let's get to our single best chart -- here is brendan greeley. tom and i are not wearing ties in solidarity with greece. josh wright is here a bloomberg intelligence will stop americans are fine with whiskey, but whiskey is not with the comment that is the subject of today's single best chart. bourbon beats scotch. we know people are buying more whiskey, but if you look at the different segments within whiskey, you are looking at a huge boost. the red bar is the fancy stuff. single malt of scott used to be the fancy stuff. the cheapest single malt's got is down by 13%, so the growth is not uniform across whiskey. by the way, i have to think nina melendez -- i wanted much more complex charts. see semper fi this for us -- she simplified this for us. if you happen to own casks of very old bourbon, which there was no demand for, all of a sudden you are about to get very rich. you can off on aged bourbon for love or money right now. josh wright still wearing a tie, do you drink whiskey? josh: i do. brendan: do you drink the good stuff? josh: i think i

here is brendan greeley. day the -- brendan: yesterday, the present looked up his veto pen and said oil will not come through the u.s. from canada. yesterday, we spoke with a guest who said that wilson has to get her america somehow. >> i don't expect you will see any short-term impacts, but those are all factors and variables that play into the market. brendan: rich clarida, with your macroeconomic experience, it's hard to figure out if this is politics or macroeconomics. -- or economics. richard: i would say it's both. it does seem that both sides are trying to score political points on this. but i think we should look at the big picture. what is happening energy the last 10 years is truly transformational. as recently as 10 years ago people were saying in fracking and access to natural death is not a big deal and we see that the increase in the u.s. supply is responsible for this collapse in global oil prices with huge macroeconomic consequences. energy will be the big story for the foreseeable future. oliv

here this morning with brendan greeley.the dodd-frank act is hurting smaller banks. betty liu is here. >> we are talking about bank regulation. there is debate in the united states whether dodd-frank, after all these rules more than 47 rules have been imposed, whether they are working and really taking care of too big to fail. this recent harvard study says it has been at least in one aspect, hurting smaller banks. that regional and small community banks have been losing market share at twice the pace than before dodd-frank was implemented in 2010. we have bill cohan on a former wall street anchor. also dennis keller. he is going to be joining us. he thinks this report is bogus. he says it is just another thinly veiled attack by big banks on dodd-frank. brendan: you know how this game is played. the dodd-frank does in fact hurt smaller banks. is that fact a stalking horse for larger banks to have their regulations? jim: it also affects credit unions. it is having a chilling effect across the small financial institutions acr

brendan greeley is considering a tesla. brendan: brendan greeley drive a minivan. olivia: germany's finance minister says there are no plans to discuss a new deal or give greece extra time, but prime minister elect tsipras remains defiant and says "there is no way back," and he cannot condemn the people to more pain. russia indicates president vladimir putin is headed for peace talks in minsk today and a deal to negotiate a cease-fire is likely. meanwhile officials a ringling over the degree of autonomy to give rebel-held eastern regions after nearly 10 months of fighting. french president for his wall lined and german chancellor angela merkel spoke earlier today and said they hope to attend a summit. president obama spoke on tuesday and hope to reaffirm ukraine's territorial integrity. brendan: president obama is set to ask the congress of a for formal authorization to battle islamic state. he wants the use of "enduring ground forces" and engagement would be limited to three years. lawmakers of both parties are skeptical to the approach of fighting extremist milit

here is brendan greeley. endan: libya's for ministers demand a lifting of the arms embargo. over the weekend, isis posted a video of the beheadings of 21 age of 21 egyptian coptic christians in libya. libya officials say this is proof the arms embargo needs to end. thailand's former prime minister is facing charges for her role in a rice subsidy program. she is accused of their relations in overseeing that subsidy program. 20 boxes of evidence to the supreme court, which will now decide to formerly accept the course. and thousands of people march in buenos aires to mark one month since an investigator was found dead. his body was found in his apartment january 18. it is not clear if he killed himself or was murdered. he had been investigating a 1994 bombing of a jewish center and had publicly accuse argentina's president and foreign minister of covering up iran's role in that attack. tom: i am so glad you put this in top heads. this was sort of their, all of a sudden it has become way more. this thing in argen

here is brendan greeley.> the united nations says more than 5000 people have been killed in ukraine since mid-april. one and 12,000 have been wounded. the u.n. says civilian deaths are accelerating. more than 220 died in the last three weeks of january. by minister tony abbott is under fire. liberal party fought -- liberal party lawmakers have broken ranks over spending cuts. he could soon face an internal party challenge. parliament returns next week. north korea says it will not talk to the u.s. anytime soon. instead, it is focused on its ability to destroy america altogether. according to state media, the gangster like u.s. imperialists are inching toward war. the u.s. and china have recently tried to prod north korea back to the table. >> it is time for our morning must reads. mine is a morning must listen. i am excited about this. a few weeks ago, i got a chance to sit down with the ceo of united therapeutics, and she is working on something called mind clones are >> i believe it will be humanity's bigge

i am tom keene, with me olivia sterns and brendan greeley. brendan: europe is fine.lmost back up where it was in 2000 and 2007, the dax germany's index, they have their eye specs out, searching for a new alpine high. jon ferro joins us from europe. who's afraid of a little varoufakis? jon: nobody. used it yet -- you strip out the news, it is news, yes, but look at the 10 best performing equity markets in the world year to date -- they are all in countries where the central bank has topped or eased monetary policy, and the majority of them are in europe. you could have blanked out everything you do with greece and ukraine and just focus on was central banks are doing, and you would have found a market. brendan: jon the deep irony of this is the country that least wanted a rate cut from the ecb or an easing is the one that is benefiting the most with this export -- germany. jon: absolutely, and the dax is made up of some big international companies, some big exporters that are going to benefit from that weaker euro. that is exactly what we see playing out through the m

here is brendan greeley. endan: eu leaders are meeting in brussels to talk about ways to combat terrorism. 28 major bodies will consider measures nurse like exchanging airliner past your list -- like exchanging airliner passenger lists. in taiwan, a failed as an escape led to the suicide of six prisoners. a mob boss held guards and wardens hostage. all hostages were said to be released. inmates were upset about long sentences and lack of medical care. earlier today, the daughter of the airliner's chairman got one year in prison. she was furious about being offered macadamia nuts in a bag instead of on a dish. this led to a physical confrontation of the first-class crew. those are some of your top headlines from around the world. i think it was just quality control. tom: absolutely. there we are with ukraine with the headlines. indications of hope on ukraine that cannot be said about greece. a true stalemate is the tone in brussels as greece races against time. joseph rosenthal joins us -- joseph wiesenthal joi

here is brendan greeley. s calling for international military action against islamic state. it launched airstrikes inside libya on monday. attacks in north africa fall the release of a grisly video that showed the mass beheadings of 21 egyptian christians. egypt's president is now lobbying europe and the u.s. for coordinated international response. the supreme leader of iran is taking aim at the hits gnome "american cyber." he says the hit film encourages violence against muslims according to a state newspaper in iran. it also quoted that he did not watch the film but learned about its plot from others. in denmark, thousands of people marched in copenhagen to remember paris weekend shooting victim. the violence may have been an attempt to copy the massacre at "charlie hebdo." the suspected gunman was killed in a shootout with police. those are your top the list from around the world, olivia. olivia: a new study suggests that dodd-frank may be helping wall street more than main street. according to a harvard sc

here is brendan greeley. endan: united nations with a dire warning on yemen. it is "collapsing before our eyes." we closed embassies admit unrest. nearly half the country's provinces have been taken over by rebels. teargas rocks and rubber bullets filled the air as friends and foes of venezuela's socialist government staged a doing marshes on the anniversary of last year's bloody protest movement. protests also took place in caracas. in south africa unprecedented walkout. armed police remove the freedom fighters party after they interrupted zuma's speech. members of the opposition party then walked out in protest. zuma upgraded his private home with funds. tom: i love when you do these stories. i have no idea what the eef is about. i am not up to speed. brendan: there's a great economist piece on south africa that says this is how you dismantle a democracy step-by-step slowly. tom: we should stop the show and say congratulations to all of the -- this is really cool. she takes over, the previous guy goes somewh

right world news with brendan greeley. >> falling profit for bp was down.ending. profit fell from $2.2 billion, sorry, from $2.8 billion a year ago. sorry, profit is at $2.2 billion for stub analysts expected $1.6 billion. they sell access -- they sell assets to safeguard returns. spain's largest lender santander says revenue increase in the fourth quarter, net income came in up from $979 million a year ago. the results were in line with analysts' estimates compiled by bloomberg for stop lenovo posted process that beat estimates and expanded profit share for computers and smartphones. the stock rose in hong kong that is its biggest gain on an intraday basis since january 2014. those are your top world news headlines. >> speaking of world news, let's look at angela merkel. a few headlines, not a lot, but merkel really throwing the ball back to the greeks. >> we have an waiting for angela merkel to respond forever. this event is now a week old. hans nichols joins us from berlin. ok, tom. >> let me pick this up, hans if i could about the domestic politics in g

brendan greeley. brendan: two top stories we are following. in ukraine, casualties continue.illed and 10 wounded in the last 24 hours. a military spokesperson says continuing attacks from pro-russian separatists are delaying the pullback of heavy weapons. another deadline for greece. prime minister alexis tsipras has until the end of the day to come up with a new list of financial measures. finance ministers will decide whether this go far enough. if so, bailout euros will keep flowing. other stories making news. in nigeria, a female suicide bomber killed 7. the young looking girl jumped a barricade at a mobile phone market. 30 or injured. no immediate claims of responsibility. the terrorist group boko haram has waged a campaign to impose islamic law in nigeria. twono young actors convicted of insulting tiling's -- thailand's king will be jailed. thailand's laws against defendant royalty are the strictest in the european boston residents trying to remove mounds of snow from roofs. wind chills will send temperatures below zero. those are your top headlines. olivia: the hunt fo

let's get you a single best chart with brendan greeley. tiger's out of the farmers insurance open, is to has been replaced, but his back has not gotten better. bad news for tiger, terrible news for the industry of golf. here is what you are looking at. we were trying to figure out what effect tiger has had good and bad on the game of golf. at the top is nielsen ratings for masters tournament over the years going back to 1992. underneath of it is share value share price of callaway, a pure golf company. what you see there look at 1997. i graduated from college, the world was young, tiger was on top of his game, everything worked --olivia: i think i was in seventh grade brendan: thank you for that. i feel better every day when our member how young you are. a importantly, how old tiger woods is. his back is that callaway is doing terrible, and the nielsen ratings are going down as well. we have towo guests, one who plays golf and wanted is not. joe: i have always been terrible. olivia: you are mini golf. joe: i do not play much, but i am not

olivia sterns and brendan greeley with us this morning.futures up 105 things are improving. olivia: the world is awash in cash although technically it is awash in debt. $57 trillion since 2007, and there is almost no deleveraging insight. james manyika is the director of the mckinsey global institute. thank you for coming this morning. james: i am glad to be here. olivia: how does this end? james: not well if we do not do anything about it. despite what happened in 2008 the world continues to pile on debt. it has grown by 17%, and most of it is government debt so the $57 trillion you mentioned, something like 25% is government debt. we are not going to grow our way out of this problem, unfortunately, because the growth we would have to have is unbelievable. brendan: do not say what you are seeing in berlin because you will be met with some resistance, that we cannot grow our way out of debt. let me read some of your report -- a broader range of solutions will need to be considered. what does that implore? james: it just means there is no s

here's brendan greeley. brendan: violence in afghanistan has reached a new high. human report says -- eight u -- a u.n. report says the number of civilians killed has reached a five-year high. more than 10,500 casualties includes 3700 civilian deaths. the violence continued on tuesday, taliban suicide bombers in kabul killed at least 20 people. a war of worlds between australia and indonesia tied to the debate of two australian heroine smugglers. indonesia plans to execute them. australian prime minister tony abbott says his nation would be grievously let down should the executions per cp indonesia warning that no one responds well to threats. in china residents in beijing and elsewhere celebrating the final day of the year of the horse. ready to bring in the year of the ram. urging people to like you are as dozens of cities fight a battle against toxic air pollution. those are the top headlines. tom: holland, merkel putin, poroshenko to speak by phone. brendan: perhaps if the ukrainian troops are out of debeltseve that is it. tom: hope in the financial markets ov

a olivia sterns and brendan greeley with us this morning.around the world. >> we started in australia. tony abbott is holding onto his job for now. you 40% of his colleagues voted in favor of a measure that would have yanked him from office. avid's popularity is waiting thanks to unpopular spending cuts. japan is looking to chanter -- channel aid to foreign militaries. it would allow the government to spend money on overseas development. the move comes as shinzo abe trust to bolster regional ties. the new charter will replace a 2003 document that says military aid should be avoided. in egypt, at least 30 people are dead after a stampede at eight soccer stadium. -- at a soccer stadium. officers were trying to contain the violence. about 10,000 people who tried to enter the stadium without tickets. it was the worst egyptian soccer violence since riot at a game two years ago that killed almost 70 people. >> brendan, we have an announcement. >> kathy engelbert just took a whack at the glass ceiling and splintered it. beloit has named her as thei

let's get to top headlines this morning with brendan greeley. ensions were high on capitol hill for janet yellen's second day of testimony before congress. the fed chair is wanted to criticism from her publicans who say too cozy to the white house and immigrants. some in the gop want to give congress more power over the fed. greece is pinning its hopes on the european central bank. it is counting on the ecb to help stave off a default if want when a payment to the imf comes due. in an interview with bloomberg's erik schatzker, greece owes over $2 billion my bonnet sharing program. at least 17 people hurt and a huge highway crash. more than 70 the apples piled up on interstate 95 in maine. the stretch of highway was closed more than five hours. the cancer drug is the center of a possible deal that could be worth $18 billion. the drug avoids a certain serious side effects of -- warn bufft's investment advice has made billions of dollars, but you may want to think twice before following his dietary habits. he told "fortune" magazine "ie like a six-y

betty: thanks to brendan greeley and leslie picker.e all over the markets for you on this friday morning. is it too early for noodles? wide noodles and company is selling off. and the prediction that the oil supply will fall this year. is that right? stay "in the loop." ♪ betty: as finance ministers are meeting in europe, trading is just getting underway in new york. we get back to alix steel for a look at early movers. alix: we want to look at the 10 year yield. taking a relatively big earlier this morning. the multis finance minister is saying the german led block, the yield is continuing to its downside, picking up a little bit of steam. investors rotating into that safe haven. there are some stocks worth mentioning. you have noodles and company seeing its worst intraday loss ever. actually, now it is up by five points. premarket, it was down quite a bit, and also rocket fuel seems to be higher. i think that trend is not right, actually. we are having earnings issues with them. trust me, they had some earnings issues and weak outloo

when you talk tech m&a, it is not a discrete piece of the puzzle. >> brendan greeley cannot wait foret to tell him he does not need more pampers. >> i cannot even imagine. >> i can tell you which i'll i was in in toys "r" us. >> i doubt you changed the majority of diapers. what a great time to change the topic. time to answer our twitter question of the day. >> a screen went black and the pitches, each and watch tv in your car, a great reason to buy a truck. the ad i think got the most attention -- like a girl. >> our third answer, the lost dog was precious. the puppy made its way back home. the horses burst out of the barn. >> i have seen the ad already. i know what they're doing. when the horses save the puppy from the wolf, these are emotions that are so deep that i still want to weep. >> they bring the puppy home. the guy puts on his hat starts passing the puppy, -- starts patting the puppy, he is doing morning celebration. >> the conversation is can we get a dog and then it shifts to can we get a horse. >> the question is, hot chicks or puppies? we saw the balance tilts towards

brendan greeley, i love the "ft" today. an fcc commissioner who tilts republican. s all anecdote. this is net neutrality. a great article. what did you learn yesterday about the coming debate. brendan: it doesn't look like there's going to be movement and congress. there will be a lawsuit. the carriers -- the reason they took this regulatory scheme it is actually much more lawsuit proof than the legal path in the past. there will be a lawsuit. i predict the fcc will win because they will have legal standing. i agree with what ajit pai says we need a new telecoms law. tom: the head of the commerce committee in the house has made it clear he's going to take a middle ground away from the staunch republicans. what is the middle ground? brendan: there's a way you can say you can call them a common carrier. you cannot use it for anything else. tom: net neutrality 101. coming up, we look at bonds. "surveillance," stay with us on friday. ♪ tom: good morning everyone. let's get right to our top headlines. olivia: republicans on capitol hill are looking for way to avoid a par

thank you, brendan greeley and scott belcher.aluxury cars girls royce bloomberg any are selling faster than normal cars. more on this bizarre but very interesting and luxurious trend. we will be back. ♪ >> ultra luxury cars like rolls-royce, bentley lamborghini are selling faster now than normal cars. over the past five years, global registration of the seven largest premium car brands have surged by 154 percent, far outpacing the 36% gain in overall car sales worldwide. a resident car expert, matt miller. what is going on with this trend? >> this has been going past four or five years, since the financial recession, the great recession, you have seen luxury cars bounce back a lock stronger than the sale of regular cars. kyle stock a senior editor at bloomberg businessweek written a story about it this week and he shows, for example just premium brands alone, including cars that sell about $100,000 range, the growth in those brands is up 25% year-over-year and the growth in all car brands is only up about 4%. that is basically wh

brendan greeley is considering a tesla. brendan: brendan greeley drive a minivan.ance minister says there are no plans to discuss a new deal or give greece extra time, but prime minister elect

joining me brendan greeley. olivia sterns has the plague. military spokesman says more than 90% of horses have retreated -- forces have retreated from depaul death -- debaltseve. it is a strategic rail ray junction. russian

it is tuesday, the day after groundhog day, i am tom keene with olivia sterns and brendan greeley.adlines. >> greece continues retreat from its call for the euro area to write down debt. yanis varoufakis met in london last that with about 100 financiers including u.k. chancellor george osborne. reportedly proposed to exchange existing for new bond link to the country's growth. the man who led greece's debt negotiation in 2012 says the country does need a monist -- modest amount of using. curious speaking to his

joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley. top headlines move this morning. could request a six month extension of its loan agreement as early as this morning. after the eu issued an ultimatum to ask for the extension by friday or leave the negotiating table. a step that could ease the standoff with greece's creditors over its future financing. prime minister alexis tsipras insists the status quo is acceptable. alexis tsipras: we do not

joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley. we have breaking news on home depot.>> we have home depot fourth-quarter net sales coming in at 19.1 6 billion the dollars -- $19.16 billion. sales are up 7.9%. >> wow. >> the

. >> brendan greeley joins me. this commercial may me cry. >> i watched it. counted 4.5 dad-themed ads. that one broke my heart. it is not even fair. at the end it is just thrown in dove. we know that adds that resonate emotionally will play for a long time after the super bowl. it seems a lot of the product placement was thrown in at the end. nissan did this long at about an absentee father and in the end, it is ok because he shows up and he is driving a nissan. i am confused. >> i am confused by the nationwide ad. you ended with a dead child. it was a terrible image, but that is all twitter talked about for 60 minutes. it made me wonder, does it matter if your ad is good or bad or just that you are talking. >> i think go daddy is learning you can make a tasteless ad in people will talk about it forever. this felt wrong and awkward to me. i like thinking about catching my kids in the pool, not about having them died. >> it does not mean because we found it entertaining -- >> >> had a bunch of former nfl stars make their favorite websites. these are web-based

i am tom keene, jointly brendan greeley. olivia is off today. es with brendan. brendan: do i touch that? i think i don't. european leaders are on more sanctions against russia. they could include plans to blacklist more russian citizens and organizations full stop currently 132 people and 28 groups are barred from traveling to eu or accessing european bank accounts. german chancellor angela merkel is one of the biggest skeptics.

joining me is olivia sterns and brendan greeley. here's olivia.any and france will arrive in moscow on a mission to sign a cease-fire over ukraine. the meeting at the kremlin the day after they met with petro poroshenko. here is secretary john kerry. secretary kerry: there has been a number of offerings for russia to take over the course of the past months.

joining me olivia sterns and brendan greeley, an amazing morning in europe.rning in ukraine where intense discussions are about to begin. german chancellor angela merkel and french president francois hollande are heading to kiev. john kerry is heading over there. the main topic -- whether nato and the u.s. should provide lethal weapons to fight pro-russian separatists rebels. ukraine central-bank raised its key discount

joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley. >> we begin in washington dc.ela merkel is meeting with president obama later this morning. she is fresh off her trip to moscow, where she met with putin to try to find a solution to the growing crisis in ukraine. they will discuss whether to provide lethal weapons to ukraine's military. secretary of state john kerry insists there is no rift. >>

bloomberg's brendan greeley explains how to measure austerity and how it is unlikely to help greece getebt. >> greece wants less austerity. austerity is a word but you can measure it through the primary surplus ratio. this is basically what a company -- a country saves divided by its gdp. it is positive that you are saving money, but you are inflicting pain in pursuit of some future goal. you are being austere. greece's goal is 4.5 percent. that has caused it to make hard decisions about budgets. according to the imf, reese would need that number to be even higher, 7.2% for a decade if it plans to pay down its debt to eurozone standards. there is little reason to believe this is possible. for the last 10 years, greece has run from negative to very negative. last year, it notched a positive 3%. encouraging, right? take the eurozone as a whole. since the euro zone began, all of those countries together only hit 3.6% once and now it is back below zero. since 1974, only three countries have averaged greater than 5% for more than 10 years. singapore, norway, and belgium which spent the 1990'

olivia sterns and brendan greeley are with me.s of nonstop talks the leaders of russia ukraine, germany, and france agreed to stem the conflict. the euro area has put up any tough decisions on greece until at least asked week. you know what this feels like? that game or you have water coming in from different holes, you plug one but the other one pops. that is what it feels like. >> my favorite detail about the negotiations is that the official from belarus said that they had drink buckets of coffee. nobody seems to have much faith in his peace accord. >> you have to think what is different from the february agreement and the september agreement. it looks like vladimir putin has gotten more of what he wants. the markets have not been rattled by the greek talks. angela merkel needs to get a catnap in here. >> maybe she sleeps on the plane. >> are her shoulders hurting? the fate of the world is on her shoulders. >> george w. bush famously gave her a background, which she shrugged off. >> i have stayed up overnight in brussels waitin

i am brendan greeley. tom keene is in washington. he has something to say to the president. me, and erik schatzker. erik: an emergency meeting in brussels today. they are trying to prevent a complete collapse of bailout talks. greece madea a request for extension. germany turned it down. german chancellor angela merkel and french president francois hollande are meeting in paris. they will discuss the fragile cease-fire agreement they brokered in ukraine last week. the government says the town near

joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley.headlines this monday morning. >> or fighting in ukraine over the weekend. the government says pro-russian rebels attacked with artillery and automatic weapons. both sides say they have completed the first prisoner exchange since agreeing on a cease-fire, now a days ago. another day, and other deadline for greece. prime minister alexis tsipras has until the end of the day today to come up with a new list of financial reforms. european finance ministers will decide of those proposals go far enough

joining the olivia sterns and brendan greeley. let's get to top headlines.anet yellen is signaling that patients has its limits when it comes to raising interest rates. the fed chair is back on capitol hill this morning. she began laying the ground work for a rate hike later this year. chair yellen: the modification should be understood as reflecting the committee's adjustment. the conditions should be at a point for the change in a target range could be warranted at any meeting. olivia: today she will be questioned by the house financial services panel.

. >> i would say that brendan greeley and lisa a berlitz filled in greatly. carts thanks for all the twitter love yesterday. -- >> think for all the twitter love yesterday. you were so nice yesterday. i'm going to step it up today. here is the bulletin with the top business stories of the morning. it is a showdown in brussels between greece and germany. european prime minister's are meeting right now to discuss the greeks request to extend financial grade for six months. the government has art economized on many issues. here, just an hour ago, we had this. >> i trust that we are going to have one. the greek government has gone the extra mile and we are expecting parliament to meet us halfway or 1/5 of the way. i have no doubt that this will be a very cordial discussion and , hopefully, at the end of this, we come out with some white smoke. thank you. >> white smoke. post out. germany is willing to let greece leaves the euro unless it continues austerity. bcg partners has won its fight to acquire gfi group's. the price tag is about $780 million. let nick won a

stephanie: guess who is joining me brendan greeley. that is hot. matt: i guess i will tune in.ng up. stay with us on "in the loop." ♪ scarlet: it is 56 minutes past the hour. bloomberg tv is on the markets. i am scarlet fu. investors have now had almost 90 minutes to dissect the jobs report -- the january jobs report. workers earnings jumped. it is very much weight and see in equities. the dow industrials up by almost 14 points. treasuries are lower. look at the vic's, 16.5. this is ahead of dennis lockhart's speech. the question is whether he drops the "patient" language. with volatility back in the markets, i want to check in with mike reagan. a lot of investors, mike, are turning to low volatility etf's. what does that mean? is it linked to the mix -- vicks? mike: the big ones -- u.s. md, the u.s. middle volatility index. they share a few stocks in common. walmart mcdonald's both show up, and medical stocks. they are basically looking for stocks that, i briefly, we have talked a lot about this. the market is basically flat for the year, but it has traveled a great distance t

join me olivia sterns and brendan greeley. we begin with top headlines. here is olivia.ing news in minsk where the leaders of russia, ukraine, and france have reached a youth-iron agreement after all night talks. -- a cease-fire agreement after all-night talks. ukraine entered the worst crisis in more than two decades between russia and its former cold war foes. a truce beginning at midnight on sunday. now to brussels where talks between greece and its euro-era creditors broke done once