Citi's Kaiser Says Recession Possible, Likes Small Caps
Stuart Kaiser, Citigroup's head of US equity trading strategy, says the odds of a US recession are a "coin flip" right now and explains why he is bullish on small-cap stocks during an interview on "Bloomberg Open Interest."
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