Recession risk is elevated, raising prospects of a deeper market decline

Thomas Samuelson, chief investment officer at Vineyard Global Advisors in Denver says that last week's inflation news and other current conditions have increased the potential for recession, and he notes that the historical decline for a bear market with a recession is 35 percent, which will have the market testing June lows and likely going deeper, potentially dropping the Standard & Poor's 500 to the 3,000 to 3,200 range. In The Danger Zone, David Trainer of New Constructs singles out Affirm Holdings, a buy now, pay later shop that has seen its stock price fall from roughly $175 to under $25 in the last year as a zombie stock with real potential to go to zero. And we revisit a recent conversation with billionaire David Rubenstein, co-founder of The Carlyle Group, one of the world's most successful investors and philanthropists.