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Important updates on what we’re following each day. 

Events –

While I have the chance to give several talks or comments a year, I am particularly excited to give comments at the NAHSE National event in Chicago at the end of April and to speak at the Next Level Exchange event in July. Both are fantastic service and mentorship organizations.

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Webinars –

A special thanks to sponsor and fantastic company Sales Empowerment Group and Sean Carson for being our special webinar guest in April at Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast.

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Business & Personal Advice –

There is all this business and personal advice out there about the 5 people you hang out with the most.  And a lot of it goes like this. Pick your 5 closest based on how successful or something they are because you will gravitate to be a lot like them.

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Podcasts Highlights –

Podcasts Highlights – Great and inspiring to talk to Murphy Jensen, Daniela Tudor and Cameron Chell on a special episode of the Becker’s Healthcare and Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast yesterday. They founded behavioral company WeConnect. Murphy won the French Open with his brother in doubles and is one

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Market Stories –

NVIDIA is down nearly 6% pre market on restrictions on exports to China. On the scales and portfolio side finally a better week where I’m not cowering to go on the scale or look at the portfolio.

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Rap battles of history- Bessent, Trump and Powell

There used to be a great series called rap battle of history that would pit historical figures against each other and my son and I would find this crazily entertaining.   I think now as you have Powell saying rates ain’t coming down, Bessent saying stop worrying and President Trump

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Bessent says stop panicking Yahoo Finance

US Treasury Scott Bessent has a message to powerful public company CEOs: Stop worrying about tariffs, and get back to business. “We’re going to have a lot more clarity on the way forward [on tariffs] over the next 90 days,” Bessent told Yahoo Finance in an interviewon Tuesday (video above).

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10 Stories and Thoughts Today

10 stories we are following today. 1. NVIDIA is down nearly 6% pre market on restrictions on exports to China. 2. China and the US look like they are circling toward talks. 3. Great to talk to Murphy Jensen, Daniela Tudor and Cameron Chell on a special episode of the

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Market Notes –

Nine stocks we follow. KKR is down 30% YTD. Apollo Global Management, Inc. is down 24% YTD. Tesla is down 37% YTD, Walgreens Boots Alliance is up 16% YTD, UnitedHealth Group is up 16% YTD and Palantir Technologies is up 22% YTD. American Express is down 14% YTD. FTI Consulting

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Travel & Auto –

American Airlines (AAL) said on Tuesday it will provide free high-speed in-flight internet services beginning in January 2026 in partnership with AT&T. American Airlines is down 45% YTD. China tells its airlines to not take deliveries of Boeing jets. Boeing is down 10% YTD and 3% pre market. General Motors

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Trade War / Tariffs –

Honda is reportedly trying to move more of its production from Canada and Mexico to the US. Reuters. “The U.S. was Honda’s biggest market last year, accounting for nearly 40% of global sales. The automaker sold 1.4 million vehicles, including Acura models, in the U.S. last year. It imported about

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9 to 5 and Working for a Living.

If you follow Twitter/X you’d think that everyone who works a job and is not an entrepreneur is a loser.  In reality this is so obnoxiously wrong.  People who work a job and people who are entrepreneurs make America go.  Both are great.   God bless em both. Nothing is

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7 Stories We Are Following Today

7 stories we are following today. 1. Honda is reportedly trying to move more of its production from Canada and Mexico to the US. Reuters. “The U.S. was Honda’s biggest market last year, accounting for nearly 40% of global sales. The automaker sold 1.4 million vehicles, including Acura models, in

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18 of our Most Listened to Guests

18 of our most listened to guests on the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast 1. Mitch Granger Northwestern Mutual 2. David Pivnick McGuireWoods LLP 3. Scott Colbert Commerce Bank 4. Holly Buckley McGuireWoods LLP 5. Greg Moerschel BPOC 6. Rick Kes RSM 7. Geoffrey Cockrell McGuireWoods LLP 8. Amber

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