The longtime analyst, who worked for Cowen & Co. and Goldman Sachs in the 1980s, has a blunt message for investors.

The best passing attack in football demolished another NFC East foe. Given the state of the competition, perhaps that can be enough to overcome a leaky defense and get Dallas back to the playoffs.

Jake Conley is a breaking news reporter at Yahoo Finance, where he covers the US equities market. His reporting has crossed oil and gas, hedge funds, and human rights for an array of publications ...