The only guy that I ever listen to on CNBC is Art Cashin. He's the only one that has any idea how the market works. And when he truly doesn't know something he utters those seldom spoken 3 words: "I don't know." -- He's also pretty funny!
Battipaglia is without a doubt the biggest "permabull". That guy will candy coat any bad news. Rates going up? No Problem. Battipaglia says that rates will be lower soon and the market is a forward looking mechanism. Rates going down? Hell, everybody knows the market goes up with interest rates falling. That guy is unbelievable.