goldman strategist david kostin. ♪ >>> good tuesday morning. "squawk on the street" i'm carl quintanilla with sara eisen, simon hobbs, david faber live at post 9 of the new york stock exchange. few things working in the market's favor today. deal activity eurozone pmi's pretty good and dovish talk. we'll keep our eye on than dow's up 43 points. >> our road map for the next hour. stocks in the green today. one day ahead of the unofficial start of earnings season. david kostin chief u.s. equity strategist for goldman sachs, live on this set with his outlook for the markets. >>> plus speaking of earnings season, negative expectations are piling up but that might not be a bad sign for stocks. >> after a $6.4 billion deal igt one of the biggest names in gaming. the ceo of igt will be with us live to give us his look -- his outlook for gaming and what's ahead for the new company. >>> later, the ceo of el ppolo loco, his take on fast casual the run-up on the stock and how the company's affected by the california drought. >>> a nice rally on our hands a