brian kasal of fort dearborn group joins us this morning.od morning brian. > > good morning angie. > > what are you doing with your money right now? where are you investing? > > we're still investing in stocks. stocks are interesting here. money keeps flowing into the u.s. markets for many different reasons, so we think there are still gains to be made there. then there are opportunities in fixed income, although not the traditional areas, which we can talk about in a second. > > a lot of money managers have been coming on this show and they're talking about buying those dividend-yielding stocks. everyone is doing that right now. but what else do you say you have up your sleeve? > > like many, we're interested in precious metals. but one of the areas we think is very interesting right now angie is the area of master limited partnerships. investors are clamoring for yield, and there's really nowhere to get much yield. master limited partnerships were created in the 1980s, and they're basically set up to house assets of natural resource compan

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. >> the debt crisis and economic slowdown in europe is hitting the dearborn car maker.uarter of the global sales. expect to lose $1 billion here this year. >> france's biggest car maker lay off workers as well. today, announced $9 billion in french government support. is there a u.s. connection here, too. general motors has a stake. the woes might slow the american car companies recovery. >> that is a problem is if the huge billion, weight on their shoulders. that is keeping them down. >> this is as the debt crisis got worse. it's reported overall debt is higher than it's been since the euro was launched in 1999. >> in greece, it's over 150%. recession throughout europe is working against posterity efforts. >> that is where they are walking a thin line now in europe, between really trying to fix the problem and then sending off a new problem. >> business confidence is even faltering in the economic powerhouse of germany. the european stock markets were up slightly today on upbeat economic news from china. looking for good news in economically interconnected world where

most of that engineering is done right here in michigan at our engineering center in dearborn along with the supply base, and a lot of the component manufacturing is coming into this area as well. it really comes down to this commitment to focus on the customer, the very best of engineering. you need the market knowledge and you need the engineers. it ties back around to your point about education and a technical discipline. >> who, if anybody, is getting it right? can don't it right, that we learn from? >> i do not think there is any model out there. well, there are some pieces of the model. in some countries, in many countries, actually, the government can really determine what percentage of the university cohort is going to major or specialize by field. if you see the numbers coming out of china, the numbers of scientists and engineers being graduated each year, it is a very high number. 40% + of those graduating are in engineering. 33% of every graduating cohort are in engineering. that is not because one-third of them are saying i am going to be an engineer and i want to go that way

host: i'm going to jump in right here and try to get in one more phone call from john in dearborn, michigan. caller: good morning. my question is, against the democrats and republicans in the senate and house, obama decided to let terrorist go in guantanamo bay when he was told they were going to kill servicemen and women overseas, and he still let them out. and he still offered police to be under were, when he tried to -- offered pleas to the when he trieder to blow us up. does does sound like someone we

the dearborn, michigan based carmaker counts on europe for one quarter of its car sales.et to lose a billion dollars in europe alone. the french carmaker peugeot, be announced close to $30 billion in government back the loan guaranties. general motors holds a big stake in this company and there are several deals in the works to develop vehicles between gm and peugeot. this is as the overall economic picture in europe is not looking too good. despite all the efforts by governments here to cut back the overall debt in europe is the highest it has ever been. in the most recent quarter, it represented 90% of the value of the eurozone economy. in greece, the greek debt, 150% of the economy. six countries are in recession. others close to it. even german business confidence is looking towarding to recent surveys announced today. jon, despite all this, european stock markets up slightly. they saw relatively good numbers coming out of china. they look for hope anywhere. back to you. jon: greg palkot, live in london. greg, thank you. jenna: what we're about to show you may look li

dearborn to keep spending. >> nothing governor romney said is true. starting with the notion of me apologizing. this has been probably the biggest whopper told during this campaign. every fact checker has looked at it. the governor said this is not true. and when it comes to tightening sanctions, look, as i said before, we put in the toughest most crippling sanctions ever. and the fact is, while we were coordinating an international coalition to make sure these sanctions were effective, you were still invested in a chinese state oil company that was doing with iranian oil sector. all of the american -- i will let the american people decide and judge who will be more credible when it comes to imposing crippling sanctions. and with respect to our attitude about the iranian revolution, i was very clear about the activities that had taken place. and that was contrary to international law, and everything that civilized people stand for. and so, the strength that we have shown in iran is shown by the fact that we have been able to mobilize the world. when i

most of that engineering was done right here in chicago, at our engineering center in dearborn along with the supplied in a lot of component manufacturing is coming into the area as well. the fact jury manufacturing power, electronics and so on. so it really does come down to the commitment we've made to the focus on the customer, to focus on engineering degree questionable products and obviously you need to market knowledge and you need the engineers. and it just keeps tight right back to your point on education and the technical disciplines. >> michael, who if anybody is getting it right at scale that we can learn from? >> i don't think there's any model out there that is -- >> some pieces of the model, for example, in some countries, any countries actually, the government can really determine what percentage of the university cohort is going to nature or specialize byfield? so if you see numbers coming out of china, the numbers of scientists and engineers being graduated a share, it's a very high her. i forget what it is, 40 some% of those graduating are in science and engineering

most of that engineering was done right here in chicago, at our engineering center in dearborn along with the supplied in a lot of component manufacturing is coming into the area as well. the fact jury manufacturing power, electronics and so on. so it really does come down to the commitment we've made to the focus on the customer, to focus on engineering degree questionable products and obviously you need to market knowledge and you need the engineers. and it just keeps tight right back to your point on education and the technical disciplines. >> michael, who if anybody is getting it right at scale that we can learn from? >> i don't think there's any model out there that is -- >> some pieces of the model, for example, in some countries, any countries actually, the government can really determine what percentage of the university cohort is going to nature or specialize byfield? so if you see numbers coming out of china, the numbers of scientists and engineers being graduated a share, it's a very high her. i forget what it is, 40 some% of those graduating are in science and engineering

host: i'm going to jump in right here and try to get in one more phone call from john in dearborn, michigan. caller: good morning. my question is, against the democrats and republicans in the senate and house, obama decided to let terrorist go in guantanamo bay when he was told they were going to kill servicemen and women overseas, and he still let them out. and he still offered police to be under were, when he tried to -- offered pleas to the underwear bomber when he tried to blow us up. does does sound like someone we want in office? guest: i'm not sure what the caller is referencing. again, i would say that i fully trust in our president's leadership when it comes to foreign policy and military issues. he has shown that he can make incredibly bold decisions that need to be made to keep us safe. and to keep our interests abroad save as well. host: thank you for your time in talking to our viewers this morning. guest: thanks for having me. >> tomorrow, reid wilson about the october surprise. and a look at the battleground state of new hampshire. and after that, kathy sullivan and jim merri