. >>> cloer -- clorox, options values was 830% the normal value for the month. clorox is certainly a name we have mentioned here before. what do you make of the activity? >> the one thing that's probably most notable is that number you just said. 85 times that average daily volume. the rumor this week was proctor and gamble. does it make sure? sure it makes sense. i'm not sure the timing makes sense given they're selling out their pharmaceutical business. the con sen trags was the 60 and 65 calls. i just don't know the timing makes a lots of sense. there wasn't a lot of follow through. premiums held for about a day and then it died. >> time to get called out. winners are great but it's often the losers who can teach us the most. last week offered a bullish strategy on rimm. so far that's not working out so well. >> just because we're risking less to make more doesn't mean we'll come out ahead. >> what i'm suggesting is the december 70-100 risk reversal. >> generally when options traders buy a risk reversal, they're making a bullish bet on a stock by selling one

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clorox' sales are a quarter billion more than before the flu scare begin. lisolis half billion. the businesses are very sensitive to suggestion they're cash nothing on a potential global pandemic. >> i think the opportunity is not just to create the spike. the real opportunity is focusing on the education and the importance of the product on-going. >>reporter: so far no one is suggesting these companies are engaging in profit earing, but are they feeding the hike by posting updates on their website? >> it's a company's responsibility to provide good information about the proper use of the products, specifically if people are looking for that information. >>reporter: these companies are doing well. the real money is in the vaccine business. hope you'll keep looking for it even once the h1-n1 scare has passed. maybe people will carry these hygiene habits into the future. for more information about the swine flu and new coverage, go to our website at foxbaltimore.com. >>> baltimore's 5th family festival went on today despite not having stimulus funds to pay for it. >> (music playin

clorox sales this quarter are 1/4 billion more than before the scare began. lysol is $0.5 billion. but they resist the notion that this is an attempt to cash in on a global pandemic. >> the real opportunity is focusing on the education and the importance of the product on going. >> so far, no one accuses the company's of profiteering, but are they feeding the hype by posting h1n1 updates on their web sites? >> it is the company's responsibility to provide him permission about the proper use of the products, specifically if people are looking for that information. >> people cannot get enough of that immigration. they are doing well, but the big money is in the vaccine business. the u.s. alone has already ordered 195 million doses with five different drug companies, charging up to $20 a pop. there is a lot of cash to be made in the swine flu business. shepard: and a lot to be spent. thank you. the richest man in russia is on the verge of buying a huge stake in the new jersey nets. the man you see here could become the nba's first foreign majority owner who is not canadian. he is wort

clorox sales this quarter are a quarter billion more than before the flu scare began.ysol, a half billion. these businesses are sensitive to any suggestion they're trying to cash in on a potential global pandemic. >> i think the opportunity is not just to create the spike. the real opportunity is focussing on the education and the importance of the product on going. >> reporter: and so far, no one is suggesting the companies are engaging in profiteering but are they feeding the hype by posting h1n1 updates on their websites? it's really a company's responsibility to provide good information about the proper use of the products. specifically if people are looking for that information. >> reporter: these companies are do willing but the real money is in the vaccine business. the u.s. alone ordered 195 million doses and at $20 a pop, those companies stand to make out pretty well. in new york, rick fullboun. >>> our coverage is on www.myfoxdc.com. for a list of symptoms and the top 10 things you need to know about hen hidden, click on swine flu. it's under the news tab. >>

clorox sales are a quarter billion more than before the flu scare again. lie sol a half billion.ses are very sensitive to any suggestion they're trying to cash in on a potential global pandemic. >> i think the opportunity is not just to create the spike. the real opportunity is focusing on the education and the importance ever the product ongoing -- of the browkt ongoing -- product ongoing. >> reporter: so far no one is suggesting these companies are participating in profiteering are they feeding the -- [ inaudible ] >>it's really the company's responsibility to provide good information about the proper use of the products, specifically if people are looking for that information. >> reporter: these companies are doing well, but the real money is in the vaccine business. the u. alone has ordered 195 million doses and at 20 buck as pop, these companies stand to make out pretty well. in new york, fox news. >>> our coverage of the swine flu is always on on myfoxdc.com. for a list of symptoms and the top ten things you need to know about h1n1, click on swine flu. it's under the news t

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for example, clorox was downgraded from neutral to buy by goldman sachs. they did upgrade schlumberger from to buy from neutral. >>> president obama will visit wall street on monday to mark the one-year anniversary of the collapse every lehman brothers. we saw tim geithner defend the moves last nights on cnbc. what do we think? do we face more regulation and higher taxes? as a result of what's going on? firing off, former clinton white house staffer david goodfriend, and ron christie. you have 20 seconds to make your case, ron. let's start with you did we overspend? >> i think we did. i think they spent too much, and america is in a perilous financial situation. government spending is not the sluice to try to get out of a recession. we need to cut back, reduce of size of the deficit. >> david, you heard ron, he says there was overspending and that it was a bipartisan mistake. >> here's what's going on on my planet. right now we've seen the stock market have its best six months since 1938. right now the american taxpayer has made $4 billion on the bailout.

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proctor and gamble, clorox, colgate, all those folks. >> you have to come on and talk about walmart.dxy this morning hitting a 2009 low. at what point do you get concerned about walmart and think twice about putting more money into that name? >> it can be helped if they're able to get the pricing power on it. also, remember that 25% of what they do right mow is overseai o. >> also, another commodity breaking out to important levels today. oil now above $71 a barrel. this of course ahead of opec. opec output levels not expecting to change and we're seeing nice increases of stock prices. we've been in pretty much a range for a long time. >> and i think we may continue to be in this 60-80 day range. the saudis brought on more supplies and you're going to have speculation that people are going to make larger bets on smaller inkrementes. until you have major recovery globally and significant incremo i think it's hard to really break out from this band. >> let's bring in the expert here. the liquidator, joe joins us now on the fast line. joe, above 71 bucks. how much higher can we go? >> y

and lastly, let's check out clorox, down 1.6% to neutral from buy it goes at goldman sachs. mark, back to you. >>> we had a guest within the last week, i believe, who recommended chesapeake. wasn't -- it was only a few days ago, on the basis that gas was so cheap compared to oil. anyway, first solar -- i wish i could remember who it was. first solar is one of the most actively viewed stocks on cnbc.com. stock gaining 30% since the march low. has it run out of steam? is it clouding over? "because you clicked" we're talking to theo o'neal. you were one of the first analysts who have a sell rating on first solar. why are you so cloudy about this? >> well, mark, it's a growth story that's lost the growth. the company, just to try to keep things moving forward in the first six months of this year, has had to finance customers, financing wouldn't otherwise be available. they've had to help out with their distributors. you look at their receivables. it's going up six fold since the end of the year. and the world is a wash right now with low cost, solar panels, forcing first solar t

same firm goldman cuts 66 to 67 on clorox. limited exposure to stronger emerging markets and higher resin prices. slumber jay upgraded to buy from neutral. finally all state downgraded from neutral. goldman sachs analysts moves today. >> find out what traders are watching. ira harris joins us from cme. we know the market has been up five days in a row largely because of the weakness of the dollar. what's happening today with the dollar? what are people thinking? >> the dollar is a little bit weaker, becky, at this point. that's the correlation here. where we used to watch the euro, people have seen this correlation break down because s&p index has new highs. that zero yen cross emblematic of the trade isn't nearly as high as when the markets were under stress. that tells us the dollar is certainly the vehicle for all the trades that take place in the world. a lot is in the trade as i've talked about for months, equity markets are the recipients of the cash quote, unquote, carry trade. >> that's great news in the short-term. wh

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