. >> let me go back to washington to barron you heard about the executives and saying how good for consumer and ceo from comcast calling it in no way anticompetitive and is this good for the customers? >> i think it is. he's right. the cable companies, usually unl one in one given market. what we are talking about here is not reduction in the choices, you simply have in some of the markets time warner replaced by comcast. is concern about the mergers like this is not what we call the horizontal competition, maybe just to much leverage of the programs. first of all that cuts both ways, in some respects that leverage can help out the consumers and the reasons that the cable bills are going up the power, the market power in the industry is held by the content owners and they are extracting more and more in the royalties by the cable channels and if comcast gains the leverage here that could help. comcast could favor their own affiliated content or stopping new cable market, new cable program or channel from gaining a minimum viable scale and it is important to note that thefcc tried to impleme

host: david barron, go ahead. guest: listen, i understand the point she is trying to make, and there is truth to it, but the issue here is that these wild animals are the natural heritage of these people the same way the bison was to us in america. it is in their economic interest to protect these animals for the long-term. if we can help them utilize this is fors, and torres um, this is for sport --ting, this is for killing this isfor torreurism, for sport hunting, this is for killing, when well-managed, for getainable -- some people up when you talk by using wildlife or economic releases, but the lady is correct. the economic model does not benefit the local people. these animals are destined to be only fenced off in national parks and no were else. for us to have wide open areas, wide habitat, reserves and communal reserves and protected areas, we have to unleash the value of these. at its the -- that is the objective. david barron, should we be expecting more regulation coming out of the white house or differe

subscribers but by nbc universal which it acquired last year. >> let me go back to washington to barron soka. you heard the two executives of the companies involved talking about how good this was going to be for the could have been assumer. ceo brian roberts from comcast called it in no way anti-competitive. is this really good for customers? why? >> i think it is, and he's certainly right. the thing to understand is that cable companies, there is generally only one co-pay cable company in any given market. so they don't compete directly with each other. what we are talking about here isn't reduction in questions. you would simply have in some markets, time warner would simply be replaced by comcast, so comcast would simply have a larger footprint. the concern about mergers like this has never been about what that sort of what we call horizontal competition. it's always been a sort of vertical concern. >> is it's been a concern that maybe if a cable provider got too large, maybe they would have too much leverage over video programmers. it's important to note here, number 1, that first

>> i don't think so. >> reporter: but nurse barron isn't so sure. >> i think it's very scary.there's absolutely something going on that needs to be investigated more thoroughly. >> reporter: and olivia's mother isn't so sure, either. >> there's got to be something. could even be the smallest thing. not knowing is scary. >> scary indeed. elizabeth cohen joins us live. it's been a year and half since the birth defects were first reported. the state health department still haven't interviewed the families? >> reporter: no. they still haven't interviewed the families. and the state says look, we know this can be frustrating but these investigations take time. but anderson, bottom line there are certain things you can only learn by talking to these women. there was a cluster of these birth defects in texas the '90s. they figured out it was the corn the women were eating that was contaminated. you would never know if the women were eating a lot of corn products unless you picked up the phone and asked them. >> the state of washington is standing by the investigation. what do experts

you're on with david barron.ler: yeah, i would like to comment, i guess, that i read a couple months ago that was it somewhere in colorado they ground up like six tons of ivory that were made in a decorative stuff and it seems to me that that it just gets rid of the, you know, makes more of a demand because you're lessening the amount that's out there if you flooded the market with it. it would lessen the price and maybe cost less in trafficking. what does he think? guest: well, i have mixed emotion about this too. from an economic perspective, there may be truth to some of what you say. i was invited to go to the grinding. i did not know and did not oppose it because my confidence is not real high right now that normal economic models can work in the time of a crisis. ivory is being burned or being destroyed in other countries. in a best-case scenario actually, in very poor countries that are desperate in need for capital they fund law enforcement to manage reserved, protected areas to be able to utilize that iv

here again, here's another one between bill barrone and david wildstein.ht after bill gave his false testimony to the legislate you are with that testimony about a traffic study. right after that we get this new line today that we didn't used to have. kevin o'toole did put out a statement right after the testimony that backed whaum mr. barone said after that. senator o'toole maybe ironically or maybe just weirdly happens to also be the state senator who the republicans assigned to be on the legislative committee investigating bridge gate even though he himself is tangentially involve in the scandal. we had heard there was a reference but now we can see it. even though he is on the committee, the co-chairs of the legislative committee investigating this issue say that senator o'toole may actually face questioning on this issue. which would probably mean that he would have to get up off the dais and sit in the witness chair and then come back to the dais later. or maybe i just talked like this. the one thing we got from the redaction is this. this is what we

. >>> penn state university picked a new president, eric barron, currently president of florida state. he starts his new gig in may. he spent 20 years on the staff at penn state including four at dean of its college of earth and mineral sciences. >>> well, going to be a little interesting tomorrow, just a little bit. >> we can handle this. >> we're armored up. >> actually it's going to end up being a very nice day tomorrow afternoon, near 50 degrees. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, nice shot of the white house. this time it's not snowing yet. temperature 35, dew point coming up but still very low, very dry air mass, winds east, southeasterly at 7. here's the radar. the system is still far back into the midwest, ohio valley. it's a pretty intense system. it's a clipper, doesn't have a lot of moisture, but it has a lot of upper air support and it's dragging moisture pretty far north from the south towards the gulf of mexico. so it's raining down toward alabama and georgia. even though the clipper will track well north of us, we'll get a little

recorder with the new york times who covered mergers and acquisitions for the paper, and deal book, and barron -- a lawyer, and president of tech freedom, which is a technology policy think tank. david, let me start with you, you tweeted out to your followers in surprise of how quickly this moved along, was there no long dance before this announcement? >> well, these two companyings have been in touch over the years. but what has happened is that charter communications as really made a push to try to get a deal done with time warner cable. charter was going to have to take on a lot of debt, they wanted to do a good portion of the deal in stock, and they believed that a stock after a deal would not be that valuable. he quietly reached out to brian roberts the ceo of comcast, he said let's restart these deal talks. over the last couple of weeks those talk prod seeded but even then, they couldn't get all the way there. only after brian roberts went out on a road show, after fourth quarter earnings on january 28th, and he heard from comcast main investors that they, in fact, want add deal to be do

we have nearly $1 trillion worth of advice for you from the number one barron's fund family for 2013. they are affiliated with 26 fund companies. the ceo of natisis joins us for an exclusive interview. pleasure to have you on "street signs." thank you for your time. tell us what you are telling your affiliate funds about what to expect this year. >> well, i think what we expect this year when we look at what's going on with the job rates, when we talk about job numbers back in december, and november, they are pretty weak so we think there will still be volatility in the marketplace because of the job numbers. at the end of the day, we think fundamentals on equities is pretty strong. we see looking at the market over the long term to be the best approach right now. we see rates going up, no reason for the tapering to start to taper yet. i don't think the numbers are that weak. we think volatility in the market, be prepared for it. >> what kind of firms do you look for in terms of strategy? >> well, one of the things, we haven't been on, this was the first year we have been part of barr

host: laura barron-lopez is here.adds to his 2011 standards that the epa and the department of transportation finalized. those standards applied to big rigs and semitrucks, garbage trucks. what did he announce earlier? guest: in 2011, he announced for 2013. they reduce and cut fuel consumption. host: what is expected to be the impact of the latest announcement by the president? the 2011 standards are expected to cut fuel consumption by 130 million barrels of oil. they are also expected to cut emissions by 270 million electric times. some of the most potent greenhouse gases. he has not exactly said what the new standards -- how much they will cut emissions by or fuel consumption. what he did say is he wants them to go into the next tech date and the standards to reach into 2025 the way his car standards do. host: what has been the reaction? so far, good. during the speech tuesday, obama haded the auto industry come back because of the fuel economy and fuel efficiency standards. that these new technologies need to be us

because of tourists willing to pay for jaunts to swim with the curious creatures whereas when david barron the way people see and five hundred dollars. however the ban on teaching will take time to enforce because to my wonderful and to raise has been on the riots ten years the rain and fog. it's increasing in intensity kids named to the slaughter since monday. because i am it is. it may be seen. she agreed to attend to teach fishermen about the value of keeping the mentors in life in some areas including in the resort island of bali maples already seen profits from taking snorkel is helpful man fishing boats to see the mountains which are also called attractions with deep sea guidance. indonesia has now joined australia ecuador and the european union in paddington and sufficient. village hundred and eighteen year old from side to tell me that the oldest living man in the world at this age is confirmed. attributing his long and healthy late to strict vegetarian diet in korean the team's this retired government in three starts tuesday by reciting places and sacred hindu scripture which it s

the biplane looks like something the red barron would have road. >>> accusing deputies of creating thewant to say that i've been married 40 years. he gave me three beautiful boys. and grand kids i have. he was a good man and he didn't deserve to die. >>> last monday paramedics called police after 61-year-old david goins became agitated and tried to assault them as they attempted to put him in an ambulance. responding officers says they opened fire when goins came at them with a baseball bat. >>> leaders are attempting an effort to keep long time renters in their homes. they would -- leno and lee will announce the effort tomorrow in china town. >>> at least five california children are suffering from a mysterious illness that has left them with polio like symptoms. stanford and ucla says the children became ill with the infections between august of 2012 and july of last year. the children suffered unexplained par -- paralysis in one or both legs. all of the children had been vaccinated against polio. >>> for many bay area baby boomers the affordable care act is just what the doctor orde

it's not nearly as positive as barron's says. we are going to have faster growth than we did in 2012 and ' 13, but it's still going to be below average. data will still come in choppy and inconsistent, but guess what? the fed is behind us for several more years with monetary policy. as the previous guest said, earnings are doing okay in this environment. valuations are reasonable if not attractive. you're getting great dividend prices, you're getting share buybacks. it pays to be bullish. it pays to be an equity owner in this environment. >> but you're making the case based on fed policy and not fundamentals? is that what you're saying, hank? >> oh, i would say both. >> okay. >> look, top line is 80% of s&p 500 companies outperformed on the top line. and the majority outperformed on the bottom line. so i say it's fundamentals and the fed. >> joe, i know you watch the fed very carefully. even if they keep tapering, is that still going to be good for this stock market? >> i think it is going to be good for the stock market. i mean,

manos, el caso de un niÑo especial, un niÑo mexicano, con la inocencia de 8 aÑos, le pidiÓ a lidia barron de comer. >>> a mi me quebraba, uno tiene que ser fuerte como periodista. >>> pero es un niÑo que pida una familia, y te diga que si tÚ puedes llevarlo con una te desgarra el corazÓn. >>> la cama del hospital donde estuvo por semanas, no fue impedimento para que alejandro tuviera por primera vez la ilusiÓn de adornar un arbolito de navidad compartir sus deseos. >>> quiero ir a la escuela. quiero tamales. >>> parecen deseos sencillos pero se complican al conocer la dramÁtica historia del pequeÑo. >>> su historia es triste, su madre lo abandonÓ. lo dejÓ con una vecina. >>> le pidiÓ cuidar de alejandro durante una semana, y jamÁs volviÓ, no regreso por Él. >>> ni suplicas del pequeÑo tuvieron efecto. >>> no tengo dinero para mantenerme. >>> y entonces tÚ quÉ hiciste? >>> que me querÍa quedar con ellos, y no, no quisieron, me dejaron con la vecina. >>> aquella vecina a la que "primer impacto" buscÓ sin Éxito en esta colonia y que tambiÉn desapareciÓ dejo al niÑo en este hospital en condic

john barron! >> the prime minister is aware of cross party group of some 80 m.p.'s campaigning for ecognition of our nuclear test sectors. given the u.k. compares poorly to how other countries treat their veterans and very high incidence of ill health suffered by desendants, would the prime minister meet with us given we hit a brick wall with the n.o.d. and given this government's good track record at recognizing past wrongs? >> i know my honorable friend has consistently campaigned on this issue and i have discussed it with him before. i wrote to him a month ago setting out the government's view about this. this in previous governments frequently stated the position there was no published peer review evidence of access, illness for mortality but it is right to go on looking at this issu i

. >> tongue down one from barron's magazine. could you say a bit about what happened after churchill left afghanistan, what lessons there are for counterinsurgency strategy is in general from the british experience, the totality of the british experience? >> the british finally settled the border in 1901 when george curzon, the british viceroy, literally went all the way around the border and associated individual tribes, deals with the tribes, some were carted off to india into captivity. the important thing, researching the book i went through the whole district and interviewed a couple of pakistani civil administrators in the 1960s, at a time when the queen of england went on holiday she cable churchill who was in his 90s standing at the seat of one of the greatest triumphs and prince philip went to the valley and that this period after the creation of pakistan the pakistani left the tribal areas in the same autonomous state that george curzon negotiated and that arrangement really lasted until after the 9/11 attacks. of cour

the annual barron fund ranking affect global and management took top performance.resident and ceo joins us now from boston. what do you think you did differently that helped you to stay ahead of the pack? >> thanks for letting me on this afternoon. managers did a good job across the board of individual stock and bond picking. they get a chance to do a good job on the research side of picking those particular stocks and bonds they think make the biggest difference in the portfolio. they did an outstanding job of that last year. >> do you think it is the same kind of environment this year where it is important, more important to pick individual stocks been brought industry groups -- than broader industry groups? >> we think it is important to look at individual research with regard to equity selection, and also on the credit side to do a good job of putting together the bond portfolios. if you look at the equity markets right now, they seem to be praised -- pretty reasonably priced from ap standpoint, but certainly a lot of volatility in the next -- from a p/e standp

joining us from washington it kevin barron, the executive of defense one that focuses on u.s. defense and national security. he has covered the military, the pentagon, congress and politics for foreign monthpolicy nationa stars and stripes. secretary hagel insists the plan will not jeopardize the security but as we saw with general keen, not everyone is buying that. what do you think is the bottom line? are they making a choice of going for a more technological force rather than person he will? >> yes. more technological. i don't think rather than personnel. i think this is just the cost of doing business today. you know, while bluster,y. the idea this phrase that the penta goodeon is no longer going to get involved in a land war, you know, goes back to go a speech at west point by defense secretary bob gates, two defense secretaries ago and was really a comment to, you know, to project the future coming out of afghanistan and iraq. of course, it's possible the united states is going to be involved in a land war eventually. a decade or two decades away. but i think what a lot

. >> tom from barron's magazine. could you say a bit about what happened after churchill left afghanistan? and what lessons, if any, the offer counterinsurgency strategies in general from the bridge extremes there, the totality of the british experience there. >> the british finally settled the border in 1901 when george courson, who was then the british visor, literally went all the way along the border and negotiated individual tribes, deals with the tribes. summer handed bags of gold. some were carted off down to india into captivity. but the important thing, and again, researching the book i went through the whole malakand district and they interviewed a couple of pakistani civil administrators who would run the malakand district in the 1960 1960s, at a time i might add when the queen of england went there on a holiday to malakand and she cabled churchill who was then in his 90s saying, i'm standing, i visited the seeds of one of your greatest triumphs. prince philip went duck shooting in the valley. and that the

"barron's" manager. we appreciate you coming on.waiting comment from president obama, 4:45 eastern, just 15 minutes from now regarding the turmoil going on in ukraine and specifically, david, the crimea. here is live picture of the podium. we're awaiting comments because it appears the situation is heating up with actual sightings of russian -- david: we have word from ukraine's ambassador to the united nations we are informed about illegal crossing which is how he put it of the borders by russian military transport aircraft, 10 of them. six plus four and arrived and 11 military helicopters also crossed the borders this is according to ukraine's u.n. ambassador. that had a direct effect on the markets. more to come right after this. in the new new york, we don't back down. we only know one direction: up so we're up early. up late. thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business here... and pay no taxes for 10 years. with newobs, new opportuni

we have fox business, charlie gasparino and "barron's" editor, jack otter. charlie, jpmorgan first. >> this is, more or less, i don't know what the stock is doing today. this should be nothing on this. melissa: it is double the amount we heard before. they had said it would be 4,000. it is about 8,000. down about 1%. >> we reported in december they would do additional cuts on the mortgage-backed, in the mortgage market, in the mortgage business and for the simple reason that bond yields are going up. melissa: regulation. >> and regulations are going up and they are going to do it. we point out they're not only one. everybody will do it. these are marginal cuts. this is not a big study of the we did it in december. everybody knew it was coming. they announced -- melissa: jack, what do you think? >> when i refinanced a year ago, guys told me they were working 15, 16, 18 hours a day. they knew this party was over when rates started to go up. i don't think this is a surprise at all. >> jpmorgan gave every reporter that call in the december. maybe i was only one

according to one of "barron's" top 100 financial advisors millions of americans are losing out by notmore closely their 401 confidents. he wants to change that. joining us scott hanson, hanson mclain group founding principle and senior partner. good to have you on, scott. >> good to be here. david: i'm closer to end than the beginning but spending a lot of time thinking about 401(k)s. you deal with self-brokerage 401(k) accounts, i have to admit i didn't know what that was. explain what that is before we -- >> 401(k) is the nation's largest most neglected financial asset. 90% of the participants when they put money in 401(k) don't do any allocations throughout the year. fortunately we've seen what is called a self-directed brokerage account. this is something the employer puts in place where employee, instead of using core options already there, the ones they prescreen and employee opt out of that use a brokerage account attached to the 401(k). david: before we go further, scott, not everybody is entitled to do this, correct? >> that's correct. actually about five years ago, less than

john barron! >> the prime minister is aware of cross party group of some 80 m.p.'s campaigning for ecognition of our nuclear test sectors. given the u.k. compares poorly to how other countries treat their veterans and very high incidence of ill health suffered by desendants, would the prime minister meet with us given we hit a brick wall with the n.o.d. and given this government's good track record at recognizing past wrongs? >> i know my honorable friend has consistently campaigned on this issue and i have discussed it with him before. i wrote to him a month ago setting out the government's view about this. this in previous governments frequently stated the position there was no published peer review evidence of access, illness for mortality but it is right to go on looking at this issue as i know he will and continue to discuss it with him. >> order. >> you have been watching prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. question time ayers live on c-span2 every wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern and on sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on

i expect that barrons will hit them pretty hard because that's kind of what has been happening.clean quarter. i'm having irwin simon on tonight and i think it will be interesting to see what he has to say. >> we'll watch hain and a lot of other stocks including some of the ones we already mentioned. a lot more coming up right here on "squawk on the street" after the option bell after this. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right, no hidden fees. it's just that i'm worried about, you know, "hidden things." ok, why's that? well uhhh... surprise!!! um... well, it's true. at ally there are no hidden fees. not one. that's nice. no hidden fees, no worries. ally bank. your money needs an ally. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ tires screech ] chewley's finds itself in a sticky situation today after recalling its new gum. [ male announcer ] stick it to the market before you get stuck. get the most extensive charting wherever you are with the mobile trader app from td ameritrade. >>> tell them it's not a joke. >> we're about to have the opening bell here from "squawk on the street

that was more than expected and paid down the debt they took on and got a key recommendation in barron's pop. cheryl: o the overall market average, we can show the dow which is flat right now, 15,455. talk about the markets but what we have seen in the last month here is actually healthy, don't worry about it. we will come back stronger? healthy if pullback in your opinion? >> we were overdue, 2013 was a great year that ended on a high note, the pace of growth we are having is 3% gdp or 2%, earnings of 5% or 10%. in the end will work out in our favor. cheryl: for those who are worried about the market, leaving it with the dow 30 chart for the year and we had a good year. we will see what this year brings. thank you very much. dennis: jerry seinfeld biting the hand that feeds him. the seinfeld co creator is worth $800 million thanks to a sitcom rerun. he says he would make a tv series today because the internet is better. a short web show, on -- he plugged it. 90 seconds with two seinfeld cast mates launching pad for a network show, no way. i wanted to make a show for a phone. network tv

the biplane which looks like somethings red barron might have flown had only sustained minor damage. >>> a reminder about how important carbon monoxide detecters are after two incidents this weekend where one person was killed. saturday night in long island about 27 people including seven first responders had to be taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak at a mall. a restaurant manager working there lost his life because of carbon monoxide poisoning. on sunday, more than 20 people at a hotel in maine had to be taken to the hospital for the same reason. >>> carbon monoxide is known as the silent killer. it's colorless, tasteless,oiderless. >> earlier a carbon monoxide leak at a hotel in ball mort sent nine people to the hospital. last year, three people died in the same north carolina hotel room. the only way to know if carbon monoxide is in your home is with a working carbon monoxide detector. in may of 2010, state officials signed a law requiring all california homes be equipped with carbon monoxide homes. the law says the alarms have to be installed outside of the home s

barron's making the point again the wilshire 5,000 is the wilshire 3666 in fact. >> right. >> supplyemand. it always comes back to that. some retailers have been blaming bad weather for lackluster earnings recently. >> but not every retailer is a loser from the polar vortex. courty reagan takes a look at that part of the story. >> expect to hear a lot of weather commentary but for good reason. it's not really an excuse when it has a real negative impact though you probably won't hear a lot of thanking mother nature for those that it might have helped. barclay's retail analyst allen rip kin thinks home depot was a beneficiary. jeffreys is recommending decker's, the company that owns uggs saying channel checks con i remember the ugg brand has benefit the immensely. we believe sales trends over the holiday period and throughout winter have been robust. jaffrey thinks the cold weather helped macy's early in the quarter but tight control of the inventory likely didn't leave left of it to sell in january and polar vortices likely kept shoppers inside. maybe they're shopping on websites and

barron's put out an article that says samsung could benefit from a rise in growth rates in emerging marketsfit, there's some value there in the emerging market space. ja how about some stability for the u.s. stocks because if you take a look at the overall markets for u.s. stocks, there is, yes, lower growth, but they are more predictable versus emerging markets. also valuations still pretty inline overall and profits are still growing. so, hey, buy american, that's the case, and that's the reason why you should go into those u.s. stocks. >> it's a good debate. >> it was a good debate. good job, guys. >> thank you. >> we're not picking a winner. 12 minutes left. looks like we're going to snap the win streak. the dow is down 36 points. >> i think people should tweet us their winner. don't you think? tweet us your winner @cnbcclosing bell. >>> still to come, bob king talking about his union's historic vote in tennessee. no plant in the south has ever been unionized, let alone one of a foreign automaker. it's big news. don't go anywhere. let me talk to you about retirement. a 401(k) is the mos

well, in the book i really talk allows some of the complexities of barron's use -- use of his sexualityand identity. i cannot get inside his head in any kind of completely. certainly we know that internalize telephone ba exists and it is, you know, there are many, many manifestations. but what i trace in the buck is a very specific sequence of the events that was related to where erin mckinney was, the people that he owed money to, what he was doing as far as his own use in the week prior to this and any one that really understands the chemistry and the psychology involved with methamphetamine will tell you that when someone has used math as long as aaron mckinney data and had been up for a week before this crime happened that this completely that's the profile of what is called mad rage are met induced psychosis. certainly if he was bisexual was struggling with some of those issues. aaron mckinney was seeking to rob $10,000 worth of methamphetamine, 6 ounces. there was a shipment coming into town and he believed that matthew shepard would be in possession of those 6 ounces and that is

we're talking about structural demand for some of these asset classes, dom, it was interesting in barron'suns harvard's endowment program and she was talking about their asset allocation. guess how much of the harvard portfolio which is in the past been seen as kind of the model for endowments, first of all, her target return is 8%. it's not just pension funds reaching for yield. guess how much of her portfolio is in u.s. equities? >> i don't know, maybe a quarter. >> 11%. >> wow. >> 11%. and that's somewhat indicative of where a lot of people are just pouring money into credit, pouring money into the bond market, and, you know, you need the retail buyer, someone else besides just companies buying back their own stock here. >> absolutely. and that's why some strategists will tell you it's okay to have some bonds in your portfolio whether it's for a flight to quality or just because the world doesn't look like a great place right now and the ferveg is on hold for a very long time, super loose monetary policy. perhaps don't dump all your bonds in your portfolio as you were hearing toward the

eric barron, penn states 18 president congress escalation. >> he beat 400 candidates for the positionhave a base salary of $800,000 a year with a $1 million bonus if he completes his 5-year contract and he is presently the president of florida state but has been in the earth and science department and plenty to do right away and facing budget and trustee issues along with scars from the football abuse scandal. the united states is adding to the metal count in the winter games and john henry smith is here with another busy morning in sochi. >> good morning, this is a high stakes day at the olympics with 7 metal events to be decided and high-profile debuts with her first appearance in the women's and the men's half pipe getting started this morning and russia has to stave off ice hockey elimination and they have not won this 20 years and this went from monday to tuesday and it was worth the wait and edged out russia to take the gold metal and coming in was america eric duvald. she has won't slovenia and finished first in the giant slolom and beat australia and germany with a two run tim

read about kevin o'leary's view about investing in marijuana and stock picks from billionaire ron barronicks off its annual shareholder meeting at noon eastern time. what are investors looking for? is it forte managing investor? the word to have a skill is actually forte. >> you have a forte. >> you have a forte. forte is a musical thing. >> there's going to be an iphone 6 announcement, tom? >> well, i don't anticipate a new product announcement to that extent but i do anticipate tim cook will reiterate his prior comments that calendar 2014 will be a year of new products which we extrapolate to mean a watch and a television. >> a watch and a television. i saw a watch that i would i think use, not the samsung but it would do all different stuff. it wasn't bad looking. i saw it. you think there will be an apple watch this year, tom? >> i do. >> is that the one to wait for? >> if you look at the market right now, no one's exactly killing it. i do think that's created an toon for apple to come in with a unique product and differentiate and take advantage. >> will it be stylish? will they par

"barron's" this weekend and there's an upside bias especially on a tuesday and a wednesday in the wordsart cashin. >> and then you read george soros has doubled his bearish bet on the s&p 500 that he went down on the put to the tune of $1.3 billion. you don't know whether he's still got that on because those filings, of course, date to the end of december and you don't know if it's a hedge for other long positions, but it's nonetheless worth mentioning in a market where there seem to be so many positive voices around. >> you mentioned the word correction, carl, we haven't seen a legitimate correction 10% selloff from the peak since back in 2011 during the european debt crisis, the question is if volatility is back are we going to see a meaningful pullback and would it be a healthy thing. does the market need it? >> we've got huge m&a in the news and then ipos and everyone is talking about the maker of candy crush, spotify looking for someone to do external investor relations and starwood talking. >> starwood -- last week reports that virgin america might be do the same. if the market is