Lacker on the Economy
Airtime: Thurs. Apr. 15 2010 | 2:13 PM ET
Weighing in on the markets and the economy, with Jeffrey Lacker, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond president and CNBC’s Steve Liesman.
Airtime: Thurs. Apr. 15 2010 | 2:13 PM ET
Weighing in on the markets and the economy, with Jeffrey Lacker, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond president and CNBC’s Steve Liesman.
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, tells CNBC’s Louisa Bojesen he hopes to capture a larger share of the dynamic smartphone market with Windows Phone 7.
Jim Rogers, long known as “The Commodities King,” tells CNBC gold could cross $2,000 an ounce in the next five to 10 years.
“The big risk is that there will be a downturn in markets that could impact the bond, the equity and the credit markets,” Nouriel Roubini, chairman of RGEMonitor.com, told CNBC when discussing the economic outlook Friday.
A global macro strategy will do very well in the hedge fund space this year, says Howard Eisen, managing director at Fletcher Bennett Capital, as he shares his investment insights with CNBC’s Amanda Drury and Maura Fogarty. Eisen also explains why the tech and healthcare sectors offer buying opportunities.
The level of compliance to oil quotas among OPEC members has been sinking in recent months. OPEC compliance is now a cause for concern, HE Abdalla Salem El Badri, secretary general of OPEC, told CNBC Wednesday. El Badri added that OPEC is seeing strong demand growth from China and India.
Insight on women in the banking business, with Diane Reyes, Citigroup global head of payments; Shelaghmichael Brown, BBVA Compass; Susan Ehrlich, Sears Financial Services; Carla Harris, Morgan Stanley Investment Management; Michelle Van Dyke, Fifth Third Bancorp; and Barb Rehm, US Banker.