and the only reason i'd mention this, newmont makes up about 8% of the gdx.king to actually get some, you know, less single stock risk and maybe some broad exposure to a bounce, i think you play gdx, that's a way to play from here. >> would you agree with dan? and what do you make of the gold move given the vote in switzerland? >> yeah, obviously, a huge reversal today. i think that's very encouraging. you could put in a short-term bottom, no question. we had randy smallwood a couple weeks ago when the stock was trading 18, traded up, trading 21 and change. i like the space. i think there's tremendous opportunity in names like silver wheaton. >> the big take away, if you think gold goes higher, you play it with the miners. gold miners bounced 23% off the recent low in november against gold, the actual commodity only bouncing 7%. play the miners. >> options action happens every friday here on cnbc. stay tuned. [ male announcer ] your love for trading never stops. so open an account with schwab. and when a market move affects, say, a cloud computing stock you'r

the best performing stock in the s&p 500 is gold-related, newmont mining up 4.3%.aybe the miners are making a comeback. >> some people are talking about rotation. maybe some money rotating to gold. >> maybe, but i don't think so. >> that is what some of the analysts are saying out there. >> what do they know? >> they pretend to know something and hopefully they do. >>> the dow and s&p posting biggest one-day drop. how should you be positioning your portfolio in 2015? let's talk through. we have john. as we head into the new year how should we be positioned given that we are coming off three straight years of double digit gains on wall street? >> i'll take that. i think you should buy stocks. i think the market still has more to if you are asking me, i don't think it is qovervalued. i bet you look back if you didn't buy emerging markets and kick yourself. e1 get yourself a position. you don't have to go overweight there. >> i definitely think that when we look forward over the course of the next five yearsçó muchoke potential in both developed international and emer

the newmont mining corporation has been if he did in court as part of a year-long battle to keep her land. they sought to evict her as part of a massive open pit gold mine process -- project. she and her relatives were sentenced to three years in prison after the company sees them of occupying land. been filedawsuit has in an area made famous by the shooting of african-american teenager michael brown. the school district is accused of using a process that dilutes the african-american vote. while more than three quarters of the district students are african-american, there is just one african-american on the school board. they seek a change that would allow school board members to reside in the district. two states have sued colorado over its legalization of marijuana. earlier this year colorado became the first state to allow recreational marijuana. the brass and oklahoma claim the opening has led to an influx in neighboring states. in australia, eight children has been found dead and a woman injured in mass stabbings. the bodies were found in the home in menorah. the gap between the

check out newmont mining, rico gold up better than 6.5%, and iamgold up nearly 12% today.t of china, tensions with russia all influencing the trade today. metals and miners among the best performers on the session, but we're really looking at the broad market backing off records. very far, very fast, maybe a little profit taking, maybe a little short covering. all in all, a tempered trading session as we wrap up 2014. we're just closing in on the penultimate trading session of the year. cheryl: lori rothman, we'll see you in just a few moments. let's break down the biggest market trends investors need to be following in the year and how you can position your portfolio to take advantage of all the opportunity out there. joining me now in a fox business exclusive, george perks, investment group analyst. anything different, in your opinion, that we're going to see for the stock market for 2015? i mean, 12% gain for the s&p 500 this year. >> yeah. cheryl: that's pretty good. >> yeah. it's been a great year when people weren't really expecting a great year. so i think if you lo

some names doing well including newmont and anglogold, some up 4%. anglogold up more than 4%.n in the beginning of the week but made a slight comeback today. >> big uparrows including gilead and exion. all of them, volatile trade the past couple of days, turning in a nice performance today. david: under the christmas tree in a lot of family's houses were gopro products, gopro doing spectacularly today. >> two huge gains for the company. the first piece of news is the loss expiration expired a couple of days ago, and analysts comment the hero camera sold strongly over the holiday. david: we wanted to show gas down to 3 bucks or less. >> it hit $2.90 or under $3 for the first time in more than two years. david: they're trying to call it a santa claus rally, green arrows on the screen. the dow industrials trade up about 30 points. the nasdaq and the s&p up as well. and the russell 2000 into record territory today. russell 2000 hitting all-time highs. busy hour for you straight ahead. "after the bell" starts right now. and once again, i know you're getting tired of hearing, this a

newmont mining down 3%. liz: today they're getting hurt among the biggest decliners, right?mes are under pressure. we saw social media on the other hand doing well. it is wild. [closing bell ringing] david: bells are ringing on wall street. looks as though we're trading to the downside as we end the day of the dow is down about 97 points right now. although the big loser today is the nasdaq. tech-heavy components down as well as some other stocks in the nasdaq. that is down a full percentage point. looks like triple-digit losses on the dow. that is towards the worst of the day. certainly in a downward trend as we end the day of the. we have a lot to talk about. "after the bell" starts right now. liz: let's get monday going and break down today's action. lance roberts from fta wealth management will tell us why he is calling for a santa claus rally and how investors should play the pop. brent wilsey, from wilsey asset management says now it is the time to buy. let's bring bob iaccino right

newmont mining leading. keep in mind these stocks are still trading at a fraction of the 2011 highs. and finally, a big loser on the day. oil services and housing company civeo down 52% today and 85% since the june high. they build the so-called villages or camps to house oil field workers and demand is drying up as oil prices dropped. among the firm's biggest investors are hedge funds. bill kelly, back over the you guys. >> thank you. civeo taking that massive hit today, damage from the oil price collapse that we have experienced but many believe it won't be the last to take it on the chin if oil continues the move lower. right? >> more on this developing issue now with russell gold and analyst john kilduff. russell, this is an area many people not aware of quote/unquote man camps for civeo. how much is an issue the drop in oil for them versus corporate factor and what do you expect? >> you nailed it right on the head. these are man camps. this is where the workers live out in the middle of western north da