Ignore Good News During Crisis
Airtime: Fri. May 21 2010 | 4:00 AM ET
During a crisis, there will often be “crumbs of comfort” from economic data, but these should be ignored, Moorad Choudhry from London Metropolitan University told CNBC Friday.
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