financial noise financial noise the fed, ukraine and the world's most dangerous terrorist organization, three huge stories this friday, yet markets are staying tame. what a difference a week makes. last week the news from russia sending the dow into a sudden

tailspin, but what as janet yellen confused perhaps or a guest who calls isis the most dangerous terrorist organization of our time. if you thought airlines could not come up with another way to charge you for something, don't take off. we have a story to make you dislike flying more, if that's possible. you know, maybe the stocks are confused. they're neither here nor there. what is of note, brian, to tell you is that it is the best week in four months for both of these industries. it's the two-years yield. this morning it hit three-week highs on the bam of those comments as she did not push back. remember, they revealed that some committee members thought that economic improvements may warrant a faster move to the exit than initially thought.

maybe it's what she did not say. let's get do dom chu. it's the best monthly gains. we haven't even finished the month so far. >> if you look at the picture overall, the intraday charts tell you a story. if you look at the dow or s&p, what you see is that dib down towards just aroundy yellen started speaking at around 10:00 a.m. they would move slightly higher, then down toward session lows. we have gotten back to pretty much flat. up next right during the show, we'll have mario drawingi slated to speak, and his comments may move the markets. what we did hear, or at least get a sense of was this idea that we don't see imminent interest rates coming. it's um to ecp president mash i

don't drawingi, others places you'll want to watch, first of all, the dollar, we did see the dollar rise in value, so they've come back a bit off their session highs. still the dollar inns detection one to watch there. at the same time up to watch what happens with yields, rather with gold prices, with gold, we did see the first move high ner gold prices that we have seen over the course of the past week. there is this possible fear of possible inflation down the line. so just hovering, that 2.4 level. maybe all bets are off at that point. >> alternates bonus, some draghi action. student, because we'll probably come back when those headlines cross. right now the top national and international is the growing threat from isis. we also have some breaking news out of the russia.

the ukraine and even more. john harwood has all these developing stories for us. >> ben rhodes is now briefing reporters on martha's vineyard about the tremendous multiplication of foreign policy challenges suddenly on the front door of the white house. a chinese jet had scrambled and intercepted a u.s. military jet in international airspace. that was a violation. ben rhodes just spoke to that. the russian artillery being used to cross into ukraine, which marks an escalation of the conflict, direct russian involvement, not just assisting pro-russian separatists. that is dangerous, and ben rhodes called on russia to not do that and to honor its commitment not to interfere with the territorial integrity of ukraine. finally isis, martin demp sis

yesterday was saying that the -- a strategy to deal with isis is going to have to go into syria as well as iraq. ben rhodes just said a couple moments ago he didn't want to get out in front of decisions that have yet to be taken, but held out that strikes in syria -- though he noted we can do things with allies -- you have the potential for significant escalation in u.s. military involvement and that's being driven in part by reaction to that james foley execution, that gruesome video that was released the other day. johns. thank you very much. now that isis is being called the most dangerous what can be done to stop them? joining us is bob kent, new face of "street signs." first off, bob, why do you call them the most dangerous

terrorist organization of our time? >> because they combine the military capability of al qaeda, even exceed the military capabilities of al qaeda, but have the administrative capables of hezbollah. units and extraordina-- >> and extraordinarily well funded. very well organized. how do we get them where it really hurts. >> they're self-funded. they may $500 million plus in bank robberies and the black market oil trade nets them plus human trafficking. they use slavery as a method of punishment and profit. or that pushback after they take over, they use slaveries as a punishment. >> back to the question, how do we cut that -- you know, where they get that funding. is there any way?

>> the problem with the funding is that they're self-funded and they control and hold space. right now the only option on the ground is the free -- the elements of the free syrian army, the kurds up north and the iraqi military down south. >> we talk about it, bob. let's go through here, robbing, stealing, human imprisonment, who knows what other atrocities. they sound like pirates. is this a group that has some political agenda? or are they literally just criminals and thieves? >> they have a political agenda and a -- >> they say they want to create the islamic caliphate, but we can saying anything they want. >> but their version is so extreme they were rejected by al qaeda, which is extreme by 234ib's measure. it's above and beyond.

>> what is the cost? you are the money guy. >> it depends on how we intervene. 1.5 trillion and rising. if we fund, you know, the elements of the free syrian army and the kurds many north, it probably would be a cheaper option, but the longer we wait the more expensive it will get. they're well funded, well trained, well led, and well coordinated. >> when the british came into the united states, they basically obliterated the continental army easily over a number of battles over a number of years. george washington, his brilliance was to stretch them out. the brits didn't realize they were stretched out. that they didn't have enough concentrated force toss defeat

washington. how big is isis? as they grow, will they also grow weaker? does that make any sense? >> yeah. >> thank you. >> it did make sense. the focus right now on the current administration is on iraq. isis controls large supports of territory in syria. they get income from syria. they control about 60% of the oil fields out there. that's hands off. the only counter to isis in syria is assad himself or the modern elements of the free syrian army. >> and they absolutely must not get their hounds on the ascertain iraqi oil production. control that would be devastating. bob kent with some very hard-hitting works. hydrocodone is a strong painkiller that many believe is the most abused drug in america, so the government is delivering a long-promised crackdown, but there's a potential down side. meg tirrell will join us. is kevin durant worth it to

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40% year to date. mandy? >> thank you for that. some of the most heavily abused and are now subject to new restrictions. very interesting move. a lot of people say ten years too late. >> it's been going on a long time. the drug enforcement administration is changing rules an hydrocodone combination products. they're being deemed schedule ii substances. >> patients will have to return more frequently, and storage and distribution will be much more strict. this is the most prescribed class according to ims health. and the d.e.a. says they products are some of the most addictive and potential dangerous prescription medication available, almost 7 million people -- now the change comes after more than a decade of discussions and puts drugs

look vicodin and lord tab in the same categories as oxycontin. the question is will it help? i spoke earlier with larry coast, a lawyer focusing on d.e.a. issues, that some -- now that hydrocodoane combination are in the same category. the change takes effect in mid october. in this a lot of hailing the move. the deaths more than tripled -- the only number i have available here. >> we're not just talking about addicti addiction. we're talking about death. and this is are all painkillers, but hydrocodone was already in the schedule ii class, so these are the combination products. sometimes you add acetaminophen,

so now they're putting that in the more restricted category. thank you very much, meg. let's look at what the markets are doing. the s&p, the top mover is up by about 13%. there is a new deal, multiyear agreement between green mountain and kraft. let's not forgot that newstar that our friend herb greenberg has been all over for months. this is the company that herb talks about all the time. the stock is up about 40%, obviously down less than that. so herb, if you're out there in your pjs, off on a walk in the beach, call into the show. would love -- that's called calling an audible. breakfast, lunch, whatever it is.

under armour has been going after nike. now it's going after one of nike's biggest starts. one of the reports that kevin durant will get a ten-year, $250 million deal from under armour. let's bring in shawn mcgown. huge money to the real world, but any negative or positive impact on under armour and/or its stock if this deal comes true? >> it is the big leagues, and k.d. is one of the big starts. what we have all seen is they penalties do help sell shoes, the brand, they help sell other categories. if you do the straight math and say what would they need to sell, you probably under up with about a billion or more of shoes. are you going to sell a billion worth of kevin durant shoes? who knows. but it helps them get other athletes. it's a different game plan. when they burst on the scene, they were more about

authenticity, and not playing the game of shelling out a love the money. they would often gets the athletes sometimes before they were seen stars or professionals. >> but i think it shows that under armour is really for the big leagues. the shoe business seems to be going quite well, so not necessarily that they need a boost. how much of this is. >> you know, kevin is a very competitive guy. i'm sure he wakes up every day wondering what he can do, but there's a difference between doing well with shoes that have special feature and getting into this kind of league. kitchen durant is a huge appeal, a big star, so it works on a lot of fronts. it is a lot of money, and i could say the economics are a lay-up, so to speak, but i this i it does show that they're playing by a different set of

rules. >> to brian's point, how much of a punt in the gut is it if he goes to under armour, would it matter to them in terms of sales? >> it could wind up being a small drop in the bucket. michael jordan, it's been a long time since he step on a court, and he still has one of the hottest shoe brands in the country i think nike will be just fine in a lot of respects, but this is major marquee name. >> sean, we showed this last week or earlier this week. >> on google's anniversary. >> but anyway, sean, here's the thing, under armour is the best performer in the s&p 500 over the past five years. topping everybody else, up more than 1,000%. how do you still recommend this to your clients? isn't all the money gone? >> i wish i could -- i've been afraid of this stock on valuation and been wrong by sitting on the sidelines.

i have nothing but positive things to say. i don't tell you -- i can't tell you here's what's going to happen to make the stock 25% higher, but it keeps happening. they are executing brilliantly, learning from the mistake, bringing in the right people for the team, and you're getting the growth that they've been promising. no disappointment. >> and a rating of hold on the under armour. hold more of it without buying. >> yeah yeah, i know. it's a very attractive hold. >> thank you very much. what do spam and shamu the whale have in common? hopefully nothing at all, other than the companies behind them are coming up in "street talk." >> green mountain with the biggest gainer on the s&p 500. is now the time to stock up or get out? we'll get both sides in talking

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and steven, i'm going to begin with you. some say that it's really purely a technically driven stock. how does it look, then with the charts? >> it does look very good on the charts, since about the end of 2013. we've had a number of higher lows develop. that means the stock is being revalued higher. now, in the near term. this $124 level has been resistance really since february. today that level has been breached. so since february. people weren't willing to pay more than $124, and a seller was sitting there the whole time. in technical terms, that's usually a bullish indication. usually that means there's more up side. >> you know what? be as steve have a hold

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couple% this week, gas price is down. janet yellen did her yoga, she tried to remain flexible, keep everything calm and balanced when it comes to monetary policy, but perhaps we'll get more excitement from the head of the european central bank. let's go back out to jackson hole. steve has comments from mario draghi. >> hey, brian, releasing his remarks at this hour saying his see diversions paths of u.s. and european monetary policies, and talks about laurchling the target -- the long term lgro. they'll use unconvention at instruments to anchor in the medium and long term. using perhaps quantitative easing, saying it remains

uniformly weak, so it's not one particular part he says it's weighing on business investment and slowing hiring, and then he goes on to talk significantly about unemployment and how to resolve it in the european area. saying it is structural, and it's 8.8 to 10.3%. you need government action to address the cyclical and structural unemployment, demand-side policies, basically urging the fiscal side to do what it can to help the monetary authority, and says the risk of doing too little outweighs the risk of doing too much in europe. monetary policy says it has to play a role in boosting demand and inflation. so, you know, you could step back from this. i don't think he's calling for a change in the man dade, about you but when you look at the speech he gives, while europe

has had this second balance, and whether or not the u.s. can the dual man dade i'm not saying that specifically, but that one chafrt showing the two divergent paths is pretty interesting that draghi includes that in his speech. >> it is indeed, thank you for that, steve liesman. as for the u.s. markets, the dow and s&p are slightly lower, so not mosque on the back of this, but nonetheless, let's pass those words of mr. draghi, and patty, i don't know whether you heard what steve was having to say, is there a bottom line that has any implications at all for a u.s. investor? he was saying the plans moving -- i don't know. that might keep the euro under pressure. we've got concerned about what was going to be going on over in europe anyway, because it is so

difficult for them to move the needle. you're not dealing with just one country there's a lot of moving parts. we have been looking at things and really thinking we wanted to be much more involved in asia than in europe. >> and i understand it's one of the fed's edicts. i want to bring up a chart, and have been going down ever since then. globalization, i.t. taking jobs, you've got all these other demographics in retirement. is there a -- is there a situation, mike, where you could imagine that it doesn't matter what the fed or the ecb does, that we are in a confluence of factors which will reduce labor participation rates. happy friday.

>> happy friday. well, there's no question there's some structural issues going on. you named most of them, but the issue is whether there's also some cyclical factors. and this is really what janet yellen has continued to focus on, yes, there's structural problems. we have to address it, because if we don't address them, what will happen is we run the risk and it becomes a deeper problem with employment growth, deeper problem in terms of stagnant wages. so what janet really said in her discussion today is the fed will continue to keep their thumb tipped on the scale toward a more accommodative approach. >> okay. let me follow up on that, mike, because my question was inelegantly asked. how about a different way -- if indeed these structural issues, the internet is not going away. what if labor force participation rates never go back up?

is it possible the federal reserve would have to keep interest rates where they are or extremely low for the rest of time? >> run a whole different dynamic there then. let's assume that it -- what you would wind up seeing is we would have a smaller pool of labor, and see bigging bidding up for a scarce set of resources, so that really put the fed between a rock and a hard place, because you would sigh it as concerns about the ability to generate income. at the same time you would see some wage pressure, because those skills that are in demand. >> let's get back to what we see for the markets going forward. patty aeend target of 203. michael, you're a little more bullish. 2030 by year end. how do we get there? >> we're looking at $116

earnings start, so we do a multiple of 17 1/2 times on that. what we are focusing on right now is things like technology. we want to see the industrials come back. for the consumer discretionary, that's always going to be keep for that going forward. earnings and wage growth as opposed to employment. we're a little more concerned about that area. >> you talk about wage growth, i go back -- do you see it coming. i i mean, i.t. and globalization didn't exist 30 years ago. you dough any change on this if. >> we do see when we're.

>> the problem is we won't -- the service job u.s. just not going to earn it. that being said, let me throw in, with the energy renaissance, we have a chance that we could get manage behalf on -- >> thank you for joining us on that note. >> on a much, much lighter note apparently i failed miserably at mandy's ice bucket challenge. i took a lot of heat for it, and so i if i could it. >> that's what you do, create problems and then solve them. >> in japan they called it a zaibatsu. i would expect a 14-year-old to survived on a flight without too much supervision, about you apparently airlines think they warrant more care.

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that act to continue toss extended, and it hasn't. we've seen short sales dropped dramatically. short sales are a great way to get out of a bad situation in housing. are you seeing it have an impact? very met people who say, thank god for that, that saved my derriere from. >> certainly there are a lot of people who got short sales, got out of their homes cleanly. the bank took the hit, they got out, moved on, some are even buying their homes now. some people have gotten principal reductions on their mortgages, some have gotten lower mortgage rates. that's helped contain the crisis, but a lot of that is expiring now. you have the banks, we see these multibillion dollar deals, but a lot of it is tricky math,

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>> this is seaworld, a rare upgrade. >> i guess fbr capital coming to their defense. seaworld taking a lot of haze. >> bakley a federal lieser company, saying the new cfo should head the cash flow situation. that's about 18%. >> and let's look at game stocks soars by about a quarter, 25%, look at that. >> big pop here for gme. a lot of game re, it is still

down to day. small cap oil company kale barrett. >> it operates in utah, colorado and wyoming, nat gas production has been way down, doubling to 9,500 barrels per week. deutsche bank adding it to its short-term buy list. they think the new wells are going to come in. the stock is still down, though, about 17% year to date. well, with the s&p 500 flying at record highs and the dow doggone close to getting there again, are 401(k) plans finally back up to where they were seven years ago, but are federal workers perhaps getting a better deal than you are, or is the federal pension system in just as bad a shape as states like illinois, in particular? joining us from the manhattan institute, steve malanga. steve, this is not an issue that's been on the front pages for a while. there's a lot of other stuff going on in the world, but it's important to note, we're all

taxpayers, that this is still an issue. >> well, absolutely it is. and you know, at the end of last year, senator tom coburn and a number of other senators actually proposed changing the federal system, and that went nowhere. so, we do have this big liability and increasing costs to taxpayers. and we also have a kind of retirement crisis, whereas a lot of federal workers, the kind of baby boom generation, are now retiring. so, you put all this together, and something needs to be resolved or it's going to get very expensive for federal taxpayers. >> and you actually hit the nail on the head there, steve, when you say that a lot of the baby boomer federal workers are retiring, but there's not necessarily a lot of hiring going on to fill their place. what's it mean for the federal pension system down the line? >> well, here's the thing. right now, obviously, if they don't replace those workers, that would be a cost saving, although we don't know how that would affect services. the idea that they're not hiring workers now could be an opportunity. because if the coburn bill were to pass, and that bill would change the system for new

workers, that means that when we do hire a lot of new workers, they would all come into this less expensive system. so, there would be a dramatic turnover right away into a less expensive system. that's actually an opportunity. >> we're watching the good people of detroit go through a struggle over their pensions right now. take it to the federal level, steve. is there any kind of implied guarantee or bailout, should the federal pension system continue to have shortfalls? >> you know, i doubt that you would ever see the federal government do what detroit is doing. let's face it, the problem here is that the taxpayer is the backstop to all of this. and at the federal level, unlike detroit, we actually have the ability, as you know, to run deficits to pay off these kinds of bills. so, i think that it's incumbent to make this system more sustainable, precisely because otherwise, in the future, you know, it's going to exacerbate our deficits. >> and that's putting it lightly. steve malanga, thank you very much for joining us.

we're all used to being nickelled and dimed by airline fees, but this is taking people by surprise. american airlines extending the $150 charge for kids traveling alone up to 14. it was previously between 5 and 11. if you want to send your 14-year-old to visit a relative or whatever, that's an extra 300 bucks. most airlines do have an extra fee for kids age 5 to 11 unaccompanied. united already has $150 each way for 5 to 11. delta is $100 each for 5 to 14. my beef with this, look, they're all hiking fees or putting on fees. that's not the issue. 14? for me, i traveled alone from australia to japan and back at the age of 14. you're virtually an adult. if you can't make your way, with the exception of some kids as well, but nonetheless, if you can't make your way from, like, the arrival gate to the baggage claim by yourself at 14, god help you. >> i'm telling you, mandy, it's just a matter of time before you've got to swipe your credit card to get into the bathroom. that's pretty much the way it's going to go, right? they're going to charge you more -- >> plus, isn't an irish airline doing that or thinking of doing that? >> i thought so.

anybody out there, i'm a train man myself for the legroom, but let us know if anybody in europe's doing it. it's just a matter of time. and before that, it's going to be a quarter or a dollar a square, and you know what i'm talking about, america. >> but we're too polite to discuss it. coming up, we will have our standout stock of the week. first, the moment you've been waiting for. we're going to show you my second attempt at ice bucket challenge. and i can tell you, he did not hold back. >> okay, i took a lot of heat the last time, so we went outside and redid it. you'll see it, coming up. you' having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you've had your first accident. now you have to make your first claim. so you talk to your insurance company and... boom! you're blindsided for a second time. they won't give you enough money to replace your brand new car.

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you're not just shopping for goods. you're shopping for something great. learn more at buypowercard.com yesterday i did the ice bucket challenge to support als, or lou gehrig's disease, at the end of the show and left some of you thinking that brian was perhaps being a little too nice. >> how are we doing this? >> you do it however you like. >> i'm not -- i'm not good at this kind of thing. >> it's okay. okay. okay. >> you've got to turn -- you've got to turn around. >> i like to see it coming. >> no, no, no. >> i like to see it coming. >> no, no, no -- >> i like to see the enemy. >> ah! oh, come on, you didn't even do it over my head! so, we right after the show -- >> no, no, hold on. i took a lot of heat. i need to explain. >> okay, explain. >> i took a lot of heat from twitter, took a lot of heat from the team. and i just want to say, i was trying to be nice. it was a fail. i intended to do it that way. i didn't fail. i was trying to be nice. i took a lot of heat, mostly

from you -- >> mostly from me. >> saying i was a wuss, a wimp, terrible, awful, so. >> there's a lesson, don't try to be nice. don't try to be a gentleman. straight after the show, we refilled the bucket and went straight back outside. have a look. >> i took a lot of heat for giving you a wimpy bucket challenge, because i was trying to be nice, and i want to put it on the record that you were also mad because you didn't think i did it right and you don't want people to think you didn't want me to do it -- >> i wanted the full splash in my face, dripping everywhere. if you're going to do it, you've got to do it everywhere. >> we went inside and all the viewers said i was terrible, i was awful, i gypped you, whatever. so -- >> let's do this properly. okay. >> ah! >> whoo! >> how was that? >> that was great! >> was that better? okay, so now i'm not a gentleman anymore. >> good job, brian. good job. and you know what? on a more serious note, i think the non-profit world, all those charities out there, they're going to have to find new and

exciting ways to best this. it's great. >> you did it, but just for everybody doing this, just remember, donate also. don't avoid donating by doing this. give the money as well. it's a horrible thing. >> it is. money is better. >> we pick a stock of the week, one in the news or one that's caught our eye. mine is integrated device technology. idti. publicly little known semiconductor, but investors know it pretty well. they own tablets and smartphones. the stock a 9% gainer this week, 91% gainer over 12 months. the average target price below where it is now, so be careful. >> mine is home depot, biggest gainer in the dow this week, over 8%. remember, brian, we started the week with herb saying frank blank will never, ever end up on his worst ceo list? i guess that's going to be trurks because the company ended the week with blake replaced by retail operations head frank miliere. blake stays as chairman. so herb, you were right, my friend. you were right. >> by the way, herb, newstar commenting on that, the company

coming out or newsed out 20 minutes ago that it may be putting itself up for sale. herb greenberg, thank you for your e-mails. and mandy, you're welcome with the redo. i botched it the first time, but i made up for it. >> you're a great sport. "closing bell" is coming up now. and welcome to the "closing bell." i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. >> and i'm scott wapner in today for bill griffeth. so, kell, the market was waiting for janet yellen's big speech, waiting for mario draghi's big speech, and you get the feeling as though the market is still trying to figure out what they said and what it means, because we're not really moving all that much. i don't know what your take is here, but i think people were looking for a little bit more. >> steven stanley i thought nailed it when he said this speech -- referring to janet yellen's -- was far less about making a full-throate