here with phil flynn, gary kaltbaum, zane tangle and cheryl casone. he year of car recalls. a lot of it fell on gm's shoulders and gm ceo mary barra's shoulders. how did she do? cheryl: i think she was loser for 2014 is really? cheryl: she was in the department that overlooked all investigations and this department was frankly covering up the fact that there were ignition switch issues a year ago. she has not handled herself well in front of congress. not gotten in front of the problem. not all her fault but -- david: really tough job. my heart goes out to that woman. zane, the new york city mayor bill de blasio. he has been in the spotlight the past couple weeks ever since he has become mayor, or down for him? >> way down, way down. in less than a year he has been able to divide the city in a way it has never been divided previously and it will not heal too quickly. david: gary on the other side of de blasio, got to talk about new york city cops who i think have done a magnificent job. they just suffered that terrible tragedy. they have been getting h

chris better tell son, global chief investment officer and fox business's cheryl casone.is, the conventional wisdom up until late today when the stock managed to move to the upside was that cheaper gasoline is not going to help tesla's sales. do you like this stock? do you believe it is bigger than cheaper gasoline sales in the short term? >> i think electric power will come down in prices. energy comes down in price. still cheaper than the f-series mercedes or 7-series bmw. the way to play it be patient, buy 1 1/2 converts. liz: the 1 1/2 converts and not actual stock itself? >> yes. liz: what is the yield? >> the yield is only 1 1/2%. liz: when you actually move it in. >> yeah, you can be, you can be patient until such times as trades in parity with the common. liz: paul, patience is important certainly but stock itself off annual highs. off more chan $230 a share. >> right. tesla is one of these momentum darlings, stocks that people love and buy it. it has a nose bleed pe, assuming it produces earnings. it is interesting product, nice to see american car company indepe

cheryl casone is here with the details. : to buy, you're buying a ranch from the original beatles. cheryl: kissel for $1.6 million, and it was 32,000 square feet if you want to look at it. it is a horse ranch, 15 acre property, and a caretaker piece on the property as well, you need one for that size of a ranch and also he and his wife, she was a bond the girl, but and and they make their home in los angeles. >> don't mean to bring up the bad part of the beatles legacy, security and safety. if they move into the middle of snow mass, colorado, to make sure he had his own privacy. cheryl: going to los angeles. selling of these properties, he is still working, still entertaining and he wants to be where the action is. there could be financial reasons behind this. the fact they are selling both of these large scale properties says they are consolidating financi financial. john: he is getting older. >> that did cross my mind. how many homes can you have? he is 70 now? john: probably. >> if you want to buy at beagles home this is

we turn to cheryl casone with is morning. >> good morning.erway right now in los angeles after two police officers were shot at while driving in their cruiser. a rifle was picked up at the scene. so far one person is in custody. a second is on the loose. none of the officers were hurt. >>> and we have just learned that the funeral for officer liu, the second cop executed on december 20 will be held this sunday in brooklyn. in a few hours, new york city mayor de blasio will speak at the nypd graduation ceremony. this coming after tensions boiled over at the funeral of officer ramos where hundreds of officers turned their backs on the mayor as he spoke. police commissioner bill bratton acknowledging the major rift isn't over. >> funeral was held on officer ramos and to bring politics, to bring issues into that event i think was very inappropriate. i do not support it. i think it's probably a rift that is going to go on for a while longer. >> and even after the two nypd murders, antipolice protests continue across the country over christmas week

don't miss cheryl casone on the fox business network.you're not sure where to find it in your area, log on to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. jon? jon: hackers targeting some of the biggest companies in the world. why the attack on sony might be just the beginning and what is being done to prevent more cyber attacks like it in 2015. >>> also south korea invites north korea to the table. what they want to talk about and the north's response lead. -- ahead. but i'm a bit skeptical of sure things. why's that? look what daddy's got... ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! growth you can count on from the bank where no branches equals great rates. arthel: south korea proposing talks with north korea. south korea yeahs unification minister says the country wants to start talks in january to discuss exchange programs, joint projects and laws needed to bring the divided countries closer together. zoll launch ad government -- zoll launch ad government committee to work on the progress but now uncertain whether pyongyang will accept zoll's offer. jon: accused of hackin

fox business's cheryl casone has markets you should be buying.as great insight into this because she has done it herself. >> i didn't quite do it myself. i found data and i will relay it to you. this comes from realtytrac. third quarter, rental property income report. so what they do, do it every quarter. kind of cool. take average amount of prices out there,1% of the population, that they cover, basically with all these, more than 500 counties. they compare that to the prices. what they found over the last year, is that prices actually, for like a three bedroom home, they compare, prices actually went up 7% year-over-year. what does this mean? it is bad if you're wanting to buy a house to be a landlord or to rent. now there is some good news in all of this. i want to press everybody. there are good markets where you can make double-digit returns. first take a look at this. rocky mountain, north carolina. gerri: yeah, north carolina. >> i was in north carolina over the weekend. beautiful state. guess what? buy property in the state. parts of it.

cheryl casone, michael pinto, hilary kramer. david?details emerged about the hacking attack from sony. we'll tell you who they say was behind the attack. >>> also as we just heard the adp report showing that the jobs market is improving at a pretty good pace. so how does the fed justify the rates still at zero? we'll ask marty feldstein, former chairman of the council of economic advisors. he is next. ♪s ed give you 37-thousand to replace it. "depreciation" they claim. "how can my car depreciate before it's first oil change?" you ask. maybe the better question is, why do you have that insurance company? with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. liz: sony is still battling to restore parts of its network after suffering from a massive cyberattack. david: sources are saying the company is now preparing to name the source of the attack. adam shapiro has the very latest from the newsroom. adam? >> this is again with recode which broke

let's bring in our panel, lee munson, larry shover, sfg alternatives, and our own cheryl casone., first to you, would you go hunting around for good stock in the oil patch? >> i would. i would look at think about it this way. you go mild to wild. xle is cheap. buying s&p components of energy. 20% behind the s&p this year. 30% cheap they are sal wages than the overall s&p and pays dividend yield 25% higher than s&p. as long as you want to speculate a little bit, hold it for a few years, i don't know if we'll be out of this little patch but i think it recovers. don't believe in the jargon of mean reversion and other stuff. it is cheap for a reason. if you can't to get crazy, buy russia. it is super cheap but you really playing at the craps table with that point. david: that is getting a little crazy but i love the options. larry, where do prices as cheap as they are right now from a long-run average when oil prices come down like this, does this indicate we'll be here for a while or is it about to change for the upside? >> well, no i think we could actually go lower. on inflation a

kim forrest, and our own cheryl casone. rick, i want to start with you.r worst and best predictions going into 2014 going into end of the year. >> i struggle with the best. i start with the worst. fed monetary policy, kept inflation under control. vanguard index fund rose 45% and that was really based on people believing that inflation will stay under control for a long time to come. david: that's right. >> you had a strong dollar. got to hand it to them. all the predictions you were talking about they were just wrong. it wasn't as easy as 2013. david: let me put a fine point on that. they polled these economists. 100% of the economists were wrong about the direction of interest rates, their prediction at beginning of 2014. >> yeah. david: let me go to kim. what are your worst and best predictions? >> they're not predictions in the way your other guest has them. i guess these are predictions we made through our portfolios. we kept our weighting in telecom way over the benchmark of the s&p. so i think we're three or four times the weighting. at for the pit

cheryl casone, where did this role come from?ually was part of the mandate of dodd-frank in 2010. it could become the law and 2016 if that fec implements it. i will keep you posted. any public company would have to disclose the pay discrepancy between the ceo of the company. if you look at pay discrepancy in this company, believe it or not, the average ceo makes 331 times what the average worker makes. five and a half percent. also, what are investors going to do? shareholders? the ceo does not need to make this much. >> if you are the ceo of coke -- charles: elizabeth wore in. >> i am going to push back a minute. whole foods have been reporting the difference. there is no worker walkout over this. boo-hoo to the ceo that gets upset. >> more information for the market. >> it became a lot of bad. >> that story did not go anywhere. it died on the vine. who cares. charles: the thing that worries me is i do think that this will be the central issue of 2016. we have this great american country. why are so many people not making money.

cheryl casone joining us with more.e way mirrored the blog you'll would determine it. >> the organization for economic corporation. the top 10 around the world who have the biggest economic periods, new york came in at number two. we saw 14-foot waves during that storm. those ways will get larger. they will have 18% warm rain. rain will be stronger than they were even two or three years ago. this is a city that needs to be on the watch. now, there is $350 million in federal funding. lower manhattan. get this. 350 million. they want to build around lower manhattan. >> like they have in holland. >> the fed is already giving them money. i spoke with the expert. it will be shrubbery. it will be sloping concrete. that is what they want to do. they will start construction and a couple of years. here is the thing. i spoke with janice dean this morning about all of this. she is lucky if she can get a five day forecast. [laughter] >> protecting us against what could be the effects on new york city. >> 350 million. you know that

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cheryl casone is here with the tips. we all need them. >> leah, no kidding. good morning. last day of the year is the last chance to make final adjustments that will effect your life. april 15th. if you work from home it is free pay all of the way. prepay local income and property taxes by paying it a day earlier than the first day of 2015 you are going to get a tax benefit a full year earlier. deduction double up means double up on certain itemized deductions or charities that you get a deduction for them and you get a standard deduction for the following year. that helps you. apply for your business if you have one. small businesses should buy equipment before the end of the year. you are not going to be able to make any big purchases. it is time to get deductions right away computers printers, corporate cars all that good stuff. finally you want to set up your pension plans before year's end. there's no need to fund them until september of 2015. this plan, if a plan is in existence before the end of the year. there's no need to put money into it until september 15th. le

cheryl casone for fox business with the purchases you should never put on credit cards. >> experts recommendedf reaching for the debit card use a credit card for certain purchases such as on-line purchases. if there is fraudulent activity they are easier to deal with. the checking account may take longer to put back. gasoline is credit cards since many gas stations put a temporary hold hotels are the same sometimes putting a holdup to $200. large purchases like tv's because it is defective. if there is any anything wrong with the television it is easier with your credit card. think about convenience stores for instance sometimes it is better to use a credit card. i don't know what you need for christmas you have a few days but i will recommend using a credit card. >> i haven't gotten your gift yet. i will work on it. thank you, cheryl. to find cheryl on fox business network go to foxbusiness.com/channel finder. >> it is 46 minutes after the top of the hour. the develop display? the latest state capital set to feature a satanic scene. if you are missing a christmas package we have an idea of wh

cheryl casone is here at the top of the show the best jobs of 2015. we have our best champagne. we have already put it on ice we will be drinking through out the show for new year's eve. "fox & friends" starts in about 11 minutes. get out of bed. >>> caught on camera, the incredible moment a little girl is saved after being pulled from a submerged car. video showing police frantically performing c.p.r. on four-year-old helena white. the girl had been trapped under water in her car seat for ten minutes. helena's mother took her eyes off the road and drove into a tyreke. neighbors tried pull the girl out of her car seat. she is currently in critical condition. >>> the liberty bowl making the highlight reel for the wrong reason. an assistant caught on camera hitting two opposing players. it happened on the west virginia sideline. the head coach alerted about it at half time and then told the assistant stay in the locker room for the rest of the game. >>> the boys and girls basketball teams at a high school in california now allowed to wear police protest shirts that say "i can't br

. >> i am cheryl casone. let's get right to the fox news alert.he search for missing air 8501 -- airasia flight. >> david piper is live in thailand with the latest. good morning. >> good morning to you both. indonesian officials say australian aircraft spotted objects floating in the sea in the search area. indonesia's vice president says they are likely to be debris from the aircraft. airasia indonesia jet on the way from singapore sunday morning local time. 162 people were on board. the pilot radioed in that he was facing bad weather and requesting a course change before losing contact with ind peesh indonesian air traffic control. no distress call was made. there are many nations in the sea. they asked if they needed help but so far the offer hasn't been taken up. the head of indonesia's search and rescue agency said the plane is likely to be at the bottom of the sea. he said he based this on the coordinates of the plane when contact wausz losts lost. special equipment is being used to help maintain the flight recorders. families are continuing

i am cheryl casone in for heather childers. >> i am leah gabrielle in for ainsley earhardt. >> a plane vanished off the indonesian coast. mysterious objects and oil spots have been seen in the water. let's get right to david piper. he has the latest details for us. >> indonesian officials say australian planes spotted octobers floating in the sea in the area they have been searching for the missing aircraft. indonesia's vice president says they could it could be debris from the planes. >> >> the search has been focusing about one hour into the airasia plane to singapore monday morning 160 people were on board. the pilot said he was

. >>> heading into the last hour of trading, we've got to check in with cheryl casone and see what she'sl: we are, of course watching another record close, right now the dow is down five point, but certainly a lot can happen. we're going to be on it for you right here. a lot of questions whether it's what's happening in greece, you were talking about that, the fact that oil is at a five-year low, and then really what is the best trade for the new year. looking ahead to 2015, we have got the all-stars joining me to talk about trading, of course, the economy and really we're going to see the growth we need to see in 2015. maybe a little bit of talk about energy with those gentlemen. and then well, it's black monday when it comes to the nfl. talk about firings across the board, rex ryan, yep, there he is he's not going to be standing in front of that jets sign much longer. he is out. many coaches are out. and gms, in the nfl. joe theismann is going to -- forgive me for in this -- going to help me quarterback in the next hour what he thinks this means for the team when you're a major player,

i'm cheryl casone in for liz claman. with two trading days left in 2014. after today, how do you play the markets to maximize your money and maybe figure out tax situation? let's get to floor show, traders standing by at new york stock exchange, the cme group and the nymex. this is a lightning round as we move into the final hour. scott, start with you with really what's happening in greece, a little instability over there. they can't hire a president, can't elect a president, scott, is that a concern for you now? >> if it would have been a concern, you would see the market down a lot more. seen the rest of europe down this morning. futures down. everyone is going nuts on twitter. my goodness, what's going to happen next? the dax went green, our markets went green. greece is a 2012 story, it's on the back burner until closer to january 25th. cheryl: certainly the 10-year, chris, jumped. is there opportunity here? >> yeah, there might be. might be a flight to quality there. you have guys taking a look at the overall market. so if there was a problem, they'r

lou: good evening, everybody, i'm cheryl casone in tonight for lou dobbs.ple stories breaking here tonight. we begin in staten island, new york, the grand jury declined to indict a white nypd officer for the death of 43-year-old african-american eric gardner, what you're looking at is live pictures in midtown manhattan. fox has a crew on the streets of midtown manhattan, the scene has escalated over the last 15 minutes or so. protesters coming from multiple parts of new york city starting in union square and other parts of manhattan have converged on midtown manhattan

i'm cheryl casone in for liz claman today. want you to take a look at the dow, not a bad thing, trading well below the all-important 18,000 level. this is intra-day chart, not so great. we are up slightly from session lows right now. did get initial jobless claims out today. that was one of the factors that triggers what we're looking at. the number of people filing rose to 298,000, while we did see it tick up for the year, jobless claims are at lowest level in 14 years. economic data wasn't the only thing that impacted markets this year. what matters the most to our experts? it's been a great year, to our floor show, traders at the new york stock exchange, the cme and the nymex. keith doing things different. i want to get your focus on the one person and business for this year that impacted you the most and maybe affected your investment decisions the most, keith? >> lots of candidates to answer that question. the one person for me was the saudi oil minister, he had a dramatic impact not only on the commodities markets but th

lou: good evening, everybody, i'm cheryl casone in tonight for lou dobbs. multiple stories breaking here tonight. we begin in staten island, new york, the grand jury declined to indict a white nypd officer for the death of 43-year-old african-american eric gardner, what you're looking at is live pictures in midtown manhattan. fox has a crew on the streets of midtown manhattan, the scene has escalated over the last 15 minutes or so. protesters coming from multiple parts of new york city starting in union square and other parts of manhattan have converged on midtown manhattan and very close. this is along sixth avenue. this is live pictures that you're looking at us coming to us outside of fox news hq in midtown manhattan. the mood has escalated in the last few minutes, the protests were peaceful, they began about an hour ago. in the last few moments, pushing and shoving, and as we were coming to air, we witnessed new york police officers pulling someone out of that crowd. we believe, could be an arrest, we don't know, all we can tell you is what we're seeing

i am cheryl casone in for liz claman and with only one more trading day left, that would be tomorrow for 2014, markets are pulling back well above session lows this coming the day after diaz and be reached another record high. what is the best way to play this? we have traders at the stock exchange, two traders at the cme group. i want to start with you, we are once again at the end of the year, low-volume, more volatility. how do you feel about the end of 2014? >> i think quite frankly all things considered when you see where we are and the year we came off of in 2013 it is quite amazing even with all the volatility and clearly a rising tide does not lift all ships, plenty of people have wounds to lick but by the end of the day i think the market has put on up remarkable performance a lot better than a lot of folks predicted. cheryl: we are seeing a pullback. i wonder if that is the last moment of opportunity, trying to make last-minute decisions in their portfolios before the end of the year. >> why do you have to make a last-minute decision? cheryl: by an accountant will talk abou

hello, everyone, i'm cheryl casone in for melissa francis. we're set to hear from the president as the house narrowly avoids a government shut down, approving a trillion dollar spending bill with only hours to spare. >>> new details surrounding sony's hack attack, including angelina jolie face-to-face run-in with sony executive after emails calling her a spoiled brat. this scene is awkward. >>> we'll tell you why clouds filled the grand canyon. look at those pictures. >>> from hairstylist to your handyman, how much to tip this holiday season. even when they say it's not it is always about money. cheryl: we begin with market alert, markets seeing red to the lowest since october of 2014. we have tony sayegh, fox news contributor. jack, to you first, very volatile week and volatility is name of the game looks like. >> absolutely it is crazy. stocks have gotten more expensive. s&p 500 was 16 times forward earnings. most expensive since 2009. signs from economy is good. earnings growth is decent. we had an advance in form of outsized returns for t

david: cheryl casone joining us with a look at what will be the fastest growing job sectors in the u.sdavid, liz, so interesting what the jobs will be like in 2015 and what the hot jobs will be in 2015 but to be clear many of these positions are the same jobs that were hot in 2014 and that is stem jobs, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. let's take a look at some of the jobs that will be the number one jobs and this comes from international, and their staffing and recruitment firm. biochem it and bio physicist, this is number one job opportunity for 2015. biomedical engineers, not just engineers but medical engineers. that is high demand opportunity for 2015. compliance officers, all about the lawyers, isn't it? and accounting and a lot of major financial first. compliance will be big. application software, engineer, computer application software engineer. all about frankly the cloud, if you will. finally, financial analyst. believe it or not financial planning is going to be one of the bigger things that we'll see in 2015. as far as hiring and jobs. companies with the s

cheryl casone how they did. >> a big beat report coming out of oracle. it is moving up over 4% right now in after-hours trading. estimate earnings per share was 68 cents. company coming in at 69. 1.9 billion in revenue. 1.6 billion was the estimate. talking about cloud. bring this to you, the board of directors declaring a quarterly cash dividend, 12 cents a share of common stock. talking a lot about the cloud. oracle has been trying to move the business into away from software services or at least software and move more into the cloud. looks like it is working. of that piece of that overall revenue number, liz, 7.3 billion was software and cloud revenue. that is very, very strong number. that gained for cloud bookings. cloud bookings in the second quarter, this is what we're talking about right now, a gain of 140%. really pushing the cloud. looks like payoff is there. stocks are moving 4% higher. >> should mention, this company is not a big beat, but the company missed earnings estimates for the past three quarters. a lot of people were prepared for a s

cheryl casone is here with that way to make that permanent next.la guardia airport opened for business and immediately every plane was lifted. in 1965, "turn, turn, turn" by the birds was the number one song in america. and in 1976, castro in cuba -- [sound of crickets] brii,brii,brii [male narrator] we've all heard how military veterans adjusting to the civilian world may have... certain... issues. 2... 30... 70... if only everyone had this issue. no matter what challenge they face, easter seals is here for america's veterans. >>> the business of christmas shopping already in full swing. that means employers are looking for people to do the ringing up at the cash register. cheryl casone from our sister network, fox business, is here with the top five companies hiring today. i've looked at the list, i heard of all of them. i love all the companies. they're look for workers. let's start are amazon. >> to be clear, they're all still hiring and look for people. yesterday with cyber monday, they were very strong for cyber monday. >> excellent. >> every

cheryl casone with where the jobs are. minute 45 for five big companies. >> i will make it happen. you. you know amazon. this is the company and they are hiring. all of these companies i am saying will still be hiring throughout the holiday season up to christmas day. amazon, 80,000 people, picking, packing shipping for order. a lot of jobs will be full-time after christmas. next of. keep going. honey baked ham. original spiral sliced ham. tastes great. 10,000 jobs. this is sales jobs for the most part they need help with. a lot of managers were seasonal hires. ended up becoming full time parts of the company. fedex, obviously you know fedex. they're hiring throughout christmas. they don't know how busy they will be. with all the online shopping anybody's guess how busy. 50,000 jobs, package handlers, helpers, drivers. based on growth expectations for company, they are telling us a lot of those workers will likely have opportunity to keep working. may not be full time and may be part time so it is good. target in a big price war with walmart huge. 70,000 people, mostly store associ

let's bring in cheryl casone. where do we want to live?in time for the holidays, where you do want to live, don't want to live, right? realtytrac came up with the fascinating list, the way they crunched data they looked at schools, crime, unemployment rates. start with the nice list. positive list, right. cary, north carolina, number one on the nice places to live. they have got unemployment of 4.4%. the foreclosure inventory incredibly low, .17% which is nothing frankly. they get an a for crime. a is good. f is bad. gerri: let me tell you, i'm from north carolina. cary has highest concentration of phds in the country because it is research triangle and lots of biotech there and lots of technology there so it is super wealthy. that has to be the best zip code in the country in my view. >> i think you're right. gerri: they agree with me. >> wanted to fill out texas names. i'm from texas. fairfax, virginia, was number two. david: nice place. >> pearland, texas, irvine, california made the list and frisco, texas. a lot of texas names were on

cheryl casone has the answer.rown christmas premiered and everyone got depressed, including linus. in 1993, u.s. astronauts completed their repair work on the hubbell space telescope and it never stopped work. in 1989, we didn't start the fire by billy joel was the number one song in the country and i suddenly understood social studies. ♪ ♪ you never jim jam shabriver flab dry ris.o is, bliss pounds hazy dray? drywall sh-boop leaver - murray. hey, big bog panorama corn salabaty? dude, squibble bits. mareyayzee. mormal snap jebby rolban jebby deetle flosh. [laughter] eh. now's the time to get in the loop. just look for our fall tv picks with xfinity on demand. huh. quickly find the season's hottest shows, huh. quickly find the season's hottest shows, with a handpicked collection all in one place. only from xfinity. >>> employers are in the giving spirit. they're expected to add 800,000 temporary jobs this christmas season and it's the biggest number since the start of the recession. cheryl casone from fox business

cheryl casone is here to explain the rest next.he first episode of "the simpsons" aired. in 2006, beyonce had the number one song in america with "irreplaceable." ♪ ♪ >>> the answer to the trivia question, chuck guardell. our winner is al marken from make, new york. you'll get a paperback copy of "george washington's secret six." meanwhile -- >> eight minutes before the top of the hour. 88% of companies will host holiday parties this year, down 8% from last year. perh because some employees forget to follow the rules. here from our sister network with what not to do at the boss' christmas party, cheryl casone. hey, cheryl. >> good morning. >> we get our act together, we can make the 8% a plus. >> the biggest thing for your office party, show up. there are things you don't want to do when you get to the party. the first is you got to think about exactly who you're inviting. watch this. >> you're probably -- >> hey, shaq, how are you? >> hello, hello. hope you don't mind, i brought an uninvited guest. >> to the christmas party? >> ye

cheryl casone is here. point number one, is 40 billion that big of a number? absolutely. compared to we were in the early 90s. 25% since early 2009. you and i talked about that previously. this is a sense to which we had back in 1991, 92, 93. it is now cheaper to buy a home than it is to rent. the millennial generation is not making the money that they need to make to go out and buy a home. they can not afford it. >> they have student debt. a lot of them have the lack of a well paying job right now. you have slowed job recovery. slow growth rate. all of that, it is a shame. i could not wait to buy a home. that was my dream. this generation, it is not happening for them. it is really a shame. stuart: middle class of america getting squeezed. cheryl, thank you very much indeed. look at donald's. the stock, that is. sales were down about four and a half percent. john cather, the host of bar rescue. he joins us now, as he often does. is this a problem specific to mcdonald's? >> well, burger king has been taking a hit for quite a while. it is a big number. it is an

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there are some restrictions, cheryl casone he watches real estate for us.hing you say is isn't this what got us in the mess in the first place? >> the truth is the housing market needs this right now. offering 5% taking it down to 3%. this is targeted for first-time homebuyers which i have said needs to get into the housing market for a full recovery. habits he praises prizes mellow out, which we have but also low income buyers as well. credit scores, w we'll talk abot this. at least 20. remember back in the day 500 change. charles: if you had a pulse, you were good to go. >> you have to prove you have a job, job status, income and assets as well. the agencies requiring borrowers to receive homeownership counseling. that is a new one we haven't heard before coming from any government backed agency alone fannie and freddie. charles: there was some pushback by people thinking it was not fair. insulting the intelligence of the buyer, but i think you are right. they have to get it at 40% to have a true healthy recovery. >> lending standards are still stretched

cheryl casone, i think you should pour some cold water on this. hey want to see housing go up. they make some interesting points. i will share them. some of it is true. yes, some of it is a big number. stuart: that is interesting. hot cities, basically. number one is atlanta? dallas is number two. 7% there. jobs in the energy industry. if you want to live in des moines iowa. bob% jump they are predicting for new home sales. if you want space, if you want life, a good education for your family, des moines, iowa. >> it is a great place. it really is. apart from the climate. >> denver is on the list, by the way. also, l.a. the number one hot cities for next year, atlanta. >> they call it hot land that. anyway. yes. take it with a grain of salt. speaking of georgetown university on wednesday, hillary clinton says we should emphasize with our enemies. what do you think this does to her chances in 2016? >> i think her record is open. if she is running on her most recent public service record, it is very difficult for her. look at the world. look at what

here is cheryl casone has new pictures of the interior. show the interior. : we have never seen the interior or renderings until now when the website finally went live. this is the penthouse. it is at 520 park, 12,000 square feet. will go on sale after the first of the year. it will be completed in 2017. this is a 54 story tower. this is becoming what we are calling billionaires' row. 61st street, at the upper east side of manhattan. this will be up brand-new sales record in manhattan if it sells at this price. stuart: the rest of the world where the billionaires are coming from is not in very good shape. look at russia and china slowing down. do you think that price level will hold? these billionaires' might not have all the billions. cheryl: a lot of these billionaires' put their money into other assets and have hidden their assets around the world. don't care if you from saudi, or russian or even some in western europe, many of these large-scale investors, multi-billion harris, one of the top as the classes in 2014 so i do believe this and also why will sa

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cheryl casone is our expert. 20% of counties in the united states, a big chunk of real estate, the price gone up so much that they are out of reach for middle-class americans. cheryl: if you look at the overall picture, that is what we have seen. stuart: it would seem to me that those are normal. cheryl: loss angeles county, san antonio, houston, these are all hitting new levels of affordability. this is a county by county breakdown. stuart: cell. what is wrong with that? what am i missing. cheryl: it is the way that market works. some are arguing that prices have become inflated because of all the investment money that has gone into them. you want to have investors as to her neighbor. >> we got to the truth. those investors that have driven investors of so much. [laughter] stuart: it is the middle-class squeeze. >> property taxes never went down during the housing crash. they were still squeezing the middle class. i will dig into it more. >> it is a thing we have been exploring on varney before. a huge pile of gifts under the tree. some of which is junk for the kids. ♪ stuart: i want to

cheryl casone the is here. that is a pr nightmare. >> those are racially charged statement. sound like. if you think about it this is a pr nightmare for sony. not a financial one yet. sony has been an incredibly successful studio. stuart: didn't something come out about medical records? cheryl: it has taken a dark turn with regard to e-mails. with regards to employee medical records, children's medical record, one child with special needs has a parent who is the employee of sony these are published by hackers. this is sensitive information. stuart: the bottom line to me is nobody's e-mail, certainly anybody in the public eye, there e-mail sino longer safe, if you could get into sony. cheryl: how safe is any corporation. what about sensitive information with regard to our military. i wonder why the president's e-mail have not been expos? something that he does. stuart: the whole feeling about e-mails is changed, the best way to be private is to send a letter. and shred it when you are finished. cheryl: even cellphone calls can be tracked. that thank you drone technology for t