July 2009

As day two of the Strategic & Economic Dialogue between the U.S. & China comes to a close, Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and Robert Nichols, chairman & president of The Financial Services Forum, joined me to debate the successes and failures of the meeting and where U.S. & China relations will go from here. As always with my good friend Ian, it was a very insightful conversation. You ... read more

This morning, Main Street America came to Studio G in News Corp's Headquarters. (Studio G is where I broadcast from every day. ) North Dakota Governor John Hoeven joined me to discuss why he's in New York and what he is doing to continue creating jobs. I didn't realize it until I read my research earlier this mornin,g but North Dakota is on a roll. Since the Governor took office in 2001, the ... read more

This morning our 8 a.m. roundtable discussed the state of U.S. & China relations -- a big topic right now as a two-day summit called the Strategic & Economic Dialogue begins in Washington D.C.. The meeting, hosted by Secretary of State Clinton and Treasury Secretary Geithner, comes at a very important time economically, politically and socially. A lot of countries are relying on China and ... read more

As a follow-up to my interview with Warren Buffett on Friday morning, I interviewed Mohnish Pabrai. He paid $650,100 dollars to have lunch with the Oracle of Omaha in 2007. How did it pay off? Since the lunch last June in NYC, his fund -- which declined 60% last year -- is up 50% through this June. Take a look at Warren Buffett taught him. I think you’ll be surprised! It involves no handheld ... read more

This morning Drew Kanaly, the chairman & CEO of Kanaly Trust joined me. We talked pretty specifically about the markets, the Fed and the so-called green shoots. Drew is an excellent guest and raised terrific points about the risks to the Fed’s unwinding of interest rates and quantitative easing. He suggests the Fed “is inflating our way out of the economy.” Interest rates will rise to at ... read more

The health care debate in this country has many faces. Some very personal. One woman who will probably look very familiar to you is Shona Holmes. She is the face of a health care ad denouncing universal health care. She joined me this morning to tell me her personal-health story and why she left Canada to get access to U.S. doctors to address a life-saving operation. In addition Secretary ... read more

This morning in a first for me, I interviewed Warren buffettt, famed investor and Chairman & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. We talked about everything from a new series of Webisodes that he's doing to create greater financial awareness for children, to where he's putting his money to work, if he'll redeem the Goldman warrants & whether Goldman has contacted him to repay his initial investment, if ... read more

This morning we continued our conversation on the state of public and private pension funds. How far are they underfunded and what can you do if you are near retirement? It's an important topic given how big the shortfall is in many states. Robert Powell the retirement columnist with MarketWatch and Keith Brainard the research director for NASRA joined me to educate all of us on what some call ... read more

Is a jobless recovery possible? What does that mean? How bad is the underemployment situation in this country? Will we need a second stimulus package directed at job growth? All excellent questions and this morning in a very good discussion on all of these issues Mort Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report Chairman & Editor-in-Chief joined me along with Brian Wesbury, First Trust Advisors Chief ... read more

Things to watch: All of which I sent earlier on twitter. My twitter address if you choose to follow me real-time is www.twitter.com/alexisglick 1.) Delphi’s pension obligations now shift to the PBGC (Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation). This after Delphi spent the last four years in bankruptcy. The expectation was that General Motors would have to foot the pension benefit bill for Delphi ... read more