dominic chu joins us with a market flash. >> how about financials to technology. here's a stock i've been getting a lot of tweets about recently, especially today. look at shares of go pro, the maker of action cameras on a four-day winning streak. it's hit a record post ipo today. over $78 a share. shares are near session highs right now and they've more than tripled from their ipo price of $24 a share, meaning the company is now worth a whopping $10 billion. >> wow. what a trajectory that stock has been on. thank you. >>> the fed, the economy and your money. forget the first rate hike. there's one other thing that investors need to worry about and we'll explain what it is. >>> plus making money in marijuana. you think you want to open a pot business? think again. what every budding pot entrepreneur needs to know. >>> and we want you to join the conversation. should marijuana be legalized by the federal government? go to cnbc/vote. this is a burrito made with chocolate, soybeans, and apricots. what kind of chef comes up with this? a chef working with ibm watson, o

dominic chu as more. >> reporter: traders call it the september swoon. since 1 950 they yielded the post caps per year. with stocks sitting near record high levels, many are left wondering whether we're due for the long-awaited pull back from the market. >> when we look at this environment, the higher we go, the higher the stakes become. investors want to be cautious. >> reporter: the last time we saw a big market drop was back in 2011. and these kdays, there are risk associated with the markets. tensions between russia and ukraine, islamic militants between iraq and syria and indicators in places like europe and china. those are among many reasons why a deeper pull back in stocks is in the works. >> i think the sidelines for the retail investors is probably the best bet. if you're involved, stay the course but be prepared to reduce quickly. >> reporter: the september story isn't all doom and gloom. over the last five years, the s&p many 500 has posted an average 2% gain during the month of september. consumer discretionary, tech and industrial stocks he

dominic chu has more. >> reporter: investors looking for stocks that could pop, look to the opinionsof those who know a company opinions use pri to what a price will be over the next year to 18 months. price targets will be helpful looking to invest within an lips -- analyst research. >> if i look and they have the same idea and thought process, i may take that into consideration on my trading strategies. >> among the large cap stocks in the s&p 500 there are a hand full that have price targets at least 20% above where the stocks currently trade today. the company with the highest price target on average is delta airlines. every analyst has a buy rating on the company. the stock is volatile but analysts say it could be poised to go up by 32%. >> it's a very attractive u.s. airline industry and beyond that, delta has made some attractive investments and i think they are just starting to benefit from. we expect them to continue to do well and generate a lot of cash and return cash. >> reporter: another popular stock is luxury retailer michael kors. there is an average $103 price target

. >> thanks so much, dominic chu.uy adami, you've been liking this stock for a while. >> i think you still have to like it. the valuation has become a concern at some point but not yet. i think a lot of people underestimating not only the stock but the space. i'm surprised semantic isn't higher than it is. but i think pand has a lot of upside here. >>> everyone was watching apple today. there were quite a few solid stock moves, not apple-related in today's session. what was an your radar? >> i think tesoro, utilization capacity is higher. the spread between wti and brent going lower because of the dynamics on supply and what opec is not going to do this week. tesoro has been on a rocket ship. the stop . >> you were looking at homebuilders? >> yeah. i thought it was interesting in light of what everybody's saying is going to happen to rates. some say rates are going to stay level. if that's the case, jpmorgan will likely be right with this. if you get 2.5%, 2.6% ten-year yield and the economy chugs along or even improv

let's go over to dominic chu who i believe also is not a millennial. >> i think i'm on the cusp, bill and michelle, so i don't think i'm a millennial. >> stop bragging. >> yeah, yeah, anyway. so, we're watching shares of pg&e. now, the reason why is the stock is spiking on news that two state regulatory judges ruled that california's largest utility should pay a $1.4 billion penalty for a deadly 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion in san bruno, california. you can see their shares are up on this. maybe shareholders expecting maybe a little bit of certainty with a price tag being brought to the number. still, though, bill and michelle, this $1.4 billion levy is the largest in california state regulatory history for the public utilities commission. and again, they're saying that these penalties, the $1.4 billion, must be paid by pg&e shareholders and are not, again, not recoverable from pg&e customers. and i know, bill, you grew up in california, i did. we know pg&e well. this is one bit of news, at least for now, shareholders have a price tag on what they'll be owed in terms of the ove

dominic chu, what's happening?news, kelly, so from the technology side to the consumer staples side of the equation, check out what's happening with clorox, clorox announced that they have promoted ben know door from the executive vice president coo role to become the new ceo at clorox. in addition, the current ceo and chairman will stay with the company and remain as chairman of clorox. so, again, don news, staying as the ceo of the company -- staying as the chairman of the company and ben know dorer elevated from coo to ceo and dominated to the board of directors. again, dorer has run about every division at clorox at some point, from glad products to household cleaners to cleaners. again, so he is a veteran of this company and now gonna be the ceo, kelly, back over to you. >> so, a couple of major changes in the c suite this afternoon. there will be much more on oracle's coming up on "mad money" at 6 p.m. with jim cramer around reminder as well as people talk about what happens with the legacy of this megacompan

dominic chu taking a hard look at the hard commodity stocks. dom? >> the ones you drill for or mine for. right? look at the renewed selling pressure in the markets hitting energy stocks worse than other ones. it is a sea of red today and see there down about 1.3%. energy stocks taken a big hit in month of september alone and lost about 7% month to date amidst falling oil prices taking energy the single worst performing sector so far in this month of september. among the worst performing stocks in the group since the month began is exploration like newfield exploration losing about 14% so far this month. also valero down 15% during that very same time frame. and the oil drilling companies had it the worst this time around. transocean, diamond offshore, noble corporation, all down by at least 16% and just over the last three weeks here. speaking of drills, it is not just gas and mining stocks but about the gold precious metal type companies, as well. prices have been weak especially in gold despite the slight update today. freeport, both components an

dominic chu, thanks very much. logon to cnbc.com/vote and help us decide in real time if these bearish calls hit the bull's eye or full of bull. first up, staples. all right. let's debate it right now. again, dom told you what the deal is. average price target is a little more than 11 bucks, that would be a 14% drop to where the stock is currently trading. >> okay. >> right or wrong call. >> i have been short staples in the past. i am not short staples now. last week i believe rich came on and said that he believed that staples was one of the better plays over the next couple years. i know the short interest increased last year. i'm going to stick with the theory, though, that it goes below ten bucks. i think paper consumption right now significantly challenged. i don't think staples has done a good enough job transitioning to an e-commerce site. i know my experience walking into those stores -- >> saying the call's a bull's eye. let's get to the bottom line. >> more than a bull's eye. one of the shorts right now t

dominic chu looking at stocks leading the recent declines. bob, you first. >> we're dealing with the effects of slower growth globally. that means slower demand, and that's affecting things like commodity stocks. we've been talking about the commodity complex for a couple of days now. take a look at exchange-traded funds. very heavy volume today in commodity exchange-traded funds like the gold etf. the silver etf. there's the energy etf, a basket of energy stocks. even australia which is a commodity-related country, the etf australia all to the down side. let's show you what was going on with these commodities. sue was talking about that multiyear, year and a half-point drop in oil, but we've also seen weakness in copper, in aluminum and gold as well. so put up that screen. you can see where multimonth lows on all of those major commodities right now. also chinese stocks weak on supply demands and concerns about slower global growth. put up some of the commodity stocks, and you can see what's going on. the important thing is overall, we're se

. >> dominic chu has an earnings alert. >> a nickel per share in profit is what they earned. analysts at just about break-even. guidance is ahead of expectations. the after-market gain pretty much erases jabil's losses for all september and takes its gains back above the year. nice move for jabil in the afterhours. 500,000 shares have traded. >> guy, what's the trade here? >> for me, it's about operating margins. i think the trade is you stay long the stock. there's a chance of pushing it up to 2012 levels. we saw 26 bucks or so. i would absolutely stay with it. it's not expensive. 12 times forwards earnings. i like jabil. >>> with the dollar index hitting a four-year high today, we take a look at which sectors followed the dollar. just might surprise you. and it's been a rough month for elan musk. a look at the money he's lost later on. when change is in the air you see things in a whole new way. it's in this spirit that ing u.s. is becoming a new kind of company. one that helps you think differently about what's ahead, and what's possible when you get things organized. ing

our dominic chu looks at where they've been and where they could go from here after the break. >>> alsohead, wisdom tree's chief investment strategist, i always get that wrong, luciano. also, jim grant of the wisely read newsletter bearing his name, speak with us exclusively, talk markets, fed policy and more coming up on "closing bell", stay tuned. siracusano. all the way until the am. new aleve pm the only one with a sleep aid. plus the 12 hour strength of aleve. the smartest or nothing. plus the 12 hour strength of aleve. the quietest or nothing. the sleekest... ...sexiest, ...baddest, ...safest, ...tightest, ...quickest, ...harshest... ...or nothing. at mercedes-benz, we do things one way or we don't do them at all. introducing the all-new c-class. the best or nothing. means keeping seven billion ctransactions flowing.g, and when weather hits, it's data mayhem. but airlines running hp end-to-end solutions are always calm during a storm. so if your business deals with the unexpected, hp big data and cloud solutions make sure you always know what's coming - and are ready for it. make

thank you both, larry kudlow and jared bernstein, to be continued, we send to dominic chu for a market. >> who her's what's happening, conner is sant shares reopened for afterhours trading, a minute and a half ago. it was halted on news before that news turned out to be that it was going to be acquired by alliance data system forced 2.3 billion in cash and stock. that's about $35 per share. as you can see, shares are about $35.50, up 33% in the after hours trade. so we are going to watch it the trading is relatively light right now, about 57, 58,000 shares but still, this takeover, now the news finally disseminated, shares have opened, up 33%, kelly. back to you. >> that is a premium, thank you, dom. >>> the dream of owning your own business is fast turning into a nightmare for some small businesses navigating a dizzying array of regulatory mazes, giving some entrepreneurs second thoughts. up next, we will look at just what companies have had to endure trying to expand and seeing if it's even worth the bother anymore. >>> and the apple watch has people talking about wearables, but the

dominic chu. >> take a look at this. tough session overall for the home builders taking a hit as u.s. existing home sales unexpectedly fell in august as first-time buyers did not step up with their purchases while the share of the first-time home buyer market remains steady at 29%, market share of 40 to 45% is considered ideal by economists. names like lennar, kb home, pulte, dr horton, toll brothers, the brand names going down on the day. >> that must mean the xhp is having a rough day. >> it might be having a rough day. a few builders, not a lot. he's not going to forget that son of a gun. i've said for a long time these builders when you look at the builders, these are trades. when you have the opportunities to get either direction, phenomenal trades. i think if you're looking longer term, investment wise, all about the derivatives trade off the builders. when you look at home depot versus lowe's, i think lowe's is the buy. outperformed by home depot. >> do you hear that? he doesn't agree he thinks it's home depot. >>

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let's turn to dominic chu at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, dominic. >> good morning, laura. stocks fell sharply on monday, the dow and s&p 500 had their worst day in the month. the nasdaq down 52 points to 4527. now shares of smaller companies bore the brunt of the losses, though. the russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell more than 1%. there's a surprise drop in u.s. home sales over the past month. >> customers can use these printers to create their own prototypes. if you can't afford one of those big printers, can you outsource it. >> the area of a dudley mudslide has reopened. a $28 million project that was funded by the federal government. the mudslide on march 22nd killed 43 people and buried 49 homes. >> it is 5:16 right now. we want to welcome meteorologist christina loren. >> red is supposed to be good luck for the birthday person. >> you also know it's our color. >> what is the significance of red for the birthday girl? >> we'll look into that. sam trying to get me in trouble on my birthday. you never got out of it

for "nightly business report" i'm dominic chu. >>> coming up on the program, look, ma, no hands. are you ready to hand over control of your steering to a computer? why self-driving cars might be on the road sooner than you think. that's next. >>> shares of tesla ending at an all-time high after the ceo said the company is just two to three years away from reaching a deal with toyota to supply lithium ion batteries for its electric cars. >>> it won't be long until you can drive hands-free. it has plans to put supercruise control in new models starting in 2017. gm and other automakers say self-driving cars are coming, but are we ready to give up control behind the wheel? phil lebeau has more from detroit. >> get ready to take your hands off the wheel. >> is that right? here we go. >> at the world congress in detroit, the auto industry is showing just how far driverless vehicles have come. for example, the technology to let cars park themselves is already here. beyond that, work remains. >> right now we think in a controlled environment, autonomous driving works. uncontrolled enviro

anyway -- >> coming up next, dominic chu with a list nobody wants to be on. stocks that wiped out at least 20% from the highs this year and may contain surprises. are these some buying opportunities? stick around for this. >> what the founding fathers of the exchange traded fund industry, lee kranefuss joins us. markets, global turmoil, where you should be investing and a lot to talk about with lee coming up. stay tuned. just take a closer look. it works how you want to work. with a fidelity investment professional... or managing your investments on your own. helping you find new ways to plan for retirement. and save on taxes where you can. so you can invest in the life that you want today. tap into the full power of your fidelity greenline. call or come in today for a free one-on-one review. open port twenty-two-oh-one-seven on the firewall for customer db access. install version two-point-three of db connector and ensure verbose flag is set in case of problems. (clapping sound) isn't the cloud supposed to make business easier? get the one that can connect t

dominic chu has more. dom?the cdc, centers for disease control, confirming the first ebola case diagnosed in the united states, again, the cdc confirms the first ebola case diagnosed in the united states. they do not go into detail about where the occurrence happened. they do say, however, that they'll hold a briefing, a call, a briefing at 5:30 p.m. eastern time to address all of these concerns, the cdc will host a media briefing on confirming the first ebola case diagnosed in the united states to take place at 5:30 p.m. eastern time. so again, as we watch for these headlines and the developing story here, the place that you're going to see some of the headlines manifest themselves in the financial markets are in some of these drug makers that handle ebola experimental treatments. take a look at shares of tekmira. spiking by 11% on the heels of these headlines that the cdc has confirmed the first ebola case diagnosed in the united states. this is a developing story that the details are fluid. we'll bring you m

before we get to that story, though, we have a news alert on apple with our dominic chu.ing on? >> if you were one of those folks that updated to the apple ios 8 operating system today and were looking for a way to get those health kit apps made very public in apple's presentation about the new ios 8 in its launch, you are going to have to wait because according to an apple spokesperson, they discovered a bug that prevents the company, apple, from making the health kit apps available on this new operating system, ios 8, today. they're working quickly to have the bug fixed in a software update and have the apps available by the end of the month. apple saying if you're looking for health kit apps to work on the now ios 8 operating system made available today, you may have to wait until the end of the month because they are fixing bugs within the system. they will have a software update by the end of the month. back over to you. >> dom, thank you. >>> as mentioned, the people of scotland are getting set to vote tomorrow on whether or not to split from the uk and become indep

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our dominic chu is here checking out the fear factor in the factors forecast. remember that show?at worms and stuff. >> that was an nbc show. >> it was. it was a great show. thanks. >> sleep with snakes. >> yeah. >> creepy. >> the vix up 18% yesterday. that's one fear factor, right? >> some traders may feel like we're sleeping with snakes right now, but a couple of macro factors people are watching are the dollar and interest rates. the dollar index if you watch what's happening there, it's been an interesting move for them. like you said, 3% to the upside in one month here. as the dollar rises in strength, it has an impact on the profits of companies that generate those sales outside the u.s. think about all the big multi-national companies that operate in the united states. you have the procter & gambles of the world, own coca-cola. that's one fear factor. number two is the 10-year yield slowly creep up. around 2.40 before. now back up to 2.5. that's going to be a big problem for a lot of investors. that rising rate environment may signal again there may be tougher times ahead f

back up to dominic chu for a market flash. >> sue, oil is continuing its fall in china and europe as well. you can see wti and ice brent down a couple points or so. natural gas having its worst day since july 13, down 3.5%. the energy sector is the worst performer, you can see they're down about 1.7%. danbury resources, s&p energy. >> nice mov >>> cowsteres is the nation's largest pension fund, a $185 billion portfolio last year realized an 8% return and that was the highest of all u.s. pension funds. to tell us where he is putting money now is christopher ailman. good to have you with us. >> good to be here, tyler. thank you. >> the performance last year was really terrific in a rising market. how about this year? >> this year is proving to be a challenge. just like you said earlier, we don't want to be a market timer, but this equity market is obviously very long in the tooth. it's starting to flatten out a bit, so for us we're skimming some of our profits off the top, but we're staying invested in u.s. stocks. >> to your point there, this bull market is now more than 2,000 days ol

dominic chu is looking at winners and losers for us. month of september has had triple digit gains and losses. we will have all of that when we come back on "power lunch" after two minutes. at can read your h, a wide-screen multimedia center, and a head-up display for enhanced driver focus. all inside a newly redesigned cabin of unrivaled style and comfort. ♪ the all-new c-class. at the very touch point of performance and innovation. ♪ >>> welcome back to "power lunch." stocks higher after the steep sell off yesterday. i want to focus on the dow up about 89 points right now and the lions share coming from nike. we saw after a strong earnings report that beat across the bord last night giving lift to other retailers. foot locker, underarmer moving higher. finish line sinking after earnings and sales miss. aluminum stocks to the upside after goldman sachs reiterated a buy. >>> it's the morgan and dom half hour. >> i can't get over what she looked like in college. she was attractive then and now. the hair cut we are going to have to talk a

. >>> to dominic chu on why hong kong matters for business and investors.t is a huge banking capital. >> it is a huge banking capital. let's pick up where michelle talked about the british rule and how it grew. hong kong is regarded by many as being the third most important financial hub globally after new york, london and then hong kong. here is the reason why. it is a financial powerhouse. the banking and insurance industries alone employ an estimated 213,000 people just in this small city state, special administrative region of china. it also just the banking and insurance side of the sector, that industry is responsible for about $43 billion worth of economic activity alone. that is why this is a huge economic powerhouse. it could have ripple effects for the banking industry globally. take a look at another reason why. the trade side of things. trade is a huge part of the hong kong dna. it has been a trade port for generations. just this past year container association in hong kong said that nearly $1 trillion worth of goods was trafficked in and out of

dominic chu with movers now for us. dom?> kelly, first of all, not everything was about apple today. right? talk about the big movers previously in the previous session here with regard to the big names and some of them m&a of annny's. a 30-plus percent premium over the closing price on monday. they make that great mac and cheese in the fancy boxes and natural food stocks, all moving higher because, of course, that sentiment carries up other stocks, as well. tough day for mcdonald's. hate 52-week low after reporting weaker than expected drops in august global sales on continued problems specifically with the chinese suppliers and hitting correction territory down about 11.5% from the highs in may. mobile eye gaining ground. raising the price target for this particular company saying that the maker of auto collision avoidance technology, technology for self driving cars, right? likely land toyota as a client in the future and avon fell on news that the cfo left for baker hughes. k kelly, a lot of big names, names we talk abou

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dominic chu explains. this hasn't been the case the last few years but might this year. do you say that? >> hit the nail on the head. a bull/bear debate raised. lay out both scenarios. over the longer term, decades, since 1950, the s&p 500 as an index is down half a percent on average for the month of may, or for the month of, rather, the month of september. that's the reason why everybody's talking about the september swoon. if you look at the overall picture, the bulls say maybe that's not always the case. okay? over the last five years, just the five years, the s&p and dow both up on average 2% for the month of september. so just since the end of the financial crisis until today. the technology sector in general has been an outperformer. talking more about that, "squawk alley," we want to talk about the tech sector and tech stocks that really make up the entire market here. so the s&p 500 tech sector is up 3.5% on average every september over the last five years. what bulls are clinging to now. if you look at the overall picture for just the tech sector and the stocks

. >> henceforth you are bob pisaelli and dominic chu.o richard santelli in chicago right now. we have a little bit of a move in 10-year yields, rick. are you surprised it's not a greater magnitude? >> i am. truly, looking at a xart of the s&p and dow, it's limb sim to the chart in 10s. we are bumping along the extremes. low yield of 250 and many traders on the floor say if we make a move back towards only down 200, look for yields moving up to 253. but if we look at we're going to make a play for down 250 to 300, many traders think we'll see sub-250 yields and a sidebar, the variations whether it's 2s, 5s, 10s, flattening everywhere. what does that mean? the longer the maturity, the more it's pushing down the winner is 30-year bond. >> talking of numbers, how much of today is technicals, bob? first of all, the s&p breaking below the 50-day average of 1976. 1967 the next number to watch and in germany closely watching this, the dax breaking below the 200-day moving average s. this a technically driven move to start with? >> no. look. ther

dominic chu at the market flash desk with ap update. >> apple shares the company saying it has sold -- presold more than 4 million of these orders for its iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus phones in the first 24 hours. record numbers of preorders. that exceeded its initial preorder supply. the company also says the phones will be delivered starting friday but many are not going to be delivered until october. they start at 199. $199 at most wireless providers as long as you sign a two-year contract. apple shares still above 100 near $102 for the time being. apple still holding steady. back over to you. >> joey, yep. >> good news for me. makes me happy. good news for pete as well. at it probably longer than i have. the interesting thing on day where the nasdaq is getting wom whomped, apple hanging in there. >> they're getting to 22 countries on the 26th of september. that sets up the december quarter really very positively. it's good news certainly. >> i think the excitement, everybody who looked past the idea they did deliver what was expected, but they did in a big way. i look at that iphone

send it straight over to dominic chu for a quick market flash. what are you watching?shares of vitamin shop. large shareholders want the company to think about possibly selling itself. at least one activist hedge fund met with the board urging it to sell. vitamin shop shares, you can see up nearly 5%, session high, vitamin shop, gnc, companies we will keep an eye on approach the "closing bell." >> certainly will, dom. thank you very much. >>> worried about what might happen to your supply of scotch whiskey because of the independence vote or maybe start getting your whisky from japan instead. seriously, will a yes vote present new opportunities for competitors? >> okay, do stay with us for some answers. we will be right back. she's still the one for you. and cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment is right. cialis is also the only daily ed tablet approved to treat symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you

dominic chu knows. he's at the nyse looking at stocks with big upside potential. some as much as 20%, don? >> here's the deal, sue. if you're looking for what stocks have the most up side potential you often look to the opinions of those who arguably know a company best. those analysts on wall street that cover those particular companies, those stocks for a living. we decided to look at the entire list of s&p 500 companies and figure out which ones have the most up side potential according to those analysts. of the 500 companies, only 36 of them have price targets that are that 20% above where currently shares are trading right now. so that's a pretty small number. check out shares of price line.com the online booking travel site. analysts are overwhelmingly bullish here. 24 baste, three holds, no sells. in terms of the average target price, analysts think these shares could reach 1500 bucks a share in the next 12 to 18 months, 21% up side from current levels. another stock ready for a pop is cbs, the broadcast giant behind namesake networks like itself and also o

let's send it over to dominic chu at headquarters for a market flash. >> so we're watching the momentumtock here, tesla. the stock is moving lower after a cautious note from jpmorgan citing the valuation on the stock and possibly execution risks going forward. the stock as you can see there currently down by 5% in your session lows. year to date we should point out the stock is up about 65%. still any time tesla drops by 5% it does get traders to notice. back over to you. >> certainly does. when we come back, bankers making a pretty penny in alibaba's successful ipo. those six companies raked in more than $300 million in underwriting fees. one of the lead bankers on the ipo will join us next on "squawk alley." the lightest or nothing. the smartest or nothing. the quietest or nothing. the sleekest... ...sexiest, ...baddest, ...safest, ...tightest, ...quickest, ...harshest... ...or nothing. at mercedes-benz, we do things one way or we don't do them at all. introducing the all-new c-class. the best or nothing. >>> take a look at pit pictures. activists gathering in the financial district.

. >>> let's go to dominic chu for a "market flash." >> check out peabody energy, the worst performing stock in the s&p 500 on this up day. goldman sachs has down graded shares to a sell rating from a prior neutral saying it believes lower coal prices will hurt peabody's margins. it cut its price target as well to 13 bucks a share from a prior 15. peabody down near session lows off by nearly, tyler, 6% today. back to you. >> thank you very much, dominic. >>> authorities in australia staging the largest counterterrorism operation in the country's history thursday to disrupt a gruesome plan by islamic militants living in the country to carry out random public executions or demonstration killings. australian media reporting the suspects wanted to kidnap and behead a member of the public and drape the body in an isis flag. australia just the latest example of radicalized islamic militants waging terror from within on the home front. we've already seen murderous attacks in belgium and england. steve emerson is an author and executive director of the investigative project on terrorism and ga

dominic chu is here with a covert direction of name ta stock.ket still close to record highs. you have some names and a little bit of a game for us. >> in a bit of a game. 86 stocks in the large cap russell 1,000 is in what we call bear market territory. so we want to share a few of them with you. so let's kick off our guessing game. each of you got five paddles in front of you. they've each got stocks on them. i'm going to give you and our viewers clues and your goal is to be the first one to answer. for those listening on sirius radio, try to name the stock. since hitting a high on march 7th, shares have fallen around 20%. the lions share of its net revenues nearly 2/3 comes from andrew's favorite state. is nevada really you're only state? >> only because i like to call it nevada. >> fair enough. you're right, becky. >> i'm following becky on this one. >> you don't have to be one of its high rollers to enjoy the profits. >> you just gave it away. >> you got the right answer. >> joe is like, no. not so much, joe? joe's just not playing the game

. >> let's get over to dominic chu. the market down 70 points. >> dow is down 70.astern chemical and taminco. taminco is $26.57 trading above the bid price. for eastman chemical up by 1.25%. a big deal on the chemical side of things. >> thanks. kayla has a look at what we can expect at the top of the hour. >> we do have a big hour for you guys. we're talking to the acting executive leading pay pal about how that company plans to stand its ground with apple moving on to the payment turf. also have yahoo's executive talking about what that company is building in terms of development ahead of the iwatch. what does john ledger think about this. we'll tell you exactly what he had to say. that's all coming up on squawk alley. dad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future.you. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay fo

we want to get to reaction to commissioner goodell's news conference with our dominic chu. >> we wereecting some kind of news. we heard that there's going to be a player conduct committee and we didn't get a lot more with regard to what is happening with the investigation, how long it's taking and any progress. it's still ongoing. what was interesting to me is how many times he reiterated the apology about how long in the first place, numerous times the mistake that the first time around when he handed down the two-game suspension to ray rice for the incident with janay. it was interesting to hear him go backwards again and say that all over again. he also pledged more trans transparency. overall, though, we didn't get that much new with regard to what is going to happen in terms of the investigation. of course, it's still ongoing and they are not going to go into details about what is happening. again, this idea, he did also address the idea of sponsorship. he kind of said, you know, you have to ask the sponsors for that. to his knowledge, none of the sponsors or the main sponsors an

. >> meantime, some of the biggest names in the s&p some of the most hated by analysts, dominic chu has> when we look as s&p 500 we looked aall stocks that analysts have a price target on below where the stocks are traded, there are 30 stocks in the s&p 500 have that have price targets below where shares are currently trading. 30 of them, again, by more than 3% -- 3% or more. some of the big names that we're talking about. take a look. first, you've got a big name like netflix, a name that everybody talks about because it's a momentum stock, online content, a huge deal. the stock's had a nice run. $460 average price target, in terms of average analysts estimates means that that stock currently has maybe a 4% downside baked into it, if the analysts targets come to fruition. interesting stock there. take a look at this one however. keurig green mountain, they've got a huge pop after coca-cola took an investment in the company. analysts have $124 price target which means current levels we could see shares drop 6% if target prices are not revised. interesting one there as well. take a look

our dominic chu starting us off with the big movers on the session.i, dom. >> groon across the board. let's start with green dot. that stock is up over 20% after walmart offering the checking accounts to serve the under b k banked part of the population and shares up on the day. kb home down 5% after a miss. the company blamed delays in mortgage closings and construction delays. you can see there down 5%. and citizens financial largest banking ipo in years and priced below expectations but managed to post a strong gain putting the stock near the bottom end of the expected range and the shares up by about 7%. no such problems, though, with cyberark software. that ipo priced well above the range and has kept on going to the upside. it's trading up over 70% on making the first debut here on the nasdaq so a nice pop there for cyberark software. back over to you. >> thanks. joining us in a cnbc exclusive is cyberark's ceo and final few moments of trading here, congratulations but do you feel like you left some money on the table? you could have priced it h

dominic chu is back at hq with morning. >> good morning. certainly on the move this morning. this after lennar, the country's second largest home builder, reported that better than expected 47% jump in quarterly profits. this as it sold more homes, and yes, at higher prices. better yet, orders jumped 23%. other home builders are moving higher on the news. all in the green. home builder sentiment numbers certainly echoing that as well. overall, you have to look at some of these home builders as an industry group to watch today. >> thanks so much, dom. let's check in with rick santelli. >> good morning, carl. i'd like to welcome our very special guest on this fed decision day, robert mcteer, former fed official. thanks for taking the time this morning, bob. >> my pleasure. >> i guess we have to start at protocol. that is what everybody seems to be talking about. do you think the language of considerable period will be taking away from the statement, or do you think it will be left in? >> i think it will be probably be left in, but i think the

. >> dominic chu is track ing the for us. >> auto zone posting weaker than expected fourth quarter sales and customers bought new cars instead of fixing up the old ones they have and shares under some pressure. also, check out advanced auto ports, o'reilly and pep boys. tesla, there's a cautious note of valuation concerns and the shares down by nearly 5%. a tough day for other so-called momentum stocks. priceline, amazon, netflix to the downside by much more than the overall market. tekmira moved higher as regulators approved expanded use of the ebola treatment. alibaba gained 40% on friday. alibaba shares you can see there down by 4% and perhaps air coming out, kelly and bill, of that alibaba ipo balloon. back over to you. >> certainly is. thank you for now. but has alibaba set the stage for other companies on deck to go public and means for the ipo landscape? >> let's talk about it with mr. ipo himself, and bob pisani. what did you think? >> i was here two weeks ago and laid out the template for what would happen. i think didn't think it would print at $100 that and did everything in t

well today and let's talk about it with jay jordan who joins us with tina fordham and our very own dominic chuis tim seymour. welcome, one and all. tim, i just first want to ask you, there's headlines over the weekend, moving markets around today, no major deals here. is it all about waiting on apple, the fed? what do you think is the next catalyst here? >> maybe geopolitics in scotland and the uk but we have another ten days to wait out that soap opera. i think apple, alibaba has people focused. people start to question whether that coupled with japan's almost 7% contraction in gdp, what is going on with the world on a week coming out of a friday and nonfarm payrolls weak enough and to think that central banks have another reprieve to say in our lives. that's what markets are trading on. they're trading on central bank policy and ap sl a big deal tomorrow and talking about it tonight on "fast money." >> i want to ask you about that in a second but, tina, first we have to address what happened with this poll showing a now majority potentially of people likely voters, people who know what they'

dominic chu is back with more. >> the worst by at least half a percent at the s&p sectors oversove overallve refining names leading the way. and the big ones. valero, also tesoro. those are four of the worst performing stocks in the overall sector. this as oil prices continue to fall here. brent now still below the $100 per barrel level. energy stocks overall have been on the steady down trend since the august of august, early september. that trend continues today. back over to you. >> thanks very much, dom. apple unveiling its new mobile payment technology, apple pay, yesterday. some big-name retailers already jumping at the chance to partner with the tech giant's new digital wallet, including, as you can see, panera bread. inning us now exclusively to explain how it will work in the stores and the safeguards in place to keep your financial information secure, the chief technology officer with panera. good to see you. >> good morning. how are you today? >> well, you know, it strikes me -- i'm good -- that tim cook in an interview yesterday said it'll put a dagger through the credit cards.

dominic chu is back at headquarters for the movers for us today and a volatile week, dom. >> that's rightso let's talk about movers today. tesla getting crushed after morgan stanley released a report echoing what the ceo said last week and maybe the stock price ahead of itself and shares down near session lows down by 9% and avanir pharmaceuticals. announced positive results from the phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of agitation in patients with alzheimer's disease. you can see it eight-year high, up 91%, nearly doubled in value here. gilead science selling a cheaper version of the hepatitis c drug and used in developing countries. and then there's ab inbec and molson coors moving high after a brewing giant approached heineken and said it refers to be independent and both stocks up on the day and netflix here losing ground beginning the european push into france and received a cold reception. bill, kayla, back over to you. >> one wag was heard to say on twitter today, when netflix goes to france, can you get every movie of gerard? >> i don't know. i see a marketing opportunity. >>