mark spellman with alpine funds.a great weekend. >> thank you very much. >> and that does it for "nightly business report" for tonight. i'm sue herera. thanks for joining us. >> and thanks from me as well. have a great weekend, everybody. count your money. we'll see you on monday for a special edition of "nbr." >> a stretch drive to iowa. the candidates get tougher on each other. plus the president's state of the union chock full of politics. i'm pete williams in for gwen ifill this week on "washington week." it's heating up out there especially between the two republican front-runners. on ted cruz's birth right. >> if you become the nominee, who the hell knows if you can even serve in office? >> and on donald trump's new york values. >> and i guess i can frame it another way. not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. i'm just saying. >> while on the democratic side the question is who's tougher on guns? >> it's time to pick a side. either we stand with the gun lobby or we join the president and stand up to t

mark spellman with alpine funds.a great weekend. >> thank you very much. >> and that does it for "nightly business report" for tonight. i'm sue herera. thanks for joining us. >> and thanks from me as well. have a great weekend, everybody. count your money. we'll see you on monday for a special edition of "nbr." man: today we say goodbye to our friend, whose life was tragically cut short. his family and friends may well feel cheated that he has been taken from us too soon, but we have many happy memories of him, and these we must hold dear in our hearts. he was loved, respected, and will be missed by us all. sasha: what the hell's going on, gerry? i'm being framed. well, this much we'd worked out. why? i don't know. do you know who did kill ackroyd? no. you should feel free to tell us whatever it is you haven't been telling us up till now. ( phone rings )

mark spellman says, what about at&t? >> old slow, boring at&t.k in this slow. liz: for widows and or fans. >> as far asker people looking for slow, steady growth, low interest rate environment and this stock has yield of 2 1/2 times treasury 10-year bond. that is amazing. they did a lot of acquisitions. you mentioned directv going forward in 2016 it will concentrate on synergies. we like it in our alpine fund. liz: they have made gutsy moves. there are people looking for hotter thing. you talk about t-mobile, john ledger and always colorful ceo of t-mobile, we're coming out with drinking game during at&t's conference call. it is just a gimmick. you're supposed to take a drink when at&t mentions profitable growth and bundling. it is a way to get attention but maybe they are trying to find something sexier than the ol' boring story? >> be careful. certainly 2%, low growth, low rate environment if i get a stock with balance sheet that good i don't think they will be spending a ton of money and i get-year-old of 5 1/2%? i think that is great position