“The US must pay off debt before creating a sovereign wealth fund: Trump.” Reuters. This may be the smartest comment from any President in years. This is a good reversal from his earlier position where he was all in on a sovereign wealth fund asap.

Michael Dowling the long time CEO of Northwell Health announced he will be retiring. Michael is a generational talent in leadership and a remarkable human being. We learned a lot from Michael.

Our X survey shows that Delta is by far more popular than United Airlines and American Airlines. Delta and United are down around 16% year to date. American is down nearly 31% year to date.

The market cap count. Microsoft is number 1. NVIDIA number 2. Apple is number 3.

The news at UnitedHealth Group keeps getting worse. It was just reported that the company is facing an investigation over fraud in the Medicare Advantage program. The stock is down more than 6% premarket after falling nearly 20% earlier this week. The current CEO, Andrew Witty who is a really

5 thoughts from a talk today. Becker’s Healthcare Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast McGuireWoods LLP 1. Do your core job great and keep your eyes open. Connect dots and keep your eyes open. But start with doing your job great. We like to say spend 80 to 90% of

The McGuireWoods LLP HealthCare Private Equity Conf kick offs this Wednesday. Holly Buckley and Amber Walsh for information. Ritz Carlton Chicago. An incredible meeting with great leaders. I’m excited to interview Astronaut and investor Anousheh Ansari at the meeting. The Becker’s Healthcare Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Conf is in

Nissan slashes 15% of its global work force as the Japan automaker sinks into losses. AP. Nissan has been in a world of hurt for a long time. Nissan was once a great brand. A long strange fall.

Samsung beats Apple to punch, launches ultrathin Galaxy S25 Edge months before the ‘iPhone Air. Yahoo Finance. Does anyone ever switch between Apple and Samsung. Is it hard to switch? Apple Stock Rises On Tariff Relief. Apple remains down 16% year to date. Apple is number 2 to Microsoft in

Goldman Lifts S&P 500 Targets With Caution on Market Optimism. Bloomberg. Let’s hope the surge continues. We take the projections from the large financial firms with a grain of salt. Microsoft surged 10% yesterday. Market cap hits $3.34 trillion. Amazing what Microsoft has created. The markets, after surging yesterday, open

We are excited to feature world class orthopedic surgeon  who is also the co-founder of Upswing on the  podcast shortly.

I’m thrilled to interview keynote speaker  astronaut and entrepreneur at the  Health Care Private Equity Conf this Thursday in Chicago. I’m also excited to give a keynote talk on Wednesday at the  Young Health Leaders’ Summit in Atlanta on Wednesday.

1. You never truly know what you have until someone starts to work for you. 2. Don’t beat yourself up over bad hires. Learn but don’t get gun shy. You need to build teams. 3. Reliability is foundational. 4. You can have all the talent in the world but if

Lyft jumped 28% on Friday. This happened after it reported terrific first quarter results.