Congratulations to Matt Wolf on joining Elliott Davis. Matt is an exceptional leader and analyst. A separate shout out to Greg Koonsman who does an incredible job leading VMG Health and now serves as Executive Chairman. A great professional and

We have a webinar May 7th on 25 business and life mantras and thoughts. It’s partially based on the book “The Entrepreneur’s Edge”. Our new concept is to give away free copies of the book at all of my talks.

38% of adults in the US and 43% of households in the US have zero ownership in stocks or equities. Listen to the great divide at Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. We expect to release 3 to 4 short

I’m thrilled to interview Coach Nick Saban at the Becker’s Healthcare Conference on Monday and excited to see Holly Buckley McGuireWoods LLP interview Lance Armstrong at the McGuireWoods LLP HealthCare PE Conference May 14 and 15.

Futures point down this morning as the markets digest mixed signals re tariffs and negotiations. PepsiCo lowered its full-year earnings expectations Thursday, citing increased costs from tariffs and a pullback in consumer spending. AP

Stifel Financial Corp. missed earnings by a large amount and dropped 3.8% yesterday. It’s down 21% year to date. AllianceBernstein is essentially flat year to date. FTI Consulting is down 11% but heading in the right direction. It’s been hiring

Tesla jumped the last two days but remains down nearly 38% year to date.

Chipotle Mexican Grill which lost Brian Niccol as CEO is down pre market and down 20% year to date. Starbucks where Brian has taken the leadership role is down 10% year to date. PepsiCo is down 6.44% year to date.