Behind the Scenes

Matt thinks the Phillies are ready for the road to victory.  On the one hand the head of our network, Kevin Magee, is from Philadelphia and is a big fan.  I wonder how he can manage to run the network and watch the action, but he does it well. On the other hand, Matt made the call in a room full of New York Yankee fans today.  Matt, not the most popular best guess buddy! CC TOM ... read more

I put this video from Tuesday's 12pm FBN show on Facebook, but wanted to also post it here so I can show all of you my producer Amy Sokoloff and her new fiance' Neil. The waving arm to her right is Lou Giserman, our Senior Producer.  If you look at the control room shot we took, the rest of the staff is either laughing during the segment, or hiding from the camera!  You know who you are! ... read more

I'm not sure what is more ironic about Friday, the fact that Liz Claman broke news with her Mary Shapiro interview on the regulation of hedge funds, or me breaking my foot Friday morning.  You probably noticed the wrap around my ankle on the set at 12pm and although it won't be there Monday, I do have to use a walking cast for six weeks.  At least I finished the Triathlon right? And had a great ... read more

Once again, our esteemed Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was on Capitol Hill, this time defending himself against allegations that he threatened Ken Lewis' job and that of the Board at Bank of America.  He stayed true to his defense, but do we believe him? Or, was it really Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary at the time that made these veiled or not-s0-veiled threats? I'm sure Paulson's testimony will ... read more

Today there was no Best Guess thanks to our President.  He took to the podium and the teleprompter about five minutes before our show ended when we usually bring in Stuart Varney.  Luckily, this is the blog for Best Guess: President Obama Edition! JAMES LEBENTHAL/LEBENTHAL AND COMPANY: Best speculative buy right now: airline stocks Summer travel is picking up Oil prices have not equated with ... read more