Excited to interview Aniket Bhardwaj of Charles River Associates on mergers and acquisitions and cyber security issues and more next week on the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast.

On our very unofficial X poll, 48% of 1900 respondents said they would cut spending in reaction to market turmoil. Bloomberg reports it’s still unlikely the S&P 500 finishes up this year.

Thrilled early this week to visit with Edward Marx on the Digitial Voices podcast. Great to talk women’s leadership and finance this week with Holly Buckley. Excited to be a guest on the Rural Health Care podcast today with Jeremiah J. Hodshire one of the great leaders of our time.

Can’t wait to visit with Cliff A. Megerian, MD, FACS CEO of University Hospitals at the Becker’s Healthcare Annual Meeting at the end of April. Excited to hear the complicated Lance Armstrong keynote at the McGuireWoods LLP HealthCare Private Equity Conference May 14 and 15 at the Ritz Carlton in

Great to feature Sales Empowerment Group and Sean Carson on the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast Webinar yesterday. My next webinar where we talk business and growth and treat as an interactive discussion is May 7. Message me with your email and will get you signed up. Limited attendance

Grinder is up 70% over the last year.  Hims and Hers is up 90%.  We find this to be a welcome distraction.

My new favorite game. 1. If I want to get a rise out of my liberal friends I put MAHA in a text. 2. If I want to get a rise out of my conservative friends I start the text with “This is what (pick one) Warren Sander or AOC

12 quick notes this am. 1. Great to feature Sales Empowerment Group and Sean Carson on the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast Webinar yestersay. 2. Excited to hear the complicated Lance Armstrong keynote at the McGuireWoods LLP HealthCare Private Equity Conference May 14 and 15 at the Ritz Carlton

Bloomberg reports that the chances of a full recovery this year remain slim.  We will see. “Even after Wednesday’s furious rebound in US stocks, the chances that the S&P 500 Index will end the year with a gain remain slim, if history is any guide.”  Bloomberg.

The U.S. imported $438.9 billion worth of goods from China in 2024, according to the Census Bureau.   The US exports around $140 billion a year to China.

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US stock futures sank on Thursday, pulling back after the major indexes staged a historic rally amid concerns that President Trump’s broad trade offensive has become a direct confrontation with China.See Yahoo Finance

The markets roared back today and all is good again in America.

We feature on our webinar today Sales Empowerment Group and Sean Carson on growing revenues in a changing economy. A great topic for today.

At some point President Trump will I believe start to cut trade deals with some of our larger trading partners. It’s pretty clear he won’t start with small trading partners and give away his deal terms on smaller deals. When he does cut deals, we expect the market will recover