Here’s the economy/markets/trading/strategy part of the transcript from today’s chat.

Here’s what I was reading and thinking about today when I wasn’t preparing for another week of a earnings blitzkrieg.

Russell run-up may be near end

The Russell 2000 has been on fire since the beginning of the year, but the question is whether the money will flow out of the space as quickly as it went in.

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) moved past LG and ZTE for the number three spot on the list of global mobile phone vendors. Apple shipped 37 million mobile units in the fourth quarter, giving it an overall market share of 8.7 percent.

) and Bill Gates started Microsoft(MSFT) the world was much different. There was no Internet, no CNBC and no Twitter. If your parents bought into the Apple or Microsoft IPOs, they were …

) mobile devices in a ruling today by a court in Mannheim. This is the second injunction Motorola Mobility has won against Apple in Germany.

APPLE TO SELL TV SETS IN APRIL

) was likely to start selling its TV sets this April, and that it would not be later than May. According to the source …

) New iPod Nano To Have Camera?

) is planning to …

) just reported a tremendous quarter where earnings per share eclipsed 13.87 dollars a share, while revenue jumped 74% to 46.3 billion, and net income doubled to an astounding 13.1 billion. With Apple’s recent earnings beating …