john buckleham with al frank asset management.evin kelly with recon capital partners. >> you could probably buy a sock puppet on amazon for all i know. >>> to the economy now and the job market. the number of job openings climbed in september to more than 5.5 million. that is the second highest level on record. separately, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits last week remained unchanged at 276,000, near a 15-year low. >>> and with the job market firming many economists think the federal reserve is on track to raise interest rates at its next meeting in december. today a number of fed officials didn't focus quite so much on december but on what might happen after that. kate rogers has more. >> reporter: fed officials are now starting to look at life beyond lift-off. while fed chair janet yellen today did not make mention of u.s. economic conditions or the fed's rate hike timing, plenty of others are chiming in. new york fed president bill dudley pulled a crowd at the economic club of new york that tightening sho