nicole petallides watching your money and action. nicole: taking a look at a market that is looking pretty good. you saw the dow jones industrials and the s&p 500 getting close. the dow is near its record all of intraday high. just a few points away from the record all-time closing high. we are still maintaining. you see that we are maintaining of arrows. the majority of the dow components are a bit lower. we did it durable good orders that were helped by autos and planes. the pictures. the street. let's take a look at boeing. they are saying that as the number one performer on the dow jones industrial. think of all the problems that the dreamliner had. they redid the battery in a way that these regulation. they had their main voyage yesterday and they will have another in the coming days. it is the best performer on the dow. melissa: thank you so much. january's case shiller index shows prices are up. new home sales falling in february. late last week, we learned that sales of existing homes were up over 10% from the year before. wha

stocks now and nicole petallides has footlocker. i saw a note that said footlocker seemed poised for a slamdunk quarter. they completely missed the net. down 6% for footlocker. they did see a jump in sales. however, they missed analyst estimates. with that is, you are seeing the stock down. still remains higher. they did not exceed the analyst estimates as had been anticipated. as a result, the quarterly results are heading the stocks today. i do not know how they missed the numbers. back to you. dagen: and they must be ordering online from somewhere else. almost five years since the height of the financial crisis and america has finally regained the wealth lost during that period is it too good to be true or are we finally seeing some real signs of recovery quest mark. rich: here in d.c., the question is, are we back? today at about 66 trillion. households that about the same. we asked what some people in d.c. that. it is a mixed bag. >> the economy is good. >> i do not feel like we are back. my rent has increased more than my salar

nicole petallides. lissa: it is called the affordable care act but another new report may find that is not the case. under president obama's new health care law insurance companies will have spend on average 32% more for medical claims for individual policies according to the society of actuaries. that rate is as high as 62% for california. 80% for ohio. the study finds that costs will go up because more people in poor health will join the insurance pool. makes perfect sense, right? with insurance likely, insurers likely passing those costs on to you, time now for lou dobbs. it seems logical, predictable? >> absolutely predictable. the president of the united states guaranteed to all americans that one, your premiums wouldn't go up. you could keep your doctor. you could keep your health care plan. he is 0-3 on those promises. the entire foundation of obamacare was a lie. and the lie continues to compound itself. this 32% increase in claims will drive premiums up approximately the same distance in increas

time now for stocks now with nicole petallides. g everything they possibly can to get the 787. liner of in the air once again. looking here at boeing stock. there is a one-year chart. when you charge it back, it goes back to the middle of 2008. frustrated investors are probably happy to see it back. back to you. dennis: thank you very much, nicole. sam songs later -- samsung's latest phone. shibani joshi has more. shibani: this event was big. it was flashy. it was loud. it was kind of cheesy. it was kind of gaudy. sam songs spending more than $400 billion in ad spending yesterday. there was an open bar, food, drinks, and orchestra, skits. this thing was flashy and a way i have never seen it before. all of this to unveil the new samsung galaxy s4. heavier, fatter and less roof then iphone5. it is a smart school. you can tell the device to move. you gesture your hand to move and control the foam. dennis: i want to push the buttons. shibani: i have been too many events, we are in a new era of technology. this is not what steve jobs did

quarter past, nicole petallides on the floor of the exchange. ole. >> charles payne promise to double my money? i like it. let's talk about krispy kreme donuts. krispy kreme is under pressure here. full-year profit estimates they are forecasting are below analyst estimates. you can see the previous day, right, a pretty steady day throughout the day. only to see it open lower today and tick lower throughout the morning and try to make a comeback. the company for the latest quarter, reported lower than expected earnings for the fourth quarter. coupled with this outlook below analyst estimates. they are facing very high costs they are noting. also, the opening and refinancing of stores is hurting their bottom line some that is something else you would know. back to you. tracy: thanks, nicole. we'll see you in 15 minutes. ashley: on deck, electronic cigarettes, we were talking about them, they are burning bright. njoy ceo, craig weiss will be our special guest next. >> this is multibillion-dollar inentertainment industry. liz claman will be one of th

nicole petallides is standing by. icole, you're watching one company make its debut. >> a big piece of news here on wall street, today, melissa. a big pile of cupcakes. 22.82 was the high of the day. certainly a real winner. don't get fooled what you see on the board half a piece. this stock has been up 11 to 13.5% all day long. based in new jersey. under their umbrella names everyone is familiar worth, mrs. butterworth, log cabin syrup. duncan heinz. brought in today and bird's eye when you think of vegetables. which had the ceo on earlier today. he says it is a real growth story and ipo is well-received with all up arrows. back to you. melissa: nicole, thank you very much. adam: spam house was hit mitt with a a massive denial of service attack that some analysts say it is largest attack in history. we have some with who is behind these attacks and thanks for joining us on fox business, david. >> thanks for having me. >> how do you explain the size of this attack in a way i can understand it? i heard things like usual

nicole petallides standing by. me and i don't want to waste one minute of it, but we have 30 seconds, then willis. tell us about the market. how are you feeling? >> just to clarify, i am a longtime bowl. i think the market has to crack for us to get to those in the short term he gets to new highs by the end of the year. and here i am, another benedict, but i will not be the pope. nicole: another day on wall street with up arrows. back to you. tracy: we ar we're going to hava pope by 3:00, i feel it. i'm waiting. ashley: do you want a glass of water or something? president obama meeting with ceos at the white house on cyber security as hackers threaten a new round of attacks and we have had plenty of those already. peter barnes with more on this story. peter: in just about an hour from now the president will have a closed meeting with corporate ceos to discuss cyber security and they will meet in the white house situation room for emphasis on this issue. the white house says the president soliciting their input on ho

melissa: let's get to nicole petallides on the new york stock exchange. nicole: we are looking at the dow jones industrials holding off on some very stellar game. we have not seen these highs since 2007. we have now surpassed those highs. the s&p and nasdaq all up over 1%, as well. as far as what we are seeing here, big picture, we are watching sectors here in the united states. i wanted to also take a look at the dow intraday. we have most of the components well into the green. just a few now participating in today's rally. i wanted to take a look also at the vix, the fear index. we have certainly seen it quite volatile over the last couple weeks. today, you can see a serious pullback. we had big games. we pulled through our record. back to you. lori: you said it, we are hanging in there. thank you so much. is there any room further to the upside? joining me now is scott from wells fargo. thank you for joining us today. can you pinpoint the exact reason why investors decided today should be the reason for the dow to hit an all-time high. >> i think it has

nicole petallides. e dow is trying almost desperately to reach the all-time high. >> it really is. it really is. get excited. we're 83 points away from the all-time highs we set back in 2007. i'm talking about the closing highs. that is the first milestone we want to get to if you're a bull out there. want to look at a name on the move on wall street. certainly one grabbed a lot of headlines, that is best buy. it is down one-third of 1%. there are two stories surrounding best buy, the founder richard schulze who worked with private equity investors to try to take the company private. he is out. that deal is not happening at least for now. the second thing they're doing better at sales of after two years of dwindling sales at the holidays, they're doing better. that is good news. back to you. lori: nicole, thanks as always. ashley: february a good month for automakers with february posting gains. the real hot market is used cars. that is if you get hands on inventory if you're a seller. we have a co-owner

time for stocks, down to nicole petallides on the floor of the nyse. hat we are seeing. the market to the downside, most of the banks are lower. one showing a significant gain. national bank of greece. last week it a low of $0.87, so that was obviously on the worries of the euro zone. a different picture gaining 8. 8.5%. the lowest level since novembe november 22, the national bank of greece having their own celebration today. red hat was caught over at raymond james downgraded to market perform from an outperform. down 4.5%. some rising worries that the ubiquitous. down $2.35. back to you. ashley: thank you so much. tracy: let the battle begin. a key weapon in the escalating war with google. ashley: let's take a look at some of the winners and losers on the nasdaq. we will be right back. it's monday. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your biness is more reliable

nicole petallides still on the floor of the new york stock exchange. t's take a look at american eagle. primarily, 18 retailer. hot for some and not hot for others. fourth-quarter earnings came in and line with expectations. the ceo has noted they will close approximately 15-20 stores in the year 2013. the executives noting that mock traffic has not been as robust as we would like. showing that there are some headwinds, there are concerns going forward. as a result, we are seeing it down over 10.5%. tracy: we will see you at the top of the hour. love may be an obvious reason for getting married and so are your taxes. we will talk about the benefits. ashley: looking at some of today's winners and losers on the nasdaq as we head to break. ♪ tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 there's a few things that i really love-- tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 playing this and trading. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550and sche step up my trading. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 now i can use their most powerful platform, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 streetsmart edge, on the web. tdd#: 1-800-345-255 so i get their most advan

nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. pack, nicole. >> reporter: we are, indeed, down about 67 points. the fear index still remains higher today. i want us to take a look at yahoo! in particular, an analyst call today you see it up three and a quarter percent over the last year, but the call coming out of oppenheimer raising it to an outperform from a perform, and they raised the price target by phi -- five bucks to $27. al --ally pack baa will complete its -- [inaudible] tracy: nicole, we'll see you top of the hour. adam: coming up, taxpayers consider fleeing one state because of sky high tax rates. cheryl casone tells us how lawmakers are trying to stop that exodus. tracy: but, first, some of the winners and losers on the nasdaq. we'll be right back. i'm a conservative investor. but that doesn't mean i n't want to make money. i love making money. i try to be smart with my investments. i also try to keep my costs down. what's your plan? ishares. low cost and tax efficient. find out why nine out of ten large professional

let's go to nicole petallides with more. a market that obviously yet hit another all time record high for the dow jones industrial average. five days in a row. number one, where do you think we're going? do you think the momentum is still to the upside or is that about it? >> i don't see a lot of momentum in this market right now, only because the volumes are still pretty small. nicole: okay. >> but i think it is curious that the dow has hit all-time high before the s&p, but i do expect s&p to get back to its all-time high. nicole: that's big news if you think that. >> i think that's already baked in the cake. we will hit it in a couple of sessions. but then we'll pull back and re-evaluate. nicole: that's interesting. how do you think we actually got here? i mean, we know that there's been unemployment and it's been a tough go of it. but things have improved. how do you think we got to these highs? >> personally i think we got to the highs because of the fed liquidity, a lot of pushback by some fundamental guys, corporate ea

nicole petallides. i'm sure nicole goes camping once in a while?: yeah, right. >> let's do a show, camping with tracy. that could be the show. tracy: reality, tv. that would be so bad. you could not pay me enough, nicole. you could not pay me enough. >> oh, my god, i would love it. talks about stocks here. drug index looking to the upside. we have dow components, pfizer and merck making news. we see divergence. merck is gaining 3% and pfizer pulling back. talking about pfizer. you may be more familiar with the z pack. now findings from the fda that it can be potentially fatal with irregular heart rid rythyms in with some patients and irregular activity in your heart and that could eventually lead to fatalities. obviously not a good report. we've been seeing pfizer selling off throughout the day. on the other hand you have merck with vytorin with cholesterol. when we talk about cholesterol, many americans ears perk up because obviously something people in america deal with. an independent monitoring board allowed it to continue the trial assessing v

let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. cole: we have seen a complete turnaround with the markets, as we noted. seems like there was a reason to feel a little more confidence. in turn now, italian banks are halted on possible contagion. we will see what happens over there. obviously, now, when people ask about cyprus, we talk about the euro. you do not want to see the euro plummet. we are seeing that italian banks are halted. we will see whether or not banking restructure occurs. united healthcare, walmart and hewlett-packard -- connell: we will talk in a moment about the halting of these banks. the thinking was it would stop -@the nation to be the first to leave the euro zone. dagen: we are live in cyprus with more. rich. rich: a sense of relief this morning. still a sense of resentment and concern. let's go over some of the details. it is a 10 million bailout infusion. deposits of 100,000 euros or less remain untouched. the second largest bank in this country will be wound down. it's employees will be gone. where the red a

nicole petallides on the floor of the nyse. ching some retailers. >> looking both at ann taylor and foot locker. here is ann taylor on the heels of their earnings. you look at the stock up about 9% for ann taylor. a name down year-to-date 6%. they came in with their quarterly report. they did beat the expectations. revenue came in a little bit light. they gave a nice strong outlook that certainly helped ann taylor i long. i wanted to look here at foot locker. foot locker on the other hand, the shares are i had shoeing. you can see it is under pressure. year-to-date foot locker under pressure. earnings met revenue expectations and earnings beat the street. you can see how it has sold off recently. it is down six 1/2% today. one analyst actually called the results decent but not great and noted that expectations ran too far too fast on foot locker. back to you. ashley: all right, nicole. thanks so much. tracy: every day at this time of day, charlie breaks it. if you missed this show yesterday you missed our very own charlie gaspar

nicole petallides is standing by. stocks posted solid gains ahead of the fed decision. nicole: that is right. everybody focused on the fed about an hour away from now. very accommodated if fed, and we're watching a market hitting new all-time highs in the dow jones industrial. of almost 56 points at the moment showing you some names that hit some highs today including nativ united technolo. hitting the highest levels we've ever seen for those names and we cannot leave out verizon. the highest levels we'v we haven in over 11 years. so while the shareholders have been enjoying great dividends, they can now also note multi-year highs as well. as we talked about the rally we are seeing, going from sector to sector. a lot of of pharaohs, back to you. lori: the question is how long the fed chairman can keep it up. peter barnes will have the announcement in d.c., joining us first with a preview. peter: that is right, the fed chairman and the members expected to keep the metal to po the metal. keeping interest rates right now the fed is buying 8 85 win dolls worth of bonds each

our own nicole petallides is standing by. nicole: we are really seeing another wedding day here on wall street. we got good economic numbers. many of these people are surprised. to see up arrows again and had the eighth consecutive record all-time close for the dow. we are up about 62 points right now. not too far off from our session and all-time highs. some of the names that are helping the dial along our hewlett-packard, chevron and ibm. this is a five-year chart. you can see we are up about 120% off the lows for the dow jones industrials. obviously, now at 14500, much better than 6500. back to you. dennis: thank you, nicole. melissa: the stand out in today's session is without dow natural gas. phil plan of price futures group is in the pits of the cme. there are a couple things that are driving up that gas. >> number one, of course, is the thermostat. it has been very cold in some of the consuming averages. that is driving the market higher. that is not the whole story. we have seen record electricity demand powered by nat

nicole petallides. nicole: let's take a look.o in particular. in this case, navistar finally gets its real deal ceo. they took somebody else out of retirement to replace the ceo that they fired back in august. you have their new chief operating officer to become the ceo. the stock has jumped over 21%. stuart: thank you, nicole. when you replace the ceo, the stock goes up 21%. that says horrible things about the old guy. charles: that maybe the only thing. stuart: our next guest has rushed for 1000 yards or more in each of the past eight nfl seasons. let's bring in steven jackson. welcome to the program. back again, by the way. >> i like it. stuart: the game is getting very dangerous. we know that. you may become a free agent next monday. is it worth it? >> i believe so. when you are able to do something that you love, you do not think about what you are bringing in off the field or what your pay check will look like. it is something i have been doing my whole life. stuart: have you ever gotten a concussion? >> i have given a few.

nicole petallides is at the new york stock exchange. 0 points on wall street. yesterday we gained over 100 points. we were really testing some all-time highs. the rally yesterday allowed the traders to be a little weak. today we are looking at a market with down arrows. you see names such as jpmorgan, boeing, 3m and home depot on the downside. the u.s. is now probing jpmorgan's action in the madoff ponzi scheme. the banks really must have known. now, the probe is continuing am looking into more closely into jpmorgan in particular. back to you. cheryl: new capital restrictions are going into place and cyprus. there will be no check cashing, limits on with drop. ashley webster is here to tell us how everything got to this point. >> this did not happen overnight. the writing was on the wall. in the end, it was closer to 75%. that decision cost banks more than 4 billion euros. this is for a companies whose gdp is just about 18 billion euros. march 16, sex birth they will be hit with a 10% tax. as protesters hit the streets, the banks had clo

dennis: nicole petallides at before the new york stock exchange. market that is a little bit weaker today. six record consecutive closes. the dow was up about 400 points in the last eight trading days today pulling back a little bit down 14 points right now. the s&p down fractionally. we saw the numbers, the best numbers up 1.1%, the fourth straight monthly gain. what is interesting, you can take a look representing some of the retailers, americans are trending on what they need. ethylene, auto sales and the like. restaurants, department stores dropping. they have to buy what they need, they need groceries and gasoline, they are facing higher payroll taxes, higher gasoline costs. going forward, the good news is ultimately we do have a stronger labor market, tax refunds will get going back to the people. dennis: thank you, nicole. the dow is up 400 points in eight trading days. time for the total buzz kill. our next guest says the record highs will stay right here. scott, i think stocks are looking pretty good, but you basically feel like the party

quarter past illegal to nicole petallides. when you talk about what they are selling, nike is obviously doing well. future orders are looking good. obviously, nike is a big winner. our friends from alabama. i am wrapping it up. look at how great they look. this year, new york and the new york stock exchange. dagen: hey y'all. connell: you scared them off. [ laughter ] connell: nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange. dagen: everybody knows everybody. connell: time to make a little money with charles payne. charles: i was going to ask nicole if they knew my mom. she lives in alabama. tell her i said hi. [ laughter ] charles: walter energy. this has been an absolute disaster for me. i think this stock is so oversold. it is a coldplay. you need a winter to need it. then we had the epa. even though prices have been down, not to the degree. this stock -- connell: is this argument that you are making this morning different? something changed or at some point? charles: great question. love the way it has been acting. it has m

we'll check in with nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. a, beer, a good combination, right? >> call me lucky. i get to talk about two very nice sectors there, pizza and beer. we're looking at these names in particular today on a day where we mostly red on the screen but when you talk about these names, turns out that it is a winning come nation here on wall street today. papa john's international, boston beer, touching all-time highs today. if you want to move over to red wine, you can consider constellation brands. dent feel left out, right? we have that and leading wine-maker in the world. that too, hit a life-time high today. so we are certainly seeing these names on wall street hitting some new highs. we've also seen some of the dow components hitting some new 52-week highs. the dow is pulling back for its third day in a row of some red. we'll see what happens at the closing bell. back to you. adam: nicole petallides on floor of the new york stock exchange. see you in 15 minutes. tracy: i don't know what that says about society. we're b

nicole petallides standing by.hat cannot make its mind that. >> reporter: and look at that. back in the green once again erasing all those symptoms from china, end squeezing of some green. you will keep an eye going into the closing bell. that's take a look also in the beverage world. a big deal under way. some antitrust regulation concern. now you have anheuser-busch asking the court to delay. as they try and halt settlement talks. they are embroiled in battle. the consolation, which is an all-time high today, the distributor. so they are all intertwined. the fact that it is still on the table listed news. tracy: will see you at the top of the art. adam: the money grab to market it perished? ended above thomas says yes. tracy: next. tracy: first was a delegate some of the winners and losers. up over 4%. your dow down 6%. we will be at six points. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ [ cowmoo ] [ sizzling ] more rain... [ thunder rumbles ] ♪ [ male announcer ] when the world moves... futures move first. learn futures from ex

nicole petallides. nicole: what a day on wall street. another day and another intraday record highs for the dow jones industrials. you would think the market is overbought. a little too nervous to short the market. celebration for the polls out there with record highs for the dow. i wanted to also take a look at the vix, the fear index. 1176. obviously, this fear gauge is a barometer of what people think will be likely over the next 30 days. i wanted to take a look at dow component general electric. now we are hearing about the nominations for a board member. that would be mary schapiro. she has obviously a lot of know-how in regulation and corporate governance and the like. that will happen on april 24. back to you. lori: thank you, nicole. melissa: fox business contributor phil flynn of price futures group is in the pits of the cme. >> i think you have to look at asia, really. numbers were very disappointing. later in the day, we got a number out of india that shows auto sales fell 25% from a year earlier. when you look at growth, you

nicole petallides, thank you very much.p it right here, coming up next more from treasury secretary jack lew. find out what he has to say about the economy and why so far anyway we're not seeing a lot of damage the president said we would see from the sequester, at least not in the markets as we hit yet another record high. we'll be right back all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. rify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. david: back to peter barnes. more from treasury secretary jack lew. peter? >> that's right, david. all these budget negotiations will have an impact one way or the other, good or bad, on america's aaa credit rating, which, standard & poor's cut two years ago because of all these budget dysfunction. so i asked him if we will get it back? take a li

nicole petallides is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. cole: i have to tell you, the markets are pulling back. we hit a record all-time high on the dow jones industrials. only to see us pulling back today once again. the dollar remained higher today. the nasdaq remains down .8%. the dow and s&p are down about .5%. yesterday, we saw a broad-based gains. most of the names were higher. today, we are seeing much of the same. it is the other way around. most of the dow components are lower. ibm, hewlett-packard, intel, a lot of the attack names are leading the way to the downside. connell: going to breaking news out of washington with the house approving congressman paul ryan budget. cheryl: peter barnes is live from capitol hill with more. peter: the members of the house are now popping out of town like a pack of easter bunnies. they have approved paul ryan's budget that would balance over the next ten years. let's start with the continuing resolution to keep the government open for the rest of the year. it does not stop the sequester, but doe

it is nicole petallides. they love you, listen to that! they love you as the bells are ringing on wall street. not only are they happy about nicole but they're happy about the fact that all the indices we're looking at are in the green. we await word of the bank stress test. the bank stress test is coming out in about half an hour. we'll cover that with among others, richard fisher exhead of the dallas federal reserve. all the indices are up. that is good sign. they are not booming the way they were earlier but all in the green, liz. liz: optical company sienna leading gains as shares surge following a better than expected quarterly results. their customers include everyone from at&t and verizon, said they expect to win more contracts this year. the stock responded beautifully up 17%. david: oil responded to all the various things going on. its price was depressed in the past but improved by 1%. stronger economic data lifted the price. this is the highest level so far this month, settling in at $91.56 a barrel. liz: natural gas showed signs

as ghost nicole petallides join the conversation. we have huge stocks rallying on very heavy volume. nicole: most of them have stories to go along with them, you talk about the fact earnings rose and also the fact bee thatl with canadian operation is. reports have helped it along. david: we're looking at ways it has affected the market. financial taking a big pop. where is it now? nicole: bank of america, jpmorgan. look at citigroup, obviously we watch it throughout the financial crisis and a sword to the new annual highs. anybody who wanted to take a risk and actually bought into that is probably cheering now. liz: american eagle outfitters. we have been watching it all day, but just a few moments ago we were watching it get smacked down 10% on research that showed people aren't rushing into the stars in the malls, but some like abercrombie not getting hit as hard. nicole: that is true. teenagers are fickle. american eagle outfitters seems to be on the outs today. getting a cautious outlook, not seeing the traffic that they had hoped

nicole petallides cousin was just on from cyprus and she used the word chaos. said it is positively what could happen when it comes to the banks and when they reopen. does that affect the trader sentiment on the floor? >> the obvious answer today is no. but i guess it just depends on what lens you want to look at what is going on in the euro zone, liz. from afar, it is very disturbing. basically confiscate should have private property sends her horrc resonance. i think this is a very negative effect, but the market is completely ignoring it today. liz: puts charlie, the fear is very real. it is not warming is wimpy psychology on the trading floor, the vix is actually lower today. what do they do the same thing in italy, although no word that would actually happen. would that be the trigger that happens to affect things here? >> have the same concerns he does, so this happening in italy or france, that would give a lot more reaction to the market. we're really the only thing in town where in the world that is consistently making money and trying to go higher. lo

earlier today, fox business's nicole petallides asked her cousin who lives in cyprus about it. take a listen. >> what happens when the banks do open? >> it likely to be chaos and it will be mad rush to the banks. i'm sure everybody will want to get to the banks to get theirmoney. we're afraid even, there is talks that the systems might crash because after 10 days of being closed the amount of work that needs to be go through the system, of all the banks. so we really don't know what will happen on thursday. >> right. >> if the banks do finally open. melissa: that is amazing. despite all the across in cyprus it doesn't seem like there is any stopping of the u.s. markets. the s&p 500 is practically a rounding error away from its all-time closing high. the dow set a fresh record high. the europe's latt mess can't bring the bulls to a halt you have to wonder what will. money panel is here to break it down. scott martin, chf strategist at you sited advisors. harry dent. and jock otter is editor of barrons.com. thanks for being here. scott, first of all, we heard nicole petallides's

let's head over to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole?porter: well, we're taking a look at kb homes actually hitting a new high. they came in with quarterly numbers, and they were impressive. the talk on the street by the analysts was kb home had been lagging and they had to step it up in 2013. they certainly tried to bring it here today, the stock is up about 3%. they came in and said their fiscal first quarter loss was narrower than expected in addition to the fact that they had doubled increases in deliveries and selling prices for houses. more orders, 40% year-over-year gains in the net orders, so that was some good news there. we are seeing it, as i noted here, at a 52-week high. let's take a look at some of the other home builders. we did get in existing home sales, actually, which came in earlier today, the highest level in three years. but you can see lennar, pulte, dr horton and toll brothers a winner. cheryl: certainly stocks to watch today. existing home sales today hitting their highest level in three years, and one company is

nicole petallides down there on the floor of the new york stock exchange with kenny. le: you know, you are of the same mindset of some of the traders i have been speaking with. you think we are going to get to the highs for the s&p. >> i think the market is not going to back off until they push it to the highs; right? they have to get the s&p. it's got to hit the 1564, and then you can almost feel like the market is waiting for it to get there so it can go -- and take a deep breath; right, and a sigh of relief that it in fact made it there. nicole: i wanted to also just note that you think when i said to you how about 14,500 on the dow, you think that's attainable and you think we're going higher by the end of the year. >> listen, i think the end of the year, i think 2013 and 14 are going to be great years for back to equities. i'm hoping that part of it is almost back to an equity investing 101, right? a basic get back to reality and there's a lot of money out there that needs to come back. nicole: let's talk about the banks. >> the bank stress tests are coming up ton

nicole petallides, wayne rogers is on the money, the market barely moved. rogers is on fire telling it like it is and the truth is we don't want to see further tax increases. on the contrary you want to see the deficit reduced, you want to see continued budget cuts and you don't want to hit americans. what we're seeing with the markets, we are back in the green again, we are higher for the week, the dow jones industrials up 23 points, all three of our major averages of 0.1%. interestingly enough i kept an eye on the fear index which during the president's speech moved into the green and then pull back. the dollar remains very strong at home and that is something that could pressure us at home. there is concern about when we saw manufacturing numbers coming in and we saw expansion that is good news but asia is slowing and european, concerned about recession once again. this is the environment we are in and at the same time not too far off of the all-time high. dennis: personal income just fell more than it has in a couple decades. charles payne, the president

let's go to nicole petallides at new york stock exchange. david: let's start, nicole. we start with fedex it was an extraordinary run-up. it was in the $100 range. it pulls back quite a bit. this is the biggest pullback since 2011? >> certainly is, the biggest pull back since 2011. concerns globally and also going to cut down what they're shipping over it asia. lauren: how is oracle looking ahead of their earnings release, nicole? >> we're watching oracle closely in the tax realm. we'll see whether or not they have earnings. [closing bell rings] david: best buy up another 5%. that stock can not be denied. as you her the bells are ringing on wall street. looks like the indexes are going to keep essentially where they were before and after ben bernanke began to talk. looked like they were sliding a bit. they stopped that slide. trading this the 50 to 60-point range on the dow. the s&p is doing better percentagewise. nasdaq is doing well. russell 2000, small and mid-sized caps doing well. there are interesting company stories and sector stories as well, lauren. lauren: ho

nicole petallides she has got it all. she is down on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole, a down day for the markets but there are some names bucking the downward trend. yahoo! is one of those. >> absolutely are. over my shoulder, you see the congressional medal of honor winners. a great day on wall street as well. oppenheimer raised their target to 27 bucks to 22. ali baba which have ipo and yahoo! owns a 24% stake. adam: nicole. saw a pullback for boeing. they are conducting the test flights for the 787. they weathered storm so far. will they continue? >> they will do test flights with the new revamped battery. they have done well so far. they managed to stay in the green up 12% despite all the issues. we'll see how test flights go. sandra: we're waiting on earnings from nike. this is a big consumer to watch. how are is the stock looking ahead of the results? >> down right now. a winner year-to-date. that will be a key one to watch. adam: oracle a drag on the tech sector. one analyst said a hiccup with the earnings report but they're down what, 9%? >> what a big l

connell: let's go back to nicole petallides at the stock exchange. you remember 2007, nicole.e: i do. very well. so many people have been waiting to get back to these levels since that time. here we are today where we are hitting record highs again. right now, you can see hewlett-packard at $20.46 a share. it was $11 back in november. now it is $20. working hard on the turnaround. connell: thank you, nicole. dagen: the president and congress unable to strike a deal on the automatic spending cuts. his approval rating right now at 46%. connell: fox news contributor joining us in studio today. it is kind of interesting to follow up on what nicole is talking about. i do not know if it is a disconnect or not. we actually saw the economy shrank last quarter. i think what people are probably responding to more than anything else is the behavior last week during the discussion about the sequester. he was caught lying. saying this was congressional republicans ideas. this turned out to be an idea of the white house. they ultimately had to come out and say, yes, this was our idea. he ha

dennis: stocks now every 15 minutes, nicole petallides with a look at how another carnival problem ismpany's stock price. nicole? >> another headline for carnival cruise lines, they're, obviously, doing the best they can in a tough situation once again. take a look at the stock. it's down one-and-a-half percent, and this is a month after the carnival vessel that was stuck in the gulf of mexico. well, today another story. overnight they had some issues, some technical issues where the elevators weren't working, also toilet issues. the coast guard was notified, and now it's stuck in st. martin. they're going to have to fly home the passengers b instead of taking them home on the ship and, of course, some refunds now are getting ready to be paid back as well. back to you. cheryl: oh, my goodness, it never stops. nicole, thank you very much. all right, $50,000, call it the new five million. as the carlyle group becomes the latest firm to lower the threshold for investing in their funds. jim frischling is here. and you say this move by carlyle and the pe community overall, this is a game c

let's go to nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange. the market is kind of sitting on the cusp of another record breaking day. it is only nine points but it might be there. >> this is a big deal. we went over the unchanged line 57 times. we've done much the same with back and forth if we finish here that is the 7th consecutive all-time record close. that will be our longest streak since 197. liz: by a fraction. let's not overstate it. jcpenney turned around. it is sticking with ron johnson. one of the other executives, mr. hannah made some comments. he is not going anywhere. he is stay withing us. it is flat really. >> some say it is sad news that the stock was popping on speculation the ceo was leaving that doesn't bode well. we know jcpenney is struggling. obviously the ceo is protecting himself and chief second if i have sister. we're staying put, guys. we have a turnaround plan. david: netflix, who would have guessed back in september trading $54 a share, a few month later it would be up to about $200 a share and another 5% pop toda

let's go to nicole petallides. cole: we stand here all day and talk about the things that we love. the dow is gaining again. right now it is up 17 points. the nasdaq and the s&p are pulling back for the entire month of march. we have seen a lot of all perils with the exception of today and monday. let's take a look also at some names i am focusing on. names like bank of america arming the way. we had an extremely strong dollar yesterday. that has come off those highs. a different picture today. certainly, there are still those jitters. concern about cyprus and china. we should mention the housing start to climb in the month of february. back to you. dagen: thank you, nicole. connell: highest level close to five years. the economy may be improving. the problem for president obama is his approval rating is not. 47% of americans approving. doug shaw is here to answer that. a record-breaking run last week. you have home production neared the unemployment rate falling. >> first of all, we have dysfunction in washington.

going to john brown, and or own nicole petallides on whether they can and will. nicole knows of what she speaks. her parents are from cyprus and she has visited there many times or so. these are wholly mes. >> i am so glad that you're painting it in the proper way. this is .2% of europe's gdp. it isa small island and it is being menial to so many. but it paints a picture of what is going onthere. which is catastrophic. you go in there and you are talking about confiscating peoples money. not letting them have access and availability to them. almost turning this over what really is a huge political battle around the world. the russians and germans and the eurozone and cyprus is caught in the middle. in the meantime from the people are not able to access their money. they don't have gas lines. they are not able to get gas. it is unbelievable the fact that they are living there. the fact that they are frightened and scared. they work so hard to put money in the bank. neil: your parents were born there. they are not there now. a lot of money find its attraction. now t

nicole petallides would like to ask you a question. nicole: that study sounds legitimate.llowance is allowance. it almost feels like if you gave that allowed him they just felt like they got it whether they did a good job or not and you gave them the financial teachings as well, the whole study a be blown up. if i gave my kids five dollars on friday, but also let you read the lawsuit -- "wall street journal". >> most children do not know enough to teach their children. if you have enough time to spend talking to your child and use the allowance as part of that, you will probably have a very good outcome. the primary reason to give your child an unconditional allowance is because you want to take the time and effort to communicate with kids. that is really where the problem is. charles: we appreciate your time and the study. thank you very much. carlos, the richest man in the world, he got an allowance, but his father made him keep a ledger on how he spent the money. this thing is hot. a new state that says women are better corporate leaders than men. after the break, i wil

john: to find that people are hostile to you and profit on your nicole petallides team. >> four record by running the most profitable food retailer in the united states. i am not against profit. [applause] john: what is the hostility? >> most believe in this zero sum game this sunday must be losing. john: but with capitalism it is a win/win win a game where people who gain to the changes that would not be made so that is the story we need to tell. >> client from penn state university and what can we as student activist to on campus to help make students realize the benefits of capitalism? >> one of the most important things is put things in historical context. most people are so ignorant how much community has made with capitalism the average life span was 30 now today it is 78 in the united states and 82 in japan. 200 years ago 90 percent of the people were illiterate. now it is 14% because of capitalism. if you look at the whole history of human prosperity it is due to capitalism with the humanity out of the dirt john: day que john mackey. when we return drugs and booz i say it shoul

john: to find thateople are hostile to you and profit on your nicole petallides team. >> four recordy running the most profitable food tailer in the united states. i am not against profit. [applause] john: what is th hostility? >> most believe in this zero sum game this sunday must be losing. john: but with capitalism it is a n/win win a game where people who gain to the changes that would not be made so that is the story we need to tell. >> client from penn state university and what can we as student activist to on campus to help make students realize the benefits of capitalism? >> one of the most important things is put things in historical context. most people are so ignorant how much community has made with capitalism the average life span was 30 now today it is 78 in the united states and 82 in japan. 200 years ago 90 percent of the people were illiterate. now it is 14% because of capitalism. if you look at the whole history of human prosperity it is due to capitalism with the humanity out of the dirt john: day que john mackey. when we return drugs and booze. i say it should be

let's bring in nicole petallides. nicole, welcome to the program.scent. you have family over there. and tell us what are you saying to you this monday morning. >> absolutely, both my mother and father were born on the beautiful island of cyprus and i've been there many, many times. i have family there and lots of people who have money there, who own stock in bank of cyprus and the like. and the whole idea what they're saying there is what traders are saying here on wall street. this is outrageous, it seems unheard of to go in there. ted weisberg of seaport security whom you know, stuart, it's confiscating people's money who are saving it and the fact that you put money in and expect it back in full like someone is coming into your home, i'm going to take your stuff, maybe your car. stuart: i never thought i'd be sitting here reporting on a story where a european government is he seizing the private welt alth of citizens. but it has. we've had two terrific weeks and a pullback on friday, but two terrific weeks that took the dow to 14,500. we're expec

nicole petallides with a look at the market and the new intraday high hit moments ago. nicole: a lot to be excited about. mark burnett coming on, i look forward to that interview. if you want the upward trend to keep on rolling, you have got it. up 75 points on the dow jones industrial. the nasdaq and the s&p gaining about half a percent. we are going to be hearing from the fed later in the day, very accommodative fed so far. interesting to see the market running the way they are, given we have some uncertainty in cyprus and uncertainty in europe. the dollar is weaker today, seeing the market jumping in at all-time intraday highs 14,545, back to you. dagen: we dig it, thank you. connell: trying to reach some sort of a compromise before the deadline march 27 to avoid having a government shutdown. dagen: rich edson with the latest. rich: a number of different budget pieces coming into play on capitol hill. congress has to pass a spending measure a week from today. if they don't do that, the government shuts down. we can expect perhaps maybe by this evening the senate will

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