You will, for the markets. Tenyear note yield, as we often do at this time, below 2. 6. I like to compare, france 1. 71. Italy 2. 749. Oil prices of course have become a key. Wti and brent, you can see it, down on wti. Brent is higher. By a nice 48 cents. Lets get to our road map this morning. Starts with m a. Shares of covidien up around 30 , irish drugmaker agreed to be acquired by what was or will no longer be u. S. Based medtronic. Price tag 43 billion. Markets under pressure and as you saw oil is remaining volatile as violence and tensions in iraq continue to escalate. Were going to go live on the ground and get the latest from the region. Target confirming it experienced problems with computerized checkout systems but breathe easy, the issues not security related. Lets start off with m a. Weve got plenty of. The biggest of the deals is involve two medical devicemakers, medtronic agreeing to acquire irelandbased covidien for 43 billion. Values covidien 93. 20 a share. There was no
Why the heck is that news . Cmon, man. Ever since the great bull market of 1982 began 15,000 dow jones points ago, investors struggle to digest fresh fears. Dow ultimately gaining five points, s p advancing just 0. 8 , and future were down last night, what truly is a shame is this kind of evergreen story is now a staple to so much business journals. It costs people so much money. These pieces have caused a steady departure of individuals investing in stocks, in large part because they dont understand the fears do get digested, and when they do, stocks can rally. So i want to use in as a chance to talk about how risk and how how risk and stocks per se are risky assets, but you cant get it any reward without some risk. There are many kinds of fear, but only some are actually worth worrying about. Sell sell sell. For example, 2008. Sell sell sell. We had true Systemic Risk, which it seemed like all of our basics were on the brink of disaster, Systemic Risk must be avoided even if it means
Here at this hour, by the way. We also have both covered with a live report from iraq and our pros weigh in on just what the fed may do this week. Also, a very special and exclusive interview after the bell, traveler ceo jay fishman in a rare oneonone. He is widely viewed as one of the most respected and effective ceos in the corporate world. Fishman will weigh in on the state of his business, the overall economy and much, much more. You dont want to miss it. All right, we cant wait. In the markets right now, take a look at the dow. It is down about nine points. The situation in iraq is certainly weighing heavily on the minds of investors today. The fed meeting, which is looming, which begins tomorrow, is as well. The nasdaq holding on to a gain of just under four points. And the s p 500, we can call that flat on the day. Joining our Closing Bell Exchange right now is rob stein of Astor Investment management, joe tanias, kim forrest of fort pitt capital group. Wow, i got that right, fi
Zillow buying trulia 3. 5 billion all tock. Jack lew, oped calling for antiinversion tax legislation. Economic data capped off with monthly jobs report. Dollar tree acquiring Family Dollar 8. 5 billion, the value of Family Dollar 74. 50 a share, 24 prepare premium to the close friday. Comes more than a month after icahn called for Family Dollar to sell itself, thought it was going to be somebody else. Dollar general the name for a long time, we thought because of the great synergies that deal would bring, not without antitrust impedestrianti antiimpediments but Dollar General not the name, its dollar tree. Carl icahn may take credit but the approach made in march by dollar tree prior to mr. Icahn publicly coming into the shares. And so we know hes got a great nose, a great feel for these kind of situations. It was previous to that that Family Dollar told us it was at least exploring alternatives they did open up that process in the winter. They got approached by dollar tree. The big qu
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