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so if the dow continues lower, it's going to trade in sync with the dow.lso, if you look at the daily chart, it just recently broke the 200-day moving average. the reason i keep talking about the 200-day moving average is because they're relevant. a lot of times they're not, but right now they are. >> when you penetrate the 200-day moving average, the stock can also trigger technically based selling programs in there. regardless as whether a fundamentalist you follow it, as a technician there are executions on that trade to go through. >> that's right. and fundamentalist by definition are fundamentalists. they don't really look at charts that much -- at least they don't say they do. but the bottom line is boeing is still really weak. yes, it's hit that cluster in the 200-day moving average, which is also where technical programs would buy. >> right. >> the fact that they're not, i'm looking at citi group -- excuse me, boeing, and i could see another $6 to $7 to the downside. >> all right. let's see about this one. citi downgrading mer trade. citi citing hi

good things come to those who wait. >>> look at the biggest dow gainers with the dow up about 231 pointssession. utx is topping the list up better than 4% and followed closely by bank of america, ge, all of them with significant percentage gains so the rally is broad. if you're a dow theorist, the transport is an important aspect of this. neil is back with me. i'm hearing that the underpinnings to this rally coming from the idea that this secures the europe -- this tentative deal secures or makes more secure the european banking system, specifically italy and spain. do you agree with that? >> i think it does. we have gotten out of the deal and bringing in pan european money, aka german money. >> right. >> so it breaks that cycle and certainly hope that now we will see that global markets are reflecting that think think there's something there. >> you think it will bring down the borrowing costs? >> yes. >>ty? >> you mentioned on wednesday uso, the oil etf. >> correct. >> if you bought it then, how much richer would you be today? >> substantially. 7% pop just today. on the 29.50 level. se

dow industrials near the low, near 266 points. again, negative for 2012. >> it wasn't good at the beginning of the year. it happened quickly. correction territory for some of the major indices right now. what the correct move right now for investors. we'll take a look at the market that you have not seen today. stay with us on "closing bell." in your fight against bugs. ortho home defense max. with a new continuous spray wand. and a fast acting formula. so you can kill bugs inside, and keep bugs out. guaranteed. ortho home defense max. and she's looking directly at your new lumia, thank you at&t. first, why don't you show her the curved edge... now move on to the slick navigation tiles -- bam, right into the people hub. see megan, colin has lots of friends. hey, colin, what kind of phone is that? whaaa -- oh megan -- when did you get here? [ clears throat ] ohh yea no, let's... [ male announcer ] introducing the beautifully different nokia lumia 900. only from at&t. rethink possible. you won't just find us online, you'll also find

the dow is up 27 points. there is the nasdaq turning negative now for the first time since the open. the s&p at this hour still positive, just a gain of 6.5 points. >> let's get to the closing bell exchange. we have a huge panel lined up. including rick santelli and steve leaseman. if this is a hope for a move by the fed, will might be extra wiggle room to do that, are we rallying for the right reasons? >> absolutely not, rallying to artificially stimulate the economy is not good. we're about to see expected earnings when we see earnings announcements in july come down. anybody right now should be selling into any kind of strength in the market because things will get a lot worse before they get better. >> it plays into the feds hands here if they want to had more liquidity to the markets here or if they want to raise expectations. >> i think the way i put it is it plays into the risk managers hands of the fed. whatever the state of the economy, and i know there is a robust debate by the fed about that, but t

the dow down about 190.to the market flash. >> brian, disappointing existing home sales report showing a fall in may. it's casting a dark shadow on home improvement stocks. fortune brands, shares of home depot. massively underperforming the markets to name a few. some of these stocks sitting at session lows an the catalyst is that existing home sales report. sue, back to you. >> you give me the perfect segue to the market boards and shows the fact that we have really had a selloff in place now. down 1.5 opinion 0 the dow. s&p down. nasdaq down almost 2%. the russell 2000 significant because it's down 2.25%. if you want protection on a day like this, we'll give you one of the best in the business, the best voice on bonds is coming up. he is with ty in chicago. before the break, the bond board right now. you see the 10-year yield is now trading at 1.60%. well the kids wanted a puppy, but they can be really expensive. so to save money i just found them a possum. dad, i think he's dead. probably just playin' pos

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the dow industrials up 127.pes the fed will step in, but should the central bank come to wall street's rescue again. we will read your responses on the air later. and allen simpson with us saying congress better get it's act together quickly or risk fiscal chaos. his solution, next. >>> welcome back, we have a market flash update. >> the market sector has been beat up today, and the best of the bunch today valero. it is up 7% right now. they had a loss last quarter, but they have a upgrade based on valuation. >> thank you, brian. we have 30 minutes left in the session. if you're just joining us, the major averages up bouncing blow session highs on hopes that they will extend stimulus measures. right now the dow is up 116 points. financials among the leaders today in today's advance. the banks index hitting a one month high. it is up itself about 2% today. >> bill, there is plenty of talk of the death crisis in spain, but could something like that happen in the u.s.? allen simpson is calling for fiscal reform bef

dow futures are up 26 points.ow was down over 70 points for a good part of the trading data will lee closed down 17. more details on your forecast straight ahead. >>george: no longer any concerns from the golden gate bridge. the accident on the into a drive by past has been completely cleared. >>mark: a man fired shots at deputies after a hostage situation. everything ended peacefully this morning. will tran is live with more. >>will: investigators are still at the scene. the three house but is -- the three hostages and the deputy are not hurt. the hostages were released overnight. >>mark: the top two primary system is in place for the first time. only the top two vote getters will advance to the november election regardless of party. hall of some >> a similar ballot measure is also being voted on today in san diego. even though it is election day, voter turnout is expected to set a record low. fact >>jackie: i'm here at a downtown city hall. the polls open in about half an hour. about 17 million registered voters

here is the dow. the rally on the open lead mostly because of the european rally and the economic indicators came out better than expected. the dow is up 81 points. the nasdaq up half a percent, a 15 point gain there, and the s&p 500 index is up three quarters of a percent, that's the best there, at 1329. >> one stop we're watching is arena pharmaceuticals, shares spiking right out of the gate. investors snapping up shares after they were approved the ain't obesity drug. it will be the first new weight-loss treatment in 13 years. >> i'll bet he's got that smile right there just like that. also look who else is coming up. later we will talk about the hot button much of taxes. that is congressman dave camp will join us, and find out why he is working in a rare join effort to tackle taxes and find ways to head off the fiscal cliff. with all of the averages higher right now, there are signs that things have to get worse before they get better. >> we have marry thompson, rick santelli, jeff cox, and the ce

it's a one-year chart of the dow. yeah, one year.moving average, we broke that last week with the big selloff. what you'd want to see, according to bullish technicians, would be a retest of that and presumably go back above it. haven't done that yet. not doing it today. we're just going back to that level. keep an eye on that and see if we can continue higher and move above that 200-day moving average. to the ten-year yield, which has been setting record lows lately, we're starting to see buying in the stock market and selling the treasuries and pushing the yield higher all the way up to 1.56%. mastercard pointing out that demand for gasoline year over year is down 2%. just as we're going into the summer driving season, demand for gasoline is going lower. an indication of things in the economy right now, slowing down a little bit. and the price of gasoline in the last year is down 4%. so good news for drivers and we see that again right now. we're down to $2.68 on the gasoline futures contract. what had been going higher recently was

the dow lost 17 points. while the nasdaq added 12, the s&p 500 closed nearly unchanged. suzanne pratt tonight, takes a look at where stocks may be headed. >> reporter: for stock investors, today was certainly an improvement after friday's big se-off. but, even though trading was calmer, maet pros say anxiety about spain and greece remains high. >> i still think the tone to the market is somewhat negative. i think very politically driven and very headline driven. and, so to that end we look at it very minute to minute to see what's developing in europe. >> reporter: with the dow hovering at 12,000, it's anyone's guess whether the next milestone will be 11,000 or 13,000. that could dend on corporate ofits, not jt euro. second quarter results aren't looking too helpful. currently, q2 profit growth for s&p 500 firms is expected to be flat. at the start of this year, analysts were looking for a more optimistic 4%. still, some experts say lowered expectations are easier for corporate america to beat. >> companies are doing very well, and the end of the day when you invest in t

the s&p made you about 6%, dow about 5%. not chump change, but maybe not rewarding enough to keep you in the game for the next year given how horrid europe is. however, we're not indexers here on "mad money." this is dedicated to the proposition you can beat the averages with your brain. you can score above-average returns by looking around and doing some homework and exercising common sense, not macrohedge funditis. what about that one eye on the domestic side of things produce? what would you have seen it? let's look at the world for the last year and overlay it. the dow jones 30 industrials have done. there's 30 stocks we all know. first, our one eye that's kept on europe would tell us to avoid any up company that does a substantial business over there. let's take that part of the dow out. we knew that last year. stay away from the financial companies and the dow because they could be linked to the european banks in way we don't understand. take out the financials. our single eye on europe will tell us to avoid companies

what is the dow sitting at?up 60 points. >> meantime, black stone ceo chairman says to avoid this fiscal cliff has a situation. we'll talk about coming up. next on the debate coming up in y,e next hour of "closing bell" hape, and form. . >>> watching shares of best buy going higher. moments ago, the wall street journal" announced that richard schultz is exploring a possible buyout. they're saying the efforts are in the early stages and may not yield a deal for best buy, but none the less the stock was higher anyway today, but it has popped on this report by the wall street journal that richard schultz may be looking to sell the company or a piece of it. >> meanwhile, ahead of the black stone group, a guest host for "squawk box" this morning, he says tax reform is key to avoiding the fiscal cliff at the end of the year here in the u.s., watch. >> you probably need, this this country, some time of tax reform, because you need to be a nuclear scientist to figure out how to do a tax return. there's something wrong w

the dow jones industrial average down. big sell off today with the market extending early losses on worries about a imminent downgrade for moody's from the major banks. right now it sits down. that's one and three quarters percent lower. all ten s&p 500 grounds in the red today led by energy, materials, utility. tech has been a bright spot in the markets lately and we're looking at a rolling over there as well. we're talking to the best money managers in the country. >> yes, we are joined now with george gash, and ty, a tough day on the markets here. >> george is overseas $400 billion in investor assets. many people watching the show probably have money in the jpmorgan accounts he overseas. he spends a lot of time traveling around the world in europe and the united states, and george welcome, good to see you here. on a day like this when the market is down 220 points, the nasdaq down 2%, there's a lot to worry about. what do i, as an investor, need to do? >> i think it's important to remember that you're a long term invest

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the s&p made 6%, dow 5%. not chump change but maybe not enough to keep you in the game given how horrid europe is. we are not indexers on "mad money." this show is dedicated to the proposition that you can beat the averages with your brain, you can score above average returns by looking around, doing homework, exercising some common sense. not macro hedge funditis. what would the one eye that you might have left on the domestic side of things produce? what would you have seen? let's look at the world as we have seen it and overlay it with how the individual stocks and the most widely quoted index there is, the dow jones industrial average 30 have done. we all know them. first, the one eye on europe would tell us to avoid any company that does substantial business over there. take that part of the dow out. that's getting worse by the day. we knew it last year. the same eye says stay away from financial companies. they could be linked to european banks in ways we don't want to find out about. our single eye on

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dow futures down 180 points. rising. dow futures down 180 points.s all the horses sir. ...and the men? all the king's men are here too sir. it doesn't look good. ♪ she's italian... and you can't cook. ♪ >>james: today, " the fog. today another hot day inland. temperatures could get back into the '90s. >>george: light traffic on the peninsula in in the north bay as well. >>mark: firefighters are investigating to suspicious fires at a san jose high school. here is video showing firefighters on the scene. one of the fires happened in a dumpster, the other was said near the lawn at the school's library. there were no injuries and there were no class is there today because students are on summer break. >>justine: we are hearing that there is a pretty widespread power outage in livermore right now, mostly in the eastern part of livermore. 4400 customers are in the dark this morning. we are also hearing from pg&e that they're sending crews around looking for the cause. they are hoping to have power back on by 9:00 a.m.. i will keep you updated of this deve

who is the biggest dow gainer you ask? gor jpmorgan? guess what, its cousin, goldman sachs adding it to its conviction buy list. let's get a market flash. >> we're seeing strong shares in terms of amazon, cnet reporting it will reveal its second generation kindle fire perhaps at the end of july of this year. amazon could not be reached for a comment trading well above its 50 day and 200 day moving averag average. >> where there's smoke, there is a -- >> fire. >> sorry about that. don't want to drag you into my puns. more original content. courtesy of "street signs." we know it's been a rough month for many stocks and sectors including small caps. the index down about a full percent since the beginning of june. as always, there are exceptions. we did what we do. we dug in and found small cap names jumping in june. here are the five best performers in the "snl" 600. let's start with general communications, president ron duncan buying 38,000 shares recently. who are they, you ask? if you use communications and phone, in alaska, they're who

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the dow now down 107 points.ing about the health care stocks, the dow jones industrial average where the ibm is the biggest contributor to the dow's decline. united tech also down on that. and jpmorgan. the loss for the trading debacle could be close to $3 4 billion to $6 billion. and citi was in a probe into manipulation of that interest rate, we're anticipating a statement from citi in the near future. we also want to point out that wti, west texas intermediate is down 24% for the second quarter with one trading day to go. that would be the poorest quarterly performance since the last quarter of 2008. guys, back to you. >> thank you, mary. health care stocks trading about three to four times their daily volume today on the supreme court's health care law decision. health insurers taking a hit today. here is a look at some of the health insurers. >> and that includes our next guest, aetna, who was down a few percent today. joining us, mark bertolini is back with us, mark, welcome back. >> good to see you. >> i v

the dow is up 243 points, a gain of almost 2%. it's gone sideways since then. the best performing average today, the nasdaq, up 2.8%, or 79 points, to 2928. starting to knock on 3,000's door again. so it today's move a turning point for the markets or is this euro bailout driveen rally another sign that we're going up again just because of headlines, in other words, for all the wrong reasons? >> in today's "closing bell" exchange. we have a great panel today. good to have you all with us. we'll kick it off with you stephanie, let me ask your thoughts about this rally. >> i think it is significant. they're working hard to get a unified banking regulatory structure. i think having the esm capitalize is very, very important, and the stimulus program they put in place are all very good things. we don't know a lot of the details or a lot of the times, but that said, if you can say that europe has stabilized, if you can say that europe has stabilized, then the focus comes back to the u.s. and what happens here. i think we will muddle through at 1.5% gdp, and you have

look at the dow, up 1 wh00 poin people vaguely hopeful something might happen.ll take a long time. energy, materials, global growth sectors on the up side. nobody thinks this is permanent or will do anything in the long term. since this crisis started the beginning of april, s&p down 7%, all those sectors are very much to the down side. >> bulls will take it for today. see you later for the rundown. to the nasdaq, jackie follows the big movers. >> we continue following the greec green on the nasdaq. popping 18%. brian talked about it before, the competencying unexpected demand for its products out of europe and sending this stock harder. garmin taking a hit after apple announced its map app at the conference. garmin down 8.5% in the last month alone. see seeing bank gain hunting. and texas instruments revised their second quarter epa outlook but analysts say still in the mid-point of the range, not too much to worry about. >> zynga among the stocks to watch today plunging to newipo lows, and hedge fund manager snapping up shares of seagate. now, to michael boors

the dow was not truly representative of the whole market today.ged moves here and there and it looks like we're going to finish lower, down about 27 points here. but look at the nasdaq. as we said, a lot of the big technology names that are not named microsoft rallying today and here we are just off the highs of the session with a gain of about 3/4 of a percent and we're still waiting for the microsoft announcement that comes at 6:30 p.m. eastern time tonight. as for the other markets we watch, the yield and ten year rising today after record lows last week especially after the auction for 10 and 30 years. crude oil remains lower, down over 1% today. in fact at one time we're below $83, now at 83.12 and change. and the price of gold. the fever has broken. we had like six or seven straight up days. today now it's unchanged. wants to come back here but it was looking like it was going to fin, lower today but right at that $1,600 level. over to dear friends here. peter costa, what do we make of today? are we waiting for the fed? greek elections are o

the dow surged 277 points or a little over 2%, the nasdaq added 85, and the s&p up 33. europeans still have many details to work out. the question now is whether the measures are enough. >> susie: by the end of the year, european leaders hope to have a single banking regulator in place. it's a big change from the current system, where 17 nations watch over their own banks. european leaders also agreed in principal that they will lend directly to banks. that would relieve the pressure on individual governments to come up with billions of dollars to shore up their banks. it's a move that could reduce borrowing costs for spain and other countries with deeply troubled banking systems. >> they are coming up with a much stronger and more compelling case for a banking authority that will help not just the spanish banks, but the banking sector in all the countries. >> susie: european leaders also took a step back from austerity. they softened calls to slash government spending and set aside $150 billion for stimulus projects like employment programs. analysts are cautiously opt

he says a key part of that, of course, dow jones and i asked him, given the 2.8 billion losses on dow jones, the acquisition of a number of years back whether he regrets having done that deal. >> are you sorry you did the deal, dow jones? >> no. that's going to be the center of this whole thing. i think "the wall street journal" and may call the wsj will be a really great global brand. >> you may have heard a little hint there. we may call it the wsj. remember robert thompson running the wsj or "wall street journal" ran the financial times and made the ft and taken the saturday edition already call it "wsj." tyler, it may be wsj.com that the paper becomes "the wsj." >> on the saturday edition, it is the "wsj" and distances it from the wall street business newspaper and now makes it a little more stealthily the national newspaper and the global newspaper i think he would like it to be. thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> sue? >>> when we come back on the down day on wall street what the health care decision means for your employees. doesn't matter if you work for a large, medium

dow dan costa of "pc" magazine.com joins us, hi, dan. didn't seem to be people were too excited about all of these products. what was your take. >> well, i mean i think it's hard to be too hard on ame. they just came out with this brand-new ipad just three months ago. i think the launches we saw today were kind of expected. we expected them to ramp their laptops to include new intel processors. we expected them to tweak the design and we even expected them to improve the resolution on that macbook pro. so i think maybe we got a little of what we expected here. >> susie: some of the apple executives were saying today that there is a new mack books is the most beautiful computer we've ever made. is it a must-have. >> the thing about app sell that they've always designed very beautiful products. and these designs we haven't gotten our hands on them yet but looking at them on the stage, they certainly seem like they have that apple design that sort of distinguishes them from everything else on the market. so i think from what we've heard, ma

. >> stocks overseas, rising overnight, after the dow's best day of the year. investors everywhere are hopeful that europe has finally figured out the biggest financial mess since world war ii. >>> it's the guilty verdict sure to make every driver with a cell phone think twice. the teen headed to jail for texting behind the wheel. >>> and candidates go country. setting rhetoric aside for a night, to appear at the cmt music awards. >>> and oops. cell phones going off at the worst time. even in the united states senate. >>> and good thursday morning, everyone. it is already a big day for overseas stock markets, following the stellar showing yesterday in the u.s. >> and today is shaping up to be another positive trading day, as well. dow, nasdaq and s&p futures all up before the opening bells. >> so, does this show the markets have turned a corner? abc's tahman bradley looks into it. >> reporter: hope for another big day on wa street today, after investors sent stocks surging, amid speculation the u.s. and europe will take action to further stimulate the economy.