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 …
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 […]
. Lefty and Shorty were all but ready to close the Gulf Oil gas station last evening. The Gulf of Mexico has spoken. The early spring, humid, steamy air descended on the quiet evening. Midnight neared and cars were nowhere near. Lefty- Why on earth do we stay open this late on a Thursday night? …
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. So said William Arthur Ward. We had no idea who William Arthur Ward was, but an avid reader forwarded this quote to us yesterday. Turns out that Mr. Ward was an often quoted writer of inspirational maxims. During …
One of the many gifts that Boom Boom gave us was the torrent of quips about how one leads one’s life. He could say so much by saying so little. A statement at just the right moment resonated in my young, eager eardrums. How I interpreted or applied it was up to me. No more …
