michael farr thank you.l check out our op-ed that you shamelessly plugged on cnbc.com. >> didn't even remember it. he had to look down to read it. >> i read your op-ed. >> coming up on "fast money," they will talk to a top market tactician, lucia maouislouise yamada. the market taking investors on another volatile ride today. coming up highland capital management co-founder explains why he thinks this bumpy market is only going to get bumpier. >> first, if earnings really are in trouble, is that market in trouble also. is that what's causing the sell-off? if so, you need to hear this next segment. stay tuned to "closing bell." >>> welcome back. earnings season set to kick off next week and in a story that's certainly getting a lot of attention from cnbc pro subscribers, the word seems to be bleak. >> obviously larry didn't take part in that. but dominic chu, is it that bleak? >> well it is right now, and i'm interested to hear what larry kudlow has to say about this because the expectations are very low for

. >> susan fulton cnbc contributor michael farr is back with us jeff cox from cnbc.com and our own rick santelli joining us as well. susan, what do you make of the earnings? low expectations the higher dollar, the bad weather, blah, blah, blah. how do you think the numbers have been coming in so far? >> i think number one we have to remember that the 9% drop or rise in the value of the dollar has happened in the past quarter. so that's not fully being impacted at this point. i think you'll see it impacted stock prices the big internationals impacted next quarter. it is interesting that the dow, which is a much more large cap international play is more -- is doing more poorly than the s&p and the nasdaq. they just don't have as much dollar exposure i don't think. >> i want to bring up an area of the market we'll watching closely here as well. even as we move through earnings season these superlow bond yields. we were talking this morning about bill gross's remarks. he came on "power lunch" explaining himself more fully. what did you think of his remarks? >> well listen mr. gross is a sha

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