santa drit, david asman and charles payne in studio. sandra, you first, girl.oring this. not at the races like yesterday, but nobody seems to car. >> one of those things, i talked to a trader, and he says if you go to the doctor and says you'll die tomorrow and you wake up on saturday morning, you'll be happy. washington cried wolf, the fiscal cliff talks, it's been something, the debt ceiling, and now it's the budget cuts. the market's not buying. they have an obligation to be in the market. those who missed the rally in 2012 fear missing this one. they stay in the market despite the fear mongering staying in washington. >> do you think it's for real, or do the traders have it wrong? >> it's for real. it's not based on america, but global prosperity that's never been seen before. saturday, look at the top stocks, and there's priceline, international, global, international, nonsteer growing outside the country. chicago prison iron at a new high. they got a contract in moe mozambique, oil deal, deals in australia and denmark and in the north sea. this is happeni

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dennis: david asman joins us. is doubling down on his ideology, bigger government, more spending for the government to guide the economic process. financial affairs whether it is the old-style infrastructure projects, i think it's going to be a little bit more specific but he has a new speech writer. a wordsmith, his new speech writer, he goes in for these sort of big sounding phrases rather than specific policy initiatives the president used to have. one hit against hi them in the t was it sounded like he was going down to details. they are stepping back now, looking at the grand vision, this grand vision of a government solving problems is one they want to focus on. the question is, what does that mean? it means more infrastructure projects, just saw them signed that bill on more wind power projects. dennis: president obama said he wants to cut corporate income taxes, what will be in the speech tomorrow about cutting business taxes? david: good question. rich: it depends on the industry you're looking at. typica

david asman is in place. david: if you don't succeed, drink, drink again.whole weekend. liz: regular king lear. david: if we make it into positive territory this will be consistent market. we've been doing well since the beginning of the year. it was way down but it has beaten its way back up except for gold which we'll talk about in just a moment. liz: let's go to nicole on the floor of the new york stock exchange. we can not ignore what is happening over last couple minutes at herbalife. the fight for that stock continues to heat up. carl icahn

david asman right here -- david: they still do that, i guess, right? they've still got the avon ladies. we've got a lot of earnings coming up this hour. the market is doing pretty well, looks like it might get to the plus side, but we've got buffalo wings, tangor factory outlet center. liz: let's goat to nicole -- let's get to nicole, 14,164 for the dow, but one large cap name not participating. >> reporter: that's right. it's exciting. we took out our intraday highs, so we did have that blinking number on our screens today. coca-cola was the loser today, down almost 3%. not good news for europe for them, and their revenue came this a little light, liz and dave. david: all right, apple. the stock was getting a little pumped up by the suggestion by david einhorn that they go out and do something with that $150 billion of cash they have. well, guess what tim cook did? he poured water on that, calling david einhorn a silly side show, and the stock didn't like that. >> reporter: he thought the whole thing was somewhat bizarre. he said that the idea of pref

, a lot of earnings after the bell like cisco, a dell component, david -- ashley webster in for david asman movement waiting for the correction that has not come yet. interesting results after the bell. liz: nicole has feelers on the floor, big names reporting in a few minutes. cisco now into the close. >> right, the dow component, looking good, a slight up arrow. cisco systems,

fox business's david asman. thanks for being here, david. loose lips. ceo of tight nan international is not holding back his opinion on france's work ethic. he was not france's industry minister to operate in a country where workers are paid out which is for basically only working about three hours a day. can you believe the backlash. by the way, going to be speaking to him. up to your button to second. should recall about? >> i wages for three hours of work. as nice work if you get. 100 percent correct. we go into these other countries with an american work ethic and expect that same performance. >> must protect workers in the world. >> i know. and what he is seeing is an industry dominated by the french unit, in this case which is an actual -- back by the communists and france's communist back unions. no surprise their saying that they didn't even want to save jobs, even at the price of extending there work hours. it would not do it. >> also, in power by the french government, but the leftist french government which is a big fan of socialism. it also

. >> tax train keeps rolling along but spending cuts gets derailed, i'm david asman in for neil cavuto, now they have the republicans number. senate democrats push to delay automatic spending cuts, for another three months, and the same time they demand tax hikes to be in go kind of short-term deal. sounds like groundhog day, and john lay feel said that would drive the economy into the ground, mattie, andoirk connel oh, connel are joining us thank you. we know what the democrats want. they want more responding and higher taxes anyway they can get it. the question is what the republicans are going to do about it. so far they have been snuckerred by the guys, what do you think that the republicans will do? >> i think they should tell them, you got what you wanted. what are you going to do? we knew and said you will get about 40 billion attract dollars by raising taxes on upper income, rich, whatever you want to call them. we still have a deficit over $1 trillion, they said they would run on this like fdr, and andrew jackson, what times are bad, run against rich and bankers, if i was the

david asman, awaiting for "after the bell." david: close to session lows, trading towards the dow

david asman, a lot to talk about today. david: who better to talk with than allen, former vice chair of the fed, influence what happens in the fed, but knows what's going on inside the fed. it was that idea, when the notes were issued today, that there's a lot more inviting the fed than before, as to when to end the printing that markets like. liz: markets love. back to nicole on the accelerated losses. >> when i think about that and talk to the traders, as soon as the minutes broke, we saw the dollar beginning to rally even more so. the ten year yield accelerate, and we've seen gold selling off. we continue to sell off and the vix higher as well. david: talk about gold specifically, down $40, obviously, as a result of what happened at the fed, but there was also news about inflation. inflation picking up a little bit, and that worried people a bit. bottom line is gold went down and gold stocks with it. >> right, and all of those factors are exactly correct, dave, and i would also add in south africa where they have labor pr

i am david asman, who has appeared magically through television next to liz claman. lauren simonetti's, we are very close to the end of the trade. we have this news perhaps medicaid and medicare weren't going to pay as much as they were hoping for and a whole bunch of stocks are down big-time. lauren: this health care sector over the past year, david, up 20%. liz: office supplies leaving the gate. we knew they would move because of the rumor yesterday and report that officemax and office depot might be linking up, but these are big moves today. lauren: huge move moves come ash as 30 plus percent during the session. did you know there were $158 billion in deals so far this year and only mid-february? david: and we will have a lot more to come. best buy doing quite well, why? lauren: best buy has started a turnaround effort, best buy shares are certainly higher. while that was expected, investors liking that move as well. liz: videogame makers to the upside. lauren: that is one investor optimism that playstation four could be announced tomorrow. it will be a big one. d

i'm liz claman along with david asman. nicole to

along with david asman.new york stock exchange, a number of earnings including dow component disney, etc. nicole: i am here and i am ready to talk to you. let's talk about disney going into the close, this is a name to reporting after the bell. not too far off of the all-time highs of the last 52

eastern with david asman and nicole petallides.continue our countdown to the closing bell now with cheryl casone. cheryl: so solar stocks are on fire today. lauren simonetti at the new york stock exchange with details. citi just upgrading a bunch of them. it is crazy. >> yeah, certainly upgraded first solar. but i want to show you where a lot of them trade. as you can see right here: this sector is on fire. one of the reasons is also they have sold off so much in the past year, essentially, so they are definitely getting some of their momentum back. there's also a report out today about a new trend where homeowners can have their solar panels installed in their homes and then basically pay for that by paying for the solar energy that they use every month. so that's another trend that we're noticing in the solar market. back to you cheryl. cheryl: lauren, thank you very much. we will see you soon. money gram is the second largest money transfer service, and they are gaining ground on the industry goliath western union. money gram, b

david asman will have a fit. he's a pan pandora fan, it's onl day and night. er 40 hours, david. today, obviously, a significant day for equities, more significant earlier in the day just within spitting distance of hitting the all-time closing high for the dow, but right now, up about 21 points. the credit markets can be a key indicator for stocks and where they might go next. let's peer into that with the market pricing of fixed income assettings pricing $3 million -- 3 million bonds all around the world from munis, corporates, the chairman of interactive data, and what's the message the corporate bonds tells right now? >> corporate bonds are priced with the lowest yields. they've been, maybe, since the 1950s, and high yield bonds in particular trade at the lowest yields they've ever been, and issues are record high. liz: translate that for what it means to equities, to stocks. >> that the yields you get on all kinds of bonds, even from high yield bonds with a high risk profile, very low relative to equities. >> they were so good a year ago. that was the time

david asman by the way yeah we're all working because the global markets are still open.e could still talk about big plays on president's day. is president's day the new black friday? maybe. retailers across the country are using the holiday to slash prices and offer very strong deals. check out some of the top deals today we found. wal-mart offering a 60 inch vizio hd tv for a $300 discount. the price tag, under a thousand, 998. macy's has a huge sale on jewelry. while the gap offers 40% off everything. everything in the store. there's one across the street here on 6th avenue. but we have an even better name for you, ddr corp., it's a real estate investment trust specializing in managing value oriented shopping malls with a few names you might know like wal-mart, target, best buy as the anchor stores. joining me now is the ceo of ddr corp. good to see you daniel. thanks for coming on the program today on a day when i know you're constantly checking the numbers, aren't you? >> absolutely, liz. thank you for having me. liz: are shoppers moving through the stores? what are

i am david asman in for stuart today. pushing to reduce or eliminate state income tax.carolina, kansas, nebraska all trying to make it move in that direction. republicans are also picking their battles. a governor just did a 180 on obamacare. she chose to give in. same thing for ohio's governor. he once lobbied the president for four fracking at a college basketball game. the great state tax revolt in the middle of it all. ♪ ♪ stuart: we are talking about the states and taxes and growth and chicago's fight with police over blackberry overtime. also saving the polar bears. with the company, sandra smith and elizabeth mcdonald. of course, nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange. you have smaller government at the state level and larger government at the federal level. liz: it is bad for the u.s. economy would it takes more manpower and brains to file the return on your income than it does to earn it. that is what the states are showing. watch out for what california did. there is nothing more permanent than a temporary tax. if they do this experiment, but the sal

. >>> well, of course don't forget stay with fox business's liz claman, david asman.g us after-the-bell earnings news from disney, chipolte, expedia and singh fwa to name just a few -- zynga. tracy: household names. the dow on its way to posting a triple-digit gain and the s&p 500 back above 1500. which is our next guest's year-end target. now what? does even go to work tomorrow? jack ablin, chief investment officer with bmo harris private bank. are you done for the year? do you close up shop? >> you know what? that's a good idea. if there wasn't a two inches of snow on the ground and at 20 degrees, sure i would pack it in but might as well come into work. tracy: so you're coming into work. you hit your target. what now? do you raise your target if we're doing this well in january? >> yeah i'll tell you, what we want to do is certainly reassess. we haven't sold. we're watching things. we may raise our target. i will say the first day of the year was probably, should have put into last year. in fact 1450 was our year end target for 2012. we came within a day. it just h

coverage including an interview with the ceo athenahealth on "after the bell" with liz claman and david asmantern. according to a new survey young adults are facing stress levels higher than the national average. the survey by the american psychological association. millenials, those people ages 18 to 33, reported being told by a health care provider they have a depression or anxiety disorder more than any other age group. 52% of the millenials said stress kept them awake at night past month. sources of stress are work, money, relationships, family and the could on my. no kiddings. -- economy. melissa: yeah. lori: you have to be 25 to feel the stress. melissa: makes perfect stress. lori: exactly. it is a tough time of your life, trying to sort out family, job, where you want to go with things. a lot of decision. >> there you go. lori: trying to be empathetic. you have to have a thick skin these days, right? melissa: i think so. that is the only way to get through. lori: putting apple's cash hoard to work. david einhorn has a plan as the stock struggles next. melissa: we'll tell you about a ne

keep it right here for complete earnings coverage on "after the bell" with liz claman and david asman.m. eastern. lori: how about this? college students take note. for those majoring in business and expecting to have the highest paying salary when you graduate, think again. according to a new survey by the national association of colleges and employers, students graduating with degrees in engineering are now earning more than in any other majors, including business the engineering majors typically earn about $62,000 as compared to nearly $54,000 salary miss majors rake in. the survey also found that not only is the major important but the university itself. with an employment rate of over 13% for people ages 18 to 29 shows both major and college choices are becoming increasingly more important. we saw with miss joule, she had a background in banking engineering and a whole host of things. melissa: definitely changes what fields everybody is looking at engineering computer science. >> and how much you want to spend on the college degree. melissa: that's right. lori: it may be a case of

melissa: keep it right here on fox business for complete earns coverage on "after the bell" with david asman and liz claman at 4:00 p.m. eastern. it is the trip that just won't end. 4 thou people are still stranded aboard a carnival cruise ship in the gulf of mexico. lori: looks great from here. melissa: they're saying the vessel will be towed to mow bee, alabama. carnival's triumph originally planned to take the stranded passengers to mexico and fly them home. but the gulf's currents changed their plan. foul smells, limited running water, makes conditions just miserable for those trapped on board. the passengers and crew have been stuck in the water since the engine fire on sunday. snoert of these disasters story hitting carnival shares although not done as much -- it is up in that chart overall. you can see the dip that came over the weekend when we found out about this. the stock has recovered and back today by 1%. look at the hit it took on monday. >>> stocks nearing an all-time high. we have got you covered. plus the u.s. drought is taking its toll. we're live in the pits of the cme as