Steve Schwarzman's Worst Move
Airtime: Thurs. Oct. 21 2010 | 2:00 PM ET
Discussing the worst trade of an otherwise stellar career, with Steve Schwarzman, Blackstone Group’s chairman, CEO & co-founder.

Airtime: Thurs. Oct. 21 2010 | 2:00 PM ET
Discussing the worst trade of an otherwise stellar career, with Steve Schwarzman, Blackstone Group’s chairman, CEO & co-founder.

The “extended period” language is putting us in a box, Saint Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard tells CNBC

There is an 80% or more chance the euro zone will lose members within the next two years, Erwin Grandinger from EPM Financial Services Group said citing the group’s clients. He added that part of the problem is having no direct communication between politicians and the markets.

Homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages are letting homeowners associations fees slide, and now HOAs are fighting back and foreclosing. Tom Skiba, of the Community Associations Institute; Bill Davis, an attorney; and CNBC’s Diana Olick discusses this trend.

“This year we are expecting moderate growth… The discovery we made last year was that export dependence is also vulnerability,” Danilo Turk, the president of Slovenia, told CNBC Friday. The recent weakness of the euro is a good thing for Slovenia, he added.

June Fisher, author of “When Money Was in Fashion” and the granddaughter of Goldman Sachs co-founder Henry Goldman, discusses whether the Goldman legacy has been tarnished by ongoing investigations.

“I think interest rates forever in the US will be at zero. By zero I mean below the rate of inflation,” Marc Faber, editor & publisher of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, told CNBC Thursday. Faber also said that the Chinese economy will slow down, but avoid a crash.