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. >>> shares of mastercard and visa are charging ahead, out performing the broader market this year, but are credit card stocks still a safe investment, even as competition heats up? >>> facebook will be the newest member of the s&p 500. the company replaces terridine. the news was announced tonight after the closing bell sending shares of facebook initially higher. >>> talk about a rewards program rising a staggering 1600%, since going public in 2006. mastercard recently announced a 10-1 stock split and dividend hike like it's competitor visa, the payment processer is benefitting from the trend of paying with credit cards instead of cash, but is it time for investors who have made profits to cash out? marry thompson has our story. >> you can swipe it any time. >> reporter: it pays to be in the payments business. >> i'm a big credit card girl. i'll never stop using credit cards. >> i use credit cards for most purchases. >> it's more convenient. i don't like carrying cash around me much. >> reporter: cash is still king. mastercard said it's used to pay for 85% of consumer purchases bu

would you buy mastercard or no? >> so at this point i would be not buying mastercard.here's two issues that i have with mastercard. you look at its fourth quarter earnings in the last three years has always been its lowest earnings. they make their announcements in january. also, it's dividend announcement that id made last year in april, the stock sagged nor five months after that. i would be paying attention, i would be looking at the stock very carefully, i wouldn't be buying it at this point. >> jason, i think anton makes a pretty interesting and compelling point here. when he makes the distinction between new and existing investors in this name, if you're an investor in the name already, what do you do with it? do you take some profits? >> well, thanks for having me, first of all. we buy more, actually. this is the best fundamental story that we cover in the space. we have tremendous secular tail winds globally that are not abating, we have incredibly powerful modes here that make the entry extremely high. no company we cover that has such highly visible eps growt

visa and mastercard. mastercard shot up after the board increased the dividend by 83%. as you can see mastercard solidly in the green, 794 per share. up 4%. mastercard good fortunes helping visa. benefiting from regulatory changes in europe. look at visa. a gain of almost 4% as well, so those are two positive names to watch for you today. a market that is not feeling the love today, not getting much of a boost at all after citigroup went on a downgrade rampage today. citi took the acts out today, who did they go after first? nicole: citigroup has been the big lagger on the dow jones. blackberry managing to squeak out a gain of half a percent. locate medications down 1.6%. seller ratings as far as cisco systems, they were concerned it was losing market share. also the revenue growth going forward. they also downgraded blackberry to a cell. making winding down blackberry expensive. right now $6 per share. but they cut their target on blackberry down to $4 from seven. they also added another rating, that was brocade communications. qualcomm had as a winner, nokia some of t

visa and mastercard. mastercard shot up after the board increased the dividend by 83%. in the green, 794 per share. up 4%. mastercard good fortunes helping visa. benefiting from regulatory changes in europe. look at visa. a gain of almost 4% as well, so those are two positive names to watch for you today. a market that is not feeling the love today, not getting much of a boost at all after citigroup went on a downgrade rampage today. citi took the acts out today, who did they go after first? nicole: citigroup has been the big lagger on the dow jones.

shares of mastercard hitting new highs. what is going on? nicole: let's take a look at mastercard. right now 796.66. we saw mastercard moving to all-time highs of 801.63 on the news of a couple of pieces of news. the dividend rate, but also a share split. mastercard's world's number two credit card company announced 10 for ma10-1 stock split. bringing up these and american express at one point along with it. visa has been a top performer at number one. visa up 2%. american express at a high point traded 85.28. it has since pulled back from that level, but this news really brought the whole group to the upside, so we are watching mastercard closely which announced $3.5 billion buyback program and raised the dividend as well. connell: america's health rankings report is out unveiling the healthiest state this year and the winner is outside of the mainland, it is hawaii. the healthiest states as measure things like tobacco and alcohol use, that kind of thing. vermont, number two, is down a little. dagen is right, mississippi is indeed the unhealthiest estate, which is consistent on ba

data for mastercard sales up 2.3% from november 1st to christmas eve.astercard ads at larger stores performed slightly better than the smaller stores. freddie mac said the average 30-year loan ticked up to 4.48%. >>> japan's bank has already gobbled .sprint and now it is going after t-mobile. an effort to purchase t-mobile would likely will rejected by regulators. >>> a deal between iran and major world powers aims to limit the country's nuclear program in exchange for relaxingment some economic sanctions. al jazeera reports on one iranian industry that is benefitting from the deal. >> reporter: back on track, people in iran's car industry has found a renewed sense of optimism. the country wants to become one of the top ten auto makers in the world by producing up to 3 million cars a year. that goal is now at least a step closer because of november's nuclear agreement, which includes lifting sanctions on iran's car industry. >> our planning is after removing the sanctions, we go to direction to remove all weakness point in the industry, not just purchas

still to come: could a stock split send mastercard shares soaring? plus.... star studded investment... is now a good time to throw your money into movies? but first....tracking credit card use. why it's signaling something larger about the global economy. that's next with bill moller. the world runs on credit. so, with the economy improving on most fronts, what does credit in its various forms look like in 2014? the credit management and reporting bureau transunion just today released its consumer credit forecast. steve chaouki is a group vice president in transunion's financial services business unit. so out there in the misty future, what does transunion see for credit? > >things look generally positive. if you look at credit cards, we expect credit card delinquencies to remain near all time lows, where they have been for the last 2 years. and mortgage delinquencies continue to drop well off their highs but still well above historic averages. > >let's talk about credit cards. what is the average debt? have you calculated that? > >so, we expect the average d

visa is better than mastercard.ime to make the swap out of mastercard and into visa even though i'm aware it went up 22 points and mastercard is too far ahead from letter v. how about will in wisconsin? >> boo-yah from kenosha, wisconsin. >> good to have you on the show. >> i've been listening to you from the kudlow and cramer days. >> wow! that's ancient. >> it seems like you're an old friend. >> thank you. that's very nice. thank you. thank you. i'm glad. we've got to get out to wisconsin thp they love us there. they love us there. what's up? >> i've been holding shares of standard pacific spf, for a couple of years now based on an old recommendation from you. >> right. >> and i was wondering if your thoughts on selling it to the end of the year -- >> no! no, no, listen, i thought you were my friend, will! you want to be in standard pacific. that can go to ten and the california market's red hot and don't forget brothers just expended. spf is going higher not lower. i say buy, not sell. whenever i call a friend i'

in the senior vice president of mastercard advisors and the chief executive of the national retail federation. what does all the information tell you about shopping from now until new year's? >> what is very interesting is that first of all, the shopper came and shopped over the holiday. 2.3%, which we were very excited about. shopper willt the continue because they understand that there are promotions. they have learned that this is a culture, so they will continue the trend. fromt's get some details matt shay. can you tell us about different areas of retail, who is doing well and who has challenges? >> we started off the season to blackng back friday. there were promotions on electronics items. picked up through the weekend. as we make the push to the end of the year, we will see what happens. apparel and toys do well. jewelry and gift cards are the sleeper big number, every year one of the biggest categories is gift cards. >> i noticed your eyebrows go up when matt mentioned jewelry. i'm wondering if you could give us some details about the winners. >> jewelry was the big winner for the se

wow. >> seriously, mastercard, 43 new interday highs, visa, 22. >> it has had at least three or fourimes where we had headline risks. >> the swipe fees, etc.? >> a number of things. we mentioned it then. to karen's point, probably expensive but the momentum still seems behind the guys. >> next up, the hash tag rally continues. above 50 a share. >> the stock was pretty well contained. it's only been trading about a month. some of the other web 2.0 lost a lot of momentum. i think there is very few high quality social is values. i don't think you buy it at 60 bucks. maybe 40. >> you didn't like it last night or hash tag as we call you? >> i tell you what, 24 times 2014 revenue it's a valuation that i don't know what to do with. i wouldn't be buying it here. >> does anything change in your view now that's broken through 50? >> no. let me be clear, it didn't mean that i told people to go out and buy it. i didn't believe the story at $40. the story is less compelling at $50. it becomes a greater fools theory. we're going to have a conversation where we say can you believe people bought twi

>> they have done well for mastercard. am not familiar with all the elements but if they are just loo looking at mastercard that's only a piece of the survey. and i don't necessarily choose one or the other. >> but master car could be a bell weather. >> it could be. especially when comparing apples to apples. that's obviously a positive sign. one of several we have seen on consumer activity. reported just this week, for example, the personal consumer spending went up about 60 billion-dollars in the month of necessary november. yeah, we have seen a spade of positive economic news in the last 30 days. u.s. job less claims came out. is the economy finally recovering the economy is what you el boo it is. you are working you feel the economy is strong. the neighbor may not be, he or she doesn't feel it is as strong. certainly we have seen positive numbers. went down, but they had got undramatically in the preceding two weeks so this is kind of a direction. at retailers at restaurants and at hotels will lose their jobs and file

how about the price of gold, 1259.80 as of right now, oh, please, look at mastercard.800, 801. they improved the dividend. 10-1 stock split and the market loves it, it's up $37. now this, a story from "the washington post," actually. they report that doctors get drugs, brand name drugs from the manufacturer at a nice discount, but they turn around and sell them for full price. if doctors are doing that, doesn't that make them look bad? dr. mark siegel is here. aren't you? >> yes. stuart: you look-- >> i'm not a culprit. stuart: okay. >> let me explain what group we're talking about here. for the most part we're talking oncologists who sell chemo that they get at a discount and then make a markup on it and they can get 6% of a medicare cost. stuart: is that legit, doctor? >> right now it's legit under the federal government, but it's going to be clamped down on. is it legit for the reasons you presented it? no, i don't think it's ethically legitimate to not be honest about this. stuart: wait a second, i have to ask, does this dominate treatment? are doctors going to pre

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visa high, mastercard high, american express also a high. people are shopping. all-time high. twitter up 6%. >> 57.74. twitter, 64.51, that is a gain of 7.5%. [closing bell ringing] liz: dow transports, these are often seen as a barometer of the economy. they cap off a record day. they too move to the upside as we put it into the history books. record for dow and s&p. david: not a bad day after you think how far the market has gone and how far it could go. general optimism from all kind of quarters from here in the u.s. to imf. from business people in particular. we'll hear from richard fisher, dallas fed president, in just a moment. i think we'll hear optimism from him as well. for the moment. look at all the market indicators of nasdaq, posting a biggest gain. largely what happened to apple. 1% slightly above. russell 2000, small and mid-size caps also doing well, liz. liz: the bells are ringing on wall street. yes, as we take a look and see what we have on the front page. personal spending in november jumping .5 of a pprcent. front page

representatives for visa and mastercard declined to comment. shoppers we spoke with are now planning to take a pro-active stance but are taking it all in stride. >> i don't have that much money in there for them to send anyways. so -- >> reporter: and one other silver lining. this doesn't affect online customers only people who have used their cards in store. brian? >> okay, anne, thanks very much. by the way, if you want more information on the breach and what you should do if you see unexplained activity on your credit card statement, log on to our website, kpix.com. then click on this story. >>> wonder girl came to the rescue and saved vallejo. kpix 5's cate caugiran is live at city hall where the little superhero was just awarded the key to the city. cate. >> reporter: now our wonder girl is taking a break. she is having lunch at pennycook elementary school where she is a fifth grader. she is joined with her friends. it was unrevealed she was the true hero of vallejo. [ applause ] >> it's like batkid but its awesome because it's our hometow

both stocks ended the day higher, mastercard up to 787.97 and visa to $207.36. >>> the top job, steve will assume the title of ceo in march. it was a bit of surprise because it was speculation that he was in the running to succeed steve balmer up at microsoft as the ceo. balmer plans to leave microsoft next year. let's look at shares of qualcomm off slightly $72.58. >>> well, adobe impressed investors with subscriber growth sending the stock to an all-time high today. the photo shop maker saw a 22% jump in the creative cloud sweet subscribers from last year. >> at the beginning of the year, we thought we might have 1.25 million subscribers adopting the cloud. we passed that number with over 1.4 million subscribers, and i think the message really is that for consumers, it's a better proposition. >> the ceo says he expects the subscriber growth to continue and that sent shares soaring up almost 13% to $60.89. >>> a different story for united technology today. shares fell after the company revised the earnings outlook. the maker of elevators and air conditioners gave guidance for this ye

mastercard shares up by 1%, visa up a little bit more than 1%. you. >>> in a surprise move qualcomm taps steve mullencoff as their new ceo. he was rumored to be at or near the top of the list to replace balmer. our next guest says this is regular business when it comes to nabbing top ceos. >>> bob, welcome back. nice to have you here. >> nice to be here. it does kind of seem to be a bidding war is out there. m alan mullaly isn't commenting. is this what it comes down to if companies want to keep good talent they have to elevate them? >> there's one thing about tlaents. the world is transparent. people know even across industries. there are rumors about people moving from one industry to another in order to be ceo. and maybe it's like to use another sports metaphor it's hard to make the super bowl without an elite quarterback. the role of the ceo today is really crucial. given all the pressure that the street basically puts on every company. >> yeah. if you were alan mullaly over at ford as we said he's been -- he's been very evasive, our phil leb

click, it will transform your existing creddt card in conjunction with the issuing bank into a mastercardich is a credit card donation lasts for a month and a limited credit card is only worth the amount of that purchase, so it is something the make your purchase with and you are done and what happens to that number after that purchase is over, it can be lost or stolen. gerri: what an interesting product, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. gerri: we have more and more this hour. we are still waiting to get a plane ticket and why the number of dementia cases is getting worse not better and they look at your health after the break coming up. gerri: a new report of a global dementia epidemic. alzheimer's disease international sounding the alarm that by 2050, the number of cases of dementia will triple. with more on this, the president and ceo of the new york city chapter of the alzheimer's association. thank you for being with us. these numbbrs are disturbing. why are they going up? >> the current report, some of the developing countries where we have not had this access befo

according to mastercard, jewelry was one of the popular gifts purchased between november 1st and december 24th. analysts say it's because of the stronger economy. sayingshipers spend 500ss today $1200 on jewelry this year. >> ups and fed-ex were busy delivering apologies. both went all out to get packages to intended destinations. bad weather and demand caused the backlogs ups apologized today. fed-ex called it isolated. customers inundated social media with complaints. target is responding to claims hackers also managed to steal customer encrypted bank pins. experts believe they might have been compromised because banks decided to limit atm withdrawals of affected customers. now, target admits names account numbers and dates were exposed but denies that pin data was compromised. in an e mail yesterday the company says it would offer free credit monitoring to everyone impacted by the crime. >> still head it's time to start thinking about recycling a tree. one city is getting new trees live. >> controversy over mcdonald employee web site. the company shutting down after advising workers to

mastercard said that they performed better than their smaller counterpart this year. volume in bad weather kept the firm from dropping off in time for the holidays. ups said that the number of packages topped peak projections. >>> and amazon.com is offering a card for customers whose packages didn't arrive on time. >>> a positive report on jobs. the number of people applying for initial unemployment benefits dropped 42,000 last unique, the above the in a year. economy added an average of 204,000 jobs every month from august to november. >>> the cofounder of blackberry, he was planning to launch a bid with fellow cofounder, but a filing with the securities exchange commission said that he is cutting his stake in the firm and ending any potential effort to purchase blackberry. much more to come on the other side of the break. keep it here. >> here are today's headlines of the a video has surfaced of the american abducted in pakistan two years ago. he has been held since august of 2011 of into. >> the turkish prime minister has reshuffled his cabinet after representing t

i want to comment about mastercard.t or the dividend increase, which is healthy, but that $3.5 billion stock buy back programs, these have been huge all year and are a major reason why the stock market has been holding back so well. it's the buybacks the companies do every single day that's really moving things. so 2013 mastercard paid $182 million in difficult depevidend. that's almost 2% of the shares outstanding. in 2014 they're going to do the sa same thing again thanks to this buyback announcement. so what does it mean for the numbers? ba bard had a report out saying -- they buy 2 million next year, that will add 2% to the eps growth and this year as well. you can see these have cumulative effects and one of the reasons the company is doing so well. the five biggest buyback companies so far, apple, pfizer, halliburton, qualcomm, johnson & johnson. we have indication on autohome up 26 to 29. prices at 17. the indications right now, 26 to $29. we'll have the ceo on later on with you guys. back to you. >> thanks very

there's mastercard, it was poised to hit that's $1,000 club. that really is slated for january 9th. netflix one of the biggest gainers so far this year in the s&p, a momentum stock on a sprint in the second half of the year. other names are in the running. based croatian price and this is if you take out mastercard, of course, these are the five stocks in the russell 1000 priced above $500. graham holdings. white mountain insurance. markel. then everybody knows about apple over $552.78. then there's chipotle mexican grill, 533. some companies may get there in a year, two, three if they have that same kind of run. >> which one will get there first? patrick, what do you think of those names that don just mentioned, which ones will get there first? >> it's an interesting mix because one of those things is very much not like towers and that's april p.m. when i look at chipotle and others are very high pe and very expensive. apple is very different. 12 pe. pretty big dividend. it's a company with fairly low expectations. there's a lot of skepticism about apple out there. so we're looking

. >>> mastercard says scales of electronics and jewelry rose 2.3% over the holiday, online sales surging 16.5% over 2012, that's according to ibm, digital and analytics. meanwhile, amazon says 2013 was its biggest shopping year yet. on cybermonday alone they sold 36.8 million items worldwide. >> that is 426 items purchased per second. >>> delta airlines ran an after christmas special without needing to. some delta websites and booking sites were incorrect because of a glitch. one round-trip flight between minneapolis in february sold for just $25.05. delta is honoring the purchases. >>> and a new associated press times square new year's eve poll finds americans are looking at the new year with optimism. 49% think their own fortunes will improve in 2014. 34% say they don't expect much to change. >>> well, forces just ahead, including number 12 back on the frozen tundra. >>> plus, michigan will be one player short next week. you are watching "early today." >> the 2015 olympics making organizers optimistic there will be no shortage of the white stuff when it begins. unusually warm temperatu

people don't like it as much as mastercard. give me a break. i would sell mastercard and buy visa.hat's how strongly i feel about the situation. and i do like the seahawks, but i want you to take a dive against the niners because i'm playing against russell wilson today's jobs put earnings back in focus. next we hear from companies that tell us about money-making opportunities between now and year end. remember, costco on weakness, autozone on weakness, the best two trades. "mad money" will be right back. >>> coming up -- rig repair? when it comes to the logistics for the toughest deep sea oil and gas finds around the globe, customers have turned here for 90 years. but rocky execution has put the stock in treacherous territory. is it time to scoop up this spec at a deep discount? >>> and later -- digital dollars, your cash is moving to the cloud and a new crop of companies are helping to transfer money around the world. but as more dollars are distributed online, which stock can help you collect? cramer's got the play. >>> plus, generating returns? winter's here. friends, family an

thursday, mastercard advisers said holiday sales grew 3.5% thanks to heavy spending. the ceo of the national retail federation tells cnbc he still expects sales to hit the group's 3.9% forecast despite challenges such as the shorter holiday season and bad weather. >> we got off to a great start on black friday weekend. consumers were out in big numbers. we came out strong. over the last few weeks, we ran into the inevitable of this shortened, truncated holiday season because we knew we had six fewer days in the season and that led to this promotional environment. we knew that's what it took to get people out into the stores. >> things should be better than we were last year, given all the positive economic data and the surge into the stock market. but he says many u.s. consumers don't feel like they've been part of the economic recovery. meanwhile, in the uk, shoppers surged stores hoping to pick up on holiday sales. spending is estimated to have hit a record 2.7 billion pounds on boxing day. that's including online sales. >>> still coming up on the show, it may be th

>> well, brian, it's really a case of want to lock between visa and mastercard visa has gone too farpo, visa up about 360% from the ipo price or 270% from the first day of trading, meanwhile over the last five years, american express up about 100%. but the outperformance is what concerns us over the last two years. since the middle of 2011, visa's outperformed american express and really the rate of assent that's concerning. the chart of the two we can see the steepness of that trend of visa. visa hasn't touched its 00 day moving average in over two years. market perspective the risk is to the downside in visa whereas american express a much more well sustainable trend so we like american express here over visa. >> we do things differently today. normally we start with the fundamentals and then move on to the charts and technicals. mixing it up a little bit. >> going crazy. >> breaking out. >> not even freaky friday. jason fundamentally is american express better than visa as the technicals were tug sugging? >> absolutely not. i'm on the opposite side. i mean if someone says visa is

: with that mastercard scott catt might as well have left his calling card. kids are using it in home depot to buy the gear they were about to use in a bank heist. it was just the break detectives needed. and the catts were in the bag >> when scott was arrested -- the -- the detective that actually made contact with him told him, "well, you're under arrest for armed robbery." and -- scott's initial response to that was, "which one?" >> reporter: they quickly arrested hayden as well, who was up in the apartment. there they found the kind of evidence gumshoes dream of. >> in the apartment -- we found some bank straps, and a bank strap is a little paper strap that wraps around -- a certain quantity of money. usually it's $1,000 denominations, and it identifies whatever bank it is that it comes from. >> reporter: and some of those straps were from a bank in an entirely different state! suddenly they realize catt is no rookie, but a bank bandit with a resume. they now had more than enough evidence to haul both catts in for questioning, and authorities were zeroing

visa and mastercard have declined to comment. >>> the star of "duck dynasty" is suspended indefinitely from his show. this after phil robertson made anti-gay remarks in jan's "gq" magazine. the 67-year-old reality star called homosexuality a sin and compared it to bestiality and promise skewty. a&e suspended him wednesday saying in a statement, quote, we are extremely disappointed to have read phil's comments. his personal views in no way reflect those of a&e networks. "duck dynasty's" august premier was the top nonfiction series selly cast in cable history and also saying in "gq" we're bible thumb pers who ended up on television. >>> your retirement plan and stock portfolio looked greener on wednesday. stocks soared. two major indices reached record territory. the dow climbing nearly 300 points. it's all thanks to federal reserve chairman ben bernanke and what he revealed about the economy. finance leaders say the economy is improving enough to take it off of the fed's trillion dollar life support program. starting january, the fed will roll back its support by about 12% from current

you can add mastercard. back to you. adam: thank you.e people could be left in the dark. has the latest for us, our meteorologist. >>meteorologist: [inaudible conversations] adam. we are still tracking the storm system which produced all of the weather just this weekend. extending from new england. starting to taper from d.c. into baltimore, still coming down pretty good from philadelphia to new york city up into boston, delays be reported, philadelphia international to my new work, laguardia, and jfk, expecting that to continue through the course of the afternoon. north of boston, this peak area %-the rain band extends all the way down to the gulf coast, coming down pretty good from tallahassee to colombia up into charlotte. over 3 inches in philadelphia. the heavier band. could be looking at flash flooding. i want to take a second to talk about the temperature differential perry very warm in the east which will be changing. yellow temperatures, from sunday, expected temperatures for tuesday. much colder, but the core of the cold as acr

only mastercard gets you access to every tpc golf course across the country. book now at pricelessgolf.com. >>> tiger woods, zach johnson first playoff hole. you see them back on the fairway, both players. zach a little bit longer than he was the first time off the 18th tee and tiger in much better shape than he was. >> much simpler approach for tiger. >> zach virtually the same shot that he faced earlier. tiger being further back and first to play will have the chance to apply some pressure to zach. >> just the second playoff in the history of this event. this is the 15th year. that last playoff we had with graeme mcdowell and tiger was some doozie. see what we have in store here. >> 2010 tiger lost that one to graeme. >> it's been a while but we had 74 over there. a little different shot because it's down the hill, but you get a little feel for the shot. you know what i mean? you have five behind you at the backstop. >> joey said what they had at 9? that's been a long while. >> he said it was a little while ago. >> a little. noda, what do you think here? >>

visa, mastercard, the banks get hosed on this and have t reimburs all the bad chges but the money isng spent and into the gdp and holiday sales. >> i have to give you a chance at this, jhn. >> i used jonas's dog for my pass word. >> ramon! uh-oh. >> i love you. that's the craziest thing i ha heard. i feel sorry for target. this is the second biggest security breach in history. 47% of security fraud happens in the united states. it'secause we haven't gone to a chip card-type system. i'm with gary. ion't think this affects the christmas season. wear basically flat from last year despite projections that we'll be 10% lower. sales are down but i think we are just seeing a slow christmas season. >> i'm sorry. am a conspiracy theorist? they could be out there hitting your visa card now. we have to get on it. this cou happen to the next 40 million people shopping at, who knows, walmart. because walmart is doing the happy dance picking up target's slack. this is an issue, a bigger issue. people will be concerned about this. >> gary? >> i undstand what tracy is saying. right after we are done

you saw mastercard, boeing, significantly raise their dividends.s 83%, boeing was 50%, those are significant obligations in the future. you have to be so confident what is going to happen, most confidence is from the rest of the world. what we're seeing with gdp is inventories made the difference. maybe american businesses are feeling better under 2% but with the inventory build what they are saying is they see a change and if they see it change what is the most vulnerable part of the rally becomes something that helps the rally out. cheryl: you are talking about the dividend and those are spectacular dividend increases, a huge string of stock buybacks, boeing and more, money is cheap but that is going way. they start pulling back. >> one reason the buybacks have been so big is the tax laws. dividend increases, there is a saying that you have said before, the companies complied on earnings but not dividendss. they have to follow through. >> that is a real commitment. cheryl: you talked-about the global story. it is hard to ignore the returns of the

is in mastercard.ve heard of it as the company but you experienced their services, a process most gift cards out there. this stock is down 1-3/4%. and 1/2%, thursday before christmas last year starbucks sold 1500 gift cards per minute so we will see if they did something like that. >> i should have invested in red bull because you wouldn't believe, thank you. cheryl: thanks for adding me on national tv. my red bull is 20 minutes away. time for the fox business stock radar, ceo of gerber, saki joining me. on your radar today you watch in the big holiday winners. pulling up the chart and showing up one year to our viewers, take a look at this one. a little bottle over the last year up 10% we had a winner on apple but what about next year? >> next year will be better than last year. what they have, a whole new product line that looks great. when you go into the apple store it is always crazy. one of the busiest stores in the mall but on top of that their products are better than all of their competitors a

good to see you, mastercard adviser, have a good holiday. >> hey, happy new year. cheryl: you too.s. this is it, the rise of the drone could transform global commerce. but could we be on the brink of a revolution on the high seas as well? coming up next, the potential for a breakthrough that could come straight out of a science fiction movie, seriously. and the little twitter soared after its ipo making it one of the most successful of the year. but it's not quite highed today. we're going to find out why the stock is coming back to earth when we return. ♪ ♪ cheryl: all right, so after all the christmas shipping delays, it could be time to send in the drones. remember the amazon drone? well, the online retail giant is working on an unmanned aerial vehicle that could deliver small packages right to your front door. ceo jeff bezos says those drones could carry box withs weighing up to 5 pounds. then there's google which has just bought boston dynamics, it's a company behind what you're seeing on your screen, the big dog, the four-legged robot? this beast seems quite capable of delive

mastercard advisers say stores used higher discounts to attract more customers and sales grow. >>> deltaill honor cheap fares advertised by mistake. among them a round trip flight for $25 that is normally more than $400. veronica, back to you. >> hampton, thank you. >>> now for your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politi politics. neck and neck. hillary clinton and governor chris christie are dead locked in a potential matchup for 2016. >>> could antony wiener be planning a comeback? the failed candidate posted a message saying i do want to take stock a bit of 2013. it certainly didn't go as i hope pid continue to be deeply sorry that my personal mistake undermined an amazing campaign. he said, what's next? i'll keep you posted on my plans but i hope we keep the band together. >>> a record year for gun background checks in colorado, all because of legislation that requires them for private firearm transfers. that's 19,000 more than last year. >>> republican governor nikki haley says she must have been good because santa gave her a beretta px 4 storm and gun. she believes f

mastercard command said holiday spending up 2.3%, and in particular, jewelry sales were strong. you can see details, signet and tiffany. and again, the luxury segment of the retailing industry was not quite as strong according to mastercard in the holiday session. also, we want to note that 3-d printers, these were rumored to be a lot of people's christmas presents. they've been very strong over the last week. and they have been extending those gains in today's session. lastly, we want to mention the home builders because they were very strong at the start of today's session. good numbers on jobless claims. but keep in mind when the yield on the ten-year hit 3%, they started to lose ground. as can you see, they've pulled back in today's session. mandy, the dow is up 817 points. back to you. >> and since you mentioned the that about the ten-year treasury hitting 3% today, let's get separate over to rick santelli at the cme. this really was an important threshold that investors were watching for. >> i think it's a big psychological event to be sure. but remember, this psychologica

keep in mind, mastercard said that spending for the season, up 2.3%.ncreased within those group, jewelry was a standout. and then apparel which is basically covered by urban outfitters and the gap. modest gains there. so those stocks getting a lift from that. i do want to end on the commodities group. steel, copper stocks getting a bid today. this after, of course, the estimates for china's growth in 2013 raised slightly, and we have seen copper move to a multi-month high. >> the good news keeps coming. >> good way to move into the new year, i think. >> mary thompson, thanks for running through some of the industry groups. >>> let's bring in kevin mon, president and cio. also with us, bill baruch standing by in chicago. kevin's talking sectors and also we're going to talk about stocks with him as well. bill's got an eye on commodities including big story of the year, gold's demise. kev, let's start with the action in today's trade. thin holiday trading. better economic news seems to be a recipe for more record highs. >> yeah, and i'll give you another

american express says it's put fraud controls in place, visa and mastercard have declined to comment. the breach could have extended up until just this past sunday. >>> the star of one of hottest shows around is under fire for anti-gay remarks. bill robertson has been suspended indefinitely from the show after making comments in january's gq magazine. the 67-year-old called homosexuality a sin and compared it to bestiality and promiscuity. he went on to talk about his religion saying, quote, we're bible thumpers who just happen to ob television. he'll have to take a break from the television part as a and e said we are extremely disappointed to have his comments and they in no way reflect the net work's. duck dynasty was the number one nonfiction telecast in cable history. >>> turning to news on your money. stocks soared wednesday with two of the major averages reaching record territory. in one day the dow jones climbed nearly 300 points. it's all thanked to ben bernanke and what he is revealing about the strength of the economy. leaders now say the economy is improving enough to begi

mastercard may want this.stercard is that--suspect became public in 2006 they have gone up twentyfold. and they do not lend money, they're not banks, i just love that business lot. maligned let's talk about general motors, for the big nils, finally, they have a female ceo. i like the store. >>is stoyr.ry. >> for the first time you see that they brought in someone who actually worked for the company. >> she has worked there since she was 18 years old. she has a gasoline running through her veins. that is all i have to say about that. >> coming up, an unincorporated part of an walnut creek concern all residents are concerned so that drivers can follow the law. this is on the next edition of people behaving badly. >> (male annoucer): now here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> it's the voice of reason asking drivers on newell ave unincorporated walnut creek to slow down like this sign reading drive like your kids live here one of the sponsors of this sign is lelan jorgensen sot: i've been

. >> mastercard's spending pulse which tracks consumer patterns confirms a lot of american shoppers waited until the last minute. u.p.s. promises to refund shipping costs to some customers. amazon one of u.p.s.'s biggest customers, says it's refunding shipping charges to affected customers and giving them a $20 credit. >>> 2014 will bring a laundry list of new state laws for motorists. starting january 1, the law enforcement will be required to issue amber alerts when a child has been abducted by anyone, including a parent or guardian. another new law prohibits drivers from passing cyclists if there is less than 3 feet between any part of the car and any part of the bicycle. it will also be illegal for drivers under 18 to use any electronic communication devices while driving even with hands-free equipment. >>> a new federal judge has ruled that the nsa's massive phone tracking program is legal. the ruling goes on to say that the surveillance is a critical component of the country's effort to combat terrorism. the ruling contradicts that of another federal judge who held the program likely

mastercard plans a stock split. the stock closed last at $763 dollars. the 10-for-1 split would lower the price to $80 potentially making it more attractive to investors and ending hopes it would become the next 1,000 stock. and hilton hotel's ipo is expected to price in tonight. larry shover of sfg alternatives joins us on the show now for some trader talk from cme group. good morning larry. > >good morning. > >what tapering trends are you noticing in the market right now as we prepare for that fomc meeting coming up next week? > >at least yesterday, with all the tapering fear we're getting from the headlines, we had 3 asset classes actually respond in a way that they shouldn't respond if people are worried about tapering. that would be gold, u.s. treasury, and homebuilding stocks. all of them rallied quite significantly yesterday. > >oil is bouncing. does that mean the oil market is telling us that the economy is getting better and there will be more demand? or is it something else? > >i think that's part of the story.i think they are looking for the e

those numbers from mastercard. gym, people are in the spending mode, despite that the economy may not be the best. world number have sales of 30, 40,%. a lot of people getting ready to take advantage of these deals. ann taylor, banana republic returning things and shopping. >> over hereby, there's a jim boar ow store, that's 70% off all day long. so again ink credible deals again i got $25 i don't know what i can get for that, maybe a box of canningdy or something. >> next up a look at the holidays of two women in recovery. >> stories that have impact... that make a difference... that open your world... >> this is what we do... >> america tonight weeknights 9et / 6pt only on al jazeera america here is more. >> beneath the fluorescentsun in a former meat packing plant is the latest trim in farming. they call it "vertical farming." these fields grow on floors on at industrial park and farmer john adel and his staff agrees user. >> my shipping proceed did you say 1500, 2,000 miles to get are. >> the plant of the indoo

mastercard advisers say stores used higher discounts to attract more customers and sales grow. >>> deltas it will honor cheap fairs sold by mistake on thursday. among them a round trip flight for $25 that is normally more than $400. from cincinnati to minneapolis. veronica, back to you. >> i missed that one. all right. hampt hampton, thank you. >>> now for your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. neck and neck. hillary clinton and governor chris christie are dead locked in a potential matchup for 2016. a new cnn/orc poll shows christie leading 48 to 46. >>> could anthony weiner be planning a comeback? the failed candidate posted a message on face book, quote -- i do want to take stock a bit of 2013. it certainly didn't go as i had hoped. i continue to be deeply sorry that my personal mistakes undermined an amazing campaign. he said, what's next? i'll keep you posted on my plans but i hope we keep the band together. >>> the denver post reporting that 2013 is a record year for gun background checks in colorado. all because of legislation that requires them for private

. >>> mastercard will launch a 10-1 stock flip and up the dividend. the world's number two credit and debit card company will bump up by 83% and buy back 3.5 billion shares of common stock. the stock took off in after hours trading. shares ended the day a fraction higher to $763.61. >>> toll brothers out with a big earnings beat. the home builder reported an increase in home deliveries and prices, but it's results were not as strong as a year ago, partly because of rising rates. >> as the builters have been talking about, our business has been flat since the summer. flat is okay for 2013 considering where we were in '10 and '11. we're anxiously awaiting for the spring saling season that begins in february. >> taking a look at the shares of toll brothers, they fell to $33.34. >>> higher demand for repairs helped auto zone post quarterly earnings stronger than expected. the cold weather and increased ware and tear drove more customers. auto zone has been focussing the sales on the commercial repair business to off set weakness in the do it yourself mark