as ray bradbury says in a democracy you don't have to burn books to kill a culture. just get people not to read them. and that's what i said was happening here, so i thought i wrote the book with the question, can a democracy survive without a democratic imagination? you can get my answers in the book spent your subtitle is america in three books. what are those three books? >> well actually it is more than three books because i begin with "wizard of oz" which was the first book i heard about so the imaginary map for me was cancer to it ends with james baldwin whom i feel is a true progeny of mark twain but it begins with mark twain's huckleberry finn, goes into sinclair lewis babbitt, and heart is a lonely hunter. >> how do you tie those books together? how do they make america's? >> well, you know, reading all these books i'd read so many times before, i realized how much american books special beginning with huck finn, baby a reflection of america's moral compass. that those he was most an outcast and most of them not searching for materialism or money or success

perhaps with all due respect to ray bradbury, something wicked this way comes, with the financials. because quietly, the financials are the worst of the ten s&p macro sectors this year down 3.5%. if we dig in even more, you will find of the 85 stocks that make up that sector group, not one single pure bank is positive on the year. eight stocks are down more than 10% in just 35 days. let's discuss. david katz, chief investment officer of matrix investment advisors. in any other year this would have been the top story every day but with oil and greece and everything else, it gets pushed off. what's going on with the financials? >> the financials had a mixed first quarter. the sentiment has been pretty negative. then with lower interest rates, it's just driven them down. we absolutely would not read anything into that. we would use this as an opportunity. we think actually the economy is going to be good this year. financials are going to be good. interest rates are eventually going to start going up. that's all going to drive the financials higher. we use this selloff as an opportunit

and as ray bradbury says, you know, you don't have to burn books to kill a culture just get people not to read them. and that's what i think was happening here. so i thought i wrote a book with a question, can a democracy survive without a democratic imagination? you can guess my answer to this. [laughter] >> well your subtitle is "america in three books." what are those three books? >> well actually, it is more than three books because i begin with "wizard of oz" which was the first book i heard about. so i got to the imaginary map of america for me was kansas. and it is with james baldwin who i feel is the true progeny of mark twain. but it begins with mark twain's huckleberry finn goes into -- [inaudible] and then carson mccarter's "the heart is a lonely hunter," ending with -- [inaudible] >> how do you tie those books together, and how do they make america -- >> or money or success. but like huck finn deciding that it is better to go to hell but do the right thing. of thethe rest belong to the blackakes hats, you know? we don't even watch the news channel that disagrees with us. wh

and as ray bradbury says, you know, you don't have to burn books to kill a culture just get people not to read them. and that's what i think was happening here. so i thought i wrote a book with a question, can a democracy survive without a democratic imagination? you can guess my answer to this. [laughter] >> well your subtitle is "america in three books." what are those three books? >> well actually, it is more than three books because i begin with "wizard of oz" which was the first book i heard about. so i got to the imaginary map of america for me was kansas. and it is with james baldwin who i feel is the true progeny of mark twain. but it begins with mark twain's huckleberry finn goes into -- [inaudible] and then carson mccarter's "the heart is a lonely hunter," ending with -- [inaudible] >> how do you tie those books together, and how do they make america -- >> or money or success. but like huck finn deciding that it is better to go to hell but do the right thing. >> it makes me uncomfortable. i now love america enough to make it my home, so i have to start complaining. >> but isn