour Guests 11.28.07

by Cody Willard

Happy Hour welcomes the return of Rebecca Gomez, Cody’s co-host, after a one day absence. We have many interesting topics and guests tonight—

- Kevin Casey, Casey Capital (will talk about his worst trade ever)

- Gary C. Evans, http://www.greenhunterenergy.com/

- Matt Bean, Editor-Men’s Health Magazine, http://www.menshealth.com/cda/homepage.do?site=MensHealth&channel=home

- Katrina Szish, In Style Magazine- National Correspondent   http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,120824,00.html

- Mary Crane, Business Etiquette Coach (pay close attention—this stuff is important)

- Joey Logano, 17 yr. old Nascar Driver (this kid barely has his license but really knows his stuff about the Nascar scene)   http://www.joeyloganoracing.com/

Today’s Jams are from Velvet Underground:

- Rock & Roll

- Sweet Jane

- Head Held High

- I’m Waiting for the Man

- Run, Run, Run

- Who Loves the Sun?

 Join us at 5:00pm on the Fox Business Channel (Channel 43 in NYC).

November 27th, 2007 11:11 AM

Happy Hour Tonight–11.27.07

by Cody Willard

Unfortunately, Rebecca Gomez will not be with us tonight, but we do have the lovely Tracy Byrnes filling in. We are really excited about tonight’s Happy Hour line-up:

-To start, we have Neil Patrick Harris from How I Met Your Mother (he is an old friend of Cody’s)

- Tom Caldwell- Caldwell Asset Management (the second largest NYSE seatholder)

- Carrie Anne James- Real Estate Expert

- David Weidner- Marketwatch.com    www.marketwatch.com

- Ken Shapiro- President, Condor Capital

- Jeff Arnold- Founder and CEO of How Stuff Works.com   www.howstuffworks.com

Today’s Jams come from the ”Rolled Gold” 1967 album from The Action. It’s the only music the band ever recorded together… and it’s remarkable how much Dinosaur Jr., The Shins, and Pavement, etc. you can hear in this music. Very influential band…er, album. The whole 15-song album–there’s not a weak spot on it.

- Something to Say

- Strange Roads (Cody’s personal favorite)

- Things You Cannot See

- Brain

- Climbing Up the Wall

- Little Boy

Join us at the bar!

November 26th, 2007 11:11 AM

On Tap For Happy Hour 11.26.07

by Cody Willard

Happy Hour starts off the week with some great guests—

-Gail Dudack, Midwood Securities

-Daniel North, Euler Hermes

-Mike Straka, Fox News

-Mark Bruno, Save Now or Die Trying

Monday’s Jams are courtesy of Grand Funk Railroad. For those of you who don’t recall—this was one of the hugest bands of the 1970’s. For some reason, they are usually remembered as one hit wonders for We’re an American Band, but our show will showcase some of their lesser known but noteworthy tunes.

-Sin’s a Good Man’s Brother

-Got This Thing on the Move

-High Falootin’ Woman

-Mr. Limosine Driver

-Get it Together (Cody’s most played in I-Tunes and also a number he’s covered himself)

November 26th, 2007 10:11 AM

Time to Buy VMW, Methinks

by Cody Willard

Momentum cuts both ways, and if you rode VMW up on its explosive move higher since its IPO earlier this year, you know what I’m talking about. The momo traders have been killed in this thing, with it at $73 a share, it’s now down 40% from its recent highs less than a month ago.

Were I still running money, I’d be buying a little VMW common here for an investment and I’d also be buying some January or February out-of-the-money VMW calls for a trade here too.

Not for the faint of heart though…it’s still very much a momomo name.

November 23rd, 2007 9:11 AM

Happy Hour “Black Friday” Line-up 11.23.07

by Cody Willard

Take a break from shopping long enough to enjoy Happy Hour. Our guests tonight are:
-Todd Harrison- Minyanville.com http://www.minyanville.com/
-Neale Godfrey- Children’s Financial Network
-Cathy Riva- Discovery Home Network http://cathyriva.blogspot.com/
-Cheryl Casone- Fox Business Anchor
-Bill Shultz- Red Eye
-Eddie Alava- Le Chien Pet Store

Tonight’s Jams by country music legend–Willie Nelson.
-Shotgun Willie
-Whiskey River
-Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer–classic cover of the great Bob Wills’ standard)
-Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
-On the Road Again

 See you at the bar!

November 21st, 2007 11:11 AM

Today’s Happy Hour Guests 11.21.07

by Cody Willard

Today’s Happy Hour pre-Thanksgiving lineup will incude:

Sam Panella- Superstar Analyst, Raymond James
Jill Schlesinger- Strategicpoint Investment Advisors
Eric Leventhal- America’s Second Harvest
Henry Jusziewicz- Gibson Guitar CEO (You will get to see Cody play guitar)
Steve Michaelson- Freshdirect CEO
Jill Savitt- Dream for Darfur Director
Jill Dobson- Fox News Channel

Today’s Jams provided by Dinosaur Jr., one of the most influential college bands of all time—
-Feel the Pain
-Start Choppin’ (Cody’s personal favorite)
-I Ain’t Sayin
-Just Like Heaven (a very different version)
-Raisins
-Quick Sand (cover of a David Bowie classic)

Tune in at 5 and 11:00pm, channel 43 in NYC.

November 20th, 2007 11:11 AM

Tonight’s Happy Hour Line-up 11.20.07

by Cody Willard

On tap for Happy Hour tonight we have:
Scott Rothbort- Lakeview Asset Management;
Todd Connor- Fox News Channel;
Neil Weinberg- Forbes Senior Editor;
Jake Kloberdanz- Hope Wine;
Sandra Lee- Author of Made From Scratch.

Today’s Jams are courtesy of Metallica. We’ll feature: One, Master of Puppets, Enter Sandman, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Hero of the Day (Cody’s personal favorite).

If you haven’t already, please tune in at 5 or 11:00pm to Fox Business Channel (Channel 43 in NY). Happy Hour has a fresh new take on how to get your business news.

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