Andrew and Ben explore some shocking news that broke over the weekend regarding mergers and pick out what they like and don't like about what they're seeing. We also give a peek into what we're seeing with Citizens Financial Group.

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Sam and Ben join us this afternnon to discuss a couple of head scratching acquisition moves featuring Qualcomm buying NXP and AT&T buying Time Warner.

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Andrew and Ben kick off the morning with earnings talk about Verizon and American Express. It is quickly followed by an intense discussion of the final Presidential debate.

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Markets are flat in the premarket.

Today's topics: Oil, Earnings, and Halliburton's Future

Ben dives into what makes Halliburton tick and gives his take on industry cycles and the foreseeable future. Krebs joins him later for an analysis on Intel's earnings. Also the duo scrolls through Salesforce's childish looking list of acquisitions and potential buyers.

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Markets are up this morning.

First up, there have been three large CEO departures in the last week, one flashing green, one flashing yellow, and one flashing red. Money-maker V has generally been executing well. The CEO departure, while worthy of an eyebrow-raise, doesn’t appear to be an indictment on the future prospects of the company. The yellow machine maker CAT is a different story. CEO Doug Oberhelman is no longer in charge after a series of missteps. It is unclear what the future path is, but last week’s upgrade from Goldman Sachs may support the shares. WFC’s red stagecoach is running a different line. Clearly CEO John Stumpf was forced out after an accounting fabrication scandal was poorly handled.

Andrew and Ben take a deep dive into Philip Morris. The pair look at sales volume trends, government excise taxes, and payout ratios as they assess the future prospects for the global tobacco company. Importantly, iQOS, the company’s smokeless tobacco product, continues to perform well as management looks for this to catalyze future growth.

Next, Analyst Matt Krebsbach takes the stage for deep anecdotal and analytical dives into NFLX and DPZ. NFLX showed tremendous subscriber growth in Q3 but Matt is concerned that international expansion will be costly. He outlines some reasons to think that international earnings may be less accretive than anticipated. Andrew shares a pizza story and the pair laud the impressive growth at DPZ in a quarter seemingly devoid of fundamental catalysts. Matt compares YUM’s Pizza Hut to DPZ’s Domino’s.

Finally, Ben returns to talk debate prep and what we can expect from the final presidential debate of the tumultuous 2016 campaign.

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Morning markets are fairly calm.

Today's Topics: Bonds, Social Media, and Frozen

Ben and Andrew give us insight into European Union troubles, as well as a nice run by Hasbro because of the movie Frozen. Sam and Ben rattle our brains to explain gamma scalping, a promising short term play. Scotty melts hearts today with his quote.

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The guys are back to give an update on standings and picks for this weekend. A few of us have changed strategies as Ben continues his hot streak.

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Gold and oil are the only positives in the premarket.

Today's Topics: Milk, Unilever, and Virtual Reality

Andrew and Ben harp on China's unreliable data. They also hit our government putting our tax dollars to the best possible use. Matt, Ben, and Scotty discuss virtual reality and the impact it could have on Gamestop, Best Buy, and our personal lives. Hillary apparently likes actually reality a little more.

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Markets started relatively flat this morning.

Today's Topics: Acquisitions, Beer, and Wikileaks

We address the strategic significances of why certain companies are acquiring others, while not touching on Twitter's drama. Of course tools are expensive, but 2 billion dollars worth? We talk about beer more than once in this episode. None of us are too sad about it.

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The market started as a redgasm this morning.

Today's topics: China, Alcoa, and John Cena

We hope you enjoy the new video layout. Andrew can't seem to find an outfit that he likes. We show you the true meaning of earnings and how they affect prices and attitudes. Ben gives us an in depth look at Alcoa and their earnings report. Scotty is on a serious roll with quotes.

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