Thursday, May 22, 2008

Thursday Night Lineup

On CNBC's Kudlow & Company at 7pm ET tonight:

OIL, MARKETS & THE ECONOMY...Our stock market panel will discuss and debate all the latest news, trends and developments affecting investors, including an in-depth look at energy prices.

On board:

*Gary Shilling, president of A. Gary Shilling & Co.
*Joe Battipaglia, market strategist, Stifel Nicolaus
*Fritz Meyer, senior investment officer with A I M Advisors
*Jim Awad, chairman of WP Stewart Asset Management
*Jerry Taylor, director of Natural Resources Studies at the Cato Institute

KEEPING AN EYE ON THE FED & OIL...David Malpass, chief global economist at Bear Stearns, will join the market panel with his perspective on Fed policy, oil's economic impact, and other related issues.

Also on board:

*Gary Shilling, president of A. Gary Shilling & Co.
*Joe Battipaglia, market strategist, Stifel Nicolaus
*Fritz Meyer, senior investment officer with A I M Advisors
*Jim Awad, chairman of WP Stewart Asset Management

OIL & ENERGY SOLUTIONS...Hunt Ramsbottom, President and CEO of Rentech, a provider of clean energy solutions, will join the market panel with a look at some novel energy ideas amidst high oil prices. Rentech transforms under-utilized domestic energy resources into alternative fuels and chemicals. These energy resources include natural gas, biomass, municipal solid waste, petroleum coke and coal.

A LOOK AT HOUSING, BANKING & THE FED...William Isaac, former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and chairman of the Washington financial services consulting firm The Secura Group of LECG, will join the market panel with his unique perspective.

***Click here to read Mr. Isaac's op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal.


Please join us at 7pm ET on CNBC for another free market edition of Kudlow & Company.