Byron Wien's 2010 Surprises
Airtime: Wed. Apr. 7 2010 | 7:45 AM ET
Wall Street veteran Byron Wien unveiled his 2010 surprises list four months ago. The CNBC team takes a look at how his list is doing so far.

Airtime: Wed. Apr. 7 2010 | 7:45 AM ET
Wall Street veteran Byron Wien unveiled his 2010 surprises list four months ago. The CNBC team takes a look at how his list is doing so far.

The days of a family expecting to use their returns from investments to fund their retirement or pay for their kids’ college educations are over, says Bill Gross, co-CIO and founder of PIMCO.

About half of the FOMC now sees risks tilted to the downside, reports CNBC’s Steve Liesman. Zane Brown, of Lord Abbett, and James Bianco, of Bianco Research, share their views.

CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reports that China’s SAIC has informally approached GM about getting in on its IPO later this year. The company is said to have a 13-year relationship with GM.

Discussing the risk of global currency wars, with Christian Carillo, head of Asia-Pacific interest rate strategy at Societe Generale Corporate & investment Banking. He tells CNBC’s Karen Tso and Sri Jegarajah, that with economies underperforming, domestic political pressures will increase for measures that will not be beneficial to anyone.

President Obama discusses his trade agenda at the Export-Import Bank’s Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

The world’s biggest developed economies are in for a double dip, says Dariusz Kowalczyk, chief investment strategist at SJS Markets. He speaks with CNBC’s Anna Edwards and Chloe Cho about how severe this dip will be.