The Political Economy
Airtime: Mon. Aug. 23 2010 | 6:20 AM ET
Political pressure is rising ahead of the midterm elections, with Greg Valliere, Potomac Research Group, Allen Sinai ,Decision Economics.

Airtime: Mon. Aug. 23 2010 | 6:20 AM ET
Political pressure is rising ahead of the midterm elections, with Greg Valliere, Potomac Research Group, Allen Sinai ,Decision Economics.

The U.S. will be making a huge mistake if it does go ahead and sign an anti-China trade sanction bill, warns Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley. He explains why to CNBC’s Bernard Lo & Karen Tso.

“As far as I’m concerned the technicals are in tact, says Guy Adami. We said the S&P would over-correct to the upside and trade up to 1130 and then turn lower — and it did. Now we’re likely in the next leg lower. We have to see what happens as the S&P trades down to the lower end of the range – around 1040 – will it hold next time we test it?
The patterns in the S&P suggest that support will not hold this time, adds Oppenheimer’s Carter Worth. My persumption is we break lower. I think we go to 980. I don’t think a great crash is coming but we are clearly entering a period when the downside should be the focus of investors.”

Apple unveiled a new version of the iPhone, which has more than 100 new features. Tech columnist Dan Ackerman shares his reaction.

There will be a correction in the stock market “at some point,” Anthony Fry from Evercore Partners told CNBC Wednesday. But it’s unclear when that correction will occur, he added.

It’s very important for the Chinese economy to maintain its stable trajectory. A stable growth path for the Chinese economy is good for global growth, Andrew Sheng from China Banking Regulatory Commission said Friday. The fiscal stimulus has been very positive. Growth has come back but uncertainties remain, he added.

Blackrock’s Doll: Abating Market Ambiguities. Insight on where the markets are headed, with Robert Doll, BlackRock vice chairman.