May 2008

Here's what was bold in my mind when I wasn't crackberrying today: 1. Sadness Is Natural, but Keep Going 2. STILL Blackberry and iPhone vs. the World 3. Sell Strength 'Cuz Caution Still Reigns 1. It's very difficult to remove oneself from the emotions around a human tragedy such as today's earthquake in China and our hearts go out to everyone affected. Each of us has a job to do ... read more

I grew up with a dog at my side. Being a vet's kid, working on the farm outside of town on the weekends and running around the woods of New Mexico, I always had a dog. But when by the time I'd finished my time away from home at college, my dogs had passed away, and I was ready to take on the world. I broke up with my college sweetheart and headed to NYC having no idea what to expect but knowing ... read more

Here's what I was spinning on my finger when I wasn't spinning a basketball today: 1. Oil Below $100 One Way or Another 2. Fed Ex Delivers More Caution 3. A Trade is a Trade is a Trade 1. Oil, Oil, Oil. I see and hear a lot of oil bears giving up their shorts and even thinking about getting long oil again. Don't make a stand, but I sure like the set up of being short oil in these ... read more

Okay, so we got lucky again and Nvidia's up pretty nicely after its report last night. The company did indeed deliver an update that said business is fine. And that's pretty much all Wall Street needed to see and hear. The company talked a lot about how we're becoming an ever-more graphics central computing world -- something I mentioned here and especially on Happy Hour when I was previewing ... read more

Well, well, well, here we've just pre-emptively spent darn near every bullet the government thinks its got in its arsenal to prop up this supposedly disastrous economy, yet AIG still has to admit to ridiculous losses and raise more than ten thousands bunches of a million dollars each. Yeah, $12 billion is 12,000 million, you realize!   Picture for a minute how stupid you'd feel if you lost ... read more

We have the following guests for this evening: The Harlem Globetrotters, The CEO and 4 players Sarah Lacy, Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good (author) Justin Wolfers, UPENN Assistant Professor of Business & Public Policy Betsey Stevenson, UPENN Assistant Professor of Business & Public Policy Jonathan Gold, Oak Crest Camp Owner/Director Lazaro Perez, Bridal Designer Joseph ... read more

Here is what I was munching on today: 1. Misleading Retailers. 2. Socialist U.S.: Capitalist Europe? 3. Learn about Darfur. 1.. It's so frustrating how the media decides to take whatever the stock reaction's are and base their entire analysis of whatever report was out, on it. Today's retail reports: the stocks are up so retail must be better than expected. Guys listen, retail has ... read more

Maria Fiorini Ramirez, MFR President & CEO Dagen Mcdowell Pat Lashinsky, Zip Realty CEO Ramy Gafni, Makeup Artist Mike Richter, Environmental Capital Partners Harry Slatkin, Slatkin& CO Founder Ruth Lande Shuman, Publicolor Founder & President Marc Ecko, Fashion Designer, Publicolor Supporter ... read more

Sometimes the Universe delivers the perfect song at the perfect time for ya. I was walking to the West 4th Subway stop this morning, thinking about that what I'd written in that post I'd written yesterday about wondering what I'm doing on TV for a living. And existentially I suppose, I was also thinking about writing that post I'd written yesterday. Not surprisingly, I suppose, there's been some ... read more

1. Bloodletting Central Bankers Cometh 2. No Housing Bottom 'Til NYC Tanks 3. Release The Pain Here's what i was stalking in my own head today: 1. So after creating and then giving a trillion dollars to the rich bankers on Wall Street, the Federal Government's now making noise about wanting to have more disclosure and transparency from rich bankers on Wall Street. Wall Street's ... read more