December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.04%) this morning are down -0.05% ahead of the minutes of the Oct 28-29 FOMC meeting, while European stocks are up +0.24% at a 1-1/2 week high as health-care stocks gained on speculation of increased M&A activity.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.34%) this morning are up +0.33% and European stocks are up +0.59% on positive carry-over from Friday's U.S. Sep payrolls report that showed the U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to a 6-year low.

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September E-mini S&Ps (ESU14 unch) this morning are down -0.08% and European stocks are down -0.26% ahead of the release of the minutes of the Jul 29-30 FOMC meeting later today.

Jana Partners filed a document with the SEC on Monday claiming to have received anonymous information that PetSmart (PETM) has been attempting to hide poor results from investors.

Our Most Attractive and Most Dangerous stocks for August were made available to the public at midnight on Monday. July saw some strong performances from our picks. Most Attractive Large Cap stock PetSmart(PETM) gained 14%, and last month’s feature Neustar (NSR) was up 6%.