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8 More Stories We Are Following Today

8 more stories we are following today. 1. UnitedHealth Group is getting crushed in the markets. It’s down more than 20% today on missed earnings. 2. President Trump and Chairman Powell seem to truly hate each other. 3. The markets are having a horrendous week. 4. Thrilled to see the

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Trump V Powell Episode 300– Yahoo Finance

This is from Yahoo Finance where Trump says Powell should go President Trump turned up the pressure on Federal Reserve Jerome Powell again on Thursday, saying in a social media post” that he should lower interest rates and that Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!” The president’s comments posted to

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Podcast ranked number 1 today

I’m excited to see the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast ranked first this am in the Apple Business News Rankings. Thank you to our team and to Mike Wiston for helping us grow. Also Thank you to Aniket Bhardwaj for joining us yesterday to discuss cybersecurity, incident response and

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10 stories we are following at Beckers Healthcare

10 stories we are following at Becker’s Healthcare this week. 1. Harvard’s medical research takes big hit in federal funding freeze. Erica Carbajal. 2. Mark Cuban’s drug firm takes aim at injectable drug shortages. Paige Twenter. 3. From pilot to priority: The rise of ambient AI scribes in healthcare. Naomi

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Coming up…

We have a webinar coming up May 7 where I’ll discuss 25 business mantras and thoughts. These come out of our book “The Entrepreneurs Edge”. We are close to starting the next book. Click here to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CRR-56e4SLeqd_FqHLkc7g#/registration

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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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