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CNBC contributor Mike Khouw, CRT Capital Group LLC, offers his options trade of the day.

| Obama 'Essentially Fired' Bernanke: Meyer President Barack Obama "essentially fired" Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in televised remarks this week, former Federal Reserve Governor Laurence Meyer says. |
| Talking Numbers: Is Sony a Buy? Third Point's Dan Loeb has upped his stake in Sony. Is the stock now a buy? Richard Ross, Auerbach, says the stock makes a compelling buy, and Steve Cortes, Veracruz, thinks there are problems for Sony. |
| Posen: Time to Get Back to the 'Real World' Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, discusses the global economy and how when the Fed starts to taper, markets will be back in the "real world". |
| Global High Net Worth Population at Record High George King, head of portfolio strategy at RBC, reveals the finding of a survey on global wealth which showed it's growing and mainly concentrated in the U.S., Japan and Germany. |
