The Deflation Trade
Airtime: Tues. May 18 2010 | 12:08 PM ET
Best trades in a deflationary environment, with Stuart Freeman, of Wells Fargo Advisors, and Todd Colvin, of MF Global.

Airtime: Tues. May 18 2010 | 12:08 PM ET
Best trades in a deflationary environment, with Stuart Freeman, of Wells Fargo Advisors, and Todd Colvin, of MF Global.

Mort Zuckerman, chairman and editor in chief of U.S. News & World Report, tells CNBC he doesn’t share Treasury Secretary Geithner’s rosy view on the economy.

French and German banks are still the most exposed to debt-ridden euro zone countries, according to data from the Bank of International Settlements. Arturo De Frias from Evolution Securities has analysis Monday.

Six IPOs are scheduled for this week, with CNBC’s Bob Pisani.

James Surowiecki speaks with Michael Mauboussin, the Chief Investment Strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management and the author of “Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition,” about common investment mistakes, how to improve decision-making, and what investors can learn from the recent stock-market woes.

The way the recovery is being engineered is quite wrong, says David Roche, global strategist at Independent Strategy Ltd, as it is sowing the seeds of greater instability. He talks about the sovereign debt bubble, with CNBC’s Amanda Drury & Sri Jegarajah.

The UK government unveiled a new tax on banks in its emergency budget Tuesday. David Pitt-Watson, chairman of Hermes Equity Ownership Svcs, and David Kuo from The Motley Fool have analysis.