the dow industrials are up 8% this year. >> i know.t here i would probably sign off on it right now given what we have when you look at what we have to do from the fundamentals, we're up at that 16 or 16.5 earnings range, back to normal come off that 14.5 earnings lows, down from 19.5 earnings, this feels kind of normal as markets anticipate future growth, i think modest future growth could sustain levels here a robust takeoff year or to the moon year doesn't feel like it, but it doesn't feel like the bottom is going to fall out either. >> what's the next most important thing that you will have your eyes on, michael >> well, i'm sorry, brian, there r two. clearly the chinese trade talks. this is something that can be resolved this is something i think is ultimately at some point going to cause markets to rally this year i think that turns into a positive brexit is probably the thing that could be turning into the next biggest surprise. if we get a referendum back to the britains and they vote not to brexit, which i think they're going

redlow dow component in th for much of the day. this comes after the latest round of filings show berkshire hathaway trimmed its holdings by 1% or 3 million shares. the stock market will be closed on monday for president's day and reopen for regular trading on tuesday. for "nightly business report," i'm dominic chu at the stock exchange. >>> so will we see a continuation of this rely when arket does reopen next week? joining us to talk about that is joe duran. good to see you again, joe, welcome back. >> hi, sue, how are you? >> we're good. the question is how good is this you are still bullish? >> yeah. it's hard to not feel lik it's doing quite well. i think last year at the end of the year we had an immense overreaction to light trading lume. the sellers overwhelming the market, especially that week before the chrtmas holidays. and we've now recovered all of that december weakness and the small cap and across the board really. we're also seeing much stronger international mark, which is encouraging as well, so a lfe to good abou

check the dow. no response at all that i can see to the news from the fed chair that he's going to be patient with interest rate increases or patient with interest rates, i should say, more precisely. the dow is down 120 points now. a little lower than when we heard news of what the fed chair was going to say. >>> more "varney" after this. this is the all-new chevy silverado. it's beautiful. beefy and mean looking. it's the strongest, most advanced silverado ever. the cab is bigger than the last generation. it's the first truck i've seen make you look small. but that's not all... whoo! oh my... whoa! the silverado has more cargo volume than any competitor. very impressive. now, during the chevy presidents day sales event, get 0% financing for 72 months on this all-new silverado. drive yours away this presidents day. this is moving day with the best in-home wifi experience and millions of wifi hotspots to help you stay connected. and this is moving day with reliable service appointments in a two-hour

you have the dow up 62, s&p up 10, nasdaq up 32. but we are on pace to close higher for two days in a row. if you take a look at the nasdaq, it is seven days in a row, longest pace since back in august, august 9th, to be exact. we are riding a weekly win streak and for the nasdaq, certainly a pretty long win streak as well. >>> take a look at oil making gains again today, up three quarters of one percent, did settle at $56.09 a barrel. this is the highest settle in three months. holding back venezuelan oil to pressure the nicholas maduro regime is boosting prices. they want him out, oil reacting. >>> the star power of oprah, kate hudson and dj khalid doesn't seem to be helping weight watchers today. they call the company ww now just so you know. jpmorgan turned bearish on the weight loss company, downgrading the stock to a rare underweight. analy analysts citing continued user decline as the reason behind the rating cut. also, the price target slashed to $25 from $37 and shares are tumbling 3.4% on that. $29.26 each. >>> on a positi

for the we, both the dow and the nasdaq posted their sixth straht weeks of gains. >>> dow component merck reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue driven by sales of its cancer drug keytruda. sales alone were up more than 60% compared to a year ago and the ceo is confident that annual financial targets can be met, adding that the company has one of the broadest and most omising pipelines in a decade, and that sent the stock up more than 2.5%. >>> exxon andn, chev two of the world' biggest oil companies wowed wall street today. shares climbed more than 3% as a result. as sullivan reports now, the gains wer powered by the permeon. >> energy stocks have been the best this year and quarterly reports from the two biggest oil and gas companies did not di exxonmobil and chevron releand resultsriday and investors liked what they heard. exxonmobil, quarterlyarnings up 73%. earnings per share diagno$1.41. wall street consensus just $1.08. revenues were a little light but the market was pleased. the big win was on the downstream side, a refining selling the finished product. revenues were

the dow now hitting session highs. dow is up 54. s&p better by five. the nasdaq up 11. will the markets pull it off to close higher for a third straight session? we will be watching it very closely throughout this next 57 minutes. but you've got to figure that putting a damper at least on the dow would be home improvement giant home depot. shares down about 1% after missing on fourth quarter earnings, but also missed on sales. according to the ceo, wet and unfavorable weather nationwide during the quarter had a significant impact on sales numbers because of course, can you really do the work if it's raining outside? you can do it on the inside. i don't know if that really floats. but at the moment, we do have home depot down $1.84. >>> the weather not raining on macy's parade. after reporting better than expected fourth quarter numbers, the retail giant laid out its restructuring plan, and they say that plan will help save $100 million per year. it plans to streamline senior management and double down on its most popular merchandise to help boost profits following a dis

stocks kicked out of the dow and rebounding strong. we'll tell which ones and why this tends to happen. >>> vey l today, amazon is buying a wi-fi start-up called aero to help customers better connect smart home devices. amazon has been push into the smart home business. it says this deal will help f define theure of home. >>> social media company reddit isow valued at $3 billion, following its latest funding round. which raised $300 million. t reddit plans use that investment to i prove the website andncrease digital ad sale. reddit calls it self-the front pang of internet has 330ve milln acsers. >>> you know about the dog of the dow. what about the dowsa dis? these are companies like at&t, general electric, general motors once highly regarded components of the dow jones industrial average but arelonger. and while most of them were down sharply in 2018, they have done very well, so far, in 2019. and can that last? joining us, chief strategist at bell point asset management. >> thanks r having me. >> give credit torr s. they ran a story

the dow back above 26,000.ing extreme and valuations aren't compelling anymore. he'll tell us why. >>> president trump set to meet with the chinese vice premier in the next hour. we we'll tell you where prices could be set to rise quickly. >>> the next amazon is -- planet fitness. one analyst says about the 10 buck a month subscription model. we begin with dom and the rally and the numbers today. >> the rally in the market,

the dow, show me the dow please. we're up, no not that. we're up 152 points. jones average. susan: we're up for nine straight weeks. stuart: 26,004 it where we are. by the way, 800,000 migrants in america seeking asylum. i honestly have to sell you the asylum system is bust. it is being gamed. in the era of mass migration it must be reformed. the dow is at, 26,000. ♪ this is decision tech. it's screening technology that helps you find a stock based on what's trending or an investing goal. it's real-time insights and information, in your own customized view of the market. it's smarter trading technology, for smarter trading decisions. and it's only from fidelity. open an account with no minimums today. stuart: all right. it's 11:00 here in new york city. it's 8:00 in the morning out there in california. we have the dow jones industrial average on another tear. right now, we're up 149, 150 points. we are right there at 26,000. as we reported just before the top of the hour there, if we go up 100 points right now, what we've got is nine straight weeks of gains fo

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china trade concerns moving the dow. the dow was down significantly about mid-session.at there, powering into the close, only down about 64 points. off session lows. i'm melissa francis. connell: i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." he third melissa and connell are coming on. better buy. s&p higher by two points if it settles there. nasdaq up by 10. how about that? seven weeks in a row for the nasdaq and tech stocks being up. a lot more on the market movers today. but here is what is new at this

the dow, down 60 points. the s&p down five. the nasdaq lower by 11. team trump quick to pounce on the number. half an hour ago, national economic council director larry kudlow took the stage at the conservative political action conference and used the 2.6% growth rate under president trump to punch hard at socialism, but the good economic news comes after the sudden collapse of the president's summit with north korean dictator kim jong-un. there will be no nuke deal for now. but now the north koreans are weighing in on what they say happened, and it contradicts what the president is saying. we are getting this all covered and bringing it before you. >>> and we are waiting on elon musk's big tesla surprise. our panel has their guesses on what the electric vehicle visionary will roll out in less than two hours. >>> plus, seven ifs that must be in play if the market is to enjoy another boon by the end of the year. at & t's content consolidation, and charlie breaks it on amazon's yes to ria regional sports network. let's start the "countdown." liz: this j

he warned about a catastrophic event, he said dow 50,000. always when you have that type of guy giving you a quattrain, st they have another that will dismiss the first. he will be right either way. liz: there you go. possibly. scott, i want to know your opinion on that but also this news about opec possibly creating a brand new opec, this time with russia at the helm. >> well, first of all, the sky is not falling. so anybody that is panicked and calling their broker and saying get me out, get me out, the sky is not falling. is the market fed up right now for a potential pullback? when i say pullback i'm not talking about 10%, 20%. i'm saying 2%, 3%, yeah. we probably come a little bit too far, too quickly right now. are we going to get a pullback, yes. are we set for six months, 12 months from now, for the market to actually get higher from here? yes. i believe we are. now, with opec and the new potential opec, i would push it off to back page news at this point. anything with opec like that is likely to just be lingering out there and it's

the dow is close to 25,300. please remember, the all-time record high for the dow is 26,800.ly speaking, you're 1500 points away from the all-time closing high. all right. it is 10:00 eastern time. what we're waiting for here, is a breaking item of economic news. ashley: where are we? stuart: the jolts report. that means job openings. how many jobs are open, available for the taking. the number? ashley: 7.3 million. stuart: huge. ashley: we dropped down to 6.9. now we see a nice uptick. stuart: that is a nice number. ashley: that is a big, big number. stuart: quincy krosby trying to get into this. she is prudential chief market strategist. that is a big number. >> it is. one of the strongest numbers we've had if not the strongest. we're looking at labor turnover. people quitting another job, to get another job, stuart. why do they quit? not to go off the grid but get higher wages. stuart: i can't remember a time when there were 7.3 million job openings. we didn't have 7.3 million available to take them. >> that is exactly the problem. look at construction. even in tech. they

dow made up more room.itely necessary for the fate of any further extension of this stock market rally to make sure that credit keeps improving because the spreads are not aznar row as last fall and summer and this is something to watch if the rally is tired or divergence to make it not as stable. >> typically credit leads. >> exactly. >> in the downturn and stocks falling on the scary days for the bulls last year, you know, one point of comfort was the credit market is not showing any kind of major crisis. >> exactly right here. this was last january, february. that was that big drop in the stock market and here you do see credit was relatively stable. certainly compared to what happened later in the year so it does -- it is usually leading indicator but a confirming indicator of something that should be watched. >> i wonder how much it's tied to the big fed u-turn like everything else. it eased so many financial conditions. >> a patient fed and no recession is all you need for credit to work very well you

stuart: walmart is a dow stock.lps the dow to the tune of 22 points but even sew -- ashley: if it wasn't for walmart we would be down 60 something. stuart: better way putting it. well-done, son. walmart is up 3 1/2% as we speak. it is that time, joining us on the radio, brian kilmeade, the host of the "brian kilmeade show." let me see where you are. okay. are we listen to something, 2020 candidate kamala harris answering a question on the jussie smollett case. roll tape. >> which tweet? what tweet? >> about saying this is modern-day lynching. sorry. >> jussie smollett, i think the facts are still unfolding and i'm very, concerned about obviously the initial mitigation that he made about what might happened. stuart: back up for a second. kamala harris originally tweeted the smollett attack or alleged attack was a modern-day lynching. his story is under suspicion. what do you make of her response, brian? >> she is responding to the fact that he had a noose around his neck. he bought it. gave the. >> i gearian brothers

we were up 209 for the dow jones industrials.g pull back from the highs ahead of fed chair jay powell's semiannual address before congress. that is tomorrow. later in the week, fourth quarter gdp, delayed of course because of the government shut down from a few weeks ago a lot happens in the final hour. promise me you'll be here. workers are rising up against the u.s. military. deirdre bolton on floor of new york stock exchange. what is this about? they certainly are, liz. microsoft in november signed a contract for the u.s. army basically providing some gear. microsoft employees put in an open letter to the ceo saying they don't want the equipment they have been working on to be used to help kill people those are part of the words from the open letter. we reached out to microsoft. we got this response. we always appreciate feedback from our employees. we provide many avenues for their voices to be heard. this is a longer statement. we're also committed to providing technology to the u.s. department of defense which includes the

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dow jones industrial average off 282 points. i think we were down like 380, 389 at the worst point of the session. obviously a lot of pressure. you can bet the last hour of trading is going to be another wild one. liz claman, over to you. liz: we are already getting these headlines, some from the president, but it all started with kudlow on "varney & company" saying there was still a sizeable difference, sizeable distance between the u.s. and china on trade. what's sizeable? can you quantify that? charles: a little bit bigger than little. it's just like miles apart. i think they need to stop -- we want them on our show but maybe they need to be cool with the answers. liz: exactly. we are trying to figure out sizeable. we will take your ideas any time. markets are taking a tumble, though, on those comments on the trade war this morning that came out right here on fox business. white house economic adviser larry kudlow sent wall street running for cover. you can see it hasn't really uncovered from being under these blankets that's

>>> fellow dow component dow dupont was downgraded to neutral from over at jpmorgan. the analyst cites weaker results from its material sciences business. the price target is $53. the shares fell slightly to $53.47. >>> and paypal was downgraded to neutral from overweightt atlantic curities. the analyst cites that stock's relative valuationge the price t is $99. the stock, however, rose more than 1% to $90.01. >>> still ahead, why our market monitor says it is time to buy stocks that have exposure to the em. >> as we reported, employment growth in january was very strong, and the health care industry is creating lot of those jobs. but it's not easy to fil all of

dow jones average up 185 points. 25,185.is, big tech companies all going up. not so today. apple up a couple bucks at 168, but amazon down $67 a share. we'll have more on that in a second. facebook is up a buck. alphabet is up five. look at microsoft. i own some of it, it is down 50 cents at 103. just for you two. this is segment i've been waiting for. ford unveiled the 2020 gt500 mustang at the auto show. we have one outside on our plaza in manhattan. joining me, sitting next to me, because it is cold outside, jim owens, ford's performance marketing manager. jim, go at it, sell me that car. >> stuart, you talk about the temperature outside and beatles from 50 years ago, what better place to start than this car. 700 plus horsepower. the fastest production mustang we ever produced. i bet it is warming the plaza out there. stuart: it pose from zero to 60? >> we said mid three seconds, quarter mile, sub 11. on top of that it can go on the world's best road courses left and right, as fast as some of the cars you and i talked abo

dow is up 83, s&p up 9 and-a-half.e're watching a possible shutdown and there's trade talks in beijing this week, folks. still ahead, amazon under siege, the retail giant may have to cancel its plans for the big apple. all while dealing with ceo jeff bezos duking it out with a may r juromajortabloid. we've got p an update on a story, a suspect has been charged in the killing of a 35-year-old milwaukee police officer. we've got details coming up. you're watching "fbn: a.m.." ♪ when the sky falls and it crumbles. ♪ we will stand all ground personnel please clear the hangar. trips to mars. $4.95. hydroponic farms. robotic arms. ♪ $4.95. delivery drones or the latest phones. no matter what you trade, at fidelity it's just $4.95 per online u.s. equity trade. gerri: amazon and jeff bezos have had, well, enough drama recently for a hollywood movie. first reports say amazon is reconsidering its expansion plans in new york because of stiff community opposition. but that quickly pushed aside by allegatioallegations from bezose n

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walmart will help boost the dow. europe is red.rude and gold continue their breakout despite the dollar strength wti near 56 today. our road map begins with china trade talks return to washington stock futures point to a lower open as traders await new details. >> plus, shares of walmart rally premarket. holiday sales crushing estimates boosted by strong e-commerce growth >> company putting new focus on services and putting multiple projects on hold >> stocks on track to open lower as we begin a holiday shortened trading week with the continuation of trade talks between the u.s. and china and washington this time optimism about the discussion s sparked a rally on friday, resulting in the dow and nasdaq extending their weekly win streaks to eight the nasdaq is coming off a six straight days up double digit gains for the indices for the year so far. we'll see if the trade talks in washington are any different from ones we had in beijing. >> the continuation of the china trade talks continue amid optimism there will be a deal. in the

dow down 13 points, nasdaq down 37, s&p down 6. a lot of the declines today particularly on the nasdaq have to do with amazon. they failed to deliver today despite the e-retailer's record sales, record sales and profit during the holiday season, but their first quarter revenue forecast, that was below estimates. the street wanted a little bit more and investors started to laser in on their growing india business. they've got new regulations in india that's squeezing the amount of money amazon can make and what they can sell there. so amazon shares are at $1,625, about 5.5% right now. >>> exxonmobil and chevron, your dow stocks, they are gushing today. take a look at this. exxonmobil is up $2 at $75.36. chevron is up $2.95 at $117.60 a share. exxon, their profit better than expected, as their oil and natural gas output rose slightly on an annual basis. revenue did miss, however. chevron also better than expected. the company's ceo making comments on operations in venezuela, as he said they continue to be safe as well as environmenta

s&p up a five days in a row, gaining 3 1/2 points, dow tacking on 65.ing interior secretary david burnhart to take the job permanently. he took over for ryan zinke. the nomination will have to be approved by the senate. in virginia, lieutenant governor justin fairfax is not ruling out the possibility that the embattled governor ralph northam is secretly pushing newly revealed sexual assault allegations against him. >> i don't know where it's coming from. we have heard different things. here's the thing. does anybody think it's any coincidence that on eve of uncorroboratedbeing elevated, smear comes out? lauren: many lawmakers are calling for northam's resignation after rateist pictures from -- racist pictures from his year book have been he reveeltd. new jersey democrats proposed legislation that would remove president trump's name from the 2020 ballot. it would require them to reveal their tax returns to be allowed on the ballot. this legislation could actually pass. police in a small town in mississippi are going to smile, they're giving away vouchers

day moving average on the dow. there. >> as far as getting in, if you are in already, fine. if you never got out, fine, you had some pain in december. if you want confirmation to get in that's going to take it right up to the highs, but we're not there yet. if you're looking at the 200 day moving average which we are bumping up against, here's my thoughts on that. don't worry about that. here's why. because we are in an uptrend. when you are in an uptrend there is no resistance. every resistance will be gone over when you are in an uptrend just like there's no support that's going to hold when you are in a down trend. that's the tip of the day and that's great advice. if you are in, don't worry about it. even if we pull back, we will get over this area you are talking about that we are bumping up against because we are still in the uptrend. therefore, there's really not resistance. there really isn't. charles: you have to love someone that has the tip of the day and great advice, right? what should we be looking fo

remember, the dow trying to make it ten straight gains in weeks in a row the dow and s&p are up fivethe last six sessions. technology is up 11 sessions in a row. that is the longest winning streak in nearly two years zblierngts trade talks, something we've talked about at the top of the show, certainly very important to your investments. we have seen the markets rise on optimism that a deal with china will roll on your next guest has been bullish to start the year, and he has been right let's welcome back in dan, chief investment officer at palisade capital management i know it was so hard in december the markets were sliding down, down, down >> i think we could be at the very early stages of that pause. i want to make it clear that this is a pause that will refresh the market somewhat from, i would say, slightly overbought conditions. a lot of that optimism that i have for the balance of the year is really circled around the federal reserve, which has really gone from being a headwind to now a tail wind. >> there seems to be a school of thought that the market gains for the year hav

all right, folks, we're up 366 points, dow was up 400 at the peak. still over those key levels, liz, maybe break us out even further. liz: how about that? that's how everybody has to seamlessly go from charles to liz. sounds good. thank you, my friend. breaking news, the potential deal may not be fully written yet. in fact, is there even one word on paper in not yet, but wall street sees it as an eventuality. wall street rallying on word of an agreement in principle on the budget battle over the border. tech and industrials are leading this rally, the dow up 364, s&p better by 34, the nasdaq up nearly 100 points. moments ago the leaders of the senate speak after their party luncheons. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he hopes the president signs what he calls a, quote, pretty good deal. meanwhile, senate minority leader chuck schumer urged the president to sign the bill to avoid another shutdown saying neither side is happy, so that means everybody had to give. this follow president trump's cabinet meeting late this morning where he said h

the rest of the dow is doing well. it accounts for a quarter of dow's gains. you're seeing apple a lot higher. latest news we're see receiving right now, apple reached a deal with france to pay back taxes. nonetheless not really affecting the stock market cap. it is still very, very high. you have intel in the mix over there. but if we're going to talk, we talk about apple, we talk about boeing, i want to bring in two other retail companies really moving today. that is because of the earnings report. you have got ralph lauren, rauf lauren, shares of ralph lauren up above 10%. the earnings came up quite strong. the company said they're no longer discounting their products as much. that means it. j max, probably get some of the deals in, estee lauder sold more high-end products like mac. that ends with two stocks we don't normally talk about. back to you guys. connell: why not. good day overall. kristina, thanks. melissa: president trump meeting with fed chairman jerome powell meeting him at the white house for the first time since he was nominated for the post.

third straight day of gains for the dow and s&p 500. at broad market somewhat wishy-washy today. walmart, no question about it, putting the heat on amazon in the e-retail space. christian mcgoon, amplify etf, said amazon's younger foreign-based sibling. i thought you would say it is a amazon killer. what do you think? what is it? >> shopify a great firm out of canada. don't let the canadian lineage fool you. they're growing around the world and their stock price is up 30% over the last year. they have online retail platform, everyone from celebrities and people like you and me can set stores on. proking 50% a year. the amount of through-put on the platform was up 56% year-over-year. they're potentially could be this nice alternative to amazon as amazon becomes more competitive with some other brands and companies in the marketplace. liz: well the annual low was 112. it is at 179 now but why should i buy it at the high of the year? >> well i think part of it is, the bounceback opportunity that has happened here. there is more of risk-on

for the moment, the middle of the range up about a third of 1% the high of the dow for the day 202.he low up 55. currently up about 100 points and those are similar returns for the week, as well. we were sort of flat coming into the day for the week and should end the week in positive territory. >> both the dow and the nasdaq on pace for the ninth straight weekly gains which is really saying something when you think about how rocky it was in december, the beginning of december. >> the final week of last year and all eight weeks so far of 2019 higher. >>> let's get to the latest on trade. eamon javers is at the white house. eamon, getting the headlines out of this meeting? >> reporter: that's right. the president in the oval office right now an getting reports of reporters in the room including kayla tausche. we'll see the tape when the reporters come out of the oval office but just to update you on the newsier items from the folks in the room, one is the president was asked about that tariff deadline of march 1st saying i set it at march 1st if i see substantial progress being made

the dow is up 28, the s&p 500 up 3, the nasdaq up 8. still ahead a fiery plane crash leaving five dead and two injured in california. we're going to have the latest on that story coming up. and president trump calling out house speaker nancy pelosi ahead of the deadline to find a compromise on border funding. is another shutdown on the horizon? you're watching "fbn: a.m.." ♪ one less problem without you. . aw, stop. this is why voya helps reach today's goals... all while helping you to and through retirement. um, you guys are just going for a week, right? yeah! that's right. can you help with these? oh... um, we're more of the plan, invest and protect kind of help... sorry, little paws, so. but have fun! send a postcard! voya. helping you to and through retirement. gerri: welcome back. checking u.s. futures, they're all in the green. the dow up 19 points, the s&p barely positive, the nasdaq up 5. meanwhile, some tragic news. five people have been killed and two others hospitalized after a plane crashed into a california home. witnesses

we are up 164, 5 points now for the dow industrials.q composite i believe is up pretty close to a 1% gain. the -- look at that, up 60 points. that's a 1% gain. we are up all across the board. quickly, let me check the price of oil for you. right now, we've got oil at, where are we now, i think we are down, actually, there you go. $56 per barrel. the price of gas moving up to $2.39 a gallon. that's the national average for you. and we've got tweets from president trump about oil. here we go. it's a tweetstorm, ladies and gentlemen. he says oil prices getting too high, opec, please relax and take it easy. world cannot take a price hike, fragile. what do you make of that? >> i think the use of twitter to get oil prices down, it works, absolutely. now we have retail sales which were problematic and we have somewhat of a slowdown in some of the economic numbers that are crucial for the gdp to move up. i think it's very important that oil prices stay down. the lower oil prices go, the more of a tax cut low oil prices resemble. stuart: everyth

the dow is holding above 25,900. it. >>> more money coming in over the transom at jack in the box. by the way, i believe they put themselves up for sale. that's the primary reason why it's up 4%. >>> facebook's chief mark zuckerberg will meet britain's culture secretary in california today. remember, the brits have called facebook and other social networks digital gangsters. no impact on the stock thus far, down 45 cents. >>> i'm intrigued with this one. apple and goldman sachs plan to start issuing this spring a joint credit card. they are going to pair it with new iphone features to help users manage their money. do we like this? the look on your face says get away from me. >> i feel like it's totally a stunt for us to buy more apple. ashley: they get a small slice of the action when people use apple pay. by having this credit card, they will get a much bigger slice of the money. stuart: ah. liz: go ahead. >> i think what investors want is what's apple going to do with this gigantic cash pile, what's the next big a

the dow down 103. s&p down 7.e can't call it, but nasdaq is below the level to get out of bear market territory. that does it for "the claman countdown." now "after the bell." melissa: down 103 on wall street. fears of a an economic slowdown on wall street after unexpected plunge in retail sales. the dow ending down better than 100 points, off social lows. we were of at low of the day. s&p 500 fighting for gains. nasdaq battling to exit bear market territory at the close up just slightly. i'm melissa francis. connell: i'm connell mcshane in queens, new york, today. this is "after the bell." we have a lot of breaking news to cover. most of it, a lot is coming from here. a shocking

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the dow up 380 points. s&p up 1.3%. nasdaq up 1.5% and so is the dow., financials and consumer discretionary leading the charge. >>> the cloud landscape is shifting jon fortt with a look at how new customer demands impacting the wider space. jon? >> reporter: yeah, wilf. it is a new cloud clash, another front in the cloud wars. think of it this way it used to be about the giants claiming that they were going to have supremacy in the cloud. and then they started talking more about hybrid, connecting data centers to the cloud and now talking more about interoperating, connecting clouds to each other that's part of the backdrop for ibm's announcement of watson anywhere that watson ai of theirs is now going to work on other people's clouds take a listen. >> what watson anywhere is about is demand of clients and got to do with data you know, we talk about how much data everyone has and where is the data and protect it and move it this is in response to that. >> reporter: so this is ibm think. it is their big conference here in san francisco 26,000 people. ki

we are down 0.6% on the dow. than the s&p nasdaq and russell essentially flat week to date. all four in negative territory but only just. >>> jeff bezos, world's richest man, writing a blog post accusing the "national enquirer" of extortion and blackmail for photos of himself. robert frank joins us with the very latest. robert >> sara, amazon shares down about 2% today and a much tougher day for ami, the parent company of the "national enquirer." jeff bezos accusing ami of trying to blackmail him with revealing photos unless he agrees to stop the claims of the alleged extramarital affair was politically motivated. ami saying while it negotiated with mr. bezos in, quote, good faith, the board convened determined that it should promptly and thoroughly investigate the claims and take whatever action is necessary now, ami recently entered into a nonprosecution agreement with the justice department over its involvement in hush payments aimed at helping then candidate donald trump under that agreement they can't violat

it's the biggest laggard on the dow 30. one day after ceos of the big pharmaceutical companies blamed the middlemen for high drug prices and said they will lower prices if rebates disappeared. that's not good news for the nation's three biggest middlemen or fapharmacy benefit managers which critics charge pocket the rebates rather than passing them on to consumers. cvs, cigna and unh. they are all down. >>> up next, it's about 3:15 a.m. in hanoi and we are just hours away from the big summit in vietnam between president trump and north korea's kim jong-un, but can the president really get the herhermit kingdoo stop building nukes? we ask the president of the council on foreign relations this question. true or false, north korea will agree to denuclearize and do it? he joins us to answer that and more, next. as the one who is always trapped beneath the duvet i'm begging you... take gas-x. your tossing and turning isn't restlessness, it's gas! gas-x relieves pressure, bloating and discomfort... fast! so we can all sleep easie

nasdaq yesterday was up by 1.4% and dow up 1.3%.n asia, the composite was closed for lunar celebrations. in europe, early trading already taking place, you'll see that right now it's a mixed picture there. stocks are higher in london with the ftse up by about quarter percentage point the cac in france off by half a percent and the dax in germany down by .2%. stocks are higher in italy but weaker in spain and look at what's happening in the treasury market here. you'll see that the yield on the ten-year, at least at this point, is shaping up to be about 2.7% back to 2.7% after that yield being under some pressure last week with some of the good news we heard saw the yield down to 2.64%. >>> on the squawk planner this week, tomorrow is president trump's state of the union address. it is a relatively light week with economic data jobless claims among the highlights. earnings calendar, hear from alba fete after the close today. tomorrow, disney, bp wednesday, 21st century fox and chipotle thursday, twitter, kellogg. >>> couple other sto

it is called love it or loathe it guy, we kick it off with you and the most loved dow stock, dow dupont love it or loathe it >> i figured loathe must be not like because it's the opposite. >> loathe means hate. >> appreciate the heads up so in this case -- >> it's because we love you. >> dow dupont, i loathe dow dupont. >> ooh. >> i love the sound effect >> if you look at the fourth quarter -- >> that's fantastic. >> go ahead. >> loathe it again go to the triple they reported a pretty miserable fourth quarter they guided lower for the first quarter. jpmorgan comes out, downgrades the stock, as does could you wa. i say numbers have to dm down, loathe it. >>> next up, goldman sachs karen, do you love it or loathe it >> i hate that i love it it's very unpopular. it's a bad boy to love but i do. i still think it's a premiere franchise. i think the valuation reflects a lot of negative. i think also we saw some bad things happen in the fourth quarter for a lot of these names that will reverse in the first quarter, potentially debt markets. i think at this valuation, how can you not love it? >

isn't that the way -- >> speaking of the bottom five, on the dow, dow dupont -- >> it is down every day chevron. >> china etf i want to put together, make a fortune on. dow dupont is in my travel trust. every day i want to -- i don't want to say. let's just say that dow dupont is a disaster. oil is up. it is only a matter of time oil is up, people say maybe something is going on, i'm a buyer. the president put president xi in a box he said i'm not going to do it march 1. now if he does it like february 28th, they capitulate. he's about making them capitulate he's got the kudlow team and he's got the navarro team. and one of these teams is going to go down the elevator and try to cab >> what happened at dupont >> what? >> it lost a quarter of its market value over the last year. dupont the whole plan -- >> because they missed the -- >> the dow is going to soon be -- >> want me to tell the story or just ameliorate it? almost every business -- >> trying to explain before you take over what's happened? >> >> they send selfies to everybody. every division is bad. missed the quarter i own thi

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that costs the dow about 16 points. it's a dow stock.e way, pepsi, falling alongside coke, it is down 1.3%. let's have a look at big techs. you have to check these things. that is where the money is going. only one winner, apple at 170. facebook, 163. alphabet, 11.22. microsoft down 10. speak? kristina: quick optimistic comment. sales are low for december, right? maybe this is a sign consumers are shopping in november with black friday sales. stuart: could be, yes. kristina: that we're seeing a just a shift in pattern. stuart: interesting point, thank you. we'll have much more on congresswoman ihan omar. she made anti-semetic comments and warning america, saying no interfering in venezuela. she sits on the house foreign affairs committee. why? we're on it. stuart: microsoft reportedly picking out the news you need? could call that censorship maybe? does big tech censor what we see? a fair question. ashley: yes. stuart: we cover the exploding world of the gaming industry. one company putting 150 million bucks into it. they want to fill ar

still down 121 for the dow jones industrials.ell are lower by around half a percent. weird. transports treading water. appetites whetted for maker of heinz ketchup, all important velveeta cheese. kraft heinz. connell: i -- i i have a great experience with it, reports "after the bell" earnings. susan li on floor of nyse. >> kraft had a tough go of it past year. stock is down 30%. after the bell we're expecting profits to be up 4% this quarter. revenue higher by little less than 1%. there were problems in canada that really dragged down earnings. looks like product discontinue ageses higher promotion expenses. he spoke to the ft, "the financial times," overnight, he says, guess what, valuations are attractive. they might be looking for m&a activity again. you recall when they scrapped 143 billion-dollar bid for unilever. two plus two might equal four soon. back to you. liz: susan li. we have 3 1/2 minutes before the closing bell rings. we've had recent volatility, specifically talking about the december, but lack of buyers has crea

futures are mixed this morning, take look, dow industrials up 29 points, the dow and s&p 500 seeing thet january gains in 30 years for the month. the numbers were very strong, earnings season of course one of the big highlights, rolling on. but amazon reported last night posting a third straight record profit. however, the company's revenue guidance for the first quarter missed expectations and that is weighing on the stock this morning. we'll take a look at amazon momentarily. as you can see, the numbers there, $5.68 a share versus $6.04. the stock down right now 4.5%. joining me right now, cfra research media and entertainment aentertainanalyst, your reactioe amazon quarter. >> i thought there were a number of positive take-aways here. the operating income number actually topped the guidance that the company provided. the one kind of blip in the quarter was revenue as you alluded to. that is actually in a way due to the law of large numbers. it's finally catching up. i think the main story here as i think about amazon is the favorable mix shift from traditional lower margin businesses