i heard you mention aetna in the past, i was wondering how humana stacked up against aetna. >> stephaniek, she's a regular contributor to cnbc, to "fast money" and fast at the half and i've got to tell you, she is convinced -- talked about it today in a conference, she's convinced that aetna is the cheapest health maintenance organization -- cheapest, you know, of the franchises. me, i'm a little more worried about the franchise. why? because it's linked to hiring. and linked to employment. and that's the same with humana. i am not as aggressive on aetna as she is, hence why it's not yet owned by the charitable trust. brendan in ohio, please, brendan. >> caller: a big boo-yah from the buckeye state. i'm a 13-year-old investor. first of all, i love your show. >> thank you. >> caller: i have a question about a stock in my portfolio, but due to age restrictions, i can't say it so here's my mom. >> hey, mom. how are you? >> caller: hi. >> thank you for obeying the rules. that's a strict rule on our show. >> caller: even though abiomed dropped 12% over the last couple of days, it just receive

i am not as aggressive on aetna as she is, hence why it's not yet owned by the charitable trust.rendan in ohio, please, brendan. >> caller: a big boo-yah from the buckeye state. i'm a 13-year-old investor. first of all, i love your show. >> thank you. >> caller: i have a question about a stock in my portfolio, but due to age restrictions, i can't say it so here's my mom. >> hi, mom. how are you? >> caller: hi. >> thank you for obeying the rules. that's a strict rule on our show. >> caller: even though it dropped 12% over the last couple of days, it just received fda clearance. would now be a good time to buy? >> yeah, you know, we -- i'm kind of surprised that the stock is still at 20, i saw that decline, you know, the other day was like 23, 24, and i have to tell you, i am a believer in this company, it's a long-term thesis, but i believe in it just like i believed in edward when nobody liked edwards. i liked it at 60. i would use this decline to 20 as a place to get into abmd. on "mad money," we look for long-term investment themes, the hepatitis c market is tough. it's a wides

both related to the aetna decision.ey currently do not believe it represents a material change in its insurance coverage for achtar. >> questcor's out now officially defending itself saying they are examining it but they don't see it as material. >> that's what i am looking at right now. >>> what's happening with the oil trades, we've got the final trades from the nymex. sharon? >> oil prices closing below $92 a barrel here on the floor. a lot of factors contributing to the slide but namely the fact that we got that huge build in u.s. crude supplies in the past week as well as demand is down sharply. high prices last week, nearly $100 a barrel, a lot of folks can't handle prices that high. we're headed towards $90, looks like. >>> up next, china going at it with japan. protests getting heated. why we all need to start paying more attention to this story. >>> plus, new child labor problems are popping up here, right here, in the united states on american farms. our investigations inc. team discovered some disturbing and

i thought that medicare was more powerful than aetna. the sellers today said that aetna was more powerful than medicare. it didn't make sense to me. but then again, the stock is up huge, huge, huge, so i understand. but it is beyond cprehension. day of reckoning? not so fast. but don't let that fool you, okay? some issues can still go the wrong way. but this time it's about price risk, not systemic risk. they're very different things. "mad money" will be right back. >> coming up, juicy returns? the headlines are still fresh after one ripe produce company sold off a branch of its biz. but its stock failed to react. upon further review, cramer thinks this one could still provide some fruitful profits. >>> and later, sky's the limit? salesforce has been heading skyward as cloud computing continues to rise in prominence. but can it continue to fly as it approaches all-time highs? don't miss cramer's exclusive with its ceo from the floor of the dreamforce conference. all coming up on "mad money." >> don't miss a second of "mad money." follow

our burners are being asked to come into centers of various cities for aetna. -- right now. whehowever, as soon as things gt better, they are escorted out. but we might begin to break that cycle. it is just wonderful to walk out on the street and see the world walking by. >> are you giving the twitter deal? >> yes, we are. we just founded a new nonprofit. black rock arts foundation, which is dedicated to spreading interactive, a collaborative art throughout the world. now we have founded but we call the burning and project. -- what we call the burning man project. it eventually leads to the event itself. this is a wonderful opportunity. the thing about burning man, when you look at the variety of people that go there, when you look at this environment, where all the normal boundaries are down in every department of human knowledge and endeavor. if you ask what possible application that we have created that may be useful loud in the desert, -- what would it have an application to? education, urban planning, disaster relief. needless to say, we are ambitious than we think we c

aetna reimbursement concerns. the company held a conference call at 11:00 a.m.rn this morning, basically try to soothe the market, said the sell-off was overdone. aetna's just one insurance company and it reiterates that there are others that do cover its drug. hard to figure out how it is not material when it is basically binary -- cover or don't cover. >>> let's look at another stock which is carmax. it is in need of a tune-up today. >> carmax has falling earnings, they missed estimates and expectations. sales were flat. carmax sells bulk to other car dealers. those selling krofts actucosts costs. the ceo was on "squawk box" this morning. check out the website. >> the important thing about that was also that prime, subprime customers increased to 14% from 7%. >> i didn't see you coming up behind me. >>> let's get to your "most" list, these are things you obsess the most over. >> you know the most i obsessed over was green mountain. there's probably no company i've talk about more for the past year or so, for good reason. i would say it is maybe not over but it

ceo saying that aetna policy change is not going to affect its scripts.t is working with aetna on educating them with that. >>> we here at "power lunch" have been tracking the pointing, "the scream." we took you to the auk over the summer, we told you who bought it. next today we'll tell you where this masterpiece will really wind up. that's after the break. t k the d and combined it with modern technology. together you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support. legalzoom documents have been accepted in all 50 states, and they're backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. so go to legalzoom.com today and see for yourself. it's law that just makes sense. so go to legalzoom.com today and see for yourself. i've got two tickets to paradise!l set? pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier tha

insurance company aetna limited reimbursements of questcor's main product acthar, which is used to treat multiple sclerosis. a mixed day of small moves for the five most actively traded exchange traded products. the financial sector fund and s&p 500 volatility note were the losers, 0.1% each. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: wall street found a surprise in its cereal box this morning. general mills, the maker of cheerios and wheaties, reported better than expected quarterly earnings. those solid earnings came courtesy of recent acquisitions. but as diane eastabrook reports the company's still facing uncertainty at home and overseas. >> reporter: minneapolis-based general mills says the tasty profit it earned in the quarter ending late last month cameoc from recently acquired brands yoplait ireland, yoplait international and food should taste good. excluding special items-- the food company earned $0.66 cents a share in its first quarter of fiscal year 2013. that's four cents better than analysts estimated and $0.02 better than the same period a year ago. while sales in the

. >> in rankings, big name companies sh united health care, aetna and humanna had more private plans at the bottom. whit comes to shopping for insurance a new form will make process easier. >> so there is every plan that will have a form that looks the same. >> so people swril an easier time comparing different policies. there is a note about the rankings, plans that are accredited by the ncqa are lotted a certain number of extra points. and some that are are acredited by another organization. there is a fee involved for any accreditation saying et is an important step because showing they are willing to report on plans performance that led to improved performance. >> this is when i think you did make it ease year to understand. >> and want to shake up your exercise routine? why vibrations are becoming a fitness craze here at the bay area. >> and tail wagging being tested in japan showing off your mood. >> and here is a look at what is ahead on world news at 5:30. >> good monday to everyone. we have a world music exclusive, hidden tapes of the presidency. you're going to hear carolin

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following the announcement that aetna cut its coverage on the drug axar.t took off more than $1 billion of the value yesterday. many analysts considered the selloff to be sort of an exaggeration of the policy change. doesn't matter. the markets perceived it the way they did. this morning, jefferies cut the rating on quest corp. from a buy to a hold. the stock, the one year here, the stock down 11% over a year, down 30% year-to-date. tough 2012 # for questcor. what's grabbing your eye now? >> looking at food stocks, conagra raised dividends. look at the stock here. today, doing well, up roughly 7% now, but moving to multiyear highs, levels that were back in 2007 for conagra. you all are really familiar with the company, slim jim, peter pan peanut butter, and huntz ketchup. earnings more than doubledded and raise the the forecast. that's why there's a move of 6.5% to the upside. this comes after we heard from general mills this week also; right? cheerios and general mills is winner today. food companies are shining on a day where the dow is in the green, but

a lot of put buying ahead of news today that aetna is saying that a drug they use for multiple sclerosispropriate. it is linked for a lot of growth the stock is seeing. we are seeing almost three times increases in their revenues. this is pretty bad news for them. >> a pop for fire tornadoes. an australian man captured footage of weather. the video draws a fire tornado which -- >> this is for real. when a twister catches down over a brush fire. the chances of that are what? >> the tornado sounded like a fire jet with flames 100 meters into the air. that is amazing. >> for you folks out there in music land. johnny cash wrote it for june carter. he is saying i dig you. you're hot. and then they get married. >> you need to be on name that tune. >> i belong on a lot of things. >>> free haircuts but no free lunch. we have that trade right after this. is there disappointment lurking. the dogs on the dow setting the record straight on the hottest yield trades right now. in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepare

marketing problems, issues with the marketing practices, plus aetna cuts back reimbursement for its maincor down about 36% today. it is a $19.05 stock right now. all right, what do we have? red on the screen today, the dow tried to make a go of it, not right now at least. let's go over to david asman. david: you know, there are a lot of thing happen in this hour, but david steinberg's biggest holding is in gold mining stocks. it's down a little today, you buy on the dip, this might be the dip to buy on. liz: okay. we're going up. let's go to nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange with energy. for a rare moment for apple, the company, i guess you could say it missed some estimates, the stock falling on the news. >> reporter: and, you know, i don't know which way you want to look at it i. -- five million iphone 5s this weekend? that's unbelievable. it's not eight million tones, and that's what the analysts were waiting for, and that's why you didn't see it hit another new high. david: all right. well, the power of our sister publication, barron's, very strong on facebook today. t

>> there was chatter that aetna was going to cut coverage on sqcor.t i don't understand is why they didn't stop it from trading. it dropped all the way to a 50% drop before they finally put in a trading halt. it made a rebound and it hit the trading halt again on the way back up. now it's still down $17 which is about 35% but obviously the bears feasted on this one today. >> big dip there. lastly, they want your money. he tweets if profit margins retreat, does the stock market correct, by how much? fedex did warn us yesterday. steve grasso? >> profit margins will contract a bit here. i don't think anyone's paying attention to b.k.'s point. fundamentals don't matter at this stage in the game. i think they do. when they're hit smack in the face with these margins contracting, you're going to see the market retreat. i think we'll still stay above 1,400. >> grasso, thanks. seema, thanks, as always. >>> still ahead, final trades. >>> later on "power lunch" -- big news from groupon. the stock is soaring and the ceo is talking. adrew mason coming up in the 1

>> i'm actually long aetna in the space and i'm getting a little bit nervous.s whole space was seen as a favorite for a lot of retail investors, a lot of institutions. going into the year end, fiscal cliff, debt issues, a lot of these guys, their payouts are going to shrink. if you have some profits, probably should take them. >> speaking of which, maybe folks are doing that in gold today. is this just a temporary pullback? rick rule is founder and chairman of sprott global investments. got to have how i do not show today. >> thanks for the opportunity. >> we know why gold's been going up. it's because the central bank activity around the world has people moving into precious metals. is today telling us anything we should be worried about or is it just a temporary pullback? >> i think it's temporary. i think there's confidence in the system. gold has traditionally been the counterpart to confidence. i think people are feeling better about things. the moves in gold over the last couple of years have been more episodic. i suspect some other episode will take plac

this morning reports are that aetna is only going to reemimbue it in certain cases as a second line drug's interesting is how the stocked moved this morning. the intraday chart had steadily moved lower. we talked at the nasdaq why did it did not trigary halt sooner. under halt rules, it is a 30% move but it has to be for five minutes a row, rolling five minutes. that's when it triggered. it was after 10:30 this morning. meantime today as far as other stocks on the move, apple lower today as it rolls out ios 6. facebook at a six-week high today. facebook was implicated today in samsung and iphone -- the iphone rivalry. samsung asking its users which phone would you take to a desert island. seems like the apple fan boys got on there and overwhelmed the vote. >> bertha, thank you very much. >>> the deal a day company groupon is taking a big gamble now on mobile payments. julia boorstin joins us with an exclusive interview with groupon's ceo andrew mason. julia? >> thanks so much, tyler. we're joined now by andrew ma n mason. andrew, thanks so much for talking to us today. the mobile payment

got crushed last week in aetna said they wouldn't cover their drug acfar.overnment say nounsing that it's investigating the marketractices of questcor. i don't know who makes p pepto-bismol, i don't know, but you need some. >> whenever you say that's a master of the uniiers. >> he-man. >> could not go without talking about apple. down today on the iphone sales supposed missed. >> like the daily apple conversation. wall street expected the iphone to sell as many as 8 million yunts on its opening weekend. apple saying it sold over 5 million phones. apparently that doesn't include pre-orders. so maybe they did hit 8 million. >> either way we're like literally hung on every word. saying we sold 17.8 million adopters than was short so everybody panics, i don't know. >> and there was a major concern over supply to the companies. and riots broke out at the foxconn plan in china. police were called in to break up the fight. they are the largest suppliers to electronics companies like apple and firms are not concerned whether they made products for the iphone 5 spec

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start of the sixth forum, and we'll talk to some of the top executives live including nissan's ceo, aetna's chairman. >> this week we'll talk to the president and managing director of marriott international hotels about the opportunities and challenges in a new market. >>> last friday myanmar's parliament opened to foreign investors. the latest version of the legislation represents an improvement compared with what had been outlined in previous documents. in this week's trade links, we he ask what challenge and opportunities does the hotel industry encounter when venturing into new markets. and for that discussion, we're joined by simon cooper, asia pacific from marriott international. so is myanmar your next big market? >> we'd love to be there. i was fortunate enough to be at the world economic forum in bangkok and she said be cautious as you probably know. she got in a bit of trouble for that. but new market, you do have to be careful. you want to know that they're open. myanmar we'd love to be in obviously as an american company now, we haven't been able to enter the market, but i have

a hit, the government is investigating its promotional practices, on the heels of last week's news aetna fully cooperating with the investigation. >>> cooper tire is moving hire. deutsche bank upgrading the stock from a buy to a hold. uncertainty over the expiration of tariffs on tires reported from china have created a buying opportunity. it says it's optimistic about cooper's prospects after talking with manufacturers, dealers and wholesalers. >>> let's talk about the fiscal cliff, the political strategy behind it all, cnbc's eamon javers takes a look at the incentives behind avoiding or allowing that fiscal collapse, and eamon joins us now. >> good morning, andrew. you're right, both parties have sort of not so secret reasons why they might actually want to go over the fiscal cliff. let me lay out both scenarios for you.. i've been talking to wise men in washington over the past week ago and some folks are coming to the conclusion this is more like the t.a.r.p. vote, you need to see pain and turmoil before politicians make a decision here. that's not the majority view but that is what

that last friday it learned that the government is investigating its practices and on concerns that aetna der i am ger i am burst it for key issues on that drug actcar. >> thank you very much, bertha coombs. >>> gold is pulling back and strategists across the board ratchet up their targets. does it have further to go or will europe derail the rally? that's next. or geico...as most of you know it. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds here... and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are actual parties! with cake! and presents! ah, that was good. too bad nobody could hear me. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> gold prices are easing following the qe 3 announcement in addition to europe and japan. is today's pullback just short in nature? joining us is a cnbc contributor and chief market strategist. good morning. >> good morning, simon. how are you? >> i'm very good, sir. but i'm slightly concerned about gold, given that you had an # 1% run-up over the last co