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el pollo loco shows up. 438,000 shares have traded. company came out with a beat on the bottom and top line. it forecast 2015 earns per share in a range of 67 to 71 cents. the mid point of that narrowly beats the average analyst estimate of 68 cents per share full year in terms of a forecast. you can see the shares higher. remember, let's talk about this stock in context. this thing ipo'd at a price of $15 per share. as we're showing you right here, it got up as high as $41.70 on the first day of trading intra-day. and then you can see how far it's gotten, all the way down to where it is now. a nice rally year to date. still, it's got a long way to go. this is wound telephone ipos that a lot of people talk about with food. they liken it to what is happening with shake shack right now, if that's the kind of trade we're going to see. melissa, el pollo loco very much a focus for a lot of investors here. >> all right. thank you, dom chu. loco, shake shack, habit. ipos hot out of the gate and then they fizzle. now what? >> and they do fizzl

el pollo loco had a very good number, stock used to be higher. that kind of mexican chicken, which is quite good, el pollo loco. frgi, i prefer that i prefer to el pollo loco. i know you prefer -- >> i prefer it with antibiotics. >> chipotle said listen we are glad they're doing that at mcdonald's. >> opening bell for this friday a few minutes away. stay with us on "squawk on the street." bulldog: oooh! mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: get a serta mattress any size for just $197 each piece when you buy the complete set. the $197 mattress sale... bulldog: oh boy! television announcer: ...ends sunday. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ ♪ help join a continent with nearly 3 million rugged square miles with a single broadband connection. when emerson takes up the challenge it's never been done before simply becomes consider it solved. emerson. sometimes the present looked bright. sometimes romantic. there were tears in my eyes. and tears in my eyes. and so many little things that we learned were really the biggest things. through

. >> el pollo loco up 14%. >> fourth quarter sales were very good. strong numbers up 12%. this is a company now telling you we're going to expect to grow even more in 2015. that's the story. that's what you have to hope for because to buy this valuation you have to see growth. in this market i would not buy this. >> nxp up 6%. >> makes emv chins for credit cards for security. they also rifld in the connected car. i think it goes much higher. it's had an incredible move. up 37% year to date. a couple of much higher price targets. i think you're safe to stay with it. >> coming up next a massive alibaba lockup expiration next week. our traders will take their positions right after the break. plus some good news for seinfeld fans. we'll tell you what it is. stay tuned. >> when i go into every single show i think of it as fighting a battle. >> part of the fun of the show is competing with each other. >> i am just as tough. maybe not quite as loud. but just as tough as they are. >> trading is all about putting yourself on the lines. >> it's unscripted. it's not on teleprompter.

. >> i like loco, el pollo loco. >> i don't like it. charles: how come?aid they were going to expand. nobody wants that -- there is too much competition. charles: we have a news alert for you, difficult issues are stilly on the table as world's most powerful diplomats are meeting with iranian nuclear negotiators in switzerland, peter barnes is joining us from washington with the latest. >> u.s. said that chances of a deal remain about 50/50, negotiators still dealing with tough issues, according to new york time, one is whether iran should ship its low grade material out of the country, after saying it would to russia then telling types it would not. -- the time its would not, u.s. officials downplaying this saying handling iran's existing stock pile had not yet been decided. a spokesperson said there are a number of different ways to manage it. it does not have to be shipped out to comply. the u.s. wants to make sure a deal would block iran's paths to obtaining a nuclear weapon, in echange iran would get relief from years of sanctions that crippled its e

el pollo loco. >> all the big consumer numbers, retail sales, confidence, they keep coming in at levels that doesn't match the euphoria. the fed is supposed to raise rates next week because the country has gone so great. these numbers don't reflect that, jonathan? >> the big theme, charles, continues. what do they say about the markets? they follow the path of least resistance? what is the theme, it is not the commodities boom it was from 2001, 2, i think 2008 or 9. talking about gold or oil at the multi-month lows. there are ways to play, it but stuff avoiding the emerging markets, avoiding the emerging market debt and avoiding those strong dollar plays because the strong dollar trend is going to continue. charles: i don't think there's doubt that the strong dollar is going to continue. i have two jims. first things first. what i'm concerned about, again, and i said this a lot yesterday during the show. what's bugging main street? what's bugging main street if there are more jobs, a lot more jobs, and people are working, if all the signs suggest that the fed has to raise rates because

el pollo loco. this stock was too hot when it came public at $15 last summer.the mid 30s. i vice presidenthaven't come back to recommend it since then since it dropped to 24. why? i prefer fiesta restaurant groups, not to mention chipolte and jack in the box. people can't resist this one, though. i say if pollo locco is going higher, terrific, knock yourself out. then we have two red hot retailers. dollar general. and ulta salon. my charitable trust which you can follow along at actionalertsplus.com. we think the stock has room to run because it's not expensive. and it look, it could end up being the winner, dollar tree and principal competitor, merge and someone take their eye off the ball. ulta i would buy this fabulous cosmetics chain if it comes in at all before we get to thursday. i was very impressed with both dylan and a local store we visited last year. i think the turn that she started there is really now gaining ahead of steam which means ulta is headed higher. we also have a very important meeting thursday with united technologies. here's a company t

el pollo loco beating on earnings, strong guidance as well.own the stock is up 12%. >> yeah. i mean it's at four month highs but nowhere near its original highs from when it came pubic will. this was a company that disappointed people that were really excited when it first game out of the gate and looks like they're rebuilding some of the trust. stock is about the mid-point of its range. a green day for the market would be at the high point of today's range and 12% of the float is short. i like the stock. >> jim, aeropostale today. >> getting really clobbered here, probably a little overdone. >> ouch. >> this is a big beat down but i think what this is speaking to is the whole debate we've been having about retail sales why they've been negative in general and the belief is that people are spending on experiences and travel and not on clothing. so i questions that's coming home to roost with air row post. le. >> ultra. >> they crushed it. josh showed me a chart of people and how they're earning, great story, ceo head of marketing at mcdonald's

the dow is down nearly 1% on interesting day where there were big winners like el pollo loco, jumping after the beating the street. that is a heavily shorted stock. we also have lumber liquidators. david: "after the bell" starts right now. liz: to the action. boy, did we see volatile. craig hodges of hodges small cap funds will tell us which asset class he believes is still king. chris robinson of top third ag marketing is here to tell us the safe place he believes he found for your money. it is not stocks. it is not bonds. what is it? mark lehman of jmp securities breaks down sectors he thinks will outperform the markets. how to play them. first bob iaccino in the cme. is this traced to the dollar which hit a 12 1/2-year high against the euro today? >> i think that has a lot to do with it, liz. the market has to accepted that the fed will hike rates sooner. i don't see a string of rate hikes. it will be symbolic. it will show economy is still gaining strength. not necessarily a blow to innation, going from zero% interest rates to 25 basis points will not slow it down dramatically. mo

. >> el pollo loco.oing to deal with this market sell-off and gas prices and why consumers aren't putting their gas money into other retail moves. >> as i sit in traffic on the new jersey turnpike i will listen on sirius xm radio. this a great weekend, everybody. "closing bell" starts right now. >> thank you, brian and melissa. welcome to "the closing bell." i'm kelly evans to clotionse out this tough week for stocks. >> i'm bill griffeth. what can you say about this week? we itemized it every day, one big up day on monday a big down day on tuesday, quiet on wednesday, big up day yesterday, and today a big down. this is volatility personified. >> the vix right now up to about 16.5. i think we're off 1% on the major indexes. anything could happen in the final hour. the dow is off 220, the

and el pollo loco getting a boost. >>> a secret japanese robot maker giving in to demands from dan loeb's some of the growing cash reserves. this follows pressure from loeb. a lot of the people in the japanese press and elsewhere in new york saying this is a big move for japan because this is a company that never had an investors relations department. >> we're always here right? >> yes. >> we are always here. >> where else would we be? >>> crude oil prices sliding after a large supply increase in a key u.s. storage hub. analysts starting to wonder if the u.s. has room to store all of the oil. down 52% over the last year. are we now headed further into bear territory. with us ed morris. you know in the past we have made the comments that on the way down no one was bearish. now we're here and it's getting more crowded in that camp. how does that happen? >> well you see prices keep sliding. and you look forward and refinery runs aren't coming back. u.s. inventories haven't been growing since the beginning of the year. at record levels. you will kind of worry about tank tops. and if it does r