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bny mellon. >>> welcome back. we're about ten minutes from the close., s&p 500 and nasdaq headed for a fifth straight day of gains. want to get more with bob pisani and ben willis. good to see you, ben. what just happened in the market? we were coming off of the highs pretty significantly on that bank report. >> there were a couple of stories that combined all at once. it was a bank story that they are against the omt. not a surprise. that is something that's been their stand forever. >> in other words, they're against more bond buying. >> correct. open market transactions. the -- yeah, what a surprise. >> so the germans are against it, but the follow-through on that is that this puts more of an impact on their high court's decision on the participation in the european union and ems system. >> european stability mechanism. that's the big one. that's the permanent rescue fund that's out there. if that's called into doubt, it's a little bit of a problem. with all that said, i'm not sure that's the reason. >> worst-case scenario, conference in washington,

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bny mellon.with our next guest said that battle for power within obama administration sent american foreign policy into retreat making country look less engaged. joining us now, best selling author of brand-new book "the dispensable nation." vali nasr, welcome, we recommend your book. the need to stop leading militarily, you and i are having this conversation to day that president talks about game changers and red lines once again in syria and rhetori rhett continues. what is going on here? >> well president laid down a red line if syria uses chemical weapon then u.s. will get involved in the conflict, syria -- there severed tha there is ea has done so, if america does not do anything, it is about our credibility. our willingness to enforce our red line, we're not doing so that would impact our standing. lou: our standing is already i guess, suspect, given all developments. we have watched the obama drama, if you will with north korea recede from headlines with boston bombing, we have now watchin

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bny mellon. >> we dissect the earnings stories that everybody is talking about. i'm melissa lee.u see there, we are an s&p 500 record watch and the key level to watch for is 1597. we're just about one point away so we will be eagerly awaiting that level. right now to close here this will be a new closing high. let's start off with the score card as we watch for this record. many companies have reported so far. 69% beating estimates. we are watching a number of companies that are beating earnings just a few hours from now. let's start out with herbalife. >> the aptly named? >> pronounce -- don't pronounce the h. they are trying to gi more clarity into who buys the products and who doesn't. i want to see any more information on whether they have a new auditor. >> the key will be any distributor numbers? much more important than earnings. >> are we expecting to see any moves you think? terms of the billionaire battles? >> i don't know so. i have always said that's a side show here. we know i con has two more members on the board. let's look and see how the models are holding up. see

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bny mellon. >>> welcome back to the program. we're watching gold today because the price continued to drop in early trade after a finish to the session last week. >> big falls this morning, spot price now 1417. it's about a 4% decline, as you can see. i think once we got to around 1500, people talk about psychological, but there were some technical levels around 1500. quite a lot lower very quickly. >> we're forming here, people in the markets talk about the gold crosses and death crosses. we are in a death cross world lately because we're crossing below the 200 day moving averages and now potentially the 200 week moving average. so a drop of $60 in nominal terms. and this, by the way, is not the only commodity. this is not happening in a vacuum. we're seeing the commodities complex across the space getting taken out to a silver, which people will often say is the story. not today, it's down 4%. i'm not sure that quote is right. but still, we're actually -- the last time i checked was looking down -- >> that's the one. >> double

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bny mellon. there are still people who are more worried about privacy up vagues, but -- invasions but drone makers still on the offensive. gretchen west, association for unmanned vehicle systems represents over 2500 companies in 55 countries, gretchen this says something about power of drones now you have an association that represents it. but, i dare say that the environment is changed a little bit. privacy advocates taking a bat backseat to i want to say alive advocates, is there a need for folks like you to send out the reminder. >> our association has been around 41 years, and we started representing unmanned aircraft. now ground and -- robotics as well. neil: when did drones join your list? >> drones are historically military targets, we call them unmanned aircraft, we've been representing that community for 40 years now, technology has been around for a long time, we seeing more and more benefits from defense to civil, hopefully commercial markets once some regulation that faa puts out are

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at bny mellon, our business is investments. managing them, moving them, making them work. we oversee 20% of the world's financial assets. and that gives us scale and insight no one else has. investment management combined with investment servicing. bringing the power of investments to people's lives. invested in the world. bny mellon. >>> as we roll into the second half of our show, we want to check where commodities are currently trading. we updated you on the fact that the major averages are at their lows of the day. there's a good look at what's happening in the gold market. gold's down 8% now. $122. silver is getting hit harder than it usually does. that's something to clearly keep an eye on. silver is down nearly 11%. and there's a look at wti crude off nearly 2.5%. so the commodity sell-off continues. continues as well to lead the overall markets loader. so what are the charts telling us about that sell-off? joining us is mike harris with campbell & company out of baltimore. mike, welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> can you give us your best guess on what's tak

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bny mellon. of the show we told you how despite recent record highs in the stock market and record low interest rates more and more investors are not taking chances. 76 percent say they will not go anywhere near the stock market. with markets bouncing back and forth, issued to be investing and how you do that? tonight or financial panel is here to help. from paris financial group and the managing partner of and a capital management and the managing partner of the city the capital joins me on the set. 76 percent of people say no stops for me. is that a mistake? >> facing right now is not a great time to go plunging we saw a full year bull market which is typically the average amount of time although 76 percent say they are not but 74 percent of wall street analysts are bullish. gerri: we are is the disconnect. >> has gone a long way so the investors need to stick to allocations. gei: do you stick to your allocation or say down 2% last week it is a big buying opportunity. >> groth retail investor c