. >> the party will continue, shall we say, after the close here, and here comes -- here comes mark hoffmanod to be in the studio. >> so great. that was great. >> great to see you, mark. welcome. my god. >> that was just great, just great. >> the last time they let someone do it that way. >> that's what we understand. so nice of the new york stock exchange to let us close the market on our 25th anniversary from cnbc, and we had 500-plus employees here, and what a thrill. what a thrill. >> how many pounds of confetti as well? >> last time i saw you carrying a gavel that big you were running after me. >> please sign your contract, please sign your contract. >> so nice to be surrounded by so many people who have been here 25 years. >> that's what we did. we had on the podium with me was pat philly who is the chairman of the -- of the nbc news group and then filled in by all the employees who have been with us for -- for 25 years since the very beginning in 1989, so it was great, really great. >> one of the things, you know, you've not been here a long time is how global this business has becom

at the request of his family some of the writer's favorite excerpts from it along with mark hoffman traditional colombian music hundreds gathered outside the palace of fine arts to bid a final farewell. it was that says i love his works reading his books and there was a teenager. and it made me grow in the motel he described he was a real master. colombian authorities said they will also hold the morning. garcia marquez family has yet to decide where to spread his conscience. they may be divided between his native colombia. i knew. or for the team here in the news or in fifty minutes trying to stay with us. the banks are joining us today we analyze the ukrainian crisis as seen from brussels events in ukraine to pose a formidable challenge to the european union. europe is trying to assert itself diplomatically and offered to have an alternative to russia's domination but within a new divisions dependence on russian gas in the absence of a political vision for ukraine. of all blunted europe's influence. joining us from berlin to talk about this is michael e of the german marshall fund he's a spec

you see there ceo mark hoffman with the gavel. everybody is happy.v icon with a knack for investing in the right stocks, regis philbin joins us live on the phone. thanks for joining us. >> congratulations for you and your 25th anniversary. >> and you were a viewer since 25 years ago, right? >> that's right. i have been right from the beginning. i think you're doing a great job. and say hello to guy and brian and kelly. brian kelly is the name of my football coach at notre dame. >> does he go by bk as well? >> i was with him last week and he was very, very happy with spring practice and looking forward to a big season and i hope he gets it. >> let's get down to stock. i understand that you're going to sell a stock this week. you want to share that with us? >> yes, i do. you know, i have been with apple up and down for a long time now, and back into the 300s because i thought it was going to come back and it started getting higher and higher this week and i sold all of my 300s and 400s. >> regis, you are the man. that's a great trade. what about micron

mark hoffman, thank you for being with us.ou later. >>> meanwhile, the past, present and future on the late show last night, stephen colbert paid a visit to the ed sullivan theater with letterman. letterman will be retiring from the show sometime next year. as the soon-to-be host reveals, it wasn't always his ambition to work at the late show. >> you actually got a job, or were an intern or tried to get a job here? >> no, i did not actually try to be an intern here. i was accepted as an intern here. and i did not take the internship. >> why is that? >> because you did not pay people. >> that doesn't sound foolish to me. >> it's an expensive city. dave, i've got to ask, the next job i'm taking here, it pays. >> i have nothing to do with that. [ grunting ] i'm taking off, but, uh, don't worry. i'm gonna leave the tv on for you. and if anything happens, don't forget about the new xfinity my account app. you can troubleshoot technical issues here. if you make an appointment, you can check out the status here. you can pay the bill,

>> mark hoffman. pat philly. >> cnbc first 25. as we head to break, u.s.or of our time and member of the cnbc first 25 list, berkshire hathaway chairman and ceo warren buffett joins us to talk about the last 25 years of investing and what is expected for the next 25. that interview and much more is head on cnbc. first in business worldwide. e. financial noise financial noise financial noise with all the opinions about stocks out there, how do you know which ones to follow? the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent research providers into a single score that's weighted based on how accurate they've been in the past. i'm howard spielberg of fidelity investments. the equity summary score is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. call or click to open your fidelity account today. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save. i'm almost done. [ male announcer ] now you can pay your bill... ♪ ...manage your appointments... [ dog barks ] ...and chec

we know 25 years at cnbc, and i'd like to thank a personal thanks to mark hoffman, our fearless leader ago, some interesting numbers. you saw the s&p was up a little over 500%. i have a 500% number, too. my number's 516%. any ideas? anybody? anybody? anybody? you know what that is? that's how much the natural debt's up since our birthday in april 1989. it's currently about 17.6 trillion. 516%. here's something neat. lower rates. first of all, this will blow you away. fed funds, the target, not the effective trade on our birthday 25 years ago, was 9.75 and the curve was inverted. ten years trading 9 paint 20, and 30 years trading around 9%. so, you know, whatever anybody thinks, and it would take me a while to find total return, but the debt's moved up a lot, the nasdaq and the stock markets definitely have moved up a lot. let me tell you. when you're in a 9.25% on a 10-year and you're now down to roughly 2.70, that's a pretty large total return, as well. so that wasn't a bad investment either. carl? kayla? back to you. >> rick, that's why we have you here is to bring us numbers like th