They see an increase in the price of steel thanks to tariffs , so conagra is not doing well today. Down 2. 1 . There is a takeover attempt. It is being bought primarily for some of its features. Guy . Guy g20 leaders meeting in osaka this weekend. We seen the chinese president arrive in the u. S. President arrive. Investors watching for the outcome of the bilateral discussion between these two gentlemen, in particular whether or not we are going to make progress when it comes to the trade war. We are joined now by Neil Ferguson, senior fellow at the hoover institution. Good afternoon. What is your expectation for what is going to come out of this meeting . Neil i dont think a great deal is going to come out of it because i dont really see that either of the two leaders, trump and xi, have a strong incentive to make concessions. Trump i think senses that the chinese are on the back foot, that he has the upper hand here. Hes playing them, as he loves to do, by saying on one hand he is in
Record highs on an intraday basis. They have not been able to maintain those levels. These are all very small moves. I wanted to dig into the dow a little bit. The only of the three major averages that have failed to maintain the record that was set on march 1. Apple is the big winner in that index. Shares up 3 after brian white over at Drexel Hamilton put a price target on apple, sending shares up. Ibm lower on Warren Buffett cutting his stake through berkshire hathaway. Bernsteins saying the shares should not be bought on weakness. Downly, Goldman Sachs 0. 66 . To talk about apple again for a moment and as it relates to the s p 500 more so, right now, thus far, we have seen apple rally in along with the s p 500 rallying along with the s p 500. This has been supportive for the s p. On the bottom, we have the correlation. We are really seeing a lot of the time, a majority of the time, the two moving in tandem. If apple does continue to rally, that would not be bad news for u. S. Stocks
Record highs on an intraday basis. They have not been able to maintain those levels. These are all very small moves. I wanted to dig into the dow a little bit. The only of the three major averages that have failed to maintain the record that was set on march 1. Apple is the big winner in that index. Shares up 3 after brian white over at Drexel Hamilton put a price target on apple, sending shares up. Ibm lower on Warren Buffett cutting his stake through berkshire hathaway. Bernsteins saying the shares should not be bought on weakness. Downly, Goldman Sachs 0. 66 . To talk about apple again for a moment and as it relates to the s p 500 more so, right now, thus far, we have seen apple rally in along with the s p 500 rallying along with the s p 500. This has been supportive for the s p. On the bottom, we have the correlation. We are really seeing a lot of the time, a majority of the time, the two moving in tandem. If apple does continue to rally, that would not be bad news for u. S. Stocks
Record highs on an intraday basis. They have not been able to maintain those levels. These are all very small moves. I wanted to dig into the dow a little bit. The only of the three major averages that have failed to maintain the record that was set on march 1. Apple is the big winner in that index. Shares up 3 after brian white over at Drexel Hamilton put a price target on apple, sending shares up. Ibm lower on Warren Buffett cutting his stake through berkshire hathaway. Bernsteins saying the shares should not be bought on weakness. Downly, Goldman Sachs 0. 66 . To talk about apple again for a moment and as it relates to the s p 500 more so, right now, thus far, we have seen apple rally in along with the s p 500 rallying along with the s p 500. This has been supportive for the s p. On the bottom, we have the correlation. We are really seeing a lot of the time, a majority of the time, the two moving in tandem. If apple does continue to rally, that would not be bad news for u. S. Stocks
Disadvantage. That was a predeal with 108 dividend payout ratio projected for next year. Post deal, down to 70. The growth from enterprise r revenue at level three and synergies offset the declines and you fast forward and the new company two years out is a 2 grower at the top line. Not a 2 shrinker. We have the opportunity to take the best of both cultures, the best of century link and apply it across the bigger asset base. When do you see a deal 40 cash flow, increases the asset mix and the stock trades down . So management doesnt come together or you use the football analogy with the patriots not keeping tom brady on the bench. What happens if they give you the heisman . I think were in the fourth quarter. Were sharing this today. Weve had great constructive dialogue so far. We told them we would be sharing an idea. Theyve responded constructively. And then i believe the idea will snowball. I believe stakeholders will get behind this and that we can get this to happen. My goal is ge