Is 2013 the Year of the Activist Investor?

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Alan Patricof, founder and managing partner at Greycroft Advisors and Jason Trennert, chief investment strategist at Strategas Research, discuss activist investing in 2013. They speak on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.”

Is Monetary Policy in China Working?
15:02 - Options traders are adding to bearish wagers on the yuan after the cost of betting against the Chinese currency fell to an almost two-year low. The extra cost that investors pay for three-month options to sell the yuan against the dollar in Hong Kong over contracts to buy has risen in 11 of the past 12 sessions.. China’s recent economic stabilization faltered in July, when exports, industrial production and retail sales fell short of economists’ predictions and the broadest measure of new credit grew at the slowest pace in two years. Lloyds Private Banking CIO Markus Stadlmann discusses the outlook for China with Bloomberg's Anna Edwards on "Countdown." th Bloomberg's Anna Edwards on "Countdown."
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