The Cody Word
  • All posts in

    May 2008

May 7, 2008 05:11 PM EDT

Happy Hour guests for the 7th of May

Ellie Kay, Author A Tip A Day w/ Ellie Kay Jessica Denay, The hot Mom's Handbook Author Trina, Katrina Laverne Taylor, Music Artists New Album "Still The Baddest" David Neuberg, Karat Platinum President and CEO Brian Fabri, BNP Paribas Chief Economist Todd Harrison, Minyanville ... read more


May 7, 2008 01:45 PM EDT

What the Heck Am I Doing On TV?

I really do have an amazing job.  I go to the storied Waldorf Astoria everyday to talk to some of the smartest, famous, beautiful, interesting, hardworking, inspirational, challenging, powerful people in the world. And that's amazing. But it's also very stressful. I feel a lot of pressure.  Sometimes, more than others. And I did just see a commercial for our show on Fox Business -- ... read more


May 6, 2008 04:29 PM EDT

The Big 3: Short Juice, a Real Cycle, and Nvidia Earnings

And here's what was pumping at $122 a barrel in my head today: 1. Scale the Wall of Oil 2. Pair Trade: Buy Mortgages; Short Real Estate 3. Visualize NVDA Moving Higher 1. Remember, if you're wanting to short oil, that you want to use any moves in the $120 area to scale into those bets. Don't make a stand. 2. From the record $1.3 billion losses at homebuilder DR Horton to the ... read more


May 6, 2008 04:13 PM EDT

Happy Hour Guest List for May 6th

Jeff Hayzlett, Kodak Chief Business Development Officer Katherine Waterson, Actress David Neeleman Bob O'Brien, Barron's Jonathan Soares, Jonathan Q's BBQ Found & CEO Thomas Ranese, "I Love NY" Campaign Frank Donatelli, RNC ... read more


May 6, 2008 01:01 PM EDT

Visualize This: Nvidia a Good (But Risky!) Trade Into Earnings

Cisco's out after the bell today and it'll get all kinds of focus from the media and a lot of mainstream money managers. Rightly so, I suppose, given the company's worth five Yahoos, two and half Disneys, or about one Apple. In other words, it's a big company. Cisco calls are a good source of insight about the current spending trends in the telecom and technology industries, although CEO ... read more


May 5, 2008 04:30 PM EDT

The Big 3: Death to the CB! Liars Liars Liars! Dreaming Large!

1. Death to all Central Banks! 2. Don't believe Wall Street's liars 3. Bill Gates and me: One degree of separation? Here's what I was dreaming about today: 1. Treasury Lending Facilities, intraday liquidity injections, mortgage contract nullifications, aggressive, even panicked rate cuts. You really think anybody can control all these moving pieces and generate positive results? ... read more


May 5, 2008 02:47 PM EDT

Too Bad Yang Doesn't Have the Guts To Just Split Yahoo Into Three Companies and Be Done With It

Yahoo should just break itself up instead. This is a company that's had no direction since Semel stupidly decided it wasn't a tech company but should copy media company business models from last century. And today Softee walks away from the Yahoo deal. I'd expected this deal to get done, as I figured Softee would raise its bid. Which they did. But Yang et al, the same geniuses who can't seem ... read more


May 5, 2008 12:01 PM EDT

Happy Hour guests for Cinco de Mayo

Stefani Greenfield, Scoop NYC Owner & Creative Dirmanda Hawk Cazadores and Corzo Tequilas Scott Rothbort Kinky Friedman, Independent Texas Eric Gioia, Democrat Jeffrey Frankey, Stuart Frankel President Jodi Watson, Chief Marketing Officer, Bag Borrow & Steal ... read more


May 2, 2008 04:19 PM EDT

The Big 3: Top Tap Water, Bytes, Bars, and Google

1. Free Water for $8 2. Softee Bits Better Than Gold 3. Whoopi! Sell Google 1. I just want to remind everyone who thinks that oil at $120 a barrel is simply a function of supply and demand - This water is free, but you pay $8 a gallon at the bodega for it. People use their money in weird ways, including speculating on an oil bubble at the top, which I still think $120 just might be. 2. ... read more


May 2, 2008 02:32 PM EDT

Happy Hour Guest List for April 30th

Bear Grylls, Born Survivor Author, Iceland Air Kris Carr, Mixologist, Mint Julip Steve Grasso, Stuart Frankel John Lorber, Albrizzio sales Director, KY Derby Hats Alan Colmes "Hannity and Colmes" Co-Host, Fox News Channel ... read more


about this blog

  • Cody Willard is an anchor on the FOX Business Network. Willard is also the principal of an investment management company. He was a long-time featured columnist for the Financial Times and TheStreet.com as well as a regular featured economist and stock picker on CNBC's ''Kudlow & Company."

most popular posts