Jeff Matthews has nearly 30 years experience on Wall Street, and has run his own hedge fund for 15 years.  He started as an energy analyst at Merrill Lynch in 1979, moved into the consumer and technology fields as an analyst at several large investment firms, and founded his own hedge fund, Ram Partners LP, in 1994.  His financial blog, JeffMatthewsIsNotMakingThisUp, was recommended by Barron’s in 2006 and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal’s Market Beat.  His first book, “Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett’s Omaha,” was just published by McGraw-Hill.