a tweet scott on twitter, who got right to the point he has lowe's, disney, apple, alibabba and activision blizzard okay terrific, terrific company action alerts club name, same with apple so we have entertainment, technology, retail, we have gaming, activision blizzard doing quite well and alibaba, let's just call it chinese retailer so we have retail, but in china. retail america, do it yourself we've got entertainment, tech, and gaming i think that's perfect i really like that portfolio it's a little go-go for my taste. let's go to greg in new jersey greg >> caller: cramer, i'm greg in new jersey, middleton new jersey i'm 23 and i want to know if i'm diversified. google, disney, amazon, at&t, and mammoth real estate corps. >> mammoth, we had them on a long time ago. you don't really need income right now, because you're a younger person, but that's all right. you have some income players amazon, i think amazon web services is what i've been working on is fantastic. disney, we covered that earlier. so we have retail, and also tech we have entertainment, teleco. i would tell you because o

activision gaming -- >> i'm flummoxed. >> pivotal has a couple of lines. might to not write about every negative story in the press on facebook, when several items come together it seems neglectful not to write about it. >> i remember when i was a crime reporter and we would meet to talk about what story we will play up. my great late editor saying d.a. probes rockets. got nothing to say, we have thrown that headline constantly. that is the headline now. if you have nothing to say at the "new york times." congress probes fake news. facebook is a generator of negativity and the advertisers ruaddicted to stories because it is where the buyers are. how long does your wife look at her story line feed before you go to bed? >> she doesn't, but my teenage daughter does. >> my wife says here is something carl posted. this is posted by betsy. i'm like i really don't care. i'm watching espn plus. at no point does the tv go on other than when the eagles play. >> i actually read. have you heard of that books, magazines. >> we are busy looking at what everybody else is

activision topping half a billion in world wide sales in the first three days more on what this means for activision and rival gaming stocks ahead. >>> one of the most secretive companies in silicon valley is going public talent is considering an ipo if 2019, valuing the data mining company, that's a little more than $40 million bucks much more just ahead tyler. >> we are all over, contessa, this sell-off, bob , risks in europe steve leishman in chicago with his exclusive interview with former trump economic adviser gary cohen and eamon javers has the latest on the saudi scandal. >> thank you, tyler, the markets are dealing with issues, some are old, some are on the new side at least four or five are a lot to digest every day. right now, number one is the china slowdown, 25% declines in china, some cases 30% declines how much are they slowing down we have industrials reporting earnings and commenting along with that. then at the same time we have a limited follow-on from the tech report not much follow through i don't have all, of course, mr. draeg warned italy not to bust the budget

these stocks including activision may have been ahead of themselves. shane tweets anyone bullish on jetblue they report tomorrow before the bell stephen weiss. >> i'm not buying before the earnings i don't buy any stock just for the earnings i like the airlines as a trade i think the trade's about halfway done with some of them so if you like it for the long term buy it. if you don't then stay in the -- >> thank you a reminder send your questions to us. go to cnbc.com/halftime. all right. final trades quickly, jim >> cliffs. we all know what happened friday but it's a great company >> josh. >> schwab selling is overdone. xlf looks like it's trying to bottom >> citi looks like it's overdone as well. >> citi's overdone as way. joe terranova. >> pepsi don't like the product but i like the stock >> don't like the product but you like the stock >> yes >> semi-endorsement. >> i don't like the coke product either -- >> tyler mathisen, you're a good-looking man zblim ready to roll. >> that does it for us "power lunch" with tyler and the gang next. >>> i'm meli

activision electronic arts and take 2 losesing team pipers mike olson says higher multiple stocks gotit hard in the pullback two, seasonality investors get it excited but don't stick around for the publish of the game this is a crowded slate this year some investors might be concerned about wallet share getting stretched too thin he says i also checked with michael packeter of we had bush. he says worries are misplaced they should expect the strong holiday season with compelling oent content he rates them all a buy. activision and take 2 up strongly on the year it's at just about the holidays be -- not just about the holidays they are interested in capitalizing on esports. the totals audience for esports 395 million, a jump of 18% according to new zoo and esports revenue reaching 900 million in 2018. a 37% jump when important player in the market, league of legends, pulkd by tencent owned right gaims according to the new zoo ner the most watched the league of legend championship is going going on in korea, the winner raising the trophy on november 3rd last year 807 million unique view

activision blizzard not having a good day. gamers not so thrilled with the improvements on call of duty. united rentals down more than 9%. is upn see that the vix to just slightly, about 18.5. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: from new york, i am vonnie quinn. guy: in london, i am guy johnson. this is the european close on bloomberg markets. let's talk about the european earnings season getting into higher gear today. the french and giant regaining some suiting -- ag giant regaining some footing and what is a challenging market. kammeljoined by benedikt live out of berlin. let's talk about expectations before we talk about results as we enter this earnings season. i have a chart. european automakers the cheapest since 2012 going into this earnings season. expectations are low for this european earnings season. that is a good place to start, isn't it? benedikt: yes, it is. as we saw today, big blue-chip companies reporting, by and large they did very well. nestle and unilever reporting they did well. gannonn the ointment was -- da

netflix overshadowed by activision's disappointing color duty. weakness coming from the east.hina as trade tensions between the u.s. and china. and betting on going slow. the u.k. and that you are hoping taking longer to forge the deal will and the brexit deadline. probably one of the biggest development and markets over the past couple of weeks has been the breakdown of the correlation between stocks and interest rates. here to talk more about that is and has the fed gone loco here? [laughter] [laughter] >> when i talk to people from my article in the magazine, a lot of people set my agreed with the president. they agree to to the extent that interest rates are affecting the stock market. they disagreed a fed is overreacting. probably do need higher interest rates at this point. the interesting thing about the ,orrelation -- for a long time higher interest rates did not bother stock market at all. i think it is because the labor is still so low that people were so the about deflation fact inflation was rising a little bit, and well below the fed target, send a signal the econ

the worst performer in the s&p, activision blizzard, down 8.5%.ld of warcraft game not really doing it for players. --also have the nasdaq index, the laggards today, down three quarters of 1%. .e have gold futures still up this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. and from london, i'm guy johnson. this is bloomberg markets. vonnie, let's talk about what is happening in the markets and in brussels. as you can see, jean-claude tusker is alongside donald , answering questions at the end of the summit that has just concluded in brussels. some progress being made on the issue of brexit. it is hard to see where that is right now. then you have the issue of the italian budget as well, which is an ongoing conversation. euros are the italian news agency, reporting that we were a lesser -- to the italian finance minister, raising concerns about the budget handed in by rome. the ftse 100 is flat on the .08% at then by moment. there is the bcp yield -- you have seen a bond swap to sedate -- bond swap today, which has pushed the terms

taylor: come into my terminal, date.e the basis here to activision has been a top performer.arts had an interesting time, said they are about even for the year, year today. gamestop off 16%, but as it can see even though they have been hit pretty hard in the last few days, this is helping all the shares today. vonnie: alright. we will continue, not in blackout mode. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: 30 minutes left in the european trading day. i'm guy johnson. .onnie: i'm vonnie quinn this is the european close on bloomberg markets. guy: here are the top stories. stocks stabilize in the united states but not in europe. bounce little more than traders getting flat into the weekend. keep an eye on the closes, in europe this could be critical. it is struggling to avoid negative flows. jpmorgan negative fixed income but citi saw a surprise 9% jump. is this as good as it gets? andrew brunson is freed by a turkish court. after gaining over the last few days, the mirror has delivered a muted reaction to this news. -- the lira

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snap on, sealed air, even activision are of that they're of a piece >> hand don't ffrgt we've had a markethad a very shaky experience for a couple of weeks and when you started down, you begin to do some technical damage we're down here retesting the 200-day moving average in the s&p. that's critical. i think the viewers want to be careful. this thing could take on a life of its own if they break below some of the support levels could you get, not a trap-door effect, but a roll-on effect >> the volume is not particularly strong and this week, the volume has not been that strong. last week we saw wooshs of breathtaking volume just dumping stuff on the market. that's not happening right now so it may be that the buyers are simply stepping back here. we make this distinction all the time that there's a difference between a buyer's strike and seller's trying to go out. buyers are cautious here, therefore prices have to drop to attract them at this point. >> don't go too far, attach a rope to both of you, bob pisani, and art carbon a reminder that steve liesman is going to talk to gary cohen in

. >> we still have names like activision higher.hanks to strong early reviews of all of duty black ops or. there are hopes that maybe it to blunt some of the impact the fortnight is having. the 10 year yield has little change. but bonds caught a bid and we saw lower yield. quick note on the turkish lira, it is not moving at the moment but it had gained almost 4% on speculation of the release of the u.s. pastor. we got confirmation that the turkish court has freed him. >> time now for our top calls. tech, city is upgrading netflix to apply. art -- they are reporting third-quarter results next week. and analyst is upgrading the stock to a buy from hold. and analyst is saying it is not too late for management to find ways to reverse usage trends and improve monetization. >> when you talk about the mysterious disappearance of the journalist. the second annual future investment initiative is a conference intended to showcase the crown prince modernization plan for saudi arabia. it is still set for later this month. speakers and attendees

mores to buy red hat for than $33 billion in what will be its biggest ever activision -- biggest evercquisition. over their cost. red hat revenue is expected to top $3 billion this year and the ibm ceo says the purchase is a game changer for the cloud. we will be talking to the chairman of ceo -- and ceo of ibm and the ceo of red hat at 11:30 a.m. u.k. time. that is your bloomberg business flash. manus: thanks, i will pick it up from here. have dealt ations further blow to angela merkel. both parties in her coalition have suffered heavy losses in the state of hesse. had the worst showing in the state in more than 50 years while the social democrats have posted the worst result since world war ii. is the director of .ata at rasmussen global a drubbing to beat all droppings -- all droppings -- all drubbings. would listencher to what was being said to her by the country. is there any resonance in thatcher's demise and merkel swansong? nina: absolutely. they say all political careers end in failure and it seems very clear we are heading towards the twilight of merkel's career as german ch

lee gave instant orders to his one division and activision was commanded by william mahone. sende was told by lead to two brigades to deal with the crisis at the front. mahone selected his old virginia grade -- a a georgia georgia brigade. followed a clandestine root of two miles and withdrew from their line in order not to call attention to the fact they were evacuating their line, the crossed under a tunnel that went road andusalem plank began deploying into a shallow ravine 200 to 300 yards west of the crater. as they were getting into position, one of the south carolinians survivors told the virginians, it's the worst place you ever saw. you will never be able to take it. undaunted, the virginians and some of the georgians deployed in this position to make their soul. our we set out on expedition, we did not know we would be called on to lock horns negro troops, recall the soldier. a stranger would have noticed a quickening of the step, and each eye burned with a brighter glow and each gun received a more than casual examination to see that it was properly loaded and rea

. >> this getting bring battle field five trail activision blizzard but they stayed away from the releasesn october to take a little bit of the air themselves come november. >> fortnite, tough to compete. >> i'm a buyer at 80 sometime you get the buns. but it's closer to 80. i think in in environment unless you execute it's going to be very hard to get investors come in and full force. >> up next final check and facebook now after hours highs what a is session. more "fast money" when we come right back whooo! want to get a move on your next vacation? tripadvisor now lets you book over a hundred thousand tours, attractions, and experiences in destinations around the world! like new orleans! from cooking classes, to airboat tours, tripadvisor makes it easy to find and book amazing things to do. and you can cancel most bookings up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund. so your whole trip... will be smooth sailing! read reviews check hotel prices book things to do tripadvisor >>> well let's get a final check on facebook. wow, the stock at after hour session highs up by a% following a wild r

. >> atvi, activision.for just killing it, judge. >> wasn't that stock at a 52 week low. >> it sold off because of all the hype around call of duty four and even three days worth of selling did $500 million worth of sales and everybody was saying, we expected 600 million. okay. i guess they just pulled tha one out of thin air. i think the numbers are going to be exceedingly strong for this one and buying it at a low like this, i like that. its making a bit of a bounce today. let's see if it continues. >> what do you think of tesla? >> i like that. i'm staying. i continue to write calls aggressively in here especially after this big pop. i think it was 3:15 this morning. i thought it was a great quarter. elon musk is continue to go surprise people, not just with his twitter account but with the performance here. >> before we get out of here, let's talk about microsoft. that was a fantastic quarter. its a company that keeps working for all of us and i'll take microsoft over twitter, tesla any day. >> we didn'

activision is optimistic about the growth of digital revenue for all activision's call of duty videouren was upgraded at jpmorgan the earnings are going to accelerate to low to mid-teens compared to a decline it saw in recent years and broadcom's received final european union antitrust clearance for ca technologies. that deal will close by november 5th. >>> and listen up, everybody burger king has been voted the fastest drive-thru chain of 2018 >> because no one's there. >> according to a magazine survey the survey is based on the time you order your food to the moment you receive it at the window >> dunkin' comes in second to wendy and taco bell >> chick-fil-a, they have this system have you been? >> yeah. but i don't go through the drive-thru. >> they have this system where you have to start on the other side to get in the line that goes all the way around -- >> because it's so good. >> that's what i mean. burger king, they're like the maytag repairman no one wants that weird spray that they spray on the -- what what's wrong >> nothing no, no the smoke? >> yeah. the smokey spray --

activision lizard releasing new blackout, for call of duty 4. i used to run with people who would talk to the people online who were waiting overnight for these games. jason: your people? alix: maybe? battle star galactica? we are joined. jason: we are indeed. it is all about banks. lisa, jpmorgan hitting the pages. what is your take away? >> it is interesting. the top line beat, they missed on fixed income trading and compensated with again in equity. --in came from loan growth the again came from loan growth and the tax cuts. this is the key. interest rates rising much faster than they are increasing. the fees they pay to depositors. they are catching this huge margin that any rise in overnight rates is going to bolster. this is interesting. the main question will be -- how sustainable is this at a time when bond trading business, once the engine of profitability, looks like it is less so? jason: luke, what do you make of it? what will the market make of it? >> i am interested that this will move the stock. that interest margin angle -- the ot

you got activision and blizzard and netflix into it and hewlett pa placard bill >> secretary mnuchink box. >> people asked me if i was concerned of the yield curve too flat and whether that'll affect recessions next year >> you see normalization in the yield curve which makes sense so the fact that occur at the same time is a correction of this stock market >> let's bring in jeff rosenberg. >> this is in version. >> what the mark is telling us now though >> you go t me >> to me it seems like they're still worried that the feds are going to go more times than not. they're worried that inflation are picking up and every time you are selling off for the tokt smarkt, you see a litt-- stock e the is low not true in the rest of the world. >> jeff, what do you think it says do you think the mark are fearing that the feds are too aggressi aggressive >> the debate is shifting here you look at the range break on interest rates, it is really important when we saw this week in terms of the lack of inflation story. this is not an inflation story that you are reading out of the bond mark. >> this

competitor activision saw big sales earlier this month with call of duty black ops 4.s. that stock up 3% this year while the s&p is down just about 1%. more after this. stuart: apple is getting a lot of attention today. ceo tim cook announcing new products this morning at an event in brooklyn, new york. the first one, a new macbook air with high resolution retina display. that goes for $1199. cook also unveiled a new mac mini desktop. cook says this device is five times faster than the previous one and is made from 100% recycled aluminum. that starts at a price of $799. there's a new ipad pro, an 11-inch edge-to-edge display and no home button. all available for preorder now. take them home as of november 7th. as for apple's stock, so far, not that much movement. up a buck at $213. >>> president trump's got a new plan to lower drug prices. he's going after so-called foreign freeloaders. joining us now, health and human services secretary alex azar. mr. secretary, take me through it. how exactly do you lower drug prices? >> you bet, stuart. thanks for having me on. so w

that's a $2 billion market dominated right now by activision's game harstone you have 8 million peopleying magic the gathering. this could be a $400 million prukts li product line >> kids aren't stopping playing with toys because of toys r us out of business. how are they making sure they're in places people can buy their toys >> toys r us have been a declining partner for years. you've seen a lot of share gains from amazon. and i did think it was interesting in the press release, the company talked about they were unable to meet demand to new retail partners at the very end of the third quarter. hopefully that helps the fourth quarter a little bit you've already seen toy catalogs from jcpenney. you've got kohl's that's getting involved you have a lot of smaller retailers getting into it. target is going to be there as well. >> thanks, eric. eric handler >>> quick programming note brian usually comes on our show. he's on with jim tonight which should be great. brian goldner on "mad money" at 6:00 p.m. eastern time >>> when we come back, the latest developments on the death of saudi jou

. >>> this is the video game maker activision blizzard got an upgrade to buy from barkley's but it didn'ttwo bucks. >>> our next guest comes with one of those iconic video game names, for someone of my age. now his company is making a big announcement. stop it. look who's here. the ceo of atari. frederick, welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> the announcement is? >> we are bringing the atar ishares back in the u.s. we have a program that is the nasdaq international and with that as well as the fact that the shares, atari shares will be listed, it will be easier for u.s. investors to access shares. stuart: what about the actual business, the video games or whatever it is you make these days? any announcement there? >> yes. atari, it's a brand everyone knows, everyone loves, especially in this country. i have always loved the brand as well. the ticker will be pong. stuart: excellent. >> definitely, everyone knows the game. it's been a troubled story, so to say. iconic brand created in the '70s, bankruptcy in the '80s. i was part of the team in 2006-2007. the hedge fund took control, too

activision blizzard a, that is the biggest loser in the group. down today suffice it to say videogame makers are not in good shape this morning. i have more on the videogame phenomenon. an international esports competition is underway in south korea. the gamers play, the league of legend. the most played commuter game in the world. chris hopper, head of north america riot games which produces this league of legends. >> thank you for having me. pleasure to be here. stuart: we've been trying to tell viewers scope and size what we think is new industry, competitive egaming. tell me how many people you will get to go to this one in south korea, how many will stream it? >> for finals, we're looking to fill one of the world cup stadiums in south korea. probably 50,000 in attendance there. stuart: wait, wait. you have 50,000 people in soccer stadium with giant screens? >> absolutely. stuart: with competitive teams playing "league of legends" on the big screen? >> centerfield. stuart: how much do you charge. >> we tend to have prices low because we want

big names, c trip, chinese travel agency, activision, big name there in gaming a nice mix.ames who were heavily hammered this week, some of the biggest rebounds this morning which we would expect to happen. two major upgrades, upgrade from citibank on netflix, buy from neutral. helping that one of the biggest performers, microsoft up to outperform at. >>> nfl viewership up first time since 2015. average tv audience is 15.6 million, up three years compared to the same time last year. jason whitlock, "speak for yourself" host. looks like maybe some of these controversies are fading away? >> i think the controversies definitely faded away. the anthem protest deal is reduced down to a handful of guys that want to build their twitter brands and want to cater to social media and twitter but look, there are 1600, 1700 nfl players. if five or six guys want to do hey, look at me stuff during the national anthem, it is easy for the television networks and for viewers to ignore it and move on. so i think that's what happened. i think that we've got some exciting young quarter backs in