i have one, and kevin o'leary has one.first for brendan is can you speak at all to some of the reported website issues that you guys have been having today? are you still having problems with people trying to get their hands on these devices? >>. >> we've had an incredible amount of traffic hit our site. this is the most traffic we've ever had. a lot of people want to preorder the rift. we're working through all those issues now. we're still getting preorders as we speak. we're getting through those issues. it's because of a lot of traffic. we should be fine over the next few hours. >> but you are -- but you are still having some issues it sounds like. >> we have a lot of traffic coming through the site. we are working through those. we want to make sure that there's no fraud attempts on credit cards, things like that, and so, yeah, we're navigating those, but people are buying as fast as they can. >> i've got shark tank's kevin o'leary here with me, and he has a question for you as well. >> brendan, last year on "shark ta

let's take a closer look at kevin o'leary. mr. wonderful hero to many. find oututore about his new rule based etfs and maybe a much bigger optimism and the ability to make money either through the market or throroh inventions like the ideas we hear about regularly on shark tank. it's a great pleasure to have you on "mad money". >> great to see you. >> let's cut to the chase. we started the show by talking about look if you are going to freak out about asia and say listen have to sell everything that may be the wrong way to go. i'm going right totoou. am i right that may be the wrong thing to do. >> i think you're right. what happened today with north another test. if you go back and look k every time this leleer has done this, surprised the world with an atomic bomb test, 90 days later you're way up. he's almost like reverse buying signal. it's like a permanent dr. no movie over there. they're e reaming for attention. they have sanctions on from everybody. i think what matters about asia right now is earnings. evenhough there's a lot t volatility in the

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kevin o'leary of o shares. would you buy or sell any of what kevin likes?rst of all, as far as japan goes, what's really interesting is companies in japan years after years, the lost decade, everybody is learning about it, roe much better in j.the ecb, a lot of people, and this point was made by a couple of people, the diversions between central bank policies like this and gdp differentials are getting a lot closer, why wouldn't you be in turp? >> if you look at the rigor ketch put together in his etf you have to look there absolutely. it's clearly well thought out and clearly under some incredible scrutiny in a world that needs scrutiny. i'll say this. india has been an outperformer and germany -- there's -- i understand deutsche bank is a huge part of it. just the performance of the daxx again gives me pause. >> the perception is that they are china blanks and europe is the biggest exporting economy in the world. >> all right. up next, double line capital's jeffrey gundlach sounding the alarms on the markets right here in florida. and marc faber is making

kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> good luck to them. >>> you see i'm here with kevin o'leary from "shark tank" here for a special edition of sell a shark. we have three entrepreneurs who will get a shot. first we want to talk to you, kevin. i was surprised. recently you had an investment in a paper greeting company and you think those are dying. >> i think what is happening, everything old is new again. with all this electronic paperless e-mail greeting cards, you lose the human touch and what i found so compelling is when i first opened the card on the "shark tank" set and i was just in awe of -- >> 3d is pretty cool. >> it's amazing. >> in a really special time of your life, marriage perhaps, marriage and birth all those things really have to be special. that's what compelled me plus the entrepreneur, harvard, mit, marines. i thought if they're willing to give up those careers for greeting cards, i have to come on board. >> all right. now, the theme today is second chances. have you ever given a pitch a second chance or do you move on after you say no. >> first of all it's

our viewers trying to win over kevin o'leary. will they sink or swim as we say -- >> good morning, america! >> good morning, kevin o'leary. >>> yes, we love it when kevin is here. good morning, america. we want you to take a look. what could be under that tarp? we're going to shift into high gear in times square. >> yep. >> detroit, that's where we're headed. we're going to go there and jesse palmer is live at the auto show revealing the hottest new car this year. >> he looks happy to be there. can't wait to see all that. >>> also this morning, remember we had this mystery child mystery. remember 7-year-old kyron horman his stepmom is opening up telling her side of the story. >>> we also have a special edition of "pup news" this morning. these guys are here with us. big announcement. the kennel -- the dog show. oh. they just -- oh, my goodness. >> love the dog show every year. that is coming up. >> i look forward though that. >> let's get the morning rundown from amy. >>> the big story this morning as we all know, the historic bl

ask shark kevin o'leary and he'll tell you. >> saving money is the key to long-term success.i was in debt, i would do whatever it takes to save all my napkins when i went to a fast food restaurant so i didn't have to buy them. debt is a killer. >> one in three american households lives paycheck to paycheck with the average home carrying $130,000 in debt. tiffany, otherwise known as the budgetnista says she began her climb out of deep debt when she had no job. >> i was a preschool teacher and lost my job. >> you're almost $300,000 in debt at the time. >> the key so getting rid of that $300,000 in debt was cutting back on housing costs. first, moving in with her parents, then friends. >> a lot of my friends thought i was crazy. >> she used the website magnify money to identify zero rate credit cards to transfer her existing card balances to that involved no fees allowing her to fay down her debt faster. today she is the owner of a successful financial advising business and using hard earned savings to travel the world. >> what's the lesson you want people to take away from your

joining us now "shark tank's" barbara corcoran and kevin o'leary. great to see you both. barbara, you, when you sold your company -- >> good morning. >> good morning, barbara. you got a nice financial windfall when you sold your company. you can relate to what you have to do when that kind of money comes your way. what's your advice? >> well, when i sold my business for 66 million i immediately paid my taxes so i knew what i had left over and took $44 million and i plunked it in my checking account. and most people might say, probably kevin o'leary because he's such a wise guy about everything would say that's a stupid move because the bank only guarantees $250,000 and if the bank went under i'd lose but i figure citi bank wouldn't be going under. it gave me breathing space and time to assess what i wanted to do with the money and to spend it and invest it wisely. going to my atm machine and as i left the bank was worth the two-year wait just to have the thrill of all that happening. so you got to wait and take a breath. >> wait. >> and do something smart if you get lucky

our viewers trying to win over kevin o'leary. will they sink or swim as we say -- >> good morning, america! is here. good morning, america. we want you to take a look, what could be under that tarp? we're going to shift into high gear in times square. >> yep. >> detroit, that's where we're headed. we'll go there and jesse palmer is live at the auto show this year. >> he looks happy to be there. can't wait to see all that. >>> also this morning, this mystery child mystery. remember 7-year-old kyron horman who disappeared five years ago. his stepmom is opening up telling her side of the story. news." these guys are here with us. big announcement. kennel -- the dog show. >> love the dog show every year. >> look forward though that. amy. >>> the big story this morning as we all know, the historic blizzard. more than 70 million people across the eastern u.s. bracing a state of emergency has been declared already in five states as well as washington, d.c. more than two feet of snow could fall near washington. federal offs in d.c. closi

and most people might say, probably kevin o'leary because he's such a wise guy about everything would say that's a stupid move because the bank only guarantees $250,000 and if the bank went under i'd lose but i figure citi bank wouldn't be going under. it gave me breathing space and time to assess what i wanted to do with the money and to to spend it and invest it wisely. going to my atm machine and seeing $44 million on my receive as i left the bank was worth the two-year wait just to have the so you got to wait and take a breath. >> wait. >> and do something smart if you get lucky, that's one thing but to be smart is something else. >> okay, wait and take a breath. >> that's a nice receipt to see, as we. now, kevin, you're an investor and but do you have the same theory as barbara does on what to do with the money, how to invest? >> i never, i never agree with barbara and i won't agree now. let me explain what the thinking should be. basically i learned -- >> he needs an i.q. transplant to agree. >> she told me years ago never spent the principal, only the interest. let's do the mat

last time when i sat down with kevin o'leary we talked about how great it is for our country that oil is going down. take a listen. >> i know it's bad for that sector grown men are weaponing, i get it. oil is going to 25. i get it. but what about the other nine leave energy out of it and look at input costs. they're going to rock. >> kevin reconciled the decline in the price of oil with real businesses. why? he's a real business person. when you say it to yourself or i say it outloud i sound like i'm being a pollyanna. but when you talk business person to business person you have a rigorous discussion with a bottom line guy and the bottom line say huge boost from this decline. go ask the fed. we're dealing with an oil stock hang over of massive proportions. stock hang over. a hang over of stock creation. it's the inevitable consequence of the boom going bust. too much money raised. too many ipos. too much debt sold. too many limited partnerships dreamed up and put together. they are crushing people. i know that. i bet ever oil company executive is jealous of how pioneer was able to se

wonderful, kevin o'leary, and also here independent macrostrategist paul richards. breakdown in the stock means to your money from one of the few analysts who actually called the selloff in those shares. the north korea question, the urasia group on what the u.s. should do about that country's h-bomb