now, back to cashin' in. eric: students and professors at a pennsylvania college asked to wear white pins shaped like puzzle pieces because it will raise awareness about white privilege. now, rachel parents spend a lot for them to go to school, is that what she should be paying for? >> absolutely not, if i were sending a white child and this has no place in a university and parents need to vote with lir dollars. eric: do we need a white pin to remind us about white privilege. >> rachel, i heard you loud and clear, i don't think this is to make anyone feel bad or loathing. i think this is an opportunity to go to school and think about race in america and we're a diverse society and a sense who we are. >> i'm a latino and you're an african-american. our children have more privilege than many white people in appalachia. i think this is so dated and has no place. >> i agree, rachel, and there's lots of racial discussion and tensions in america and it's good for young people to have an opportunity to look at it an

our cashin' in crew this week. rachel, amy, jessica. jessica, what a proud moment for democrats. >> feeling awesome about the scumbag comment. no, just kidding. it's not appropriate and that starts at the top with president trump who we have on tape talking about grab her by the-- crooked hillary and carly fiorina, look at that face. get down to business and stop name calling and that begins with the leadership. >> advocates say that you can say what you want, but how about the hypocrisy. >> you don't have to say what if a republican would say that. we know what happened when a republican said that. >> you get elected to be president? >> no, dan burton in the '90s called president clinton a scumbag and it became national headline news. dan burton was excoriated up and down for using that language, completely unappropriate using that about the president of the united states. >> notice, rachel, i'm not using that word, but i'm talking about, when maxine waters who has had political problems, her husband was involved in some misdealings in

the number one business block continues with eric bolling and cashin' in. eric: companies speaking out before or after our commander-in-chief. and in the wake of president trump's temporary ban from hot spots and tesla's cancelled order because they're on the president's business counciling. and isn't it time to relax so the companies don't get hurt? . this week, mercedes, rachel, richard, welcome, everybody. what do you think about the boycotts on both sides of the spectrum? >> i think that the political boycotts will pretty much fall flat. it only works when there's a lot of media attention on the companies. you've seen, for example, 55 out of 144 companies have conceded to their customers when there's a change, but when it comes to these political boycotts, it's different than a traditional boycott. what's becoming so strange, eric, the fact that you have the ceo's of the companies coming out and really being outright political, stating their opinions, instead of really just focusing on what products they want to sell and for customers, it's a turnoff. t

hi, everyone, welcome to cashin'. welcome, everybody. now, lisa is today's rally the way to get his economic message directly to the people? >> hi, eric, yes, it's going to be effective just like during the campaign. look, the reality is the media is not going to cover anything

for now i'll send you back to cashin' in.ric: protests erupting at an immigration and customs office in phoenix after an illegal immigrant was detained. the woman who had a prior conviction for criminal impersonation was deported to mexico. they were enforcing the law, so why protest? >> right op shame on them for making the police officer's jobs more difficult than it is. i would offer to you the lesson the media has made it much more difficult for police officers to do their jobs over the years by presenting mistruths and pop propagating falsehoods. eric: everyone has a right to protest and why not protest something that's legal. >> i agree with lisa. protesting really bad laws. the police aren't to blame. >> what law, richard? what law are they protesting. that they've come over here illegally and you should go home? >> it's not this over and over we've seen this. this is a historical pattern where police officers are blamed for enforcing laws that were created by misguided lawmakers. >> wait a minute, you said misguided l

the number one business block continues with eric bolling and cashin' in. eric: president trump supporters accusing the mainstream media of intensifying its assault on the president. here is a big reason why. msnbc suggesting that president trump maybe headed down, quote, a dangerous path like russia where journalists are being killed. take a listen. >> what is your sense of why this president is going above and beyond, bending over backwards, if you will, to stay away from criticizing the russian president and to almost give him an excuse. as we know, there are some -- since 2000 a couple dozen journalists deaths. donald trump has no secret going after journalists and his distaste for any news that doesn't agree with him here. do you find this is a dangerous path he's headed down. eric: wow. hi, everyone, welcome to cashin' in. our crew this week, rachel, amy holmes and richard fowler. amy, the media coverage of trump hitting a new low. >> when you thought they couldn't sink lower they get out the shovel and start digging. this is outrageous, to be suggest

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the number one business block continues with eric bolling and cashin' in.ric: companies speaking out before or after our commander-in-chief. and in the wake of president trump's temporary ban from hot spots and tesla's cancelled order because they're on the president's business counciling. and isn't it time to relax so the companies don't get hurt? . this week, mercedes, rachel, richard, welcome, everybody. what do you

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the number one business block continues with eric bolling and cashin' in. president trump supporters accusing the mainstream media of intensifying its assault on the president. here is a big reason why. msnbc suggesting that president trump maybe headed down, quote, a dangerous path like russia where journalists are being killed. take a listen. >> what is your sense of why this president is going above and beyond, bending over backwards, if you will, to stay away from criticizing the russian president and to almost give him an excuse. as we know, there are some -- since 2000 a couple dozen journalists

we love art cashin and cashin at the close. we have six minutes left. come back with the closing countdown. >>> after the bell, wharton professor jeremy siegel sees the dow at 22,000. and jim grant tells us how the markets could fare under a trump fed. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. is instinct. they're experts in things you haven't heard of - researchers of technologies that one day, you will. some call them the best of the best. some call them veterans. we call them our team. with e*trade's powerful trading tools, right at your fingertips, you have access to in-depth analysis, level 2 data, and a team of experienced aders ready to help you if you need it. ♪ ♪ it's like having the power of a trading floor, wherever you are. ♪ ♪ it's your trade. e*trade ♪ ♪ >>> coming up on the two minute mark here. we'll see. friday, remember that. it was down, what, 10, 20 points, the dow was, and then squeaked out a gain in the last 30 seconds. we're up 16 right now. let's take you back to february 9th and the beginning of this rally. this would b

art cashin's here at post nine, ubs director of floor operations.od morning to you. >> good morning. >> you called friday a gol di locks with influence on deregulation plus the jobs number. >> yeah, the jobs number was a goldilocks aspect of it you had a big jump in payrolls but when you drilled down wages were not strong enough to push the fed, the chances of a fed hike in march fell from around 20% down to 9%. so it was a good number. and also lost in it was the idea that some of those jobs -- you lost jobs in the 25 to 54 area, and most of the gains were over 55. so that sounds like somewhat part time work. and we'll see. but for today stocks are consolidating the big gain they had on friday. but we do have a very slight flight to safety theme going on. you got the dollar up, you got gold up and you got treasuries up. so that may be some of the geopolitical nervousness you guy were discussing earlier. >> it's hard to focus on things outside the world of politics. we do have a few big earnings reports this week, disney, coca-cola, general motors a

oil close to 52 is something art cashin talked about as that would try to avoid some damage to the chartsgth and technology. we miss in retail, michael kors is getting slammed. and under armour after another rough quarter. >> let's get to it. wapner is over at "post nine." >>> carl, thanks. welcome to the "halftime report." i'm scott wapner. we begin this hour with a cnbc exclusive. under armour founder and ceo kevin plank, his stock under fire since earnings disappointed. mr. plank joining me here at the new york stock exchange on what lies ahead for his company. kevin, it's good to see you again. >> great to see you, scott. >> this is the second quarter in a row that we've sat together following a big slide in your st

art cashin telling us it shows an imbalance to the buy side of $250 million. us in record territory for the dow right now. >>> as we head to the close, joining us here at post 9 today, ann, portfolio manager at wells and laura u.s. economist. i'll start with you on the fed minutes. i have seen two different headlines, one says they're dovish and the other says they are not because maybe they're talking about raising rates in march. break the tie for us. >> i don't think they were pointing towards a march hike at all. it's certainly a live meeting, but only a few people seem really motivated to hike then. and more of them really want to get more clarity on the fiscal outlook. so i think we're more likely, in the may/june sort of arena. >> still. >> you're looking at specific companies, ann, that you think are good investments in this environment. what are they? >> i do. it's been a tough market. everything has gone up so quickly. there are still opportunities out there that we're looking at. so a couple of the ones that i like have both top-line growth opportun

moments ago art cashin told us the market on close order show an imbalance guess to the buy side. $1 worth. >> wow. >> i think we're seeing the results of that. the dow up 125 points. back to the highs for the session right now. just idling on here. >> yeah, on friday it was partly an expiration effect. we were negative, negative, negative. boom, on the bell we're seeing this play out. >> here we are minutes away from the closing bell. a look at what's been moving the markets today. we are on record high watch. the dow on pace for its tenth record close since inauguration day. retail markets gave markets a boost. top sectors have been real estate and energy. joining us right now paul dietrich from fairfax capital markets and nick raisch from earnings scout. what do you make of this rally here? >> i actually believe the market is still undervalued. i mean, if you -- for the last eight or nine -- >> by what measure? >> for the last eight or nine years we've been looking at valuing the market based on the underlying assumption of 2% gdp growth. if you look at what almost everybody agree

joining us at post nine and this to discuss the markets ubs director of floor operations art cashin,thank you. >> we've had some really solid economic data this morning, inflation, retail sales, is that why this market continues to melt up despite what is a cacophony coming out of washington and this administration? >> yeah, i think the politics to a small degree is a digression. it gives the partisans a chance to take a whack at one another. her testimony under federal law has to be word for word just what it was in the written presentation yesterday. so any surprises will come when the q & a starts. the house is not thought of as a place for exceptionally sharp edged q & a, so we'll wait and see whether that is. the market's at an interesting point here. there is theoretical resistance, s&p 2337 to 2341. so they're engaged in that battle now. if they punch through there, they could possibly get a tailwind and, you know, kind of another minor breakout. another thing that the viewers will have to look to is at 10:30 we'll get the d.o.e. crude inventory numbers. api data was little la

is there what art cashin calls a celebratory overload in the market? >> there could be, judge. there is no doubt that we've come very far very quickly. however i think it's got a lot more gas in the tank. i agree with professor shiller. he believes that we could have a substantial move higher from here. crediting the president and saying in comments today that he saw upside, considerable upside from here. maximum optimism. a number of new highs. go down the list today, 52-week highs. tiffany, conag. going in alphabetical order. two pages worth of stock s s&p today hitting 52-week highs. >> that's not a bad thing. >> i'm not saying it is. at some point you question whether the air has gotten a little sthin. >> i don't know. i think that the reason the market are going up are a couple of reasons. certainly trump growth excitement is in this, it is in the marth to some dee agree. but i also think it's because the global economies are getting better. pmi numbers we got overseas. even our pmi number today pretty good. inflation data is getting better. i think with the economic data

oil close to 52 is something art cashin talked about as that would try to avoid some damage to the charts. >> strength and technology. we miss in retail, michael kors is getting slammed. and under armour after another rough quarter. >> let's get to it. wapner is over at "post nine." >>> carl, thanks. welcome to the "halftime report." i'm scott wapner. we begin this hour with a cnbc exclusive. under armour founder and ceo kevin plank, his stock under fire since earnings disappointed. mr. plank joining me here at the new york stock exchange on what lies ahead for his company. kevin, it's good to see you again. >> great to see you, scott. >> this is the second quarter in a row that we've sat together following a big slide in your stock and investors seem to be questioning where your growth is going. >> yeah. >> what's happening? >> first of all, i think we need to control the narrative a bit. when people refer to the last earnings call we were for q3, plus 22 on the top line and plus 23 on the bottom line. we narrative we taught about is where we saw operating income. fourth quarter, great b

cashin brought up the question about facebook, if we had this conversation a year ago we be talking abouthem censoring or curating our news in some way. i think that argument has passed a long time ago because it's been well documented. we only see other retailers, customized news in our own feeds. what i as a hillary clinton supporter was reading on facebook is different from what a trump supporter was reading for example. i'm interested to know from you, when did facebook stop seeing this rise on fake news on facebook? how long ago before the election and why did it take you so long to address it? at least publicly, you only started seeing and you are addressing it after the election. >> we've been working on fake news as part of a broader effort around quality for a long time even in the report of fake news for years. i think, two years. >> i did a report on it so i know this is true. >> this is true news. [laughter] fact checked in real time. >> i appreciate it. i think about a year and a half ago, i wrote and that analysis and tried to adjust it. now, that said, the amount of attenti

art cashin just told us the market on close orders are to the buy side. end balance of $950 million. that's why we're seeing extra levitation. the dow now up 187 points with nine minutes left in the trading session. here are some of the top stories moving markets. major averages higher across the board on a better than expected jobs report for january propelling the dow back above 20,000. visa, a big contributor to the dow's rally after better than expected earnings from that financial company and the financials overall have been the best performing s&p sector today up almost 2%. >> and joining us now to discuss the markets, peter bookbar from the lindsay group. you wrote the trump honeymoon is clearly over and the market is priced for perfection. that doesn't seem to be what today's action is telling us. >> right. we're celebrating of course a good number. what i mean by saying the honeymoon is over and that the last couple of months -- the markets really haven't done anything since the middle of december. we'll see what details are to come. i'm as excit

cashin, i think of jack mogul and others who think maybe we shouldn't be getting ahead of ours selvesere. >> we are ahead of ourselves, that's for sure, by 12 months. you could see some consolidation and sideways trading going on. once we get clarification on the tax plan and infrastructure, then maybe you'll see some selling. you selling on the news. right now i think we'll trade sideways in anticipation we'll get a good tax cut. >> kelly? >> thank you both. >>> president trump has indicated he supports some form of a border tax but today there were reports his staff was sending signals. that may no longer be the case and then there were reports nothing may change. let's get to ylan mui. >> there was news from the white house the administration denying a report in axios that gary cohn said that the administration does not support a border adjustment tax. we also heard president trump yesterday praising the plan as creating jobs and treasury secretary steve mnuchin spoke about it. he said there's no panic from house speaker paul ryan's office yet. steve bannon and steven miller suppor

. >>> so art cashin early on told us there was a lot of sell orders coming into the market here callingnto question the ability of the dow to finish positive. on the close the market showing no imbalance to the buy or sell side. >> look at this. we are down less than 18 points. >> we might do it. happy mardi gras to our friend independent investment consultant. >> thank you. i just want to say laissez les bons temps rouler. let the good times roll. happy mardi gras everybody. carnival comes from meaning meat. lent they took away meat. >> this is going to be on the final. pay attention. >> mardi. m in monetary policy. i think david rosenburg says that is the key driver. it is but in the short term it is a momentum-driven market so the fed who cares mptd the a is asia. china index is up 12%. taiwan 10%. singapore, 10%, hong kong 10%. that is indicative of the stimulus and the stability that is managing in china. the r is resurging profit. they are up 11% next year. europe is supposed to be up 12% and 15%. europe is fighting terrorism, vladimir putin, banks issues and immigration. those fo

that's what art cashin said. the russell small caps trying to turn positive.own 2.5 points. >> joining us to talk more about today's markets. tony from black rock and janet brown. where should we be investing in the market today? >> smaller mid caps have been doing well. markets certainly change from the large cap growth. u.s. domestic market that we've been in internationals. smaller mid-cap value. even though it didn't do well today, that's the bigger trend. >> i was going to say here, you have picks in those sectors. but also some individual companies. tell us about those. >> it's the funds that i like, the global stock fund, their value fund. they're value managers that are doing well right now. we've invested in them for years when we've been in value markets. we're going back into one. >> tony, dividends? yields keep going down, not up. that keeps dividend stocks in favor, no? >> i think we are in a pivotal point of the market right now. we are shifting from a point of where we have been an easing monetary policy. quantitative easing. zero interest rates

. >>> art cashin stopped by. i heard a gasp by you when he said the markets on close orders showed an imbalance to the buy side of $700 million. >> we can see that. we can feel that. >> that's what we were feeling. >> facebook earnings due out shortly. jul julia boorstin joins us with a preview. >> the question for facebook is whether it can keep up growth. analysts looking for 46% revenue growth and 66% growth earnings per share. investors will be looking for commentary on the video ads, emerging stock markets and the crack down on fake news and the impact on president trump's stance on immigration. facebook shares up about 13% year-to-date. analysts are nearly universally bullish with 46 buy or strong buys and only one under perform or sell rating on the stock. >> julia, see you later. could be a big number tonight. >>> about ten minutes left in the trading session with the dow up 26 points. ray dalio as you know runs the world's largest hedge fund voiced concerns in a note to clients about president trump's po

and cashin arguing yesterday that a crack below 52 did damage to the charts. >> look, you go below 50 what happens they shut off the wells again. i mean, only the permian and scoop and stack, you know, oklahoma, make a lot of money here below 50. that's why i'm more bullish than others. >> let's get to the opening bell and s&p at the bottom of your screen. a lot to watch, obviously, at the big board. alcohol beverage company diageo doing the honors. nasdaq, maker of mixed signal semiconductor solutions. [ bell ringing ] >> they make wireless chargers rumored to be big with apple. >> we're going to watch as far as dow components go disney of course at the open, which at the moment will be the top performing component. apple meanwhile, guys, is going to start the morning $3 from an all-time high. an all-time high of $134 and change, goes back to i think 2015. >> wow. >> april 28, 2015. >> you know, i continue to see people who say is it too late to buy, is it too late to buy. obviously i've been saying own it. it's not a great level to come in, but it's still inexpensive. yes, david, yo

art cashin stopped by and said the market on close orders have paired off so there's no imbalance toright now as we head towards the close with the dow up 23 points in record territory. >> there we go. >> now it's the next edition of the cape crusaders. they're back again. zock and block with us here on "closing bell." that would be joe zock from tocqueville asset management and michael block from rhino trading partners. >> which one is batman, which one is robin? >> we'll leave it up to you. >> you can draw straws and see who does this. what do you make of this rally that we've seen this month of february? very impressive. record territory. how much longer can it last do you think? >> we're starting to see some cracks. i'm seeing that the banks have stalled out, industrial stocks and metals. some had to do with the chatter that the infrastructure bills may not be coming until next year. trump administration get taxes out of the way, health care, a lot of other things. this has put off and hit the stocks. however, what we've seen is like a rugby game is going on. a big keep away. you

art cashin is with us here at post nine watching all of this.ith cramer this morning about lessons the president has taken from television for these exact purposes, but others have tried to argue that kind of like the golf course, work does get done. >> yeah, no, it very clearly does. and one of the more impressive things is hopefully not pandering. what many of these ceos have said is the man appears to actually listen and pick up on criticisms and do follow-up questions. so that's heartening. and so far his cabinet and his appointees have come across as rather professional. so that's somewhat reassuring. while that's demonstrated, yesterday was the ninth record closing in the dow. they've only done that five times since 1897. the longest string was in 1987, we had 12 in a row. we'll take that, but not the follow-up. >> that was early in '87. there was a lot of upside, right? >> yeah, back around january. january to february. so we'll wait and see. the other thing the viewers want to keep their eye on is at 11:00 we're going to get the crude in