we'll ask the wharton school's jeremy siegel where stocks are likely to head in the weeks ahead. the russell leading the declines, financials getting hit as well. there is the russell down more than 2% today. tech not far behind either. several megacap stocks are seeing see ing big losses today. cold water, more of it, on the iphone upgrade cycle. that's the talk of the tape. for that stock, hit with a big downgrade this week, now these appreciate concerns. let's bring in our tech reporter steve kovach who is here with more. when this particular analyst speaks, you listen. >> i always listen. and this is, scott, this is a dreary note from that analyst. he's over at tf international securities, what i consider the best analyst out there covering apple. he often predicts what apple is going to do months or years before apple does it. here's what he's saying about iphone. iphone shipments, he says, are expected to decline 6% for the first half of this year, even with the expected launch of the new entry level iphone se, the cheaper iphone that apple puts out every few years or so. i

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we'll ask the wharton school's jeremy siegel where stocks are likely to head in the weeks

my name is jeremy siegel. i'm a global correspondent and host at public radio, and i'm honored to be sharing stage with these three fantastic authors this afternoon. i do introduce them. i just want to give everybody a little bit of an idea about things are going to work today. first, we'll having a conversation up here and then you yourselves in the audience will the opportunity to ask them questions. when we do get to that time, there's going to be a sort of between these front rows, you can line right behind it and you'll have a chance to ask your question. so i'll let you know when you can lining up. but just keep in mind you'll be able to ask questions and after the panel discussion ends, also have an opportunity to meet the authors and have book signed just out in the lobby over there. so forward to that. now, without further ado, our rock star panel today at darrin mcmahon to my left here is the david w class of 1944. professor of history at dartmouth, where he previously held the mary brim smead wheelo