we have an exclusive interview with lee cooperman. our guest host today is former citigroup chairman dick parsons. mark mobius and thomas per easy, those two will be joining us during the 8:00 a.m. hour. this morning, we start with the markets. the dow closing at six-week lows. futures at this hour are indicated higher. dow futures up by about 100 points. the s&p futures are up by just over 9. yesterday, it looks like things were starting out strong. they gave that back by tend of the session. this is a pretty momentous move. among the key market drivers, we have the fed. policymakers will gather in washington at the start of a two-day meeting. a decision on rates is expected by tomorrow afternoon, but more important than rates, we have the question of what to do about taper. will it be cut even further? there are a number of other economic reports to watch today. at 8:30 eastern time, we get december durable goods. they're expected to rise by 1.6%. at 9:00 p.m. eastern time, we have the s&p case-shiller home index. an hour later, jan

one of the great hedge fund managers of our time, lee cooperman.t on an investing clinic almost every day of which i never missed a session. hardly an hour went by when i didn't hear a new great idea to explore. you know who i really learned from? my customers. chiefly wealthy individuals from all walks of life. it was at goldman i learned something that still isn't understood by many, and that's individuals can and do beat the market quite regularly. why don't they know it? if they only worked at goldman with me they would see it, they would know what i saw. no, they were all unpractical. when i was at goldman i had nondiscretionary accounts, meaning that i wasn't allowed to invest anybody else's money with my own trading ideas or investment unless i could win them over to make the purchase. remember, i was on commission and made money with buys and sells. there was no 1% fee or 20% for the wins. that came later with my hedge fund. that's where i learned how important it was to talk over a story with an individual, be able to articulate it in a wa

we have an exclusive interview with lee cooperman. our guest host today is former citigroup chairman dick parsons. mark mobius and thomas per easy, those two will be joining us during the 8:00 a.m. hour. this morning, we start with the markets. the dow closing at six-week lows. futures at this hour are indicated higher. dow futures up by about 100 points. the s&p futures are up by just over 9. yesterday, it looks like things were starting out strong. they gave that back by tend of the session. this is a pretty momentous

solid new ceo, higher natural gas prices and the support of billionaire leon cooperman, where is san drij energy going? >> well, lee was one of my teachers at goldman sachs, i remain on board san drig. i have to tell you the rate is now over, the people who rated lynn down, congratulations. you did your job i guess. but that one has got almost a 9% yield. it is filled with natural gas. dan in florida. dan? >> caller: thank you, jim. i have been doing some -- i forgot to say booyah to you from florida. >> right back at you. >> caller: i know your charitable trust had the stock at one time, you've had the ceo on twice but you weren't happy with the last quarter. it's wind stream. >> i think this company is going to be challenged to have the cash flow to maintain that yield so i'm going to say sell sell sell. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round"! >> announcer: the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ tires screech ] chewley's finds itself in a sticky situation today after recalling its new gum. [ male announcer ] stick it to the market before you get stuck. get t