Behind the Scenes

Oil is about to hit 100 bucks.  I think Thursday is the day, as long as Hurricane Ike stays south and away from those Gulf platforms, we are going down.  My best guess on the show today was by October 1st, you will see oil at $90.  In fact, it should be lower than that, but there are still plenty of pension and hedge funds that are investing in oil.  Does that bother me? The evil ... read more

On Monday I promised to post the video from our interview with former FEMA Director Michael Brown. Three years ago he was in charge of FEMA, and after Hurricane Katrina he took the fall for the President, for Michael Chertoff, basically the entire agency. Was it fair that he was fired? I can't answer that. But, it was extremely ... read more

Dr. Bruce Weinstein joined us yesterday on the 12pm ET hour of Fox Business. Tom and I took the quiz, but I promised all of you the quiz for yourselves. Here you go: How ethically intelligent are you? Take the following quiz to find out. 1. One of the people you have just hired seems to be attracted to you, and you are attracted to this person. Both of you are single. Would you: A) ... 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

Sometimes we have a good idea, and it ends up being great television.  We had that on the show Thursday, and you have to watch the segment.  It started with our afternoon meeting as we prepared for a long segment on commodity prices.  Some things like soybeans are seeing slight declines on the market, and we got to talking about what could be a positive effect on restaurants.  Then someone ... read more