the company said profit would come up short and shares of a ten did today, plunlging 16% to 6.95. >>> it is time for our market monitor, who has names of three companies he said raise dividends at a higher rate, last time he was on this september, he recommended american tower, which was up 20%. higher by 6% and cvs, down by 13%. joining us is mark spellman, manager at alpine fund. welcome back. nice to have you here. sfwl thank you very much. let's get to your picks because one is still on the list and that is lowe's. adding to positions here. >> yeah, lowe's has started tout year doing very well. i think somewhat at the expense of sears when it comes to appliance sales, but in the last month, they've been caught up in amazon is is talking on the worries. we think lowe's is going to be able to compete well with amazon going forward. it's a company we think is going to grow earnings by 15% moving forward. the dividend is 2.1%. they swrus lamonth raise it 17%. >> take a look at cisco, your second pick. i am impressed by a 3.7%-year-old on that stock. less impressed by its historical re