Wall Street Week

While most investors are panicking because of the consequences of the Greece debt crisis, Bruce Richards, CEO of Marathon Asset Management, thinks this can turn out be an opportunity to buy U.S. and European equities at distressed levels. Richards was on Wall Street Week's "Web Extras...

With every passing minute, the Greece debt crisis seems to take a new turn. According to latest reports, the Greek government is seeking a last-minute deal from the eurozone. However, according to Bruce Richards, CEO of Marathon Asset Management, regardless of what happens, Greek Prime Minister...

With no deal in sight and a default becoming imminent, Greece is causing investors to panic, especially investors with high exposure to Europe. However, rather than worrying that the Greek crisis will cause mayhem in other European markets, Marathon Asset Management founder Bruce Richards, feels...

Jeffrey M. Solomon, president at Cowen Group Inc (NASDAQ: COWN) and CEO of Cowen and Company, was on Wall Street Week this Sunday to talk about the outlook of the biotech space overall. Here is what he had to say. Biotech, Reindustrialization Of America On whether he still sees healthcare and...

Financial market participants the world over have long been fearing the consequences that could arise from a Greek default. With the debt to GDP ratio of the country currently hovering at 180 percent, the fears are not unwarranted. According to Bruce Richards, co-managing partner and CEO of...

There are many in the investment community who believe that by bringing rates closer to zero and then raising them afterward, the Fed creates a situation that manifests itself in the form of an economic disaster. Among them is billionaire investor and co-founder Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD), Kenneth...

Legendary investor and co-founder Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD), Kenneth "Ken" Langone was on this week's edition of Wall Street Week where he discussed his current top-picks: Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE: SLB), Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE: LLY) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB). Here is what...

Considering the pace that hack attacks have taken place in the last few months, not only has cybersecurity become an important issue for the general public, but for the administration as well. Retired U.S. Army General and former CIA Director David Petraeus was on this week's edition of Wall...

The charter of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which was founded during the Great Depression to help the exports of U.S.-made goods, is scheduled for renewal on June 14. However, most congressional representatives think that instead of being renewed, the charter will expire, even if temporarily....

Renowned value investor and chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, Leon Cooperman, was on Wall Street Week recently to discuss if, after a continuous bull run in equities for six years, a bear market is about to start. He also discussed whether or not the Fed should raise rates. Bear Market Not In...

One of the most successful value investors on the Street, Omega Advisors’ Leon Cooperman, was on Wall Street Week recently to discuss how he picks stocks and his career at Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS). Goldman Sachs On why he joined Goldman Sachs after his MBA from Columbia,...

When it comes to investing and especially activist investing, there are very few who have reached the pinnacle of success like the chairman of Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP), Carl Icahn. He was recently on Wall Street Week to talk about activist investing and what led him to it. Critics...

Few people today may know that when legendary investor and chairman of Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP) started trading and investing, like millions of others, he too ended up blowing his account in 1962. Carl Icahn was on on Wall Street Week recently, where he discussed how he recovered...

Founder of Kynikos Associates and arguably the best short seller of our times, Jim Chanos, was on Wall Street Week last Sunday to provide his insights on short selling as an investment strategy and to reveal how he manages risk while he is short on a stock. Why Short Selling? "Short selling...

Famous short seller, hedge fund manager and founder of Kynikos Associates, Jim Chanos, has been in the news lately for his severe criticism of the debt-fueled growth of the Chinese economy. According to Chanos, the way China is taking debt, it is not far from becoming another Greece. Chanos was...