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Including todays roller coaster action. Markets closed up, the dow rising 2 points, the s p gaining 0. 38 . Stocks are going up or down not because of Revenue Growth or lack thereof. Thats the simplistic way the newspapers are explaining it. Theyre going up or down because of expectations with a capital e. Often the expectations are just too great going into the quarter, or the expectations are negative enough that poor expectations should be the title of some of these Conference Calls. Take caterpillar. It reported a hideous quarter because it was the worst of times in china, the worst of tim...

And Warren Buffett, lets move on to him. Warren and the boards. Well, i voted for compensation plans that i havent agreed with. Ive even sort of muttered a yes on some mergers that i didnt think made sense. It happens. If Warren Buffett with all his money, power, influence, cant say no to a board or to a management, can anyone . Are these boards worth it or have they become yes men and yes women . First, though, lets talk with this and more with sue in the house today. I sure am, ty. Good to see you. Were going to start with apple. A lot to talk talk obviously. Up better man 8 now. See that sp...

In charge. And they were behind whatever lift we had today, dow stayed flattest, we gained. 17 , nasdaq was up. 52 . I say we take nerd roll call at the top of the show so you know exactly what i mean. I got ten nerds. Dowdy leftfordead companies that people didnt care about anymore because theyre wall flowers or boring cheap stocks that have fallen totally out of favor. These are the stocks that wear pocket protectors and wing tips. Okay. They have their own nonanimal house. The name of their fraternity . Its not fhi slam ma jama, its phi beta kappa. Consider the chief nerd apple. This compan...

The big question though, does oil once again determine how stocks are going to move today . We are going to keep our eye on that. Our road map begins with the market rally built by caterpillar. The company handily beating estimates. Airlines and automobiles helping accelerate those gains. Results from gm, United Continental and more. Some mixed results in media. Well run through the numbers from yelp, at t, comcast, as well. First up, futures on track to open sharply higher. A big reason for the positive sentiment. Blowout results from caterpillar. Earned 1. 72 a share in the corner well above...

Action. Markets closed up, the dow rising 2 points, the s p gaining 0. 38 . Stocks are going up or down not because of Revenue Growth or lack thereof. Thats the simplistic way the newspapers are explaining it. Theyre going up or down because of expectations with a capital e. Often the expectations are just too great going into the quarter, or the expectations are negative enough that poor expectations should be the title of some of these Conference Calls. Take caterpillar. It reported a hideous quarter because it was the worst of times in china, the worst of times in china. Not the worst, but ...