February 2008

I sit here looking at Google at $450 and I'm licking my chops picturing buying some common and calls in this thing right now. I feel the desire for that sense of rush that comes from putting on a trade like I picture right now. I'd probably be pretty aggressive at these levels. All that said, as I keep thinking to myself since I started this new TV job and stopped running money -- It's easier ... read more

It was great to have that first snow in NYC this weekend. Great while it lasted, I guess, which wasn't long. On the other hand, there's nothing worse than NYC five days after a blizzard that hasn't melted -- the gray is everywhere. At any rate (man, I've been over-using that term lately...rusty from not writing?), I've not been out of the city for a few weeks again and I'm going stir crazy. ... read more

I'm considering changing my email address because ever since I started doing this TV gig, about 90% of my email flow to my clwillard address is full of pitch from some PR firm (or some PR dude on his couch at home). The only upside to receiving all this PR pitching is the humor that comes from their mistakes. When will email programs start spell-checking the subject line? Ooh, good business ... read more

Happy Hour kicks off a new week with the following guests: -Irwin Simon, Founder and CEO of Hain Celestial Group -Michael Comeau, The Street.com -Linda Lilardi, Director Emeritus Half the Sky Foundation -Annelise Hagen,  Yoga Instructor--Author of The Yoga Face -Paul Boni, Chief Research Officer Grail Research Start your week off on the right foot. Tune in to Happy Hour at 5:00 and 11:00pm ... read more

As my most recent effort at a meaningful, lengthy relationship crashed and burned in the last couple weeks, it dawned on me that I've been dating for more than two decades at this point. Twenty years. 7000 days. That's a hella long time. I suppose I do have some understanding (and even expertise, ugh) of how this relationship thing works out, whether talking weeks, months or years at this ... read more

I'm getting increasingly bullish about the near term. I'd be a buyer of weakness. I mentioned on the show I'll be having my mom on again and we'll be putting more of the money we took out in late 2007 back into the market...into tech. So many headlines this week about stagflation. Look at this Google trend for searches for "stagflation", for example too. And the headline on TheStreet.com ... read more

I realized a few weeks ago that I'd been suffering my own version of writer's block. What do you write to get started once you've taken off as many weeks as I have. After all these years of relentless writing. And with a new career, new bosses, new colleagues, new girlfriends...oh, wait, no, that faded fast this past one. I've been feeling a lot of pressure about how to get started ... read more

Happy Hour has a terrific guest list lined up for tonight: -Nouriel Roubini (aka "Dr. Doom"), Professor of Economics at NYU Stern School of Business -Laurie Dhue, Fox News -Phil Francis, CEO Petsmart -Philip Maitland, President English International Distillers -Michael Comeau, The Street.com -Nicole Miller, Designer -Valerie Combs, Buzz Logic Cody has chosen The ... read more

Today's Happy Hour guests are: -Robert Kubarych, Senior Fellow for International Economics and Finance for the Counsil on Foreign Relations -William Thompson, New York City Comptroller -John Caplan, CEO Ford Models -Rebecca Woodland, Attorney Happy Hour's director, Alison Hawley, has chosen Genesis for Today's Jams. Join Cody and Rebecca at the Bull and Bear at 5:00--or at 5:00 and 11:00pm ... read more

Today's Happy Hour guests are as follows: -Tim Sykes, Stock Trader, Author, Entrepreneur -John Hickenlooper, Mayor of Denver Colorado -Howard Rosencrans, President Value Advisory -Evan Bailyn, Cartoon Doll Emporium -Alice Gainer, Freelance Reporter -Toni Cani, Political Director Young Democrats of America -Jill Schlesinger, StrategicPoint Investments -Todd Harrison, Minyanville.com Cody ... read more