Nutella, involving a lot of questions, a lot of house, and mexicos first lady. Theres a story from brazil that has just about everybody asking where is the money. Michelle carusocabrera is all over the stories. Stocks march to record highs, a new world opens up for investors, bob is at the nyse to explain this is a very big deal, right, bob . It is, indeed, tyler. The much anticipated Shanghai Hong KongStock Exchange went live for the first time, first time foreigners can own 560 Mainland China stocks directly. Look at the full screen here. In addition to stocks you can own that list in hong kong. Now, the hitch here, this is important, you have to be affiliated with a broker with a license in hong kong to trade the stocks. According to the Stock Exchange website, many u. S. And european Brokerage Firms are participating in the exchange because they have brokerage licenses in hong kong. The firms, take a look here, well known names in the u. S. , interak tich brokers is one, Goldman Sachs asia, Morgan Stanley hong kong, and bnp, the french banking firm. Theres many, many more on the list. Whether or not you as an individual can train Mainland China stocks depends on whether your broker has a license in hong kong number one, and number two, whether u. S. Individuals have access to all the exchanges. What you want to do if you are interested, call the your office and speak with your broker. The i spoke with the hong kong brokerage last night and said trading went off with the new style without a hitch. Tyler, a big step in the process of opening up trading in china stocks. Next big stock includs stocks in the emerging market indexes, that would force a lot of buyers into chinese shares. Tyler, im not anticipating that for the next year, but this is a big step in opening up the rest of china to the trading world. Back to you. Bob, thank you very much. Stay with us, why dont you . We have more now with cnbc economic cricketer John Rutledge with the global boutique. Good to see you. How big a phenomena is this from where you sit . Very big deal. Its tricky. Talk about that in a minute, but its very important for china. Chinamen menwants to open up th capital markets. They dont like hooking up to the u. S. An europe anymore. They needed to develop an international rnb, and this is a big step in the direction and explains why china will not let go of hong kong because they are hooked together as part of the plan. Is this a way not only for western or american investors to get into some heretofor get blocked stocks to move freely outside the country . Its both of those, tyler. Today in the first day of trading, northbound orders, Foreign Investors buying mainland shares out numbered southbound orders about 10 to 1. So initially, at least, the foreign institutions are crowding in to the shanghai market. Because they couldnt get in before, theyve essentially overpriced Hong Kong Listed chinese companies. Right. That is companies that are listed in both markets, too expensive in hong kong relative to shanghai, and that means, of course, small caps are too expensive in shanghai. Theres going to be an arbitrage where they are driven back together. Bob, drop in here. Thats an important point, john. Its, in theory, 60 companies that dual list on the hong kong and other exchanges in china. Youd think theres arbitrage when its out of whack, but its difficult because of the way authorities set up the mechanism there. Hopefully thatll get a little bit easier at this point, john. John, we just looked absolutely. Theres a list of some of those in line too. We just looked, john, at a list of the larger market Cap Companies that now part of the Hong Kongshanghai connect. Have you been doing anything this morning with the opening in mind, and are there companies on your buy list . Ive not been doing buying. The relations make the first trades very difficult. The etfs listed in the u. S. , which are basically hong kong stocks and adrs, went down today, pretty big, 1 or 2 for the day, and so the interesting stocks are the large cap stocks listed in the shanghai market, basically the top market caps in shanghai are banks, insurance company, and Energy Shares, and Energy Shares you make an oil priced bet too, but i think if you bought that top ten market cap stocks in shanghai and then took the lift up as the foreign institutions buy in, thats not a bad way to initially play this, but you got to be careful because even in western markets, dual listed shares do not always arbitrage together as the behavior finance shows like royal dutch shell. I think the key points here is financials and material stocks make up the bulk of the well known names that are on the hong kong exchange. The shares, theres smaller consumer oriented companies, you know, the world 1 not just alibaba for Chinese Consumers, but hundreds of them among the Chinese Markets that anyone had access to. Teem who want access to the Chinese Consumer get a wider variety than just alibaba, for example. Thank you so much. Bob, thanks to you, and John Rutledge, thank you very much. Great. More on this on the website at cnbc. Com. Check out japan focused initiatives today. They are whacked on news that japan took a surprise turn into recession. Worlds Third Largest economy shrinking for a Second Straight Quarter as consumer and corporate spending fails to gain traction after a sales tax increase in april. If youre short japan, you are making out. Check out the proshares ultra short, ci japan, thats funding that etf itself, up three and a third percent today alone. Lets go to kate rogers now with the flash desk. Hey, tyler, a lot of news today, beginning with a megamerger. Agreed to be bought by activists for 66 billion and 219 a share. That ends a hostile bid by bill ackman. Trading up 5 , and actavis up 2 1 . They could not justify paying the high price, trading up under half a personality. In other drug news, they would buy a portfolio of pet drugs from the labs for 255 million trading up two and a third personality today. As for abbott labs, thats up a third percent. Back to you. Thank you. Oil moves lower, prices plunge 20 over three months. There you see west texas down 69 cents and ice brent crude off 61 cents. Midterms are over. Looks like the Keystone Pipeline may well get the stamp of approval from congress for what that is worth. But its still facing that veto threat from the white house. Jackie deangeles looking at stocks that could benefit from the vote on the pipeline. Jackie . Good afternoon, tyler, its not a done deal yet, but thats right. We are looking at the invester side of it, stock angles to play. Theres a lot of names, not giving them all to you, but look at angles and examples. Most obvious play, of course, is transcanada. The builder, the constructer of the nearly 8 billion project, but on the gas an exploration side, theres a lot of names in canada that are moving product through the pipeline. One is canadian natural resources. Also, consider the refiners, look at valero, benefitting from the lower leg of the keystone that opened this year. They could see action from there. Conoco has significant states in the oil sands area, and theres a houston based company, quanta services, an infrastructure play, and theres an operating unit that helps with the construction of the pipeline. A lot of angles to look at this from. I want to note on crude oil, two sides to the story here on keystone. You get the bulls saying, more exploration if this is approved, and also maybe lifting that ban on exports. The bear case to this is we got the oil in the united states, we dont necessarily need to bring more in right now. Thats why prices are depressed. Theres a lot going on here surround keystone, back to you. Thank you very much. In atlantic city, the stakes are getting higher. Another casino shuts down, the trump taj mahal. Can they get together . Weigh in at cnbc. Com vote, and Morgan Brennan rolling the dice throughout the story has whats next for atlantic citys future. Morgan . Hi, tyler. Another losing hand for onetime gaming mekkah, atlantic city. They are expected to close trump taj mahal, and this will be the fifth casino in the hard hit city to shutter this year as competition in neighboring states eroded revenues. Its owned by Trump Entertainment Resorts that closed trump plaza in september, an estimated 3,000 fulltime workers lose jobs from this. That brings the tally of lost positions up to 11,000 for the year, but it also means, as you can see on this map here, that a vast swath of the board walk will now be vacant because this property sits next to caesars show boat that closed, and next to that, rebel, remaining closed as a new owner put an expected 200 million in renovations. Perhaps most importantly, this closing brings a big battle in focus, which is property taxes. The taj and carl icahn says it needs 17 5 million in tax breaks from the city and state to stay open. So far, thats been rejected it adds to a growing list of casinos fighting assessments. Theres an e kwif lanlt of 18 acs annual budget last month, and the city had to pay a hefty tax refound. The implications of this, tyler are huge, and they are suffering from high employment, unemployment, high crime, and high poverty, and all of this as officials intend to auction off bonds to raise money later this month. A human tragedy there, morgan, with 11,000 individuals who lost their jobs so far this year from the shut down of those casinos, very, very sad in a very stressed city as well. Lets lock in the vote on atlantic city, and the question we asked can ac get itself together . 36 say, yes, it will over time. 64 of you say, no, its a lost cause. Kate rogers now for a market flash. Kate . Tyler, check out the biggest percentage loser in the s p 500. The independent oil and Natural Gas Company will reduce spending from 50 to 550 million in 2015 citing decline in oil prices. The stock currently trading down about near 12 . Back to you. Thank you. Check out this frozen water fountain. It is so cold, the water is freezing as it comes out in that city of if thes, kansas city, and this November Arctic blast hitting large parts of the u. S. , here to tell us more is whether channels carl parker. So looks a lot more like the dead of winter than november right now. Look at the snow cover in the country, and half of the nation now covered in snow, of course, that makes cold air colder coming down from canada. Its chilly in the midwest and northeast through midweek, and then well see some moderation, those cold temperatures begin to lift out by the weekend, and not bad at all saturday, sunday, and monday for the east, another cold shot behind that, though, moving in towards the holiday. How about snow . Light snow now, but thats going to be replaced by very strong west winds coming across the great lakes, and that will set up a tremendous lake effect snow band. Talking two to three feet of snow there from buffalo and on southward, very difficult travel and blizzard conditions, hvp snow on the way for western michigan, could be double digits from grand rapids to Benton Harbor and kalamazoo. Back to you. Two feet in buffalo. Might be wondering where sue is . Trying to get to where the bulls are roaming on wall street. Shes stuck in traffic. Shell join us when she gets there. Three top stock picks from the three smartest stock pickers we know of the alist you need to see, and well show it to you. Plus, if you have not heard from the hr team yet about next years benefits, you will soon. Kate rogers will show us whats happening with Business Owners and their staffs. Thats right, tyler. 2015 bringings new challenges and opportunities stemming from president obamas Affordable Care act. Everyone mewants to know, what does it mean for me . Ill run through that after the break. To the Stock Exchange, how its shaping up, dow up 25 points on the trader session, and the s p also at session highs as well. As you can see the s ps up about 1. 37. All right, one of the biggest oil deals in years, haliburton buying hughes in cash and stock, and the biggest player in the arena, getting 67. 7, both stocks going in different directions, halliburton down, and baker hughes up 11 . Downgrading the Hotel Operators caughting it to a buy, following a 630 run up in the stock. Ubs likes marriotts story, but theres signs of a slow down in the current growth cycle. Downgrading starwood down for similar reasons. Faulty ignition switches on gm vehicles get more time to file claims. Ken feinberg overseeing the Compensation Fund says they will now allow an extra month until january 31st, 2015. A very rough week for u 2s bono. He injured his arm, than a injury requires surgery to repair causing the band to shift the schedule including cancelling an appearance on the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Last week, his private plane lost a hatch as landing in an airport in berlin, germany. Everybody okay, but, obviously, very scary stuff. And it is happened again, the noro virus striking at sea, this time, it was aboard a Crown Princess cruise returning from tahiti and hawaii. Sounds fun until the virus struck. 170 people were sickened, and the ship returned to port in san pedro, california, a day earlier than scheduled. Officials are on the case. Can value, and shares of carnival, little changed, down a tenth percent, but up 18 in the year. Ty, back to you. Glad i can say that. Sue, you have no idea how glad i am youre there. Fantastic. Its real, man, get on the west side drive, youre caught in the traffic. Love it, hate it, like it or not, president obamas Affordable Care act impacts businesses in the year ahead. Kate rogers, but shes here to explain what leaders in that community, their Human Resources team, and their employees are in for. Kate . No pressure, tyler. No pressure, do it all. Stakes are high for Small Businesses, this open Enrollment Period kicked off saturday and runs through march. No more skirting penalties for companies with 100 or more fulltime workers. They now have to offer their workers government approved Health Insurance or face a penalty of 2,000 per worker per year for failing to comply. Businesses with between 50 and 99 fulltimers, those who work at least 30 hours a week will be facing these same concerns in 2016 as its their turn to comply. These cuts are heavy on the mind of Small Companies. Adp released a report on the top concerns for mid sized businesses with between 50 and 999 workers. In order, their top worries are Health Care Benefit costs, Affordable Care act, and the level of government regulations they face. While individuals use healthcare. Gov, Small Companies send workers to the Small BusinessHealth Options or shop exchanges. Enrollment is not looking promising so far. A Government AccountabilityOffice Reports finds enrollment will fall short of the projected 2 million Small Business workers on both state and local shop exchanges. Companies and workers have not been rushing into the exchanges ahead of the mandatory enrollment. This summer, 76,000 workers enrolled on these exchanges from 18 states. So whats important about enrollment projections, of course, is the fact if they are not met, premiums rise. Insurance companies hedge bets the summer before Enrollment Period begins, so if this years goals are not met, prices hike next year. Back to you, tyler. Thank you very much. Well have three top stock picks from the three smartest stock pickers around. Plus, two big scandals, and a mystery mexican mansion in brazils once great oil company. The house of scandal, mexico president and first lady have ownership of or potentially have ownership of, juicy updates on the stories today, just two minutes away. The cnbc Trend Tracker live data board brought to you by the cme group. For tapping into a wealth of experience. For access to one of the top Wealth Management firms in the country. 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