why he's still long treasuries, abnd he spent years learning before going out on his own, michael karshen mountain coffee is surging today. up sharply after the company beat expectations for q-2. announce s its expanding its del with starbucks. he has been following it from the beginning. hi, herb. >> hello. this is a case of a deal trumping the numbers. in this kind of market with the heavily shorted stock, that's all it takes to get things going. now, yesterday, green mountain announced a five-year expansion of its current partnership with starbucks. what's not known is the economics of that deal, which could not have been timed better for green mountain. without this deal, it is fair to say this was not really a good quarter. sales growth continue to slide. growing just 14% compared with 37% the year before and 15% the quarter before. the company also guided down sales for the third quarter and brewer sales fell, tumbling by 9%, which the company concedes was more than expected. earnings easily soared past expectations and earnings guidance was lifted. but much of that is from coffee