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Friends Today’s earnings releases produced a mixed bag of share price reactions. Johnson & Johnson had a very nice earnings beat and for the most part the stock reacted positively. United Healthcare had what looked like a nice earnings scorecard but the shares, after rallying initially, spent the day down significantly. Bank of America had a nice earnings beat, but […]

It’s tasty Tuesday.  You’re hungry.  With the NBA playoffs, MLB off to a fine start, the Masters, and the NFL draft upcoming there is plenty to chew on.  Ten Nuggets await your consumption below. If you like Tiger or if not (and most do) you have to tip your golf visor his way.  Four back …

As we wrote Wednesday, the Washington Generals are off to a rough start with a won/loss record of 1-17,000.  It’s a winning percentage of roughly 0.0001 or one one hundredth of one percent.  But there is a certain 2019 major league baseball player who is actually off to a worse start.  Chris Davis, of the …

Hello friends.  Ten very quick thoughts on The Masters which begins its annual walk among the azaleas today.  It’s the most anticipated week of the year for golf purists.  Second place isn’t close. Anyone and everyone that has been shouts to those who have not, “you HAVE to go!” If Tiger is threatening on Sunday, …

Friends Market participants waited breathlessly for the Fed Minutes today (not really), as stocks just drifted aimlessly until the release. Not much changed after the release as stocks tilted quietly to the upside until the close of the session. Basically, the Fed minutes indicated that most of the Fed officials don’t see a likelihood that rates would need to be […]

Yesterday, the disappointing, no playoff Los Angeles Lakers lost team president Magic Johnson, as he abruptly resigned.  Meanwhile, the perennially disappointing New York Knicks won their 17th regular season game to insure that they won’t set a single season record for futility even if they lose tonight’s season ending game.  But, if you are really …

Michael Phelps was the third ever American athlete to capture gold in four consecutive Summer Olympics in the same event.  Carl Lewis became only the second American to do so from 1984 through 1996. He won nine golds in all, but four consecutively came from the long jump.  But do you know who the first …

The madness that was March Madness didn’t disappoint due to the calendar turning the page to April.  We have a few nuggets for you to chew on prior to tonight’s final.  Saturday, in The Final Four matchups, upset minded and upstart Texas Tech stymied a darn good Michigan State team.  Meanwhile, Virginia squeezed by upstart …

If it feels like you just spent nine months “on the inside,” go enjoy the better weather and the weekend.  

Friends The jobs number was a little better than expected with 196,000 new jobs created in March, but not so strong as to cause concern among market participants that the Fed might be tempted to rethink their dovish stance. The unemployment rate remained at 3.8%, while average hourly earnings creeped slightly higher and sits at a 3.2% gain year over […]