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Rick Helfenbein, the president and CEO of the American Apparel and Footwear Association, discusses retail earnings, Nafta negotiations and the impact of White House actions on the corporate community. Anurag Rana, a senior analyst of software and IT services at Bloomberg Intelligence, talks about Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka resigning amid acrimony between the board and a cohort of founders led by ex-...

Jim Paulsen, the chief investment strategist at the Leuthold Group, says three percent inflation looks likely. Chapdelaine & Co's Doug Borthwick talks about how the ECB is expressing concern over Euro appreciation and gives an outlook for the dollar. Sarah Halzack, a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering retail, discusses Walmart's tough battle ahead. Finally, Mike McDonough, the global director...

Scott Mushkin, a senior retail analyst at Wolfe Research, gives an outlook for the retail sector. Josh Dettman, the president of Fintech Investment Group, talks about the soaring price of bitcoin. Adam Tempkin, a structured finance reporter at Bloomberg, tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz how "deep" subprime auto loans are hitting crisis levels. Finally, Stephen Smith, the CEO and president of Equ...

Lara Rhame, a senior economist in fund strategy at FS Investments, talks about retail sales, consumer spending and economic growth expectations. Seema Shah, a consumer discretionary analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz why legacy retailers will continue to struggle. Norm Champ, the former director of the division of investment management at the U.S. Securities and...

Jack Devine, the former acting director of the CIA and founding partner and of the Arkin Group, tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz why it's time for negotiation, not military action, with North Korea. Lionel Laurent, a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering finance and markets, talks about why Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment's planned IPO comes with risks. Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst a...

Jeff Green, CEO of Trade Desk, talks about the company's earnings and performance, going public and the landscape of the digital ad space. Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, discusses retail earnings and the outlook for malls. Bill Faries, Bloomberg's team leader for national security, talks about Trump's intensified warnings to North Korea amid rising tensions in the region and...

Bill Rhodes, president and CEO of William Rhodes Global Advisors, talks about potential actions that could force China's hand on North Korea. George Mathew, CEO and chairman of Kespry, discusses the impact drones are having on changing blue-collar work, partnerships with Farmers Insurance and Deere and what lies ahead for the commercial drone industry. Jackie Baumgarten, CEO of Boatsetter, talks a...

Charif Souki, founder of Cheniere and chairman of Tellurian, discusses the LNG and potentially being sued by his former company. Burt Flickinger, managing director of Strategic Resource Group, provides an outlook for the retail industry and talks about which major retailers will survive the "retail Ice Age." Joel Beam, managing director and senior portfolio manager at Salient, discusses opportunit...

Damian Sassower, a fixed-income strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, talks about how EM sovereign spreads are driving energy industry debt valuations, exposing issuers to political risks. Dan Wasiolek, a senior equity analyst at Morningstar, discusses Marriott earnings, previews Priceline and gives a general overview of the hospitality industry. David Kudla, the CEO and chief investment strategis...

Bloomberg Intelligence's Joel Levington and Douglas Rothacker discuss the structural and strategic implications for a $40 billion United Technology-Rockwell Collins deal. Paul Sweeney, the U.S. director of research and senior media and Internet analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, previews big media earnings this week from CBS, Disney and Fox. Tara Lachapelle, a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering d...

Jay Lefkowitz, former U.S. special envoy for human rights in North Korea and a partner at Kirkland and Ellis, tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz why we need a radical new approach on North Korea. Bloomberg's Chris Strohm talks about Jeff Sessions' briefing on leaks and news that Robert Mueller is establishing a Washington grand jury in the Russia probe. Chris Lu, the former deputy secretary of lab...

Mediatech Capital Partners' Porter Bibb talks about cable losing to on-demand, media earnings and the continued hemorrhage in print ad revenue. Ron Biscardi, co-founder and CEO of Context Capital Partners, discusses the health of the hedge fund industry, "speed dating" for hedge funds and key findings in their European Allocator Trends Report. Marc Chandler, the global head of currency strategy at...

Maglan Capital President David Tawil discusses tightening spreads and growing risks in the high yield market. Sid Verma, a markets reporter at Bloomberg in London, tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz how the Big Three credit raters ducked reform after the subprime mortgage crisis and have a tighter grip on business than before. Shira Ovide, a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering technology, talks ab...

Howard Marks, co-chairman and co-founder of Oaktree Capital Group, talks about using leverage in today's markets and what kind of returns investors should expect. Chris Ailman, chief investment officer at CalSTRS Investments, tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz why he's been taking profit and de-risking assets and using private equity. Finally, John Butler, a senior telecom services and equipment a...

Tom Orlik, chief Asia economist at Bloomberg Intelligence, talks about reports that China is pressuring Anbang to sell its offshore assets and bring proceeds home in a clampdown on the nation's biggest overseas dealmakers. Richard Conn, a managing partner at Eurasia Advisors, discusses the Trump-Russia controversy. Phil Orlando, chief equity strategist at Federated Investors, weighs in on the stoc...

Bloomberg’s Stephen Dennis, congressional reporter, and Zach Tracer, health care reporter, on the Senate’s failure to repeal Obamacare, as McCain blocks bill. Anna Edney, health care reporter for Bloomberg, on FDA looking to cut cigarette nicotine, in a blow to the tobacco industry. David Garrity, CEO of GVA Research and columnist at Investopedia, on Amazon disappointing, this week’s tech earnings...

Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Air, on earnings, pricing and demand, capacity and fuel prices.  Cliff Noreen, Deputy Chief Investment Officer for MassMutual, on the debt markets and insatiable demand for US corporate bonds.  Rick McVey, Chairman and CEO of MarketAxess, on how the arrival of "all to all" electronic trading is remaking global bond markets.  John Butler, Senior Telecom Services & E...

Mike Dudas, a metals and mining analyst at Vertical Research, talks about copper's hot streak and mining companies' earnings. Ward McCarthy, the chief financial economist at Jefferies, provides an outlook for the Fed balance sheet. Jess Shankleman, a renewables reporter at Bloomberg in London, talks about news that the U.K. will ban the sale of fossil fuel cars by 2040. Finally, Shira Ovide, a Blo...

Simon Ballard, a Bloomberg credit strategist in London, talks about Greece returning to the debt markets. Steven Oh, the global head of credit and fixed-income at PineBridge Investments, tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz why investors should consider a shift in allocations to emerging markets. Michael Halen, a senior restaurant analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, talks about McDonald's strong earn...

Bloomberg Gadfly's Liam Denning talks about how a collapsing Venezuela could jolt the oil market. Dr. Stafford Broumand, a plastic surgeon at 740 Park Plastic Surgery and the former president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, discusses the growth of the plastic surgery industry and the companies that could benefit. Paul Sweeney, U.S. director of research and a senior media and Internet...

Bloomberg Businessweek's Felix Gillette tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz how the Sinclair Broadcasting group -- the largest owner of broadcast TV stations -- is becoming the unofficial arm of the Trump/TV industrial complex. Cord Christensen, co-founder and CEO of PetIQ, discusses the company's IPO and plans for continued growth as a public company. Yalman Onaran, a senior banking and finance wr...

Bloomberg's Christian Berthelsen, Bloomberg View columnist Al Hunt and national security editor Larry Liebert talk about the Bloomberg scoop that U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is said to be expanding his probe into Trump's business transactions. They also discuss why Jeff Sessions says he doesn't intend to resign after Trump's scathing comments about him to the New York Times. See omnystudio...

Burt Flickinger, the managing director at Strategic Resource Group, talks about McCormick & Co. acquiring Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc's food business for $4.2 billion. Frank Bien, CEO of Looker, and Mandeep Singh, a technology analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, discuss unlocking big data without having to extract it, creating easier experiences for the end user, the cloud and AI. Alex Sherman,...

Mark Travis, president and CEO of Intrepid Capital, tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz his current stock picks and why he likes Leucadia National. Erik Hirsch, the vice chairman and head of strategic initiatives at Hamilton Lane, talks about the pendulum shifting for investors to accept illiquidity. Shira Ovide, a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering technology, discusses Netflix earnings and why t...

George Gleason, CEO and chairman of Bank of the Ozarks, talks about the bank's growth and high safety standards, defying Carson Block's 2016 SOHN conference short idea. Bloomberg's Gabrielle Coppola discusses the fallout from the U.S.'s new subprime boom: soaring auto defaults. Selina Wang, a technology reporter at Bloomberg, talks about Blue Apron tanking after Amazon filed a trademark applicatio...