big gains for tech steady eddie george into first place in our stock draft.wept with a footwear strategy taking boot, barn and crocs. perlman took gambles on bitcoin and carvana. he has given up the lead to steady eddie journal who joins us now. hi, eddie. good to have you with us. >> i'm great. i feel really good right about now. >> you should feel good. nvidia has just been a juggernaut for the past couple of years, and apple has come back and now trading near all-time highs. you really couldn't have expected to go 2 for 2 that way. >> well, you know what, going into the draft i felt good about my opportunity to pick second overall. i think the first team took meta and left nvidia sitting right there. i felt good about it. let me just say this, i've been in the business, wealth management business, for almost a decade, a partner with ameriprise, my masters in business from northwestern. i had lost my business partner, in the business for 30 years. we put our heads together, tried to figure out what was the best opportunities here. we felt good about nvidia.

he's in third place trailing eddie george and pearlman.e a listen to why he bet on boot barn. >> i am very excited to choose boot barn for my pick. >> ooh! and why? you like their boots? >> with climate change a major factor and inclement weather is on the rise and we're going to need boots. companies come and go, but feet and hard work are here to stay. >> joining us now is jim conroy ceo of boot barn. welcome. >> good afternoon. thanks for having me on the show. i appreciate it. >> is it beyonce? is it climate change or hard work that is driving your sales this year? >> let's say they all can take some credit. our core customer we often say feeds america, builds america and protects america. so our business was very solid for a long period of time and its had a dozen years of revenue growth and it's nice to now have some more focus on it from pop culture and perhaps that will continue to add a layer of growth on top of what the business has done so far. >> talk us to about the rest of the year in 2025, expanding into new locations and di

eddie george, thanks. happy father's day, everybody. see you monday. >>> all right. ty, thanks. welcome to "closing bell." i'm scott wapner, this make-or-break hour, the fed meeting behind us, apple shares surging this week, earnings are still a few weeks away. so what's the most important catalyst to drive stocks? we'll ask our experts that very question over this final stretch. in the mean team, let's show you the scorecard with 60 minutes to go in regulation. the nasdaq has gone positive actually trying to get there, as you see, it's back and forth. industrial names, though, they are dragging the dow lower and have been all day long, and that's even as yields fall. consumer confidence was weak today. you have fresh concerns about the economy. that's probably why small caps are underperforming the rest of the market. there's the russell down 1.75%. as for tech, adobe is the standout after its earnings. we have to talk about apple. how can you not? what a week, an amazing week it has been for those shares. we're watching over the final stretch going for a milestone of its own.

george: whatever you say. >> sam: if that wasn't enough for you, there are more coming. eddie spinoff. carly johansson in jurassic world. that's a fourth one. channing tatum got people excited about the jump street. he said it was the best script he had ever read for a third movie, guys. >> mary: how many trequels? is that a word? [ laughter ] >> sam: something. >> whit: learning our greek words and everything. >> george: coming up next the blockbuster father/son duo. our play of the day. ♪ even hum, ice cream too, ♪ ♪ jambalaya, jars of kimchi, ♪ ♪ lemonade and cheesy noods. ♪ it has four rolls in one so it lasts longer and feels like the roll never runs out. ♪ nachos, oven, pumpkin guts and puppy footprints, ♪ ♪ potted planters, sneezes, taco tuesday, ♪ ♪ upside-down cake, vindaloo, waffles, ♪ ♪ xo sauce and yogurt, ziti, ♪ ♪ mommy's glass of zinfandeeeellll! ♪ bounty. the quicker picker upper. (vo) if you have graves' disease, your eye symptoms could mean something more. that gritty feeling can't be brushed away. even a little blurry vision can distort things. and something