The first quarter off 2013 has gone by in an absolute blur for me, I’m not sure if I’ve ever worked this hard. I really pushed it to the limit and so did my team – taking care of clients, onboarding new clients, managing portfolios, training staff, keeping the sites fresh with great content, doing…

As a general rule, it gets harder and harder to surprise people the more you do it. So too goes the game of economic expectations – as reports come in better, economists nudge their forecasts for future reports higher and higher. Until they get ahead of themselves and the data starts to “disappoint”.  It’s all…

The below from FactSet Research’s end of Q1 report (emphasis mine): * For Q1 2013, 86 companies have issued negative EPS guidance and 24 companies have issued positive EPS guidance. This marks the fourth consecutive quarter that the percentage of negative guidance has been above 70% at the end of the quarter. * For the…

Today on the show – lots of stocks we never talk about plus guest host Laszlo Birinyi!

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Wall Street has supposedly dropped trading activity that could be construed as “proprietary” as part of the new financial reforms that seek to limit gambling at deposit institutions. But they’re still trading prop to some extent. Sales guys on The Street are becoming more like a concierge service these days, arranging meetings with company management…

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