The comparisons between Seth MacFarlane’s new western and the Mel Brooks masterpiece ‘Blazing Saddles’ will be impossible to avoid when it comes out. ‘A Million Ways to Die in he West’ looks absolutely hilarious from the trailer and may just in fact be he funniest western in the 40 years (!) since Saddles was released….

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Once upon a time (2009-2011), we thrilled at the exploits of our new star investment managers, the Bond Kings, and everyone threw all of their money at them in lieu of buying stocks. And then, because God has a tremendous sense of humor, the stock market proceeded to leave all poor, dumb bastards in the…

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Is the business news for investors or citizens? It’s an interesting question, and one that I haven’t given a lot of thought to in all honesty. The easy answer is that business news should be able to serve both – but can it really do that? Or is there a hopelessly ingrained conflict? A review…

Twitter reported it’s first quarter, here’s the data via Matt Lynley at Buzzfeed Business… Despite beating analyst expectations on nearly every measure — revenue, guidance, earnings and the like — shares of Twitter are still tanking in extended trading after the company reported its fourth-quarter earnings. That’s likely partly because Twitter also said it had…

The Nikkei is now down 14% from it’s late-December high after an amazing year in 2013. This year’s drubbing has prompted some to say that the Japanese long-equities trade is “over”. And it could well be, but I’m not so sure. I’d argue that, if anything, the corporate earnings coming out of Japan have actually…

Only the Healthcare and Utility Sector SPDRs remain above their 200 20-day moving averages (and both are hanging on for dear life).   It’s getting ugly out there. This morning they’re taking a bat to $DDD, knocking 27% off the company’s market cap for guiding to slightly lower earnings for full-year 2014. Not a time to…

No Hot Links this morning as my entire house has pneumonia (except for me) which sets up a really interesting Long Island version of The Walking Dead. I’m trying not to let the wife and kids bite or scratch me. In the meantime, the schools were closed on account of the overnight ice storm, so…