President s address and the monthly jobs number. We got shares of dr. Pepper and keurig is buying the maker apple continues to move in the opposite direction of the market another report of the iphone weakness as the month heads into the home stretch, s p 500 on track for the best january since 87 busy earnings calendar including results from all, you got the president s address tomorrow night, yellens last meeting as chair of the central bank and the jobs number on friday. 271 is getting peoples attention. There is some theory that yellen is more hawkish on this run. She ought to be hawkish i look for weakness in this economy and i cannot find it consumer is strong and corporate spending i got to tell you, tax reform is working. The more ceos that i speak to or everybody in the Overall Community lets call it the more you realize, there is still not in any way full appreciation and even only a slight of appreciation at this point for what the ramifications are going to be. Many words are still unknown most of which are thought to be appositive for pbusiness i am coming at it from a business ratio, as things unfold, we find that the numbers are, the earnings per share for 2018 is much larger. I think thats what they want to be able to believe say that we can be able to stick with the market when does the risk free rate star starts they might tell. What you said about janet yellen of 2. 7, how can we not be at 3 remember when we are at 3 when the economy is not strong . This economy is really strong. You think so . I think it will be hard to find people. And hasset on squawk this morning argued a third of the tax cut. A lot more than it has been thatll be a good thing. It may have to because of the labor thats out there i wonder when you get to the market at all. It is a one time the jump up in growth is only one time how much do you want to pay for that it is not like 19 over 18 is another big jump as a result of tax. Thats true you need revenues to come. I do think that listen we had a couple of quarters last week of 3 m technology and caterpillar you have every single cylinder on fire. You will have big revenue. It is so true. New york times, the oil and gas i thought that was surprising column 6, page on times. U. S. Production is on fire i thought that was fantastic that they discovered that. Honestly. It is a big discovery it is a huge discovery. They used to say the late aubrey mcclendon, he was completely hyping it maybe news for some but we have been talking about it for many, many years the number of people put to work is extraordinary. I had suri suky, the number of projects in louisiana to export and number of pipelines and the amount of equipment that it takes to build these things. The southeast is where you want to be. It is where your kids should go if they are looking for a job. Well, theyre not yet dont send them away please my daughters two roommates from tulane, boom, oil and gas theyll take anybody. If you want a job in oil and gas, vp. Remember what happened to north dakota it is really cold the premium sometimes has at 2 or 3 natural gas premium, they just flare it. I think it is an important point when you bring it up when it comes to . New mexico starting to play a bit real world is it you sbot not yet. Schlumberger late cycle well get to apple this morning. Iphone 10 on the spotlight after a rough week for shares, according to nikkei, the company will cut production. It is slower than expected a holiday sale nikkei does not name any sources directly but warns what j. P. Morgan warned last week. I went to Apple Management and say what do you think of super cycle . Please no one can equal super cycle no one at the same time, you want to sell it and knowing they do have a little bit of money, they can distribute shareholders. They are already and are giving a lot of that money. Right to shareholders and in terms of the buy back and dividends and everything else. There is no plan i heard of to return more cash to shareholders from the money they have paid the taxes on even though they deem the repatriation. I agree what you have to do is thread the needle i dont think anybody believes at this point that the next quarter is going to be as good as we thought. The question is are the earnings estimates going to come down enough that it is going to be expensive stuff. Remember that typically happens when you have a stock thats mobile, it turns out, the earnings does not deliver. I dont want to trade it. I dont think the people at home are good enough. I would not be hedge fund. You sell 170 and buying back in 152s, is that what you can get away, can you do that . I cannot do that and you ha have you have been consistent saying and people should not do that it is crock how you got apple to crock, i have no idea i am trying to put in the context of this week this is a big week i am looking at your cuff links today. Oh, i got this at a second store. You are dynamic your wife says go to. 5 not everyon one. You like it my wife said i looked 10 years younger. When the usa bombed german, saturation bombing got it. Okay. Big leaps dr. Pepper up in the premarket, the merge and forming a new Company Called keurig and dr. Pepper terms, theyll hold 13 of the combined company. David is going to bring us the exclusive with the ceos. 11 billion. First some people may say keurig and dr. Pepper, i dont get it well have the opportunity to speak with the ceo listen, we are creating a Larger Consumer from a consumer perspective, we want to be everywhere they want us to be when they want to reach for or get some sort of a beverage thats going to satisfy what ever the urge may be for example, if it is 2 00 and i want something to bring me energy, all right, what are my choices . And what can i bring them . It can be via machine or brew on their own or something they take out of a cold case theyll be sell to the smaller outlets as well using the Delivery System thats in place with dr. Pepper. The whole theme you will hear is consumer perspective coffee is growing. Keurig has been all the growth in that particular part of it. Then there is the financial side of it which some people made it confusing. People are trying to understand what the value of the stub is. The 13 will be owned by dr. Pepper shareholders because of an old deal they did back in the day and they turned that into an ownership in keurig and obviously, jp will own the rest. It is a Public Company the question is, what is it worth . It is trading 30 bucks above the 103. 75 who would not want a piece of that gamgort is so good. I think hes a remarkable executive. There is no doubt and i would guess theyll continue to grow, right . Yes theyre the new one we talk a lot about jp. Panera, that was their last deal but in terms of technology that they brought and share across platform at jab well see. On the face, wait a sencond, i dont quite get it hell explain it to us. I completely get it this is a Consumer Product story that has great growth. Well keep that sign and out of the interview, i think it would be good. It is a little awkward because coke is ringing the opening bell exchange, some new variations of diet coke, here is ginger lime. Some of the metrics on keurig, household penetration going from 17 to 20. Now theyre going to be leveling up. It is going to be lever as much as 4. 5 times and theyll take it down to 3. Again, theyll have a stock if they want to go out and use it for something thats going to allow for them to sell if they choose so overtime right a 1. 27 in 2017 earnings synergize of what the company is trying to do last year put the multiple on that but i dont know what the right multiple is. This is a deal is similar to craft time it is but it is friendly. I will tell you whats amazing of the deal. Larry, the ceo of dr. Pepper hes putting up value year after year hes a remarkable company. Pepsi and cocacola, hes siting there and fighting by the way, hes a soda guy. Hes like a prosoda guy it is a good day to have him here at the exchange although not the right brand. And like warren buffet. He likes soda it is done well for him it is good for your brain, is it is it i dont know. It is good for him they love it. When we come back a fallout from the Sexual Misconduct surrounding steve wynn putting more pressure on the stock. Well talk about that story. S p 500 has 75 for the month and hong kong is up 11 believe it or not. Well be back in a minute oh, and theres the closing bell. sighs i hate missing out missing out after hours. Not anymore, Td Ameritrade lets you trade select securities 24 hours a day, five days a week. Thats amazing. Its a pretty big deal. So i can trade all night long . All night long. Is that Lionel Richie . Lets reopen the market. Mr. Richie, would you ring the 24 5 bell . Sure can, jim. Trade 24 5, only with Td Ameritrade. Theyre not investing in commodities or fixed income. What people areally putting their money into is what they hope to get out of life. But helping them get there requires a real refusal to settle for average. 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There is few hands on ceos that it is like a Family Business and i just question what do you have here without him i was going over the board, the boards are really real bored it is not just a joke board like what some people are saying. The more real they are, the more likely theyre going to i think this is a you ask question or it is bad. Yeah i do think they are a real company with the best properties when i was looking at the massachusetts Gaming Commission, talk about a heavy weight group. I mean hes got a huge property there. Yeah. Is it the Biggest Development in the history of the state . When you look at the wynn board, it is not bad patricia roy, shes 64 and she serves at the company. You look at her, her pedigree and hes done some stuff with unlv, the World Economic forum just in ages. 71, 72 and 78 wynn is 65. Shes the member of the corporate government senior fella for so you think shes the person to take it on . Shes the one what are you getting to . I dont know. Well, what do you make of some Analysts Barclays i am reading here, they believe the outcome could be a sale of the company. To a chinese buyer. Thats the word. Thats why people are buying it. Steven crosby, the chairman of massachusetts gaming 45 years of experience in policymaking and total heavy weight okay, so a little bit more local and gayle cameron, okay. These are the people in the massachusetts Gaming Commission. Yes these are the people that can hold it up i think they are heavy weights i am looking at these people and they are powerful in the state of massachusetts this is not you may think you went from the board of director to the massachusetts games. One personal internally the mass gaming, theyre not going to say hey, this is great. Lets open it larry mcdowel. This guy is another heavy weight hes very powerful you probably think it is a Gaming Commission from a film that you have seen yes, one that you guys like to reference. It is not,s t well get cramers mad dash o thdavids exclusives with e ceof dr. Pepper and snapples ceof dr. Pepper and snapples on the merger, dont go honking alright alright weve all got places to go weve all got places to go Washington Crossing the delaware turnpike . Awau whats not surprising . How much money sean saved by switching to geico. Big man with a horn. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Run your business at cloud speed. And do more with systems you have in place. The ibm cloud. The cloud for business. Yours. Okay, here is my man, mr. Cramer on mad dash. You went to the grammys yeah, it was fun. Not that cool i am far from cool but it was a good show. Starbucks, speaking of show, on our fridays show, we have Kevin Johnson who was on, stock was down what do we have today . Today we got, think of the idea that china is accelerating and the u. S. Comp is decelerating so much this is important because they are not willing to give the company the benefit of the doubt because they talk about how they really cannot figure out how u. S. Conference is decelerating. It is a shifting now did they miss the mark on a particular drink theyre kind of given up on it i dont know, it is an expensive stock if they dont get it right. The roast stream may not cover it in terms of the growth. This is a battleground what about china . Well, thats why i suggested that they do a yum china which put on so much value david, this stock it is multiple shrinking it is funny because we are talking about dr. Pepper this cannot be takingen over. Honestly, i dont know what to pay for the darn thing if u. S. Is not picking up and it is still decelerating then you got a mae jurjor part of the co is not doing well. It is real the growth guys dont know what to do with it. Kind of like they dont know what to do with nike so it goes for a while. Well stooart to see if it picks up we got a lot of things to get to this morning. Bruno mars, i like him. We got an opening bell coming up after this and a lot more to get to right here on squawk on the street, stay with us. For your heart. Your joints. Or your digestion. So why wouldnt you take something for the most important part of you. Your brain. With an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain Health Supplement in drug stores nationwide. Prevagen. The name to remember. The opening bell brought to you by bright house financial, establish by med light you are watching cnbcs squawk on the street. The opening bell in a minutes time busy morning busiest week of earnings well get our jobs number on friday yellens last meeting and we got some data today as well. The savings are down to 24 is the lowest since 05 we consider a light cycle signals. The spending rate is unbeliev unbelievable bank of america says it was twice as it was last year. People feel so good. Pretty impressive lets get to the opening bell. At the nasdaq it is shift [ applause ] beverages are in the news yes beverages are in the news we are waiting for r co consul consolidation. You go down to the isle, stock haves beens have been a yes, interesting. There is also continued as you say continue speculation on a number of names. I think of pinnacle. Thats what people say they tried but it was too expensive. Given the success they had with the deal how well they have done. Whoa, you see dunkin is down 4 yeah. Dps is dr. Pepper is up 32 again, investors try to both understand why this combination makes sense, keurig and dr. Pepper and snapple and understand what the earnings will be for the new code, 13 of which will be a public traded entities so it will be controlled by jab, of course they figure in our conversation, remember they are a large player and a number of areas and panera bread being one of their recent deals that they did. They raise Consumer Fund i report on at the time around, they have gone around two of that theyre able to come up a lot of cash for these deals and 9 billio billion is being used for this in addition delivering keurig in into dr. Orbit creating my company. Apparently on the call, analysts are skeptical. Well, they dont quite get it. Here are the two gentlemen behind it. You mean the structure why the two makes sense together does procter makes sense . I dont know. Some way it does and some way it does not i think this company is uniquely trying to put together many isles of the super markets so trying to make it so they own a lot of your kitchen. Why not . Okay. I think it is fantastic panera was the greatest performance restaurant stock during the period, it is up 2,000 percent. They kind of forced their hands. This is larry young trying to make you richer. He has always tried to make you rich he was on the show on mad money long time ago in 2014 i dont remember how long it was. Hey, we are going to get the stock up and make you a lot of money. We are going to make you money have few ceos have said over and over again, we are going to make you money and he did it. He managed to you make a lot of money thats another reason why it works. I mean here is keurig and look at what is this . Look, you want to dominate a lot of people feel starbucks should have done something an acquisition of something kind of make it so that december tiomestic is not as im. Theyre big in Consumer Products and big in the isles how about mondelez . What about mondelez maybe thats off to something. Tast w ta it is a win for everybody because you are questioning it goldman, advises on the deal. Goldman is the top p performance dow component. We pushed it hard because it was a great quarter given the circumstances. Right final point on this deal. What are you doing . Going back to tax reform, i was trying to think while it went on which is, this is a deal where keurig is not and three or four years ago, no way they would do that. They would have inverted it and taken dr. Pepper and brought it back over. They did not so it is interesting that u. S. Domicile company. Thats all yes remember they got shut by the queens treasury sector. Thats right, jack luke it was a good time to sell allergan, didnt it . Yes, fabulous time. I thought it could go up in earnings sometimes you have to own the fact to get it wrong do you still own it yeah, never did anything. Youre down on it yeah, sometimes when you own something for your trust, you just like wow, it is doing great. No, you cannot do that the giants are doing great and the season ended not great. Right guys, verizon along with apple, helping to drag down the dow and if you saw these leaks, the presentation note about a federally designed or manage 5 g. The fcc is out with a statement saying i oppose any proposal for the federal government to build and operate nationwide of the 5g network. Broadcom they call themselves a 5g company. By the way, speaking of 5gs, strange report of the government wanting to get involved and i dont know whats will come of it if anything to verizon. It would be a complete change in direction in terms of u. S. Pom si yeah, just seem like it exploded and trial blue no, i am not a comcast user i was talking apart of my team, boy, hes got it put the sixers on. I want that. Comcast is down 2 this morning reflects of sort of what we were talking about. I want that i want to be able to talk and get what i want instead of going and let me see, let me see, look at that. Thats nova. It is impossible they change their minds you are making a point thats interesting one which is the box thats going to give you access to all of these and netflix as well i am looking at my release that came in cable vision and suddenly and all at team usa owns why do we need roku netflix, mkm goes from 225 to 320. N 320. Netflix is up a apercent and half it is only up 45 this year an amazing quarter. That was some conference call, too. How about amazon . Their market value is 120 billion it is so low. It is an International Tv station. Was that like turner broadcasting tbs cnn come on, you can get it everywhere and they have programming for everywhere there is so much white space, you call them white space. Total adjustable market i love it when you toss around jargons. I know what that is i do know tam. Have you ever looked at the ge acronym thats used . Yeah. Thats not really acronym it gets a little annoying dow is recovering from the initial drop lets get to bob pisani, welcome back to the floor. 41 not a lot of point damage but it maybe a little psychological damage and it is because of that ten year creeping over 2. 7 , thats starting to get people a little nervous take a look at the sector, defensive tone of the mark you can see Consumer Staples and healthcare is doing a little better also, on the weak side, if you look at the Interest Rate sector groups which could include stocks and bonds and telecom being weaker emerging market, eem is the third line thats an Interest Rate of sensitive sector and utilities are to the downside. I think the big issue for the mark, there is several issues this week. The president s address and there is a jobs report the most important issue for the week is the fed meeting. The market is chattering a lot and it is starting to believe that there maybe a risk of more hawkish out there. Suddenly a lot of people are at four or possibly five rate hikes. Thats start to get people nervous. On the surface, the numbers are fantastic. The earnings numbers are really good look at today. Look at what happened with Lockheed Martin and seagate. Seagate is beat by 10 or 9 Lockheed Martin, beat by 6 . For a company that size beat by 6 , thats an extraordinary number this is mirroring what we have been seeing so far so far we got earnings up about 13 . Thats not the best that we have seen for many years. It is close to it. These are the big movers it is not just cost cutting. We are getting notable top line growth thats starting to come through here they often cut numbers going antonio the close of the quarter. Look at the target the blue line is the positive estimates and earnings revision is on the upside and it is been increasing for r the last month or so. This is the most important part and more companies are beating expectations by wide margins 80 of the Companies Reported have beaten expectations typically, revenues beat 61 look at this, 80 . Revenues beat. This is rather remarkable numbers here they have been beating by larger margi margins. This is why the markets keep on holding up so well and the First Quarter number are not coming down if you look at the First Quarter for 2018, the earnings are high and reservenues are not droppint all. When you look at these numbers, no wonder we are Still Holding up record highs. January, you cannot do much better s p 500 is up 7 it is the best monthly gained since october 2015 we had ten months of gain now. These ten monthly gains is the best that we haves now these ten monthly gains is the best that we have had i know thats an over used phrase but that goes a long way explaining why we are sitting at a record high carl. Back to you. Thank you bob pisani. Lets get to Rick Santelli, the cme. Hey, rick. We are all hooked in together lets look at our twoyear note i see it on the board. 2008 is going to be the comp for a while because we hit 3 in 2008 lets look at whats going on in the tenyear carl just talked about it. We have go to back to see no yields at these levels there is always a clue that makes you Pay Attention and keeping up with Rate Movement the easiest. Guess where the 30 year bond settles of the last day of 2016. It settles around 307 as you see on the chart many traders on the floor is going to look for the 30 year to get to the point and see where the rest of the curve is aligned. If we look at whats going on in europe, theyre feeling a lot negative on rates. No, i am not talking about investor sentiment, i am talking about negativity it is at zero. It is at zero and the last time it was at zero, it was november 2015 yes, think about that. Now, lets look at whats going on on the longer run with respect to the bound. There is a joke on it. Tell me where bund is going . It is closing on 70 bases point. This is the highest yield since november 2015. Lets look a t tt the deal today yes, you see it is bouncing around ever so slightly of the dollar index it is still below 90 which is technically significant. Many traders are saying, Pay Attention here lets see if the dollar will respond with a little pulse. Carl, jim, and david, back to you okay, mr. San teRick Santelli will take it the story we are talking about this morning is snapple and dr. Pepper is joining together bob gamgort, now coming back to the Public Markets well spend a lot of time with you. Mr. Young, let me start with you, the decision you made to sell the company on behalf of your shareholders and along with your board of directors. Why is it a good deal for your shar shareholders it is for our consumers and partners and we talked a lot about being a total beverage solution this is a perfect avenue we are not in cold beverages but also hot beverages what does it mean in every category, they are changing quickly beverages are moving fast and sub categories, we want to make sure we are there every minute and any time and any place mr. Gamgort, similar question to you, i have spoken to a handful of people this morning on the face of it, i dont quite completely understand what the benefits of bringing these two companies today. I understand what dr. Pepper does and keurig, but i would not see them together, what are the benefi benefits if people realize about it, it will make total sense when we put these beverages together we cover all consumer stakes. Importantly, we got a Distribution System that could get those brands to customers any where they shop. I dont think there is anything quite like it. Distribution, we all know dr. Pepper truck, dsd delivering to small stores and stores all over how does keurig benefit from that system. You dont deliver that with keurig, do you if you think of how beverage brands are born, they are born in small outlets where people buy one bottle at a time thats hard to do. You need a sophisticated Distribution System. Thats what dps had. We are able to match that with our strength which is traditional grocery. We got a terrific ecommerce business the combination of those two allows us to get to anywhere the consumer is shopping you became committed to making money since i can remember look at what we have done the last ten years and i get so excited the next ten and thats why i want to be apart of it i want to make sure it goes out to the best of what it can be. Bob, people dont know your history, you want to build the old Consumer Product company this is it, is it . We look at procter kind of stole colgate and not that great on friday. Your background is that you maybe kroocreating the big ones. I love brands and i love being able to read consumers there are pockets of growth that are faster than others thch this allows us to put these two businesses together. Carbonated drinks give you scale. One of the Fastest Growing segment of beverages right now is coffee in all form. Now we can get into cold as well lone starry, i am interestedn what you were saying of sub categories we got more from your competitors here do you envision a day where c h carbonated is higher carbonation drinks will always pay the bill. I think we are starting to see the start of the sub categories. Look at all the innovation havem is that flavor or packaging size or both Something Else all of the above. Let me get to the financials a bit here, bob. Sure. Investors are trying to understand whats the stub equity worth what am i paying 600 million in synergies how many years to get there . Three years. You put in 9 billion obviously new capital. Give me a sense of the growth rate is it going to increase as a result of this deal, you know, so people can try to understand a multiple that theyre willing to pay 9 billion is the new equity coming in from j. A. B. Sure. The current exposure to the categories in which we participate today we estimate to be a growth rate of about 2 to 3 were always conservative on the top line side. We know we have complete control on the cost side of things which is why we put a hard number on that if you look at where the portfolio sits today, youre looking at 2 to 3 growth. We think over time we have the ability to drive that into higher exposure to faster growing segment. I mentioned capital youre increasing debt 4. 5 leveraged it would be higher than that. On the Keurig Green Mountain side two years we were 5. 5 leaf verdict. Were now at 2. 27. We paid off 2. 5 billion in debt in two years we have a great ability to drive margins, manage our cash flow that pays down debt rapidly. Youll have a currency. Is there an idea here that you would use it for future deals as well it absolutely gives us optionality to expand the portfolio. Having a public currency certainly allows you to be a bit more creative at times. There had been a question about how steady keurig was. There were a lot of shortfalls, shorts going against it. It turned out to be a pretty great business. It is a fantastic business. It is driving more than 100 growth in the coffee market. We continue to build household penetration every year when we started we were in 17 of households. Were in 20 today and we just got started with innovation in marketing. We believe the up side is close to 50 of households should have a keurig system in there and we own that system. We have 75 brands, all the brands you know and love participate in that system. I had dunkin today, pcs, love it. Variety is one of the largest benefits that our consumers talked about coming into the system. Although the other coffee brands j. A. B. Owns are not a part of this, correct . Theyre available to us to expand through partnerships, correct. Yeah. This is keurig and dr. Pepper snapple getting together. Do you have a name by the way for this thing keurig dr. Pepper. Youve gone with keurig dr. Pepper i like that people like the double names. Dr. Pepper and Keurig Green Mountain like combinations making a combination. Absolutely. One of the people who like snapple are going to be sad. And Green Mountain. Best selling pod . Best selling pod in the system is Green Mountain. It is Green Mountain . It is were right up there with starbucks, dunkin donuts, petes. Flavor . Would be breakfast blend. Breakfast blend Green Mountain. Thank you both. Thank you for enlightening us on this deal this morning. Appreciate it. Thank you. Youre welcome. Still to come this morning, house energy and Commerce Committee chairman greg walden is going to join us demanding answers from the security flaws. Dow is down 31 back in a moment hi. Im the one clocking in when youre clocking out. Sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. I can also help with this. Does your bed do that . Oh. I dont actually talk. Though im smart enough to. Im the new sleep number 360 smart bed. Lets meet at a sleep number store. Jim, whats on mad tonight. The group has been very weak. Great looking. Larry young cam cords, powerhouse when it comes to this group. Everybody knows it. Well be hearing more i have a feeling. See you tonight, jim. 6 00 p. M when we come back,hat wto expect on a big earnings week. Dow is down 38 dont go away. Gy infrastructure mlps . Gy think again. Its time to shake up your lineup. The alerian mlp etf can diversify your equity portfolio and add potential income. Bring amlp into the game. Before investing, consider the Funds Investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses. Read the prospectus carefully at alpsfunds. Com amlp good monday morning. Welcome back to squawk on the street. Were back from europe david faber is here. Sara is off. Verizon, apple and cat earnings, fed number and jobs number and state of the union. Our roadmap begins with a drink deal dr. Pepper snapple merging with Keurig Green Mountain. What the ceo told us moments ago. Plus, under pressure mogul steve wynn resigns amid misconduct allegations well give you the latest on that and what it means for the future. Gearing up for a huge week on wall street earnings. The jobs report, a fed meeting and of course the president s state of the Union Address we are going to discuss it all in fact, were going to do it all. The major averages are under pressure as we kick off the busiest earnings week of the season ten dow components, 109 s p 500 companies are set to report including mcdonalds, boeing, facebook, microsoft, apple, alphabet lets bring in samantha azarello thank you for being here. Thanks for having us. Earnings expectations are pretty good because of the tax cut. The ease is going to go up at the same time Interest Rates are starting to get to levels that we havent seen in years. The german five year went positive today, by a teeny little amount. How does this play out is it earnings that are going to win or rising Interest Rates that are going to be the thing that puts the brakes on this rally . So we never said earnings are going to win you would have said earnings are going to win your mike wasnt on. We said earnings were going to win i think theres a few market indicators that are important and theyre breaking out one is the ten year yield. Above 2. 7. The other is oil prices on the move outside they arent range bound anymore. If both of those beat inflation that is a risk that the fed moves faster and that is not the case six months ago. Charles, weigh in here. Between the two, which are so crucial for a stock price, whats going to win . Well, but the thing is that not all stocks act the same thing. Youre right on the two forces, Interest Rates and earnings, but there are some kinds of stocks that are very sensitive to Interest Rates, utilities, high dividend paying stocks those things are going to under perform. The things that are less sensitive, commodities, oil, industrials are going to be much better now is the time to do stock picking not blindly buying the whole market. So, in other words, for so long its been all tides the rising tide has lifted all boats but at this point you have to get very, very picky about where youre going to put your money right absolutely risen all boats but risen some boats more than others when the 10 year was going from 3 to 1. 6 , what did you see you saw leadership from the bond substitute stocks. That had a huge impact thats reversing one of the reasons why the Big Companies like ibm and ge have done poorly is because they put all of their money into bonds at exactly the worse time whereas people like warren buffet has stayed in the stock market thats an important trend. Samantha, your advice to investors . Be selective. Were looking at percentage of foreign sales from abroad. We want that spread and were saying watch correlation to treasury yield i would agree with that point. Whats that mean though, be selective . What do you mean i think for years and years the broad index was more than enough you got all the risk adjusted return you needed. Thats not the case. Our longer run forecasts expect the s p 500 to return 6 to 8 total return but its not amazing if you need alpha. Alpha will come now from being selective. Beta is not enough. Charles, i get the idea that when Interest Rates are rising you want to buy stuff thats less sensitive to that and sell off the stuff that is more sensitive, but at some point doesnt the tenyear yield if it rises fast enough or far enough, excuse me, actually become competition to all stocks . Have you thought about that and what level is that at . A lot higher than this. I think inflation will be 2. 5 to 3 and shorter twoyear rate is still not attractive weve got, i would say, another 150 basis points before anybody starts to seriously consider saying theres value in the ten year. Michelle, we did some analysis on this we put the estimate between 3. 5 to 4 . Historically it was 5 if rates were moving up and you were above 5 on the ten year, that did not bode well for equities we think that level is lower but we still have a buffer before were there. Atlanta feds now got their first number on q1 they usually run hot and cool off. Theyre saying 4. 2 likely we were in the camp of 3. 5 but its possible. We think q1, q2 the u. S. Economy heats up and later on we simmer back down. Charles, 4. 2, that would be a huge victory lap for the president notwithstanding what hell say tomorrow might right, but remember after the big ragan tax cuts in 80 and 81, the economy grew 7 , 8 , weve all been conditioned to this world of 1. 5, 2 being good growth its not good growth we can grow much higher faster than that. We at ariel still think the market is anchoring. This new economy is going to be better and we think were going to have north of 4 gdp growth. Youre going to need a megaincrease in productivity youre going to have to bake that in if you get a bigger number. Yeah, were going to get some its been disappointing. Productivity growth has been disappointing. Where does productivity come from usually Capital Investment when Companies Put money into their plants, they dont do it for no reason. They usually get productivity from that. We think we are going to start to see better productivity numbers although ill admit weve been disappointed. The other thing weve noticed was the savings rate at 2. 4 which is, what, more than half of the top on a micro level, households, are they getting into dangerous areas with revolving credit and savings or not so in q4 consumption spending was 3. 84 which is very strong we dont think were there theres still a bit of room for it to move up. Lady and gentleman, good to see you this morning. Thank you. When we return this morning, dr. Pepper snapple shares soaring on the buyout deal with k cup maker keurig what the ceos told us about the deal a few moments ago at the desk and the fallout from wynn, steve wynn resigning as the rnc chair and well bring you up to speed. And well break down the companys stock falling. The founder of the worlds laesetwi trgt f thhe dow now down 56. Nobodys putting their money into equities. 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Theyll get a share of the new company equal to 13 in the newco. It will be largely owned by j. A. B. Although mondolise will own 14 . Thats not worth getting into. They will own 14 of this company. The combination itself, 11 million in revenue taking on some debt. They will be leaf vvered almostv times. Its the combination of the two that seem to be, well, bringing some questions for those who wonder about the 600 million synergy number that theyre coming up with what are the synergies and what are the benefits to putting these two companies together we asked the ceo of keurig who will be the ceo of the combined company to answer that question for us heres what he had to say. Its not intuitive at first but as people learn about it theyre going to realize that this makes total sense when we put these two Beverage Companies together we create a north American Beverage Company of scale, 11 billion in revenue. We cover all consumer need states we get exposure to high growth areas and really importantly weve got a Distribution System that can get those brands to customers anywhere they shop investors for their part trying to understand exactly what it is that equity will be worth. In other words, take out the 103. 75 you get a sense where they think the stock will trade based on the earnings. They didnt give us a sense of what the earnings would have been last year if you had realized synergies they said it would be 1. 27. If i believe that if they have the synergies. That gets me to a stock price above 103. 75. To over simplify they think dr. Pepper has a larger Distribution System than keurig has and they can get into more places they have the dsd deliveries, trucks, they go and stock the shelves and so forth keurig doesnt have that they think that will benefit them they talk about it being a consumer play with coffee, the Fastest Growing beverage so to speak and wanting to be available in all forms to people in many places as possible he did also push, as you might expect, their online share which is large and growing though we didnt get details. Its much easier to ship keurig pods than coke. Or dr. Pepper. Through the mail. Much lighter. Okay. Why so much a. M. List skeptict skepticism there are beverage sz but youre talking about a very different delivery mechanism from the pods. Liquid and powder. Yeah. Little more aluminum in the soda business. Right and liquids are so heavy compared to now mr. Young who we also spoke to, larry young the ceo of dr. Pepper snapple did seem to indicate carbonated is going to generate the cash. No, but said we were at the beginning of this new wave of having variations on flavors and varying package sizes and ways to invigorate a brand through marketing and flavors and so forth. Well see. He held up that can earlier. Diet coke has how many new flavors today . Five, four gosh, tons of them. Theyre kicking them out today. Interesting day that we had the ceos of the dr. Pepper deal. Meanwhile, coke is advertising here at the nyc. I saved my ginger lime to try with dinner tonight. Thanks, david. Time for our etf spotlight lets get to bob pa spisani by far, michelle. 25 years ago today, today the very first u. S. Etf started trading. This was the guy behind it even then this is jim ross, executive Vice President of state street Global Advisers 25 years ago today started the spdr, the s p 500. What was the idea behind it . Why did you create the first etf . What did you want to do . The idea came out of the crash in 1987 where portfolio insurance didnt work. The American Stock Exchange came to us. They were our partner on this and said, can we build a product thats securitized or has equities that can list and trade on the equity and can go up and down but was focused on institutional traders. They can get in and out of the market really fast and avoid the crash of 87 you never envisioned retail not a lot entered my mind i was doing a lot of work. I think most of the folks are focusing on the trading community. There might be three or four of them on equity markets that shifted over time it started with 5 million were talking about 300 billion. You have 9 of all of the assets under management of the etf business, 9 the is in that one fund, the spy. It is. Eventually all of the money started moving out from the institutional people and when did registered Investment Advisers start saying, oh, you know what, you should own this it was interesting. Institutional traders have not moved out. They still have a very, very great institutional trading product. But the registered Financial Adviser community really kind of as we started having more etfs, late 90s, sector spdrs, when they had choice they saw how they could build portfolios. There was a shift in their world from Commission Based to fee based where etf worked well. All of this has gotten caught up in the active versus passive debate we all know oceans of money are going into the passive investments of etfs. Very low cost. Gain has been these indexes tend to outperform the active managers for a long time oceans of money coming in. A lot of people are wondering if passive is getting a little too big. What are your thoughts overall passive is not that big of a size compared to active world. Its still 15 i dont think its getting too big. The interesting thing is, people are assuming passive is big. People are buying and holding forever. Theyre using from the Institutional Advisers and moving on a tactical basis. Thats a good point you could use etfs in an actively managed way, what we call Tactical Management then we talked about the fee wars, you charge 9 basis points for spy. Thats 9 per 10,000, i believe . Correct. Yet you have competitors that are charging 3 and 4 basis points when is this going to stop are we going to see a zero fee etf in the future . And how are you guys going to make money on this im never going to say never, but i dont foresee that right now. Fees are very important. Fees are very important to investors. Everyone should look at the total cost of ownership which is looking at fees plus the cost of buying in and buying out spy is a very competitive product at 9 basis points. Obviously has a significant institutional following that looks at it much more for its liquidity. It has the mostly quit at this of any etf and its traded at a penny widespread. You have competitors much lower. Are you under pressure to cut your fees . We just introduced a suite of what we call portfolio spots that has a low cost in their segment across equities, fixed income, international. Were really proud of that spy in itself stands by itself and has a significant following. The answer is youre so big and popular that right now you dont have to but youll introduce a sort of selfcannibalizing other product thats cheaper across the spectrum not across the s p 500. Its great news for investors in general lower fees benefit the investors. Before we let you go, theres a lot of talk about more regulations for etfs, particularly those in more obscure parts of the market. Sudden selloffs, could they withstand it because theyll have to sell the underlying whats your overall thoughts on etfs and liquidity right now can etfs withstand a downturn . My answer is to go back, they have theyve gone through different market cycles when you think of some of the challenging reopening the stock markets after september 11th when you think of all of the fall of 2008 and 2009, etfs provided liquidity in the marketplace. I think theres a better chance etfs will get us out of the next crisis rather than cause the next crisis. Give me a number. 3. 4 trillion assets under management lets go forward five or six years. How big will the etf business be 2025 a lot of it depends on Global Growth trends. I mean that because the u. S. Will continue to grow, im confident of that. We want to see more etf growth in emerging markets like china and india. If we see that, in addition to the millennials, the Fastest Growing segment growing 6 0e a year, i think we could see upwards of 2025, i think we could get to 25 trillion. 25 trillion. Its only got 12 trillion in it or Something Like that . I dont know what it is right now. Bigger than the Mutual Fund Industry its possible thats a very global number. The Global Mutual industry, remember, etfs not just a mutual fund competitor. All over. Thats a pretty bold claim here that means the Mutual Fund Industry really has to start lowering their fees rapidly. Jim ross, we have to go. Thanks very much congratulations. 25 years, the biggest etf in the world, 3. 4 trillion in assets. They have almost 10 of it back to you. Bob pisani. When we come back, the new tax law having an impact on the super bowl well talk about that. As we go to break, take a look at shares of lmt this morning. The defense contractor reporting a beat on the top and bottom line did take a 1. 9 billion charge for the new tax plan, but guides high back in a minute see thats funny, i thought you traded options. Im not really a wall street guy. Whats the hesitation . Eh, it just feels too complicated, you know . Well sure, at first, but jj can help you with that. 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Directv a new tax law is having an impact on businesses looking to wine and dine clients, specifically the ones planning to take their clients to the super bowl our eric chemmy joins us at hq to explain that. Thats right. The new tax law means the super bowl tickets, theyre no longer deductible the new tax bill eliminated the deduction for business entertainment expenses such as when a Company Takes a client to the super bowl previously they could deduct 50 of the face value. Now they cannot deduct anything. The same rule means no more deductions for playing golf. Thats causing a lot of grief across many industries, but its also forcing stadiums and teams to get creative about how their biggest buyers are spending money. I spoke with tony knoff. Youll see different definitions of what a company is buying. Instead of paying for tickets you can see the receipt say you bought a very expensive meal instead because meals with clients, those are still deductible maybe the team will just so happen to kick in a couple of free tickets with that very expensive meal another option, companies can buy a jumbotron sponsorship. Thats a marketing expense thats fully deductible. Every sponsor just so happens to get a couple of free tickets to that game. Carl, let the tax games begin. The long arm of the tax man some amazing consequences. Thanks, eric. Speaking of all of this, amazon unveiled a teaser of the commercial for the super bowl. The ad is starring the companys Ceo Jeff Bezos hes facing disaster and gives the go ahead for an alexa replacement after the ai assistant loses her voice. We had harris diamond of mccann on squawk saying youre going to be seeing the commercials, the social rollout, the leaks happening all week long. Interesting that he chose to put himself in the ad. Yeah. I think i do believe he wants to take a larger sort of public role in some way. I think he knows, as bezos often seems to know whats coming, that there may be some fights ahead for his company, it probably helps him to sort of be seen in a broader fashion, i guess, not just the man behind the curtain. Become more familiar to people, be in a funny ad, soften your image to the degree that you had one that was very public. By the way, 1414 this morning. 1300 was literally the other day. My very first story at cnbc was when henry blodgett, then analyst. Famous. Said that the stock was going to go to 300 bucks. It was 400. December 16th of 98. Thats when i joined, i believe. Yeah. And it did it within a week, not in a year. Ended up being a good call. It was. Good for henry. Make sure to tune into nbc to catch the super bowl this sunday, february 4th starting at 6 30 p. M. Eastern time dont miss our special prooe super bowl coverage here on cnbc this friday. Jim and i will be in minneapolis. Wow thats call. Not me. How fun. Under pressure, casino mogul steve wynn facing Sexual Misconduct allegations the companys board launched an investigation into the charges weve got the latest tu othcano it means for the furef e si empire and stock. Squawk on the street back right after this [ click, keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] good questions lead to good answers. Our advisors can help you find both. Talk to one today and see why were bullish on the future. Yours. Good morning, everyone im sue herera heres your cnbc news update at this hour. Islamic state militants attacking Afghan Soldiers guarding a military place in kabul. It is the latest in a wave of violence by the taliban and Islamic State group that has killed many and left hundreds wounded. Saudi arabias prince al waleed has been freed. He described the arrest as a misunderstanding there are no charges. Okay. There are just some discussions with me and the government, but rest assured this is a clean operation that we have and we are just in discussion with the government on various matters and that i cant divulge right now because we are in continued discussion with them. A pilot with engine trouble managing to land his small plane on a california freeway sunday evening. He did manage to safely land the plane, but as you can imagine, in Southern California it backed up traffic for miles luckily though a happy ending. No injuries. Thats the news update this hour i will send it back down to you. Michelle yeah, the traffics always bad there. Traffic is always bad there, it really is and that just made it worse. But at least hes safe yes all right. Thanks, sue. Youve got it. So the fallout continues for casino mogul steve wynn following allegations of Sexual MisconductContessa Brewer has the latest hi there, michelle. The stock is down 5. 7 ubs has downgraded it from neutral to buy theyre telling me theyre concerned about the, quote, appropriate qualifications of the major shareholders, directors and Key EmployeesHolding Important positions in casinos. The nevada gaming control board is reviewing the allegations the massachusetts Gaming Commission is investigating the allegations as is the wall street journal. Really this is the first time the ceo of a major publicly held company has become the center of such a public controversy in this me too movement wynn says the accusations are preposterous and blames his exwife. Elaine wynn sat on the board until 2015 wynn resorts said in a statement on friday. Its noteworthy that although ms. Wynn says she knew about the 2005 allegations involving mr. Wynn in 2009, she never made them known and she did not raise them until after mr. Wynn remarried and the shareholders of wynn resorts voted no the to elect her to the board multiple law firms are investigating claims for a breach of fiduciary duty the board has established a commission to investigate led by the only female member of the board, Patricia Mulroy these members are bound to face questions of what they knew when and if they didnt know, why didnt they know analysts are raising the question of what a Wynnless Wynn could have yeah, the Casino Industry is unique like that there can be some real consequences to the business model. Thanks. Sure. Lets get more on the impact of the stock lets bring in harry curtis. And American Company managing director adam bryant whos a ceo coach. Gentlemen, good to have you here stock was trading almost 200 bucks when this news broke its now down 15 . What is that pricing in . Is that pricing in steve wynn is definitely gone, likely gone i think it prices him a great deal of uncertainty and the question is, is there more i think that if he were to face problems with his license in massachusetts, thats probably 15 a share. Theres also the issue of multiple compression in macau. That could be another 30 a share. Theres just so many pieces to this puzzle we dont know. Worst Case Scenario we this morning published a piece that suggested that it could dip below 150. What would you do at that point . Is that a place to get in or is that i think that there are an awful lot of unanswered questions, but theres still value here. Adam, what do you think so youre a ceo coach. I mean, if you had steve wynn in front of you, what advice would you be giving him . Hes going to have an army of crisis managers around him right now. I do think this story is going to push a broader focus to all of corporate boards. Boards have a long list of things they have to worry about. Its getting longer. Cyber security now theyre going to have to be worrying about Sexual Harassment i also think its going to put a focus on the lack of diversity on corporate boards in general roughly 20 of directors on american boards are women. Theres a lot of boards with just one woman, some of them with actually no women at all and all the Research Shows that if you want the benefits of that diversity, you have to have at least three female directors on the board. So i think this is why what does that achieve and what do you get then you get the different perspectives, you getthe sense theres enough of us here, we can raise the alarms and concerns but, again, this is a new front in the ongoing Sexual Harassment moment were living in, and i think now theres going to be a lot of interesting meetings that are going on in boards just adding to the concerns, you know, just the process of vetting ceos is going to get that much more granular. This is going to have a lot of consequences ive got to read you what they say this morning. To be honest, we find it wholly reflective of the society in which we live that a news article in and of itself would compel people to speculate as to what wynn would look like without steve wynn are we making these leaps too soon story comes out, is he gone or not . That discussion happened within minutes. Seems to me theres a legitimate question about brand value. Because its for example, 20, 25, 30 of corporate business and occupancy in vegas are Group Meetings and conventions theres an issue of whether or not theres going to be cancellations. So you think bookings would see a material drop because of an accusation . I think that theres an image here image issue here, and the thing to remember is whats the batting average of ceos surviving when theyve when theyve been accused of this i mean, to discuss further, carl, what you bring up, i mean, the details are so extensive and so numerous compared to other allegations that weve seen right. That it just becomes almost overwhelming. It does ad adam, to your point, it sounds like a board level issue i mean, just beyond whatever behavior takes place, this idea that harrys raised of endangering the brand would certainly go right to the heart of what a board is supposed to focus on. Sure. This is the problem of having a prominent ceo where you have your name and your signature on the front or the companys signature is the logo, and thats great its great for the brand until it becomes a problem and then they have to act fast because the headlines are the headlines, you know at this point theyre allegations. Theres a lot of claims being sent back and forth, but you cant put the headlines back and the board has to be looking at the fallout of this. Again, as part of their fiduciary responsibility harry, what about the company being sold thats certainly you know, ive seen some notes that bring that up as a possibility is it . And what would it be worth if, in fact, that were to occur . Its not that easy and the reason is the vast majority of the cash flow comes out of macau. What determines the fate of macau are the folks in beijing so i think that there could be an issue with approvals. You could get unless it was a chinese buyer. Unless it was a chinese buyer, but then you get the issue of sifius. Here in the states, it would be a National Security concern that is so interesting. Its an issue of would the chinese buyer then be permitted to own the u. S. Assets right right. Maybe they could buy the macau assets. It doesnt seem to be a National Security issue. Its not a National Security issue as much as a cash flow issue and a preservation of licenses here. Right right. Licenses yeah gentlemen, thanks so much. Thank you. Harry and adam, good to have you on. When we come back this morning, a look at the state of the economy, taxes and more. As the president is set to deliver his first state of the union tomorrow night, two former chair men of the council of w ecutives join us dois down 94 were back after a short break each day our planet awakens with signs of opportunity. But with opportunity comes risk. And to manage this risk, the world turns to cme group. We help farmers lock in future prices, banks manage Interest Rate changes and airlines hedge fuel costs. All so they can manage their risks and move forward. Its simply a matter of following the signs. They all lead here. Cme group how the world advances. First strategist to cover bitcoin says there is one thing that the cryptocurrency needs to do to survive for the long haul. Check out our interview with nick colas, tradingnation. Cnbc. Com more squawk on the street in a moment ahead of his first state of the union, the president is continuing to hammer things. Businesses are coming back to america like never before. Chrysler, as an example, is leaving mexico coming back to the u. S. A. Unemployment is nearing record lows we are on the right track. Joining us to discuss, gleb hubbard. Former chairman in the bush white house. Oscar ghoulsby gentlemen, its great to have you both thank you for your time. Thank you. Austin, he goes into the speech with a lot of talking points what would you emphasize if i were donald trump, you know, i hope that he will emphasize bipartisanship and, you know, i think there are a fair number of things that he could perhaps rally people around i dont know that it will work i kind of think most president s do most of what theyre going to do in the first year, and theres been such an erosion of trust really on both sides, but especially the democrats do not trust what the president says. So even if he comes out with a bipartisan kind of unifying message, i think there will be a high degree of skepticism. Glen, hes got all of these businesses giving wage hikes and bonuses. Hes got the market, of course, which raises that other question how effective is the stock market as a barometer of your success when we know the percentage of households in this country who actually own stock directly or indirectly well, i think it is very important. I expect the president to look back and look forward. Hell look back on the economy and what hes accomplished, but actually look forward with what he expects the effects of tax reform to be you have to be, of course, careful about overly embracing the stock market mainly factors determine the stock market, and i agree with austin i fully expect more bipartisan discussion from the president. On what areas is infrastructure the obvious play, glen i think infrastructure, even a bit on immigration as well my guess is we will hear more of the president that we heard in davos and less of the president of twitter austan, do you go along with that was davos a setup in terms of the packaging were going to get . Probably. Davos man trump, i dont think anybody thinks that thats actually what trump believes and, you know, just on immigration, take immigration, we went through a period in december where the president came and made a promise to the Congressional Democrats about the d. R. E. A. M. Act and then within weeks reversed himself and said, oh, no, im not going to do it so i think regardless of what he says that tries to be bipartisan, theres going to be a lot of skepticism of does donald trump standing up reading off a teleprompter actually represent the trump administrations views because on a few of these things we havent seen it. Austan, you think theres nothing he can say that might be convincing to the other side, that might get that side of the aisle to stand up for once i dont know if it will be convincing for sure he could say things that would be better received than some of the things he has tweeted out, you know, as glen put it, which for his first year he clearly took a mostly confrontational stance i think if he did that, that would not be well received it would be wellreceived, but i think they will view it with skepticism as they should, i think, because hes said a number of things that he hasnt carried through on on infrastructure, i hope he says something thats bipartisan, but as you know, most of what theyre talking about now on infrastructure would force the cities and states to pay more and the federal government would reduce the amount of spending on infrastructure hey, glen, did you see the atlanta fed this morning coming in with their estimates of growth above 4 . Historically they havent been completely accurate, but certainly the optimism that we see in the stock market is translating into believes about what gdp growth could be do you believe that number i dont think were going to see longterm gdp growth of 4 but we could see some very good quarters the economy is on very solid footing. We have solid policy support i think were headed back towards a growth rate of 3 which strikes me as very, very positive okay. How about you, austan . Well, i think the atlanta fed for Fourth Quarter gdp said it was going to be over 4 and it was 2. 6. The year 2017 was 2. 3 as a whole. Thats a small and modest improvement over the growth rate over the last six years, and i think 2018 still looks to be relatively positive, but i think 4 , to me, seems relatively unrealistic. Hey, glen, prior to the tax plan kevin has set of the cea had some projections about what the bill could mean for take home pay for average households which in some circles was widely divided. This morning he comes on and he says he thinks maybe 1 3 of the cash flow benefit could eventually make its way into wage hikes and bonuses has he been vindicated to some degree well, i think the Corporate Tax cut will raise wages, it has to through investment and productivity firms have already started by giving bonuses exactly how much is the subject of debate, but i think definitely that argument is there. I think it was one of the big reasons people should support tax reform. Austan, last point to you. Okay. Last point you heard glen make a very diplomatic statement, that is, the administration originally was claiming that more than 50 of this tax cut was going to end up going to wages, now its down to 1 3 what they have announced is more like 2 , and i think thats where the rub is going to be is whats the magnitude of how much are they going to give to the employees versus just pay out to shareholders in dividends and share buy backs. Guys, well see what happens tomorrow evening good to see you both glen hubbard, austan goolsbee. Lets get to Rick Santelli for the santelli exchange. Rick excellent thank you. Id like to welcome dr. Tom sabine dr. Sabine, glad youre here this morning i specifically want to start right out with some of the issues on excess reserves. Youve written several op eds concerning, and your notion is that for every 12 excuse me, for every dollar of required reserves, banks have 12 bucks with the fed is that a good thing or a bad thing that were paying 1. 5 currently on excess reserves well, i dont think it has anything to do with being good or bad i think one of the things interesting about what happened in the whole expansion of the Federal Reserve is that they moved very rapidly but also see questered most of the increase in their assets. Their assets have actually gone up significantly from about 6 of gdp to 20 something percent of gdp but as you and i do in our own asset net assets and for the first time in its history, the Federal Reserve has very significant liabilities and those are one of those are excess reserves. The others are reverse repots. Its not increased that much its less than doubled its net assets. Versus the five times the gross assets so i think this gives us an opportunity all right d doctor, let me interrupt you a second i know you say its not good or dad. Lets look at this from another perspective. Weve had over the last eight years really weak loan demand. Now being in the market, i think its because the credit markets have just been more palatable thats banks in many ways. But theres also lots of issues. Weve had tax reform maybe that will make a difference but i guess what im asking is there any correlation between weak loan demand and the amount of money i think for 2017 it was 26 billion that we paid for excess reserves. Is there any correlation there no. I dont think there is i think there certainly in a sense is what the Federal Reserve has to do in order to keep the bank because if they are going to do as they argue theyre going to, that is to reduce their portfolio and theyve reduced it the forecast for the First Quarter would have been a maximum of 30 billion. They reduced it by 18 billion what theyre doing is taking money out of the economy they have to make sure that the banks reduce the amount of reserves that theyre going to want to hold in order to not to make the stifle the recovery i think thats important they now, is it also true that these reserves are also rather integral these days to Monetary Policy is that kind of the way they view the excess reserves at the moment im not sure. Certainly the Interest Rate and excess reserves is the upper part of the fed funds rate but its the different the important part is what our market Interest Rates relative to what theyre paying on reserves and over the period of the two quantity take thei easings, the giant amount of change in those periods, they were paying more on excess reserves than the one and two year treasuries. Dr. S savinaving. Were out of time. I would like to have you back to see if there is any discussion on interest on reserves. 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