Becker Private Equity & Business Podcast
The Markets, Warren Buffett’s Core Thought on Doing Deals, & My Putting 4-8-25
Tue, 08 Apr 2025
In this episode, Scott Becker shares a quick market update, reflects on Warren Buffett’s timeless deal-making advice, and admits to his putting woes on the golf course.
Chapter 1: What is the current state of the markets today?
This is Scott Becker with the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. These are three of the stories that we're following today. And some of these are going to be totally unexciting. But the markets, the markets have been up and down.
Chapter 2: How are tariffs influencing market fluctuations?
They look like at 2 o'clock Eastern that they're slightly up, but it's really been an up-and-down day as people bet on whether or not President Trump will do tariff negotiation deals or not. So right now, the market's slightly up. They were way up. They were down. Now they're slightly up. We'll see if that holds throughout the day. I'm not sure.
Chapter 3: What is Warren Buffett’s core advice on deal-making?
Chapter 4: Why does Scott Becker admit his golf putting needs improvement?
Second, and this is just a general admonition, Warren Buffett said it well, you cannot do a good deal with bad people, and it's something everybody should remember in every negotiation, every deal they're in. That's the second story today. The third story is truly a first-world problem, but I will treat this as a 12-step program. I will admit that my putting in golf sucks. My putting just sucks.
I'm going to work at it some. I don't know if there's a cure for this. If anybody has a cure for this and it's a useful cure and you send me a text as to how to improve my putting, I will send you a $50 Amazon gift certificate. You got to be the first one to respond. 773-766-5322. You got to be the first one to give me a legitimate putting tip and I'll send you a $50 Amazon gift certificate.
So again, the markets are up and down today. The old Warren Buffett concept, you can't do a good deal with bad people. Just the most true statement ever. And he's brilliant at doing good deals with good people. And finally, third, my putting sucks. I'm open to suggestions. I'm going to go to a 12-step program. I'm going to have to do something.
Thank you for listening to the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. If you're the first to hit me up on the putting concept and give me a suggestion, text 773-766-5322 and would love to send you a $50 Amazon gift certificate. Thank you for listening.