so, how high can alcoa go.fully," you can make yourself a better investor, by augmenting yourself by understanding the charts of technical analysis. and when a despised stock like alcoa has a massive breakout to the upside, you want to consult the technicals to see if it could have even more room to run. that's why we're going off the charts with the help of ed ponzi, as well as my colleague at realmoney.com. we want to see where alcoa's headed. becau well, take a look, because it is rather amazing. he uses a football analogy to describe what you're about to see. this is like a moment where the quarterback takes the snap and hands the ball to the running back, who then disappears into a mass of humanity at the line of scrimmage. your expectations are low. the running back probably only gets gains one or two yards, maybe caught at the line of scrimmage. but suddenly, the running back emerges from the crowd, beast mode, also known as marchon lynch, and gallups in the open field running to daylight. his opponents

for the just completed quarter alcoa recorded a loss. writing down the value of smelting operations. alcoa two cents shy of estimates even though revenues did boat wall street forecasts. shares initially lower as you see there in late trading. morgan brennan now on alcoa's fine and the company's new strategy in a changing industry. >>al koe what making headlines today not just because the aluminum giant reported its company earnings. settling with the s.e.c. and d.o.j. after a subsidiary was charged with bribing officials in bahrain. the resulting $384 million deal becoming the fourth largest setment under the foreforeign corrupt practices act. >> we have been able to negotiate it in a way it puts less financial stress on the company while getting paid over four years. that's good. we can put this behind us. >> reporter: significant certainly but it may be overshadowing an even bigger story for alcoa and the aluminum industry as a whole. business diversification. experts say alcoa has been on the forefront of this trend. >> it's simply n

you have looked at alcoa for a long time. strongly in the downturn on cash. when you look at our cash performance and the balance sheet, you do see it's been the lowest net since 2006. we have 1.4 billion of free cash flow there. so this is all very, very good. on top of it, we did not forget about our future. we continue to invest in large future opportunities. automotive being one, right. that's a great one that's coming up there. we continue to invest in aerospace with aluminum lithium, new products coming out there. and we continue to invest in bringing down our commodity business on the cost curve through restructuring, reducing the footprint and building our saudi joint venture, which also brings us down on the cost because it's the lowest cost on this planet the way it's set up. >> lots going on, klaus. thanks so much for being here with us to walk us through it. we appreciate your time. jim, appreciate it as well. you're inviting klaus back on your show at 6:00. is that right? >> for the drill down. klaus, thank you f

former dow component, aluminum-maker alcoa. you. >> nicole, we'll see you tomorrow after the jobs report. thanks. david: nicole. david: s&p futures are closing right now. let's go to alan knuckman in the pits of cme. how does it look? >> it looks steady right now. disappointing we got striking range of making new all-time highs and we had a bit of a selloff. that is disappointing but we're unchanged if nothing else. david: alan knuckman, from the cme, great stock picks if nothing else. appreciate night thank you. cheryl: sector stocks outperform the s&p 500 in 2013 through november, gaining 34% versus 29% for the index. so will u.s. industrials continue to grow in 2014 and should you invest in the made in the usa theme? david: wouldn't that be nice, if you could? cheryl: it a nice idea. david: joining us jonathan burton, market watch editor, only it is a nice idea but quantifiable this is happening. jonathan, how do you quantify whether or not our industrial base is growing? you can't just do it on the basis of trade stats, can

there's an alcoa that prints an earnings number, an alcoa that makes aluminum, and then there is alcoa that is the engineered and global product that we all really like, which is the one that we all want a part of, the global processing that goes into airlines, goes into automotive, goes into heavy truck, goes into beverage can. if i take a snapshot of those two businesses, where are you in terms of your happiness level with each one of those? >> well, actually, when you look at the strategy that we put out and the height of the downturn, of saying, are we going to grow our value at businesses? it's working out. and we said, also, we're going to come down on the cost curve, on the commodity businesses, right? so you see today, 57% of all of the revenues of the company, right, are coming from value added businesses. and they make up 80% of the segment profits, right? that's fantastic. then you look at the downstream business. our engineered products and solutions business. you can look at the fourth quarter and see record performance in the fourth quarter. look at the whole year and see

alcoa profits fell 5%. new aluminum prices are dogging alcoa which expects global demand to rise 7% this year. they told cnbc there's still plenty of positive in the aerospace and auto sector. >> we have record performance on our downstream business. in the fourth quarter as well as on the whole year. we see that our upextreme business that has been under real stress through falling metal price. has been holding up relatively nicely and has had nine consecutive quarters of improvement over improvement. >> alcoa shares down 4% after hours. currently 5.5% lower in frankfurt trade. >>> chevron expects fourth quarter profits will likely miss forecasts as global production explains. it will be comparable with the third quarter when it posted net income of just rpd $5 billion. >> european equity markets today are trying to trend higher. the ftse yesterday was down from 30 odd points and this morning we're up 0.of%. up 0.5% for the xetra dax and the cac 40 is also up 0.5%. treasury markets, gilt yields, 5%. treasu

. >> alcoa. >> that does it for us. not the governor. he's still talking. >>> "power" starts next. >>> thank you very much, scott. the governor of new jersey. that guy, chris christie, some believe the republican front-runner for the white house in 2016 speaks out and speaks and speaks. in the wake of a scandal here in new jersey. just a few miles from us, down in fort lee, old home town. fired an aide for getting back at a democrat who didn't endorse the governor. covering the governor when he comes to fort lee later today to apologize to that mayor. sue, meanwhile, at the new york stock exchange. that's begin with you, scott. the details? railro . >> tyler, we'll find out. it's not entirely clear they've receive the governor if he comes to fort lee. the story of governor chris christ christie, has changed. today for the better part of two hours the blunt no-no sense governor answered questions in trenton, apologized repeatedly. he was sad, had to inv in the traffic closures clearly done as a political vendetta against the mayor of fort

. >>> alcoa pays 3$384 million to sell international bribery charges.gan brennan is joining us now with the details. >> good evening. in a joint venture, paying $384 million to settle charges between the s.e.c. and doj to officials in bahrain. the s.e.c. saying alcoa's subsidiaries used a london-based consultant with connection to bahrain's royal family to maintain a key business in that country. as a part of the deal, alcoa, a joint venture pleaded guilty to one count of violating anti-bribery provisions of the foreign corruption act. this will rank as the largest settlement with the justice department. this is a pretty substantial deal. also worth noting, alcoa was not accused any wrongdoing with no one named in the charges. here's what was said about this earlier today. >> we have been able to negotiate it in such a way that puts less financial stress on the company and is getting paid over four years so that's good. we can put this behind us. we can clear the path here and we can focus on what really matters and that is the change, the transformatio

cheryl: i wonder if alcoa is a bit of a head fake. they had really rough numbers, and we still had solid quarters, solid performance for all the major indices. jonathan, maybe alcoa is not the name we need to watch at this point. speaker that is the one big name that starts the season. in the past people hunger hat on that, but i think we've got a lot smarter to realize that it's not a bellwether of how the earnings season will be especially in this crazy economic turmoil we've had the last few years. cheryl: jonathan was just saying it, charlie, it is all about the jobs report coming in tomorrow. we believe the unemployment rate will stay at 7%, but there is going to be revisions and we are going to be watching all of that, charlie. how crucial is that to you? >> it is very crucial to me. if you dissect the adp number, huge number in terms of what they were looking for 238,000. if you look at the breakdown of that, forecasting one of the 48,000 construction jobs, 19,000 new manufacturing jobs, these tend to be higher paying jobs. if

we'll hear from alcoa tonight.hey'll give you aluminum forecast and it's a tremendous china and asia look. i still think the international companies that are based in america will have good numbers, but you're right, i think the housing pull remains stronger than i would think. a lot of good pieces lately talking about house how housewares are good. >>> you mentioned alcoa tonight, always provides a nice playbook for the quarter. >> right. >> they are agreeing judgement now to pay $384 million to settle charges with the s.e.c. and the doj related to charges of bribing foreign government officials. alcoa and its subsidiaries has been charged with violating the foreign corrupt practices act, something, david, we see big companies run in to which do business around the world. >> the most notable is walmart in mexico. we'll see, though, that's still a developing story, if you will. you know, companies say doing business in certain parts of the world if you want to do business, it makes it very difficult for us. at the

oh, man, i can't wait until the matinee alcoa. "mad money" will be right back. >>> coming up -- best of the bunch, from flix to flying, you don't need to be a wall street insider to spot the stocks that became 2013's top performance. but will these winners take a victory lap? or could new names take up the charge? and later, web war, you search, you shop, they are two of the hottest growth stories wall street has to offer. tonight, cramer compares tech heavy weights amazon and google to see whether droids or drones could help you profit in 2014. plus, looking ahead, 2013 saw record highs and help boost the bottom line of many investors. can this year follow suit? tonight, cramer uses the technicals to check if there's still room to rally when he goes "off the charts." all coming up on "mad money." don't miss a second of "mad money." follow @jimcramer on twitter. have a question? tweet cramer #madtweets. send jim an e-mail to madmoney@cnbc.com. or give us a call at 1-800-743-cnbc. miss something? head to madmoney.cnbc.com. >>> you

right now we're looking alcoa down 1.6%.num maker traditional kickoff to earnings season overall. over the last 5weeks it has been a good performer. the aluminum-maker is up about 20%. certainly earnings season is getting underway we'll watch alcoa and some others. back to you. adam: nicole, thank you. as reminder we can't say enough how alcoa's earnings and all the action four p.m. today on fox business. stay tuned. lori: breaking news. kansas city federal reserve president esther george speaking out. peter barnes with details what she is saying. peteer? >> lori, esther george is a inflation hawk who opposes quantitative easing. 2 1/2% to the 3%.ts growth this the growth outlook for 2014 may be among the strongest since the end of the recession. she rotated off the fed's policy setting body, fomc voting member. at the fomc she dissented on qe bond purchases until the taper announcement last month but she remains concerned about the potential cost and consequences of these, quote, untested policies. we also have comments fro

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alcoa is the biggest decliner on the s&p 500. down 6%.in below wall street forecasts. >>> the commerce department said wholesale inventories rose 0.5% in november slightly above expectations but, still, less than half the percentage increase back in october. >>> and microsoft one of the biggest gainers on the dow up almost 1.5%, barclays upgrading the stock to overweight from equal weight saying microsoft is in a better position right now when it comes to cloud services than its peers. >>> the cruise industry has seen better days, so as the peak booking season approaches can they turn things around? our own simon hobbs is live in ft. lauderdale this morning with an exclusive interview with the new ceo of carnival, morning, simon. >> reporter: carnival remains the eye of the storm for this cruise industry, it has an amazing 45% worldwide market share. the repeated failures over the last two years meant the billionaire mckie arison had to put in a new ceo to run things and i met with arnold donald last weekend here in ft. lauderdale as he g

alcoa will kick off earning seasons. .kind of information are you trying to look for to give you a sense of our jobs are headed? >> we try to jewel down into the micro space. there are two things. one is retail. who is spending? is it high-end or low-end? more important, capital spending. in our forecast, we are stuck in a growth channel centered on two. we have picked up 2.75. >> let's talk with your retail expert. -- what kind of consumer for 2014? >> on the low end, it is clue me. i want to talk about your former colleague. he is cautious on the american consumer. coming up, our single best chart is on the domestic oil boom. what it means for economic rove. -- growth. you are watching bloomberg tv. we are streaming live on your phone, tablet, and bloomberg.com. ♪ >> good morning. i am tom keene. scarlet fu is here and erik schatzker is along for the ride. we have the top headlines to get going. >> china is the first country to top the 20 million mark in vehicle sales. they grew 14% last year. this is according to the as

but alcoa has been coming back.ve $11, that might push it higher, even after the disappointing earnings report. here it is up 4% today. we are above $11. so keep an eye on alcoa. now we're watching for intel and american express after the close tonight. from intel, they're expecting earnings of 52 cents on $13.7 billion. that stock is down a fraction. so is american express. they're looking for a property of $ -- profit of $1.26. bob, we're down two days this week, up two days this week. >> put up that goldman sachs and citi chart again. this is the power of market cap weighted indexes. citigroup is a huge, huge stock that moves around the s&p 500. these are two of the biggest stocks in the financial group. because they're down so much today, they're dragging down the financial sector. most of the other stocks are down nearly what those are down. that's why we're seeing the financial stocks. this is a good example of why market cap weighted indices can move around fairly easily. other than that, fairly quiet day. vi

alcoa is down 5.7%.this is because you have a global surplus of aluminum. despite there will be demand for automotive and aerospace and production the like. analysts are not hearing much different words from alcoa for 2014 as you have in the past. back to you. tracy: nicole petallides. see you in a bit. thanks, girl. ashley: who is to blame for the awful employment picture and how do we fix isn't tweet us your answers and they will be at the bottom of your screen. here with their takes, peter barnes inside the beltway, liz macdonald on fox business headquarters on 6th avenue in new york. we start with stuart hoffman chief economist at pnc. let's begin with whose fault is this. do we believe this is just a blip or sign that economy is slowing down dramatically or heading in the wrong direction? >> i think this is just a blip. i wouldn't refer to this as a horrible jobs report. horrible is when you lose hundred of thousands of jobs. this is why you take one month's numbers in context with the one month pri

. >> alcoa tonight are agreeing just now to pay $348 million to settle charges with the s.e.c.doj related to charges of bribing foreign government officials. alcoa and subsidiaries had been charge with vile lating the fcpa before. >> initial jobless claims moved down 15. that's 1, 5,000 from revised 330. >> ford is making money. increasing give dind 25% to 12 1/2 cents a quarter. >> this is expected the goerd was going to do a 25% increase up to 12 cents a share. >> what about twiter? >> okay, twitter, another analyst comes out. this company is becoming a hated company by analysts. >> health care is leading the way. they've been the big winner. health care and financials so far this year. >> and welcome to the "halftime report." starting line yum, stephanie, steven, simon baker, and joe. let's get straight to our game plan for the second half of the day. tough calls from micron to twitter to jcpenney. the traders give their takes. the real mccoy of philadelphia eagles star, he sean mccoy for the super bowl and his favorite to win the big game. start with the markets, how you sh

look at alcoa.0.50, always there, made a big loss know it is down 6%. new details from target on the data breached, 70 million customers and their information compromise, names, mailing addresses, e-mail addresses:the stock is down 1%. some people think it is a buy right now. the big 3 networks can't get enough of chris christie or the scandal, so much that they covered the traffic scandal 17 times more in 24 hours than they covered the irs scandal in six months. elizabeth macdonald is with us. you brought the story about the conflict of interest in the investigation. liz: both chris christie and the president and the irs work for the u.s. taxpayer. this isn't about what is best for the political parties but what is best for taxpayers. chris christie did go through a growing yesterday and deservedly so. what we are seeing here is media stepping down and dialing back. the coverage of a serious scandal breaking out at the irs and affect all of us. stuart: chris christie at scandal was about traffic an

alcoa, up getting an upgrade because partly of aluminum prices on the rise.e take as huge stake. >> he says dow chemical is the largest equity investment for the company's hedge fund. making nice recommendations for the company, what they should do, what they should spin off. the stock moves higher. new highs. david: nicole, you maybe can't see it, maybe get a boom shot on what is going on outside. we're in the midst of a snowstorm. probably not the first, won't be the last. this hit airlines but delta is taking off today. why? >> right. who knew about the snow right now. delta did so well because of lower fuel costs. they bought a refinery to help them along and higher fares. all of that helped their numbers and the bottom line. the stock is up 3 1/2% and hit a new high. the snowy picture is beautiful. i hope everyone gets home safely. sandra: brac berry outperforming as it gets a nod of confidence from the pentagon of all places. >> department of defense and pentagon using blackberry, 80,000 of them, that shows security and confidence. the stock is up 9%. h

alcoa, jpmorgan had been a naysayer about the great work of who?is was a breakout quarter and they shut some more smelting. bhp is shutting smelting as well, too. i think this company is on the warpath to make big money this year. >> do you? >> yes, i do. >> which means a lot more klaus kleinfeld, you'll hear more as the year goes. appro pro of what loeb wants, cut the upstream, make it so they become the low-cost producer. they have a new plant coming online in saudi arabia. the lowest cost producer of aluminum. and lightweighting think about the word we heard from phil lebeau about ford motor that is uniquely about alcoa. 3 million screws in any new plane from boeing, alcoa. >> let's move on to planes and delta. >> okay, delta, this is one, you know, we have an extremely full plane, be sure that your overhead, you know, all that stuff, that's about delta. once again, delta -- by the way, lowering the cost of its -- getter better planes in that use less fuel. fuel has come down. they bought a refinery in a very kind of radical action. this is delt

and alcoa will report av the bell. the dow is down eight.o down eight and s&p is up one: one cellular carrier is offering an incentive to lure customers from the competitors. >> now, they say they will pay early termination fees. and verizon or at&t and switch to t mobile. the fourth largest wire carrier will pay as much per lane up to five lines. >> this is part of the permanent plan to end contracts that allow customers to be in long term deals with the competitors. >>> one of the largest car shows in the country kicks off today. >> it is an auto show. and hybrids and electric. >> many of the cars are available for a test drive. the auto show is located at the convention center and runs through sunday. >>> we are going through the charging documents of david douglas, the man accused of kidnapping a 7-year-old girl. >> thanks for watching. have a great day. superfan ] we're hitting the road to help america discover the new helper. you've got to try this sweet & sour chicken helper. i didn't know they made chicken. crunchy taco or four chees

>> alcoa, just to be safe. >> karen? >> waiting to buy more cdf. >> to tim's point, take profits in nuance. today's the day to get out on the long side. >> thank you for watching. long. >> if you're traveling home in the northeast, be careful. "mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> my mission is simple. to make you money. i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere. and i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now. hey, i'm cramer! welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, i'm just trying to make you a little money. my job is not just to entertain you, but to educate you, so call me. on a day where the dow sank and the nasdaq advanced 10.06%, it's worth noting we're only two full weeks into 2014 and people are already tracing

. >> terrible earnings here, missed on earnings, alcoa. >> abercrombie and fitch. >> they're comps werei say you stay long on this stock. $36 on the downside. >> chevron dropped down 2%. grasso? >> a series of highs and lows and it looks poise to really break out here. i would say bounce -- not break out -- but to bounce. the consensus is negative on the stock. >> we got to drop here for fake tans. pop icon paula abdul filed a personal injury lawsuit against a tanning salon, saying she suffered severe burns after the tan. an infrared body wrap was apply wrongly. >> guys, you have that issue? >> infrinfrared body wraps. >> i'm half-italian, half-sicilian. >>> time now for the final trade. >> oil. been down a lot. >> grasso? >> petroleum. >> what is your wrestling name. >> honey bomb shell. >>> that does it for us. see you next monday at 5:00. s biggest questions. like, if you could save hundreds on car insurance by making one simple call, why wouldn't you make that call? see, the only thing i can think of is that you can't get any... bars. ah, that's better. it's a beautiful view. i wond

alcoa. believe it or not. >> alcoa. >> they've had a big year already. boston scientific.est labs and waters corporation, a lab science company. all our names, these names probably fairly familiar to our viewers. they don't get mentioned through the intricacies of tv timing but call them hidden gems. there you go. from street talk to talking numbers. every day we will hit one stock about the fundamental and technical perspective. today we focus on facebook. steven peitlar on the technicals, ron on the fundamentals. the average target price of analysts on the street of facebook is $62. the stock's at $54 and change. in other words, it needs about another eight bucks or so. will it get there? >> yeah. the probability is that it will. if you look at short interest which is a signal for what the buy side is thinking of the stock, there is almost no shorts there. solid background of improving fundamentals. in fact, i have the esteemed privilege of working with mark hahaney who has said the turnaround in the mobile business has been some of the sharpest turnaround that he's seen

earnings kicks off on thursday with alcoa and there has been a lot of articles since 2009, the bulk of&p's earnings have come during earnings season and the bar has been set very, very low. >> we need revenue growth. you are both on the record. you are seeing strong double digit gains, one in three chance of 30% rise. we will see. >>> still ahead, the top three best bets abroad in the new year. >>> before that, we are diving right into the shark tank with the legendary barbara corcoran. then stock recommendations you may have missed, including a stock one analyst thinks will go up another 75%. that name ahead. wave again, barbara. [ male announcer ] start the engine... and shift through all eight speeds of a transmission connected to more standard horsepower than its german competitors. and that is the moment that driving the lexus gs will shift your perception. this is the pursuit of perfection. welcome back. how is everything? there's nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a prom

. >>> meantime, alcoa used to be the first to report. now they're making headlines for another reason. in hot water. agrees to pay more than $380 million on thursday. the s.e.c. says they bribed people for years. it's not the way the u.s. wants american companies to do business. >> theoretically, every citizen in the country of norway is a millionaire? >> technically. technically. everyone in norway is. at least this week, thanks to the fortunes of the country's sovereign wealth fund. the fund's profits have ballooned thanks to rising oil and gas prices. create t in 1990, the fund owns about 1% of the world's stock as well as bonds and real estate. the government has resisted the temptation to spend the cash, saving it for a very big rainy day. given the crisis in europe in the last couple of years, probably a good idea. >> have a great weekend, bertha. let's go to twitter. we're talking about resourcefulness, if i can say that. mcgyver-like. in texas, a firefighter used beer to put out a truck fire. shook it and used the foam from the b

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aluminum -- f >> alcoa earnings just out.it light. .arnings a pretty solid beat that was pretty surprising coming in that five point $6 billion above the high-end of estimates. what's interesting is when we were discussing alcoa earnings, the question remains is it still relevant. we always looked at it as the beginning of earnings. >> they got kicked out or nike. it only makes about 8.5% of the world aluminum. they really got destroyed. all-around ball they've been trimming capacity in u.s., brazil, canada. it is already a big beat for them. >> it's still interesting because of the huge order that the lord -- that ford put in. f1 50elayed the new because they needed so much aluminum. not as good as victoria's secret or the ford f1 50. >> there's another element of tradition. we think about that. about: and a lot of people probably don't realize. >> they are getting kicked out of the dow. legere getting kicked out. >> how long did it take to script that encounter? it was planned in advance? he does so many wacky things that i

top line islamist militants weeks hoisted to recruit alcoa to have claimed responsibility for recent suicide car bombing in beirut lebanon which due to the smart people the jihadi militants officially called the islamic state of iraq and the events have balanced other attacks in lebanon calling the exclusion assessment payment of the heavy accounts the deadly car bombing took place in a stronghold of lebanese militants has come up the uno cards in the group referred to as the law as criminal hypocrites. jason elam going to support the syrian president bashar on a sad case but also highlighted the machine is the news of rome. well the al qa'ida militants to follow is a sunni islam. the al qaeda affiliates jihadism is to have operations in syria with eighteen fourteen of the rebel factions in the ongoing civil war in northern syria the militant group is keen for a team gets it because it's a bit consecrate to autonomy and full control of major oil reserves while in the lead for detection of the rebels including the free syrian army knew the form is on the front the islamic state of ira

alcoa had an earnings miss-- signaling what could become a rough start to earnings season. and are fortunes turning around for abercrombie and fitch? hares jumped 15% last night in heavy volume after the retailer raised its outlook. based on strong sales at the end of the year.. charles moon from trading advantages good to go this morning to talk with us about the jobs number expected today. 200 thousand jobs expected to be added to payrolls. so charles, what do you think here? > > i expect, you know, you look at the adp as a precursor to the nonfarm and the adp beat was pretty decent so i expect the same. i expect a beat on non-farm. as far as in relation to the market we'll see how that really translates. we press lower off the adp news and that forms c minutes. so we'll see if that's the same type of reaction. it's been a mixed bag as of late. reaction has been, frankly, bouncing back and forth so we'll see how the market will react off of the news early on. > > well the market was definitely reacting to news from el quoa's earnings after the close last night. that stock

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we just dropped but h-p and bank of america and alcoa has just been upgraded.o myself where with the dow be right now if out, reached their limits. it's important to remember. >>: it's not a smart and excrete managed by humans. they kicked h-p a 16 only for 68 p to recover and 30. have sfo not been added. half of doubt that that they be down 25,000. it's an index that really doesn't mean a lot people in media will stay down, 16,000. it's not the smartest. it's nice. it gives us common ground. that's the question. the like to see the big picture. if you want to see how america is doing. coach awful quarter. seem to bury being replaced by michael courts to read their price points seems to be wrong. ibm is having a snowden problem in china where street off j.c. penney tried to turn itself around. what your thoughts. >>: it's like a movie highlander what i say that if macy's does seem to be the winner. thank-you rob will check back with rob and i 15 for today's winners and losers on wall street. >>: here's a staggering statistic for you. get bulldog: bulldog: oh bo

alcoa has suffered tremendously to. , two. what you see being the catalyst to drive prices higher?he supply side. we have been very optimistic. >> the oil industry knows how difficult that is. handle it.t they they handle it very well. they're are very cautious about real supply, balance, and that is what helps them to keep prices healthy. with good return. there is a lot of optimism about china, india, we need to see the balance. outside of china, there is imbalance. there is a deficit in the current production numbers. the good story is, we have consumption growing. consumption will grow in the next 4-5 years by 6%. you can see a premium in the united states and europe. they are at all-time highs. the current demand is very healthy. >> how important is it that we see automakers like ford beginning to use aluminum and its single most popular product, the f1 50 pickup truck, which fomost of the years was steel? >> it will not change overnight. go, as we said, the olympics is coming. what sport is russia going to take the golden? >> i cannot guess. gold in?he >> i cannot guess. >> r

earnings tomorrow with alcoa.lieve there's going to be better guidance that washington out of the way, better u.s. economic data better data in europe is going to cause them to be a little more optimistic in terms of the commentary, the ceo commentary. i'm a little unsure about that because so far the indications are i'm not getting warm and fuzzy feelings about guidance for first quarter from anybody. >> these stocks have been bid up so much into the earnings season, they have to meet that expectation. >> they had a good run up overall. that's my main concern. juf >> you have to imagine though that if a big portion of the rally we have seen in the markets the last few years was a result of the fed's easy money policy, the minute they start talking about removing some of that easy money for the market what's the market going to do? >> but, remember the bulls' main argument is it can withstand gentle raise in rates providing the economic data keeps progressively getting better. so far the bulls have been right on t

alcoa has missed estimates. the u.s. dealing with an excess of metal used to build aircraft. that loss was more than $2 billion compared to net income of $242 million a year earlier. infosys has raised its annual sales growth forecast for the second consecutive year. they say the economic recovery is prompting clients in europe to spend more. ford swore he would never make sneakers but he has just introduced them into his latest collection. they are made of velvet. he has announced the new design this week as more than 60 designers in london showcase their latest menswear collections. the issue also comes in leather. thank goodness for that. southwest airlines flies more passengers in the u.s. than any other carrier. when they recently posted new flight attendant jobs, the response was overwhelming. >> airlines are finally hiring again. for the first time in more than three years, southwest airlines is looking outside the company to hire flight attendants. offering employee perks like free air travel for themselves and t

. >> alcoa reported fourth quarter profit that missed estimates. shares falling by as much as 21% in late hours trading after casting a fourth-quarter loss. and stephen cohen of sac capital was one of the biggest winners today. the firm is shutting down its investment advisory business after pleading guilty to securities fraud. the hedge fund owned almost one million intercept chairs as of november 7, translating to an intraday gain of more than $200 million if the state is unchanged. back to you, pimm. those are the headlines. >> i know, you were going to go there. new jersey governor chris christie apologized for a traffic jam that was triggered by an aide as an act of political revenge. >> i believe that all the people affected by this conduct deserve this apology and that is why i'm giving it to them. i also need to apologize to them for my failure as the governor of this state. to understand the true nature of this problem sooner than i did. >> in response, governor chris christie fire the staffer, saying the conduct was completely unacceptabl

one stock we do want to highlight is alcoa. jpmorgan trading from neutral .y also raised their price from nine dollars. we are on the markets again in 30 minutes. ♪ . . money" on "lunch bloomberg television, also streaming live on bloomberg. tom and your tablet smartphone. today's moving pictures of or the video is the story. video of protesters clashing with police in kiev. the protests have turned increasingly violent since the prime minister push through anti-protest laws. protesters threw molotov cocktails at police who responded by throwing rubber bullets and smoke bombs. violence in thailand as well were a state of emergency has been declared in bangkok. the move gives security forces more power to control violence during antigovernment protests. ms traders want the prime minister to resign and have requested february 2 elections be postponed. thailand, customs officials discovered rhino horns in luggage said to be worth at least $600,000. they were stashed in a suitcase on their way to vietnam where they are ground into powder for use as an aphrodisiac

reported fourth quarter --fourth quarter process alcoa reported fourth-quarter profit that missed estimates. here's falling by as much as 21% in late hours trading after casting a fourth-quarter loss. of sac capitalen was one of the biggest winners today. is shutting down its investment advisory business after pleading guilty to securities fraud. the hedge fund owned almost one million intercept chairs as of november 7, translating to an intraday gain of more than $200 million if the state is unchanged. and a look also -- back to you, pimm. those are the headlines. >> i know, you were going to go there. new jersey governor chris christie apologized for a traffic jam that was triggered by an eight as an act of political revenge. as an act of political revenge. >> i believe that all the people affected by this conduct were -- deserve this apology and that is why i'm giving it to them. i also need to apologize to them for my failure as the governor of this state. to understand the true nature of this problem sooner than i did. in response, governor chris christie fire the staffer, saying the c

. >> alcoa used to be -- the dow component, we used to care so much about it. they're reporting quarterly results after the close. earnings falling two cents below estimates. the company issued an outlook for stagnant growth in the global aluminum demand. and the ceo was on closing bell yesterday afternoon. >> we continue to invest in large future opportunities. automotive being one. right? and that is a great one that's coming up there. we continue to invest in aerospace with aluminum, lithium, new products coming out there and we continue to invest in bringing down commodity business to restructuring, reducing the footprint and building our joint venture which also brings us down on the cost, b the lowest cost on the span the way it's set up. >> and humana with enrollment, obama care will be worse than expected. the company attributes the trend to regulatory changes allowing people to remain on previously existing plans not sold on the exchanges. humana is backing its previous forecasts. >> manufacturers could not stop smartphones and tablets. lenovo held its

when did the alcoa run start? when deutsche bank took it to a sell.s to be done there and it wasn't be about my favorite ceo, who is -- >> clause kleinfeld. >> he's got that wedding dress business in brooklyn, right? a different kleinfeld. aluminum wedding dresses. for a guy like me that may be handy, you can recycle them. >> good morning to you, david. the big digout continue. the former ceo of continental, gordon bethune will join us. >> and getting fit for 2014. the ceo of fly wheel will join us live. remember, it's not fitness, it's live. i needed a new laptop for my pre-med classes, something that runs office and has a keyboard. but i wanted a tablet for me, for stuff like twitter and xbox, so my downtime can be more like uptime. that's why i got a windows 2 in 1 which does both -- works as a laptop and a tablet. so i can manage my crazy life, and also have a life. [ beep ] gotta go. ♪ there's nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotio

they are working with alcoa. they create a top quality aluminum. i look forward to test-driving it. >> the truck of the year was not the ford, it's the competitor, chevrolet silverado. >> this vehicle would not be eagible because it's been released to the public in 2014. what was released during 2013 was where both gm products, the chevrolet silverado, a beautiful truck, has been redesigned. they did a nice job. it was time for a change, and the core vet, a beautiful peace. who wouldn't want them. everyone wants one. they released the go 6 and the c7 r. that was exciting as well. if you are a performance car person. >> there's a lot of performance cars making a comeback, and the core vet won car of the year. >> absolutely. gm won both. they are excited. she's the new ceo. the press was going crazy interviewing her. no more crappy cars, exciting cars. and the silver ardo and the core vet, that is what people will want. >> it's the unveiling of ceo, it's a big deal. what else are you seeing. how about the marriage of technology and the car and the is

. ♪ this magic moment ♪ >>> i know you don't want to hear this like alcoa, i'm telling you i believebuys here. i think it's kind of a reset. ge is in a transition year and intel lowered expectations. i think they start creeping up and will be very good stocks for 2014. they may not be good stocks for tuesday, but for 2014, i think they will be. i'm jim cramer i will see you tuesday! >>> president obama lays out his plans to scale back the nsa surveillance program but here's the remaining questions. do we really need these changes? are we less safe tonight than we were yesterday and where are the complaints from any supposed injured parties? we are going to have a full debate. >>> and the obamacare care story changes to the explosion of medicaid, the quality of doctors for that program, and the deterioration of emergency room services. >>> then, a new study ranks all 50 states based on their fiscal health. their results are a stark divide between red and blue. and

. >>> i know you don't want to hear this like alcoa, i'm telling you i believe intel and general electrictransition year and intel lowered expectations. i think they start creeping up and will be very good stocks for 2014. they may not be good stocks for tuesday, but for 2014, i think they will be. i'm jim cramer and i will see you tuesday! >> narrator: in this episode of "american greed"... stefan wilson says his investment fund is a surefire winner. >> you either work for your money, or your money works for you. >> narrator: investors even mortgage their homes to join his fund. >> he would encourage them to, as he said, unlock the dead equity in their homes. >> narrator: but investing with wilson comes at a very high price. >> it absolutely killed my grandmother. she was crying about this when her heart burst and she died. >> narrator: but first, larry salander is one of the biggest names in new york's art world. >> he was a big deal. people would look at him and say, "that's a really successful dealer." >> narrator: but collectors see red when he swipes more than $100 million from thei