major league baseball. the red sox are ready for their home opener against the pittsburgh pirates. talk about the business of baseball. "squawk box" will be back. box" ♪ for decades, investors have used a 60/40 stock and bond model, with little in alternatives. yet alternatives can tap opportunities that traditional assets can't. and even though they're called alternatives, they're actually designed to help meet very traditional goals. that's why invesco believes people should look past conventional models and make alternatives a core part of their portfolios. translation? goodbye 60/40, hello 50/30/20. ♪ you never got the brakes looked at?e girl... oh yeah. no. at cognizant, we're helping today's leading manufacturers make things that think and do automatically. imagine that, a world of new digital products and services all working together for you. can i borrow the car when it's back? get ready, because we're helping leading companies lead with digital. >>> welcome back to "squawk box," everybody. on this week's economic calendar, today, the ism manufacturing index, construction