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do like names like amgen, bristol myer, united health care i like those names better than pfizer if you look at the technicals here -- -- carter can speak to them you trade above 42.5 strike mike is playing, i think there's more room to get back to 45. so it's a decent setup trade for a call sfroed play. >> carter, if you didn't want to pick an individual name would you play the sector for a bounce >> that's just it. while the sector has a lot of diversify communication, xlv is as big a way to play it as any, i said that two weeks ago -- three weeks ago. >> okay, noted. >>> let's move on to silver stocks having their best week. brian, you're offering a trade that offers some exposure, but hedges itself with housing, tech, and some more stuff. >> yeah, what was that winston churchill quote, an enigma rapped into a mystery all in one? corning is one of those. when you look at this stock, it had been trading in a range for a number of months held in nicely at 2022 and looks like it's breaking out to the upside like you mention it's got a housing place with mortgage rates higher may struggl

the action explain what you're looking forward to seeing. >> hi, tyler well, yeah, today we saw an amgenactivity. had you about 1.84 amount the times of calls traded that puts. it was on lower volume over the last week but they're reporting earnings over the next month and there has been anticipated 3.3% move into the earnings and most of the volume today and the most active contract is the $245 call and the largest trade was about 125 contracts and somebody paid about $2.30 a share for that so, it is seeing upside continuing into earnings over the next month >> all right kevin, thanks very much. we appreciate your time tonight. and for more "options action," tune in friday at 5:30 p.m. eastern time i'll be here for that. >> i'll make a special guest appearance >> it is going to be -- it could be the best one ever. >> all right >> if tyler is here, it is my point. >> a couple of retail stocks surging in recent weeks but are the names still worth holding the trader play fade it or trade it and here is one of the creators of the female founder collector. >> i always thought that someone el

amgen, proctor and gamble, mcdonald's, coca-cola, johnson & johnson, all on the upside.ey? yeah, they're there. i don't know the names that well, but moderna's on the list, eli lilly and dollar tree. nasdaq composite, any winners there? seagen, moderna, dollar tree, amgen all on this list. >>> coming up, it was oscar night, and something rare happened. the left attacked the left. roll it. >> this is proof that dreams -- dream big and dreams do come true. and, ladies, don't let anybody tell you you're ever past your prime. [cheers and applause] never give up. stuart: okay. that was a dig at cnn's don lemon. more on the oscar round-up later. >>> more than a million cars stolen last year, the most since 2008. and you know what? some of these thefts were about the catalytic converter, for heaven sake. jeff flock has that story after this. ♪ oh, something bad, oh, something bad. ♪ we got the house! you did! pods handles the driving. pack at your pace. store your things until you're ready. then we deliver to your new home - across town or across the country. pods, your persona

cheap options in play for the direction back to the upside i do like names we own for clients like an amgen, bristol meyer, united health care, these have all struggled as well, i like those names better than pfizer but if you look at technicals, carter can speak to this, trad about 42.5 strike right there that mike is playing there's more room to get back to 45, and so it's a decent set-up trade for a call spread to play the upside at 42.5/45. >> carter, not picking an individual name, play the sector for a bounce >> that's just it. while the sector has a lot of diversification, devices, supplies, equipment, big pharma, so forth, bio tech, xlv is as good a way to play it as any, with the big asterisk. i said that two weeks ago and three weeks ago. >> okay. asterisk noted let's move on to solar stocks having their best week in five brian, you're laying out a trade on one very specific name that offers solar exposure but hedges itself with housing tech and some more stuff. >> yeah, it's what was that winston churchill quote, enigma wrapped in a mystery or whatever that is, roll off all into

. >>> and tiktok is in talks with buyers amid the proposals from oracle >>> and amgen cutting 450 jobsand high levels of inflation >>> fedex reporting better than expected profits for third quarter despite the problem in volume >>> u.s. steel lifting guidance for the first quarter citing extending of lead times and improvements in the flat roll and mill business in europe. >>> and michael jordan in talks to sell the stake in the hornets to the owners of the hawks and hornets according to espn. >>> we have march consumer sentiment out at 10:00 a.m we are watching quadruple witching day all expiring at the same time. we had a guest on yesterday who said this could lead to additional volatility. bank of america topping the list with financials receiving $1 billion of flows over the last five days. joining me to discuss this and the trading day ahead is lee baker. you have a long resume, lee. glad to have you here. what are your feelings about of financial sector and investing in banks any banks you are feeling bullish about? >> i feel bullish about first republic it has been a victim of g

>> dow and amgen and dow is down well over 25% from the recent high and i don't know that their business has change that had much in that short of time frame. the economy will be a bit weak fertilizer light of financial crisis and more. liz: we want to watch first republic as we continue to see real auditory systems rations here and down 45%. bob, i failed to see at least some investors why they would try to make any moves and that name taken down so much and much higher than quality balance sheet and not much has matched and centered in one area and geographically or from a sector standpoint. those stocks and many from the recent highs are down 15, 20, 25% so whether it's the big money centers or some of the super regionals and they're worth a trade in a moment. liz: neither you or i on the inside of the discussions and apparently propping up or saving first republic and and is this bank going to survive all of the gyrations. i say that my mortgage is with first republic and many bank with the bank and it's a terrific consumer bank i've had no problems with them ever and i wonder if it'

but you are at about a 10% loss with amgen. you take a small loss and can live through another day. these are names we have gone often on over the past decade and i'm sure we will in the future. >> i got you. kevin, be well. that is kevin simpson oining us here once again on "closing bell." next, paul hickey is here. here is the dow up near 394. he will tell us two stocks he is betting on. we planned well for retirement, but i wish we had more cash. you think those two have any idea? that they can sell their life insurance policy for cash? so they're basically sitting on a goldmine? i don't think they have a clue. that's crazy! well, not everyone knows coventry's helped thousands of people sell their policies for cash. even term policies. i can't believe they're just sitting up there! sitting on all this cash. if you own a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more, you can sell all or part of it to coventry. even a term policy. for cash, or a combination of cash and coverage, with no future premiums. someone needs to tell them, that they're sitting on a goldmine, and you have no ide

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check on relative bright spots in today's trading check out what's happening with health care, vertex, amgen in the green right now. by the way, most of the major energy stocks are tracking for weekly declines, marathon, che chevron, holding above the flat line today now let's send it back downtown to the new york stock exchange to carl and sara for the final hour of "squawk on the street. >>> good friday morning. i'm carl quintanilla with sara eisen live on the floor of the new york stock exchange. setting the agenda today council of economic advisers chair cecilia rouse is with us live from the white house and we'll address the turmoils in financials. >>> absolutely, kbw ceo thomas michaud. is this liquidity crunch for financials. >>> former federal reserve chair donald kohn is with us when this means for the fed. >>> taking a look at the market right now, it's actually holding up the dow's gone positive. it was under pressure earlier this morning s&p down only 0.2 of 1%. the nasdaq taking it the hardest, but we're off the lows already. we're seeing strength in groups like energy and healt

. >> so is amgen buy the stock here. >> thanks for watching "fast."ning and welcome to this cnbc special "taking stock. we have an action packed hour coming your way reckoning. they plan to possibly more quickly as well. stocks tumbling more than 75 points, the s&p 500 down and nasdaq down 1.25% on the day and rates on the move in a big way

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merck's up, chevron, coke, amgen, they're all up just a little.s, newmont, a gold stock. eli lilly, mcdonald's, marathon, merck. constellation energy, don't know much about 'em. asml holdings, i don't know many of these guys. i don't see any big name tech stocks on the nasdaq winners' list. i'd like to see some. >>> and here's what's coming up for you on this exciting, jam-packed friday show. former nfl quarterback colin caber -- kaepernick is back in the spotlight, he's accused his white adoptive parents of racism. >> i know my parents loved me, but there were still very problematic things i went through when this can happen in your own home and how we can move forward collectively while addressing the racism that is being perpetuated. toure stuart you've really got to shake your head about that one, don't you? i certainly am. and then there's buckingham palace are keeping seats open for prince harry and meghan markel for king charles' coronation. neil shaun is here with a royal with round-up later in the show. ♪ ♪ just hold on, i'm going home ♪

that's a less than $500 million market cap stock and amgen and regeneron make the injectable versions and not reacting so much because that market never transpired the way it was expected to when these drugs got on the market eight years ago. melissa. >> jeffries initiated with a buy, meg, so these drugs factor into the model >> yeah, eah, they're expected to potentially contribute to merck's goal of $10 billion coming from cardiovascular sales and this, of course, is as they're worried about losing patent protection on keytruda in 2028. >> meg, thanks where do we see health care? >> i'm long merck, part of the bristol-myers and abvie. and pfizer pfizer has been a dog so merck has done a great job it's getting expensive if you look back a year ago you could buy this sub-10ish p/e it's much higher the news is good we don't know what it's going to be worth so i wouldn't be buying more here right now. >> i'm long merck and it's been a great two-year run it's outperformed after trading cheer to pierce and to me the relative value comes back into pfizer all the companies are talking about

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check on relative bright spots in today's trading check out what's happening with health care, vertex, amgenr energy stocks are tracking for weekly declines, marathon, che chevron, holding above the flat line today now let's send it back downtown to the new york stock exchange to carl and sara for the final hour of "squawk on the street. >>> good friday morning. i'm carl quintanilla with sara eisen live on the floor of the new york stock exchange. setting the agenda today council of economic advisers chair cecilia rouse is with us live from the white house and we'll address the turmoils in financials. >>> absolutely, kbw ceo thomas michaud. is this liquidity crunch for

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