Compak Market Wrap

Greg Farell, Correspondent for the Financial Times and Author of Crash of the Titans,Greed Hubris,the fall of Merill Lynch.

-Greg Farell talks about the sudden decline and collapse of Merill Lynch due to incompetence, hubris and greed.

Viviana Zelizer, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and Author of Economic Lives How culture shapes the Economy.

-Viviana Zelizer talks about how shared cultural understandings and interpersonal relations shape everyday economic activities.

Philip Condon, Head of Municipal Bond Portfolio Management, DWS Investments.

-Philip Condon talks about how huge pensions have put some states on a trajectory towards fiscal ruin.

Gary Kaminsky, Co-Host of CNBC The Strategy Session and Author of Smarter than the Street Invest and Make Money In Any Market.

Gary Kaminsky talks about the strategies and secrets of making money in a zero growth market.

-Moe wraps up the week by talking about diversifying in asset classes to reduce your portfolio volatility.

Robert Wiedemer, Author of Aftershock Protect Yourself and Profit in the Next Global Financial Meltdown.

-Robert Wiedemer offers specific advice on how investors can protect their assets and profit in a global economic crisis.

Juan Carlos Vartigas, Investment Research Manager at the World Gold Council in New York.

Juan Carlos talks about buying Gold stocks as a good investment and a hedge against portfolio risk.

Dr. Edward Leamer, Director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast and Chief Economist of the Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index.

-Dr. Edward Leamer talks about the two-month consecutive decline of the Ceridian-UCLA index activity.

-Moe gives a weekly wrap up on the stock market and the economic effect of the US election. 

Steve Forbes, President and CEO of Forbes and Editor in Chief of Forbes Magazine.

-Steve Forbes offers valuable solutions for the U.S economic crisis.