June 2008

If you shop often at the grocery store, you may have noticed prices are starting to go up.  In fact, a friend of mine, who doesn't shop that often, and had not been food shopping recently (we are New Yorkers, we eat out a lot) was shocked to see how much everything had gone up.  Not just fruit, not just vegetables, but across the board price increases. Welcome to high gas and diesel prices.  ... read more

A couple of Texas related things for you this week.  First, I am featured in an article from my hometown, Dallas.  Most of my family is still in Texas (in fact I am rushing to get to a flight at La Guardia to go see Dad for Father's Day.)  Yes, I am flying American, a full report on Monday. My Mother and I moved to Phoenix when I was 10, so most of my education was there, but summers and ... read more

This week at the WSJ Deals and Dealmakers Conference I had some very interesting conversations.  One of the best interviews was my exclusive with Peter Fisher, Managing Director and Co-Head of Fixed Income at BlackRock.  This is a firm that manages 1.3 trillion of assets, one of the largest money managers in the world. Peter is someone who could have run the NYSE, he could have run the New ... read more

Talk about a late night blogging session, it is way past my bedtime but just wanted you to know I will be blogging tomorrow, Wednesday, from the WSJ Dealmakers Conference. We spent the afternoon there today, and I have a couple of exclusive interviews I will be sharing with all of you tomorrow.  What I found the most interesting was that still, even at this point in the game, the smartest guys ... read more

That might as well have been the phrase of the day!  The world is ending as we know it, the markets are crashing, and you are destined to live in a dark empty hole past the age of 65.  Depressed?  You should be!  Now look at the VOLUME.  Folks, why are we not talking about this?  I know a few of the gang here in New York, the folks that trade, or run companies, or analyze companies and write ... read more