Happy birthday to ace investment banker and scratch golfer Jeff Golman Mesirow Capital Markets & Investment Banking. Also Thank you to Todd Lippman CBRE and the work you do to support Providence St Mel.

I’m thrilled to give a talk this week July 9th at the Next Level Exchange summer event. The talk is focused on building businesses – lessons from a career of wins and losses. There I will be interviewed by brilliant

The largest private equity funds are starting to find their footing. Throughout the year they have been down nearly 20 to 25%. Now Blackstone is down 10% and KKR is down 6%. Big deals are picking up. Mid size and

Tesla drops this morning after Elon Musk jumps back into politics. “Tesla’s Musk Launch of New Political Party ‘Exactly the Opposite Direction’ Shareholders Want, Wedbush Says”. MT Newswires. Tesla is down nearly 7% early today and down nearly 22% year

Futures point down this morning after notching record after record highs. “Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures fall as Trump warns of 10% BRICS tariff, deals deadline looms”. “https://lnkd.in/g6hGFYez“. See also “US consumers plan to cut back this

lululemon sues Costco Wholesale. “Lululemon slapped a lawsuit against Costco on Friday, accusing the wholesale club operator of selling lower-priced duplicates of some of its popular athleisure apparel.” Lululemon is down 35% year to date. Costco is up more than 7%.

The three biggest losers out of the 500 stocks in the S&P 500 index through mid year are UnitedHealthcare, Deckers Brands and Enphase Energy. Deckers is down 48% year to date and United is down 35% year to date. “These

Tesla dropped more than 5% yesterday and is down 25% year to date. While its sales slightly grew in China, it is expected that its overall sales declined in the quarter. The big questions are can it stabilize car sales