Alan Schwartz's Opening Statement to FCIC
Airtime: Wed. May 5 2010 | light e) ET
Former Bear Stearns CEO Alan D. Schwartz provides his opening statement to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission regarding the failure of his former company.

Airtime: Wed. May 5 2010 | light e) ET
Former Bear Stearns CEO Alan D. Schwartz provides his opening statement to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission regarding the failure of his former company.

Parsing today’s ISM non-manufacturing and pending home sales data, with CNBC’s Rick Santelli and Diana Olick.

The countdown to the opening bell, with Art Cashin, UBS. May 11, 2010

“Concerns over a ‘double-dip’ recession seem overdone, but fears are unlikely to fade as economic tensions linger,” Ashok Shah, the Chief Investment Officer at London & Capital, told CNBC Wednesday.

Even if Julia Gillard takes over the PM seat in Australia, the proposed mining tax will still remain, says Colin Chapman, Asia Pacific VP at Strategic Forecasting. He makes his case to Brian Coulton of Fitch Ratings, CNBC’s Martin Soong, Karen Tso & Sri Jegarajah.

The Nasdaq could spiral into a freefall if it breaks below the 2,100 point level, warns Daryl Guppy, CEO of Guppytraders.com. He explains why to Howard Eisen, MD & co-founder of FletcherBennett, CNBC’s Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah.

“The balance sheets of banks are just as bad as they were” two years ago when the crisis began and “the quality of the risks hasn’t improved,” Nassim Taleb, professor and author of the bestselling book “The Black Swan,” told CNBC on Thursday.