NatAlliance Securities’ Andy Brenner and CNBC’s Rick Santelli discuss global economic slowing and the markets.

“The Fed threw in the towel today, taking rate increases off the table,” Andrew Brenner, the head of international fixed-income at Natalliance Securities in New York, said after the announcement. “We have never seen the Fed reverse cold turkey as fast as they have since the last meeting. Read More

NatAlliance Securities’ Andy Brenner and CNBC’s Rick Santelli discuss winning the early battles of the economic war with China.

The rise in yields could be moderated by continued turmoil in emerging markets and by sluggish growth in other developed economies, said Andrew Brenner, head of global fixed income at NatAlliance Securities. While growth in the U.S. remains robust, “the question is how much longer the U.S. can remain an island unaffected by what’s going on globally,” he said. Read More