back to headquarters for dominic chu and a market flash? dom. >> check out public service enterprise group. a leading gainer in the s&p 500. a northern new jersey based utility company that's soaring after reporting better than expected fourth quarter profits. yield above 4%. i can't remember the last time you saw this pap nice move for a utility company in today's market. back to you, kayla. >> dom, thanks. >>> another big story today, real estate. forget the cold and snow still on the ground. for house, it's all about spring. a real battle shaping up in the secretarier over a fordability. that's got the bulls and bears big in. diana olick over to you. >> reporter: kayla, all based and what some call affordability shock in 2014. home prices shot up dramatically last year as did mortgage rates. as buyers come out of hiding into the spring market, finding it more expensive. how much? 21% according to be online sales and analytic company. looked at median priced home, 20% down, 30-year fix. 10% rise in prices and rates from 3.5% to 4.5%, the

bob pisani and dominic chu are working that for us. dom, i will start with you. you really looked into this whole theory of how you can profit from the market going to the down side. >> either profit from it or hedge some of your exposure if you're long stocks because if those stocks are going down, you want an investment that goes up to counteract that loss. take a look at the volatility index, the vix, the fear index. this uses options prices. we won't get more complicated than that. it uses options prices to gauge what the volatility picture's like for stocks. you can see it's been up and down all over the place and it has spiked up just recently over the past few weeks. if you take a look at a more near term picture, see that, over the past three months it's up 47%. that's a massive move for one particular index, if you will. there's an etf that tracks it, vxx is the ticker. it's an chanexchange traded not. take a look at the spike up this way. that's a big one. there are etfs that track each of the indices. take a look at this one. this tracks the s&p 500 in

dominic chu, market flash. >> check out blackberry shares. disclosed a ten million share stake in the company during the filings. in addition, fbr capital markets upgrades the stock to market perform from underperform rating and raised the price target to ten bucks a share from 6.75 largely based on positive price momentum. the stock is currently up about 6%, 7%. doing pretty well in today's trades. sarah? >>> violence plaguing ukraine again today. we are seeing police squaring off with demonstrators at key buildings in ukraine's capital city of kiev. at least nine people, including two police officers, were killed. we have been seeing these violent clashes for weeks now in ukraine. there are two sides here. one that wants to be closer to russia. the other side wants to be aligned more closely with the rest of europe, the european yun. now you are seeing live pictures from kiev, evening. authorities are calling now for a curfew. no new traffic is being allowed into the capital city on this latest wave of violent protests. >>> we are also keep

we got dominic chu over there. he's talking about stock pickers' stocks. he is going to name names. what stocks you got for us? >> let's talk about this. i love the tour of the newsroom but we will give you a tour of the sectors and industries that are having real discrepancies in terms of the stocks that are outperforming and underperforming. it means that right now, stocks don't have to trade up or down together like they did back in the financial crisis. here's one industry you will love this. the machinery industry, the business. if i told you there was two stocks, one up 6% year to date and one down 6% year to date, and then i told you the one that's up 6%, interestingly enough in terms -- is headquartered in peoria, illinois. this one here is headquartered in moline, illinois. check this out. another clue for you. this one here, biggest name in construction -- >> caterpillar versus deere. >> yes. two similar companies. >> i didn't have to phone a friend on that. >> these two companies, similar but going in opposite directions. stock pickers win if they had picked caterpillar.

dominic chu has the report. >> reporter: the stock market has gotten off to a rocky start and that's got investors worried. this time many are blaming it on weakness of emerging market countries like brazil and russia, still others are saying it's not just those countries but bigger developed markets like japan. the stock market entered a correction dropping by 10% in value since its recent highs but is a pull back in stocks something to be feared? take a look at the last time we have a pronounced correction for u.s. stocks. it was between april 29th and october 4th of 2011. the s&p 500 lost 18% in that time frame. among the worst per poforming stocks were the ones with the most exposure to the ups and downs of the bigger picture economy. financials, materials and energy stocks all were hit the hardest. regions financial and oil companies like marathon oil conversely the stocks that weren't as impacted faired better. the so-called defensive stocks, utilities, consumers staples, they didn't fall nearly as much. think duke energy and colgate. after all we use electricity, gas, tooth pa

dominic chu has more. >> reporter: the word correction is making its way back into trader and investor chatter. generally speaking, a correction is loosely defined as a pull back in the stock market by 10% of more. within the s & p 500 index of large cap companies, over 100 stocks have hit that mark. and around 30 stacks are within striking distance of that mark. this does represent a buying opportunity for some experts. >> if we're in a bull market, this pull back is giving us a really good entry point, something we haven't seen in months, actually. so i'm actually pretty encouraged. but i do think people have to be careful. >> reporter: so if you've got the stomach, these are some of the names that are making their way onto investor's shopping lists in case markets do manage to recover from losses. blue chip well-known companies. 3 m, the ones who make everything from post it sticky notes to scotch brite sponges and cleaning supplies. it's a dow component down 10% this year. integrated oil giant ex on mobile does everything from extract the stuff from the ground to refine it and sell

my colleague dominic chu has a lot more on that. will bring that to you so we can talk a little about the p.e. firm who runs the firm, what exactly their interests might be in something like barnes & noble. this again isn't their foyers foray into the company. there had been previous interest there. >> a bit of background here, because there were big questions about this business, the weakness in the book stores, we have seen them closing all over manhattan. and the strength in the nook business. was this how the analysts and those who watched the stock expected it to play out? >> there are fewer and fewer analysts who watch the stock because the company has shrunk in its footprint and in its market cap over recent times. we know the nook business also just let go of a lot of the folks that had worked there, sort of lowering that head count. there's value but potentially not nearly what it was. there probably is some value left being sort of that last man standing, that last physical brick and mortar bookstore and barnes & noble cou

let's get to dominic chu. >> it's got your heart racing.er reporting better than expected fourth quarter earnings an revenues. the company earning 2 cents on sales of $243 million. it also issued a stronger than expected qq1 revenue. disney posted first quarter earnings of $10.04 -- $1.04 on sales. pandora reporting better than expected fourth quarter profit. sales matched forecast but it gave guidance below what wall street was expecting. coca-cola and green mountain. coke is going to buy a 10% minority stake in green mountain coffee. green mountain is still halted on this news. it is anticipated, kelly, to anticipate at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. so da stream, however, you want to watch those shares. they're moving lower on this news. if there's a competing beverage at home system, that's bad for soda stream, and we end with cbs caremark. it will ban tobacco in all its stores by october. >> we will see what happens when green mountain reopens. take a look at what's happen been happening with the cvs story. saying they will stop carrying toba

dominic chu is standing by with the results. >> okay, kelly. you got to know is the stock is up about the% in the after market right now. a sharp rise higher. this is expedia. reports earnings per share of 92 cents. that beats the average analyst estimate of around 86 cents per share. revenues also coming relatively in line, $1.15 billion in revenues. that compares to $1.14 billion for the average. expedia beating on the bottom line, in line on the top line, gross bookings show some strength. that's the reason why those shares, at least for right now, are up 9%. we're going to go through this release, bring you anymore details as they become available. back over to you. >> all right. much appreciated, sir. expedia, of course, has moved around a lot on earnings. for expedia, this move isn't that big. we'll keep an eye on the shares, of course. you were about to make the point want the debt ceiling. should we be worried that we're heading for another round of brinksmanship? it's been pretty quiet out of washington. that's usually a good sign. >>

a check on what's coming up on "street signs," over to mandy drury. >> thank you, dominic chu. this the eye of the storm or is the storm over j over? and on our show, saying not so fast. also, amazon has probably already taken over your shopping cart. right? now it feels like amazon might be eyeballing your living room as well. we're going to discuss that and, of course, much more, guys. tune in. top of the hour, in about 15 minutes' time from now. back to you. >> mandy, thank you. looking forward to that. >>> meantime, shares of general motors moving higher, even though the company's latest profits dropped by 13% by missing estimates. revenues fell short. phil lebeau speaking with gm's chief financial officer. opened lower, trading higher, what's going on? >> part of the conference call with ceos and when you look what they said on the conference call no panic. no, hey, things are collapsing around us. it was more a case of we know we had issues in the fourth quarter and believe that the 2014 will be even better. keep in mind, gm eps for the fourth quarter, 21 cents below esti

dominic chu, back to you. >> great. i got watch my suits now, of course.atamaran shares, tyler. shares sinking after benefit management says the profit outlook falls below wall street expectations trading ten times it's normal volume nap stock is down big, sue, you can see there. back to you. >> always natally dressed. thank you. >>> and prime and punishment, a multimillion dar fraud and a brazen murder plan. on the cates case. >> a con man locked in this cell and filled with rage hatches a wild scheme to kill. only on cnbc. coming up next on "power lunch." ok, here's the way the system works. let's say you pay your guy around 2 percent to manage your money. that's not much, you think except it's 2 percent every year. does that make a difference? search "cost of financial advisors" ouch! over time it really adds up. then go to e*trade and find out how much our advice costs. spoiler alert. it's low. really? yes, really. e*trade offers investment advice and guidance from dedicated professional financial consultants. it's guidance on your terms not ours that'

she's been in the courtroom, she'll join us shortly with more detail, but in the meantime, dominic chue news here on cnbc. give us what you know that we have not already given to our viewers. >> it's interesting. obvious obviously, with know the circumstances which stocks were involved. kate kelly will be out shortly with her analysis on this whole situation. interesting about this to me is u.s. attorney bharara. a man part of the delivering alpha conference here at cnbc. man the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york pb u.s. attorney, now undefeated in insider trading cases against defendants. when they bring cases against those people who they have enough evidence to actually try to go after for insider trading, ba h bharara has not lost one, in what i know. >> okay. >> before we go to break, this case has been really going on a decade against sac capital. this is i believe the eighth conviction. seventh orsattith conviction or insider trading. sac capital itself pleaded guilty to insider trading paid a $1.2 million fine back in november. this is part of a decade-long in

. >>> let's go up to dominic chu for a market flash. >> check out pharma cyclics. a drug approved to treat leukemia, stock shooting up 3%, session highs. back over to you. >> thank you very much. >>> the heavy snow in the east, drought in california, some say it is the worst drought that state has had in a century. the only real solution obviously is steady rain. there is an irrigation effort and an irrigation industry out there. jane wells is live in california. >> reporter: you know, maybe you can buy one of these fancy new sprinkler heads but what if you don't have any water to go through it. this is the largest outdoor ag show in the country, 100,000 people expected. at a time where this is the hardest hit area of the drought. the governor is expected here any minute, the president will finally be visiting this area on friday. farmers here grow about half the nation's produce. they are looking for ways to stretch every gallon of water, better sensors, irrigation. from publicly traded companies like trimbull, that stock up over 10% on a strong quarter. an israel

joining me, dominic chu and stephanie link. got a lot of earnings to deal with.et's start off with buffalo wild wings, the company trading higher ahead of its fourth quarter earnings report. this is an example of a high valuation company, lots of expansion plans and dwindling food costs. does that sound familiar to you? it was the same setup going into the quarter, we saw chipotle turn higher. it comes ahead of the number. when it comes to food costs, get a load of this, chicken wing prices were $1.75 in the quarter compared to $2.07 a pound a year ago. so they are really coming down very quickly here. they are also engaging in a simpler portion system, simpler also smaller so costs are also in their favor there. they just opened their 1,000th restaurant. morgan stanley downgraded it saying it's rich in valuation. i don't know if you can pay 39 times earnings for a restaurant chain. >> it's hard. especially since earlier today, we were talking about yum which is actually quite a bit cheaper. they both have positive operating leverage potential because you talked

. >> i think we just showed dominic chu on there, too. >> i want the chicken noodle soup and signature that's all i'm thinking about. >> tell us who your think won that debate. tweet us with #bull or #bear. we're going to give you the results at the end of the show. >>> dominic chu, back to you. >> i'm going to wash it down with a coca-cola. the beverage giant posting lower quarterly profits. 46 cents a share. revenues a bit shy overall. global sales volumes rose less than expected in the quarter and fell in north america. another key market for them. that stock is down 4% right now. so, scott, coca-cola losing a bit of that fizz in today's trade. >> stefanie, one of the issues here, the chatter going into the earnings report was because of what's taking place in the emerging markets, you had unsettled growth in the em s an then slower growth in the dms, developed markets. that's a problem if you have both of these key areas slow. >> very much so. >> slower. >> very much so. i wasn't that impressed with pepsi's quarter last week either and everybody was touting that as at least they go

first time this year, dominic chu. >> within a stone's throw of 200 points so check out sony. the stock is moving higher on a reported japanese nikkei newspaper that the company is in talks to supply a possible camera component to apple's iphone so you can see the stock is on the rise. gradually throughout the course of the day but still a story worth noting if it comes to fruition. back to you. >> thank you. it is lunchtime on wall street. sara eisen is talking cheese and buns. >> a lot of companies making changes to their food, kraft, subway, many more. i will have the fulmenu next. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom. yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief!

. >>> dominic chu has the details at the flash desk of tesla. >> it keeps on motoring higher and higher. another record high again today. tesla shares powering forward. 4% move off session highs. panasonic is considering investing in a u.s. car battery plant and buy tesla with an investment of $979 million according to reuters. it's part of tesla's blueprint for a more of for theable electric vehicle. the stock soared yesterday after the morgan stanley upgrade. doubl doubled the price target. this stock is up around 71% this year alone. scott, i don't even know what to say about tesla anymore. >> let's go to pete. >> the options have been signaling, people are -- i don't know whether or not they're trying to protect themselves or going in and saying, hey, this is something we think is going to continue. they're buying the 295 calls today, 300 calls today, 310 calls. that's what the stock trading around 260 earlier. so a lot of folks out there don't believe this run is over just yet. >> you're not involved in any way shape or form. >> i was in tesla but i'm not now and i might jump in ag

first, though, to dominic chu. he was here yesterday and he is still here today. he's looking at companies likely to win by the cold weather. >> there is a flipside to every coin. let's kick things off with companies that get hit by the bad weather. first, perhaps no surprise, of all the snow, ice and sleet, airlines like united have had a tough go. take that united, continental story. the vice chairman called that first polar vortex in january among the worst weather events in the company's history. it canceled 6300 flights and other airlines canceled tens of thousands more. a lot of that revenue is now lost, perhaps never to be had back again. what about restaurants? take the cheesecake factory, for instance. they are a big one. when it rains and snows that much, you can't really get out to your favorite eateries. that's a lot of lost revenue as well. it said severe weather impacted its business and of course, there's walmart. that said the plethora of storms hurt their sales as well. a lot of the losers here, but there are beneficiaries to all that cold weather

sara eisen reporting on similarities and differences but first let's go to dominic chu on some lessons from prior corrections. >> let's talk about the definitions of a stock market correction. they vary but the gist is straightforward. a pullback in prices from what has been an uptrend overall. some traders use a 10% discount as the mark of such an event. the dow and s&p 500 are both about halfway to that point. it's one of the bearish cases for stocks right now. so far today, the dow industrials have fallen below that 200 day moving average or its longer term trend line, if you will. that hasn't happened since december of 2012. then there are other markets around the world like japan and russia which are already in correction phases themselves. federated investment strategist linda dissel is looking at negatives like positive weakness in manufacturing and of course, durable goods orders as well. however, these market dips have happened in the past and investors who have bought on that weakness have been rewarded, going all the way back to the depths of the crisis in 2009. having a sho

dominic chu is here. not a bad way for the bears or the bulls to start a monday off. >> you can't really blame any of these traders here. i have spoken to a ton of them. they all say we're waiting on janet yellin's testimony for tomorrow. this is very much a holding pattern for the markets, a wait and see market. the s&p 500 has traded within a five point range all day today. the dow, maybe 40, 50 points. this is not a market that wants to do anything until it gets some certainty about what's happening. >> yellen is the perfect excuse to sit on your hands today. >> until tomorrow. right. there are some industries on the move. if you take a look at the more cyclical sectors, they are to the down side a little more than the others are. a few industries in particular, housing has taken a bit of a shot more so than other parts of the market. names like d.r. horton, pulte homes. if there are concerns about the economy, those tend to get a little more hit than others. also take a look at building products compa

. >> up next, we'll check in with dominic chu to see what's moving the markets. bell, chocolate lovers beware, the world could run out of chocolate within six years according to some report. we'll talk to the ceo of hershey to see if this tragedy can be averted. (announcer) scottrade knows our clients trade and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my charts, and spend more time trading. their quick trade bar lets my account follow me online so i can react in real-time. plus, my local scottrade office is there to help. because they know i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) ranked highest in investor satisfaction with self-directed services by j.d. power and associates. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. >>> welcome back. it's certainly been a seesaw kind of day for stocks here. >> yes, it has. dominic chu, which

joining me is dominic chu.cted revenue yesterday. look at the reaction in the stock because it is a sharp reaction. part of this can be explain bid just the run that hain has had. over the past two years it has been a double. in terms of what they said for the quarter, yes, the quarter that they reported, there were some disappointments but they did boost their full-year earnings as well as revenue forecast including the impact of acquisition of a recent acquisition that is a basami rice corporation. they're looking forward. they say the concerns about a slowdown in u.s. consumption. those are simply overblown and interesting because if you look at the valuation in the stock despite this big run it's had, compared to the five-year average pe, it's actually lower. trading at 29. the average five-year pe is two. >> we talked about this last night as well and he said it. this is just perhaps a pause for a stock that's had a really good run. and again, if it is a slowdown, it's really a certain part of the consumer

joining me today, cnbc's dominic chu and jon najarian.ove ver. advance outer parts surging after reporting the fourth quarter earnings. dom? >> it was an earnings beat and decent size beat. sales didn't come in quite as hot as people thought but they gave a forecast for the coming year that was good. above a lot of analyst estimates. what they said during their comments is they saw some softness during the bulk of the year but a strong momentum trade for their parts and their sales in the fourth quarter that think they could carry over. it makes you wonder whether or not the winter weather has people fixing their cars or buying new ones. >> the potholes and windshield wipers. >> all of that. this trade overall has been on fire. take a look at what happened with aap, ended a streak of declining store sales. 29th straight quarter of double-digit growth. take a look at all of them and today they are on fire. let's look at apple trading higher after posting stronger than expected fourth quarter earnings. we saw the big pop carrying over today

dominic chu breaking down the numbers. >> about 2, 2.5% move to the up side.they come out with earnings of $1.15 a share versus analyst estimates for 96 cents. a handy beat there. also, in terms of revenues, $8.62 billion versus $8.65 billion. also, a couple headlines here. aig's board has announced a 25% increase to the company's dividend. it will now be 12.5 cents per share quarterly. that's a big headline as well. also on share repurchases, they've announced an additional $1 billion boost to their share repurchase authorization. that brings the total authorization including the previous one to $1.4 billion remaining. again, share repurchase boost, dividend boost, top-line beat, bottom-line beat. looks like a nice move here. back over to you. >> thanks very much, dom. aig ceo bob benmosche will speak with me shortly in a first on cnbc interview. he's going to talk earnings, obamacare, the economy, markets, and a lot more. there's so much to discuss. please stick around for that. in the meantime, mary thompson, your view on what's going on with aig, the finan

dominic chu is on top of it. >> let's start off with cisco systems.than wall street was expecting. its sales coming in a bit bf expectations. cisco raised its quarter difficult le dividend to 19 cents a share. mon da lez reporting weaker than expected fourth quarter earnings and sales. it gave 2014 guidance that was better than expected but near term economic conditions would be challenging. and then cbs reporting better than expected four quarter profits and sales. also announcing a $1.5 billion accelerated stock buyback program. those shares bigger gainers in the afterhours. whole foods markets reporting weaker than expected first quarter profits and sales. it trimmed its 2014 earnings outlook and right now they're the big loser down 5%, 6% in the after hours. a programming note, whole foods co-ceo walter robb will be on live on "squawk on the street" tomorrow at 9:00 eastern on cnbc. we'll all be tuned in closely for that report, kelly. back over to you. >> it's a big move lower in their shares. major earnings out in the last couple minutes but wha

over to dominic chu for a quick market flash. >> kelly, let's talk about noodles and company.porsing weaker than expected fourth quarter profits and sales. you can see that stock is down 15% in the after market trade. so a big year out of the gate but at least this time around down in the after market. back over to you. >> wow. 11% downward. >> i think an important point -- herb/herb doesn't matter. >> herbalife and herb. >> remember, this is from last year's class of jobs act ipos which were so many of the ipos from last year. they got out perhaps when they shouldn't have. this is a company that, you know, right out of the gate disappointed, and the stock had done well. you abo we're seeing a number of these companies start to fade -- >> but that's a really important point. are you sure it's going to be because of the jobs act and not specific to -- >> no -- >> -- noodles -- >> and the restaurant industry as well. >> there were a number of restaurant stocks that went out, including potbelly. the jobs act took a lot of companies out. we saw the big class that people aren't exp

dominic chu gives us a round up. >> we have a lot going on here.g weaker than expected third quarter earnings and sales. you can see there, you can see down about 9%, 10% in the afterhours session. panera losing ground after slashing guidance. you can see those shares down as well. potbelly is off of its lows. it reported better than expected fourth quarter earnings on slightly lower sales. it also said full year comparable store sales would grow in the low single digits. and then there's analog devices off of its highs. it posted better than expected first quarter profits and also increased its dividend by 9% and increased the stock buyback to $1 billion. it also gave q nps2 guidance that was slightly better. >> thanks very much. now, today medbox shares were tumbling down more than 11% despite the government's recent green light to bank on doing business with legal marijuana sellers. medbox's ceo will explain why his stock had such a downer day. and later, your thoughts on apple potentially buying tesla. tweet us @cnbcclosingbell. your thoughts o

dominic chu, what's behind this comeback? >> blackberry shares moving higher on facebook's $16 billion acquisition of whatsapp. also, coca-cola gaining ground after increasing its quarterly dividend nearly 9%. coke shares getting a pop. electronics and retailer conn's saw its stock plummet after it cut profits for the year citing higher debts expenses but avis rose after posting better than expected fourth quarter earnings, boosted by strong sales growth and higher price. we're going to end things with walmart, losing ground after reporting fourth quarter sales that came in shy of estimates. its 2014 earnings estimates also came in below analyst consensus views. kelly, bill, back over to you. >> all right, dom. thanks very much. with walmart the worst down performer today, is this a buyer opportunity, or today's earnings a canary in the coal mine? >> joining that conversation, mike santolli from yahoo! finance. michael, this should be walmart's time given the nature of the economy right now, given their size, their scope, the

also joining us, cnbc's very own dominic chu. great to see all of you. david, you have been notably more bullish on the u.s. economy of late. do you change your mind after a couple weak job reports? >> the answer, kelly, is no. the other question is which report do you want to pay attention to? because there are actually two reports that came out today. there was the nonfarm payroll report report, the plus 113,000, but also the household survey which for the second month in a row was a blowout number. that was up 638,000. although the f-- >> jim, do you agree? we had that horrible number in december. we thought the january number is going to help clear things up for us and it just clouded the picture. if you're just looking at the payroll number. >> yeah, the payroll number was not good. on top of that, if you look at the report, they also have this thing called persons not working because of bad weather. 262,000. and the average for all of january is 415,000. that was below average right now. so you sum it up and the payroll number is not a good number.

dominic chu is back with us with the names you need to know. >> so poetic, kelly.ast hour we gave you some big name stocks that are in correction land including some big names in retail and transportation. performance of amazon, ralph lauren, kansas city southern. here are the bright spots we're going to pair those names off with. when it comes to the internet and dotcom side of things, amazon not doing that great but look at internet giant facebook. it's not nearly as established but making upside waves in the market up 15% so far this year. ralph lauren, we told you it was down but a different kind of apparel company is heating things up, that's under armour. it's soaring up almost 20% just since the start of 2014. and on the transportation side, kansas city southern was struggling, down 18%, but turn your heads to the skies and you've got united continental air airlines which is still soaring building on last year's gains. around 130 companies in the s&p 500 are either flat or up for the year. so it all really depends what you want to put on your shopping list,

preview now with the intrepid dominic chu. dom?icture macro and work down. tuesday, keep an eye on empire manufacturing, also the home building housing market index is that day. wednesday brings us the ppi, producer prices. housing starts and building permits as well. fed minutes from january, that's going to be a big one as well on wednesday. thursday is the cpi, consumer prices, weekly jobless claims, the philly fed and leading indicators. friday we have existing home sales. on the company front, we've got coca-cola reporting its earnings on tuesday as well as herbalife. that's always a big one to watch. tesla reports on wednesday. and thursday is a big retail day, walmart, nordstrom, hewlett-packard, priceline, groupon, all dishing out their quaus quarterly results. back over to you guys. >> dom, thank you very much. we're heading to the close, 12 minutes left and we continue to bring it in here. the dow was up 141 or thereabouts at the peak. now up 119. we'll get you closer to the closing bell. >> and later help wanted, airline

we'll check in with you in a little bit for that, dominic chu with a market flash. >> and beginning coverage of the company with a birating, a $70 buy rating on the stock thinking the company's valuation is cheap given strong u.s. and international expansion plans ahead. the stock currently up 1%, to 2% in today's trade. >>> a developing story. take you to western pennsylvania. a train carrying oil and propane, which is in short supply, has derailed in the town of vandergrift nap , that is a just northeast of pittsburgh. and our nbc affiliate is live near that train derailment. dave what can you tell us? >> reporter: tyler, this is a big derailment. over 20 cars derailed. all of them except two were carrying propane. i want to show you right now exactly the scene, at what we're looking at. you can see the redetailment right back there. the cars on the side of the hill. it's really bad. one car actually went into that building right over there. thankfully, and believe it or not, no one was hurt. i want our photographer to pan down. you can see, it's hard to see through the trees but the worke

. >>> and over to dominic chu. what are you watching? >> how about this smiley face? increasing dividend by 13.5% to 50 cents a share. the insurer's 32nd consecutive increase. stock up a percent in ta trade. chubb the name. >>> one indicator that might telling you the markets are heading for a pothole, and plus, can you guess are what the best performing fast food stock is? a hint, it's not mcdonald's. surprising name, actually. we're going to have it coming up, along with australian music. >> i'm loving the music. >>> later, food labels will soon be on fat shaming, with news that -- you know, a winning move. calorie counts. is it a big, fat waste of money? we'll debate that. >>> first, what is ahead on the "closing bell"? go griffith. >> on the s&p 500 record watch. fourth day in a row. we'll see if we can do it today, finally. wells fargo, why he believes we could see the s&p hit 2,000 by the end of this year. one offy whoer numbers we're seeing, and hear from somebody who says effect what's happening on wall street. >>> instint annalysis of earnings. a lot more. se

got to get to dominic chu. ugh is all you can say this. giving deckers the boot. after-hours trade. it was down 20%. it is down 12% now. you have to know it reported fourth-quarter earnings and sales that beat street expectations. but it's the guidance for the first quarter and a certain extent, the full year. the first quarter guidance is a loss of 16 cents a share. the street was looking for a 9 cent profit. that stock was down 19% at one point. it's gotten back a lot of the losses. but the forecast this time that has investors worried. >> thanks, dom chu for that. this has been on fire because of the notion that they could control their costs with not just the sheep skin, which is coming down in price. but their peer line, which is a way of treating wool. >> the gross margins went up, i'm baffled why the gaines is so poor right now. this is a company that's been killing it. when you look at the ecommerce sales, those are up extreme, as well. they're working in just about everything. but the forecast right now is looking for something worse than what they did in q3 and q4. >> are

. ♪ >>> earnings alert with dominic chu on expedia, moving in after-hours. >> expedia is moving higherfter posting better-than-expected fourth-quarter profits. they came in line slightly higher than froorecast. >> up 14%, beakers. >> just monster, monster moves. you know, hopefully you're in it. i'm not sure tomorrow morning you go out and buy expedia, up 14%. if you're long it, i'd get out probably at least one-third. at 75. >> time for today's top trades here. gm. shares seeing a nice reversal after fourth-quarter results on the top and the bottom lines. what did you make of this quarter? >> a few things. it was a good day to announce a miss, with the market up this much. and as you and i talked about, maybe a little kitchen sink quarter when you have a new ceo. but there was some noise. it was a miss. but there was a fair amount of noise in it, as well. japan is really potential headwind there. they have some restructuring charges. i don't know if one should think about restructuring charges as a recuring item or extraordinary item. there seems to be restructuring charge. i penalize

dominic chu has more on the story. >> so all the facebook talk, despite the down tad today overall, still up over 20% this year. dig deeper into the internet software and services industry within the tech secretary perp it's the best performing industry group within the tech sector overall. specifically, six company makes up the s&p 500, internet software and services industry. verisign a company providing internet, infrastructure and security services and offers internet domain, registry services shares down 7%. not a good performer. internet giant yahoo! down 7% as well this year. then there's ebay online payments, electronic marketplace. shares relatively flat. then there's, of course, the star performers. websearch and advertising jintd google, just talking about, helping hire in terms of the overall moves for the industry, up a about 7% in the year. an biggest gain overall, up nearly 30% in 2014. coming up in the "closing bell" our final sectors installments looks at the nebs generation of internet companies not necessarily big enough for the s&p 500 but grab their share of headlines

dominic chu joins us with more. >> so much anecdotal evidence with regard to what companies are sayingut the earnings picture because of things like weather. take for one earl hesterberg at group one automotive. they sell cars. the ceo says the severity and extremely widespread nature of this storm this year is far beyond our normal experience. expect to negatively impact our first quarter earnings by about 15 to 20 cents per share. they are already putting a number on it. get ready for a hit for earnings per share. and the ceo of lundgren saying we are to do a job, then there's a snowstorm, the foundation isn't poured, we can't put in the door or upgrade the door, those are real issues that can have some headwind in the first and fourth quarter. two ceos managing expectations. now take a look at this. s&p capital iq put together a survey of analysts about expectations for earnings growth in the quarter. check this out. on january 2nd they said 5% earnings growth. fast forward to today, that 5% earnings growth is now more like 1.5% earnings growth. so already taking down the estimates.

let's send it to dominic chu. >> i love coupons, too, but that's beside the point. how about two medical stocks getting whacked today. medivation plummeting after revenues would come in lower than expected in 2014. then endologix sliding after it forecast its slowest annual growth rate in ten years, hurt by weak sales in the united states. endologix makes minimally invasive treatments for heart disorders. two big medical names in the news today. tyler? >> thank you very much. i hate coupons because it's always the person in line in front of me who has a fistful of them. >>> weather has really been hitting the housing market. pending home sales out today. diana olick, who never carries coupons, is live in washington. >> reporter: not true, exactly. but you're right about the weather. realtors are blaming the weather yet again for flat home sales in january. but not entirely. also, a huge lack of supply of homes for sale on the market today is really keeping sales far lower, especially in the west. take a look. pending home sales or signed contracts to buy existing ho

we are dominic chu on what's moving right now. sarah eisen with us on the move in interest rates. and mike santelli as well. what are you watching on the move? >> overall, you're seeing some movement here to the session highs with the dow, the s&p, and the nasdaq. if you look at sectors gaining overall, it's been interesting because if you loon at the constituents of the s&p 500 it's interesting that the sectorwise you're seeing materials, some of the energy names, that kind of thing doing pretty well. also if you look at some of the other names more cyclical oriented, they're moving to the upside as well. if you look at the broader based rally here, scott, there are some technical levels some traders have been watching. they look for patterns. the patterns have been satisfied for the short term. it may explain one of the reasons why you're seeing a strong move on what's been viewed as pretty much an in-line testimony from janet yellen. fed chairman janet yellen on this particular day, scott. >> sarsarah, you have bond yiel moving high and preceding the fed chairman as being a tou

. >>> to dominic chu for a market flash. >> check out shares of aquin financial. there are new concerns about the company, one of the nation's largest mortgage servicing companies. in a letter, he said his office had found a number of potential conflicts of interest between ocwen and other public companies with which it's affiliated, that it really could work with. it can harm borrowers, push homeowners into foreclosure. so those shares drifting toward session lows. >> a big percentage loss there. thanks very much. >>> breaking news in the bond market. the five year note going up for auction. the two year yesterday. got an a-minus what about today, ricky? >> if you have $7.3 trillion in national debt, this is the kind of auction you want to see. a for apple, solid pretty much on every metric. let's go through it. 35 billion, the w.i. was 1.54 offered at 153 1/2. we priced it under the offer side. 1.53 is the ultimate yield, lower yield, higher price. that's solid. we look at the bid to cover was the strongest since september of 2012 at 2.98, ten auction average is

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thank you very much, dominic chu. so which stocks should you consider marrying with your portfolio? let's ask robert luna and matt mccormick. great to see you. i'm going to go straight to disney. we didn't actually know we would be talking about that because it was a live quiz and we weren't given the answers in advance but robert, you have disney as one of your top picks. for full disclosure, i think it is your personal largest position, right? >> it is. i'm definitely talking my book. it's my personal largest holding and our clients' largest holding also. the reason is, i think mandy, disney epitomizes the type of stock you want to own right now in a year where the s&p 500 is pretty much trading at fair valuations and what the market's looking for is companies that could be on the top line, bottom line and really importantly today, you have to have a robust pipeline and roadmap for future growth. if you look at disney, they just reported earnings, all five of their segments double digits. look at "frozen." that movie is heading towards $1 billion global box office. they are the ul

let's head over to dominic chu for a quick check on markets. >> scott, it was green before and now it's red. although just fractionally i will say the dow has just turned negative down by a tenth of a percent. down 16 points. the nasdaq composite breaks an eight-day winning streak here leading all decliners and the s&p 500 off by three points as well. speaking of the nasdaq, check out what's going on here with facebook shares because they're very much in the green. 2% to the upside. they did hit a record intraday hi over $69 per share at 1 one point today. facebook shares very much in to focus. u.s. steel shares are the biggest losers in the s&p 500 after the commerce department said that south korea is not dumping steel in the u.s. at below cost. it isn't going to impose dshl taxes on the imports. that's hitting domestic makers like u.s. steel down 7%. and we're going to finish off with what you guys were talking about before. natgas over $6 per million btus. that's helping to put a bid on stocks in the market. bigger gnat gas names like devon energy, chesapeake energy, and console whi

let's get to dominic chu with the details. >> hain has taken a hit on a revenue guidance number.t earnings and sales were in line with analyst expectations. the company mentioned that gross margins were negatively impacted in the quarter. shares of the company are flat so far entering today in this aftermarket. but they're up nearly 60% over the course of the last one year. perhaps some profit-taking pushing that lower, as well. back to you. >> thanks, dom. hain celestial. >> it's interesting. the quarter's not terrible. slight revenue miss. it cleared the guidance. when you trade at that valuation, unless you say everything right, that's going to happen. the story is fine. but you have to wait to let this sort itself out. clearly broke through 90. feels like it wants to trade down at the 80 level. >> some unusual activity. and pete najarian looking at a paid tv service. >> directv. you look at the growth and the earnings recently. they've been phenomenal. the great fundamentals of this story. somebody went out today, september 80-strike calls, a huge amount. about 7,500, 10,000

joining me, dominic chu and stephanie link.tart off with yum brands, scheduled to post earnings today after the close. of course, with china and the news today, a lot of concerns about yum. >> yeah. i think the most important thing is this stock is massively underperformed. it missed the group in terms of performance by 38% last year. it's underperformed another 8% this year. relative to the group. so it's really depressed. expectations it's because china -- it's going to be key what they say about china and also about margins in china because margins last year actually held up in the face of very weak comps. so have comps stabilized which they have already given us a 4% comp number for the quarter. that shouldn't be a surprise. but it will be commentary there. then you guys remember mcdonald's ended december, their quarter, with a 3.8% decline in the u.s. so it will be very important to hear what they say about the u.s. and the competitive environment there as well. got a lot of moving parts here. the whisper numbers are 75 ce

dominic chu is here with me because we have the s&p higher, we have the nasdaq higher. it looks like a pretty solid day. we'll see whether we can maintain it. >> so interesting because it sounds like such a market cliche, buy the dip. all the traders i have spoken to said it's always been a buy the dip market, ever since the depth of the final crisis. it's one where even with a bad jobs number you can say the dow already fell by 326 points back on monday. we have slowly ground back up higher. the interesting point here is the other color i get from a lot of traders down here, you remember that johnny mercer song, accentuate the positive? that's what this market is like. traders saying it's very much about the idea that even bad numbers, you don't find as much selling as there used to be. there was a time in this market when bad days were accentuated by high sell-off volume. you don't get that anymore. >> frank sinatra next time? >> i will try. >> thanks, dom. see you later. courtney? >> a good day for online travel site expedia, hitting a record high a day after posting