Best Guess

CHERYL: The changes being proposed for broker dealers and investment advisors will have little to no impact on the securities industry because it will be impossible for the SEC or whomever they appoint to oversee it.  Lawsuits will eventually happen but that is years away.   STUART VARNEY: read more

The top of the show was devoted to testimony from Tim Geithner, so only two best guesses were out today on the air.  Too bad, I really liked mine, so be the first to see/read it! Tom Sullivan: Computer sales are down because people are waiting for Apple and Microsoft to release new operating systems.  Apple will have a strong 3rd quarter due to its release of its operating system, Snow ... 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

Today we did not get to three of our five best guesses, but I have to say it's always worth it, especially when Stuart accuses me of calling him cheap, which I basically did!  He's the best, and here's the  best guesses from Tuesday's show: CHERYL CASONE: The new stock issued by General Motors after bankruptcy is completed will be a low volume, low interest trade that most institutional ... read more

STUART VARNEY: The only way to cut the cost of health care quickly is tort reform....cut the endless liability suits. Obama says tort reform might be a part of the discussion... perhaps so, but Democrats and the lawyers won't allow it. RUSSELL PEARLMAN: Foreclosures are coming back: with a vengeance! We’ve seen a leveling off in foreclosures over the last few months as there have been ... read more