A number of U.S. retailers may go under by the end of January next year, warns Jim Awad, managing director of Zephyr Management. And that could rattle the financial markets, he tells CNBC's Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah.
The dollar's drop has been a bonanza for gold investors, helping drive the precious metal to one record high after another. CNBC's Scott Cohn heads to New York's diamond district, where much gold is sold, for a closer look.
David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff, and Thomas Lee, chief US equity strategist at JPMorgan, share their outlooks on the markets and the economy.