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optionsxpress.ount today and get a $150 amazon.com gift card when you call 1-888-330-3137 now. optionsxpress by charles schwab. ♪ >>> this is ♪ >>> this is options action. tonight, bullion bounce back. >> little cube you put in hot water make soup. >> not the cubes in your soup. we're talking about gold could be the best trade in 2014. we'll explain why. plus, a contest with no winner. >> i believe education such as in south africa and in iraq, everywhere such as. >> which one of these stocks has had the most ridiculous run in 2013? we'll explain why the answer could make you money. >>> and sick of the rally? >> i think i'm going to throw up. >> well, if you have to be a bear, we'll tell you the surprising sector you want to get short in 2014. the action starts right now. ♪ >>> live from the nasdaq market site in new york's times square i'm dominic chu in for melissa lee options action here coming from all over the country. texas, florida, chicago. if you think it was a quiet day for stocks, then th

optionsxpress.oday and get a $150 amazon.com gift card when you call 1-888-330-3137 now. optionsxpress by charles schwab. >>> this morning i had a terrific opportunity to visit the new kiwanis whole foods and its first-ever whole foods in brooklyn in new york city and there are more than 2 million people there and it's the first whole foods. it is all about expanding to new locations and the company broke the news here that it will now expand to 1,200 stores in the u.s., trumping the old 1,000 store plan and it is also about something more important, our health. so take a look at the rest of my interview with whole foods co-ceos, rob macky and walter rob. >> customers know more about food, where it dollars, what's in it and the connection between diet and health. this store seems to be an homage to that whole conversation that you started. >> yeah. well, i mean, look at the situation in the united states right now. 69% of americans are overweight. 36% are obese. it's primarily because of the terribl

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optionsxpress by charles schwab. ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all on thinkorswim from td ameritrade. ♪ >>> welcome back to options action, in honor of the last few shopping days of the season before christmas next week, we want to look at amazon stock, the world's largest internet retailer, the shares of that company hit another record high in trading. they crossed the $400 mark for the first time ever. that makes amazon worth about $185 billion as a company. now for comparison sake, check out department store giant macy's worth around $19 billion. then target, which clocks in at a hefty $40 billion. but of course, nobody is as big as walmart with a market capital of $250 billion. amazon still has a ways to go before hitting that king of the retail hill. back to you, melissa. >> thanks, dom. and as you all know, amazon is in fact the hardest stock in the world to short, but mike and dan are in the bears lair with

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optionsxpress by charles schwab. >> you tweet it we trade it. let's get some of your tweets tonight. bullish on nuance. >> when that stock flushed out at the end of november, we said here's your opportunity. turned out to be the case. we said it probably trades up to 15.5, 16. so although i still like the story, it's not nearly as easy as it was before. if you taught this when we talked about it, there is nothing wrong with taking money off of the table. >> next one up is jim. will bank of america be back to 20 bucks? i think they will get permission that will help. two, i think people will start looking past tangible book value. as the company continues to get profitable, they're useful. so look to the company to start to get valued on regular book value. the legal woes would start to ebb, they have actually started to ep, al bbeit from a higher level. >> does gordon johnson like american tower? >> there is going to be significant infrastructure investment. specifically mexico as well as south africa and brazil. and mexico and brazil, you have

optionsxpress by charles schwab. >>> final trade, pete najarian. >> annaly capital. >> yeah, gm if you'reg, new highs today, stay long. >> karen finerman. >> all this industrial talk got me thinking about ge. i like it. >> guy adami. >> yes, the reject here for you. >> you got me thinking about the railroads. >> yes. >> choo choo like gladys knight and the pips. i like cp here tomorrow. >> i didn't call you a reject, by the way. >> insinuated. >> a segue. >> anyway, i'm melissa lee, thanks for watching. i'll see you tomorrow at 5:00 for more "fast." meantime, "mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> my mission is simple. to make you money. i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere. and i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, i'm just trying to make you a little money. my job is not just to entertain you but educate you. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. after still another great day for the market right ahead of a key fed

optionsxpress by charles schwab. . >> you tweeted. we traded. let's get to your tweets for today. which do you like better? >> goldman upgraded. conoco pulled off. so at this price level with conoco trading where it is, cop is better tan exxon. >> karen, what's up with biotechs? >> i don't have the stomach to own individual biotechs. i can't wake up with a failed tech. i think big far ma buying biotech will continue. those diversify your risks. >> dan, is them to diversify aw what they do really well. this is a bury to company. they are decelerating a little bit. so i don't like it here. i am playing for a move back to like 450. whole foods broke. i think this is one that's probably next on the list. >> all right. tim. lumber liquidators is down big. too imto buy? >> bring in the lumber. i don't think you can jump in after a move like this. these guys. guy was talking about it. home depot was talking about the housing space. the stock had a very good run, ultimately, this is something i want to be back in. this weakness is a place to buy. pick your spots. >> up 6%. amazing. stocks

optionsxpress by charles schwab. >> welcome back to "fast money." j.c.at the company received a letter of inquiry from the sec requesting information on the company easterly kidty, their cash position and debt and equity financing as well as the underwritten sale of stock that they made back on september 26. the company says its cooperating fully with the sec's inquiry including providing material requested. watching the j.c. penney shares down about a half a percent. still something to keep an eye on with the jcp trade going on. >> yesterday after double digit percent gain, down because of disappointing and today, inexplicably it was down about 9%. maybe now we know why it was down 9%. october 7 is when they learned of the investigation. what day is it today? december 5. two months later. >> i thought they addressed their cash flow. not that i'm saying go buy j.c. penney. i have got to go back. >> it didn't flirt with that. $30 is long term support in the name. this is where you start to get people thinking they are going to be pulled private or taken o

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optionsxpress.et a $150 amazon.com gift card when you call 1-888-330-3137 now. optionsxpress by charles schwab. >> cramer, you are super. you are awesome. >> i'm a first-time investor. >> thanks for inspiring me to get in the game. >> your show is the best. i am so glad you're on tv. >> i want you to know that you have transformed me. thank you, cramer. >> it look i had like it was in hateies, and they dasheded out of the stock. >> based on what appeared to be a serious earnings per share. i know i was crest fallen because i didn't want the trust to get hit this close to year end. i don't throw things any more at guys. i have called down. it was upsetting, as is always when one of your stocks is trading down big after the close. you feel helpless right and befulgdzed knowing that the night and then the next day's trading are going to be hideous. you walk away pretty dow. you know what we've been telling people the stock trades off of it? it trades off of the cloud offered. want the eps. it trades of

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optionsxpress by charles schwab. >> welcome back. watch out for super bugs. are year in the u.s. alone. the cdc calling them a quickly growing and extremely huge problem. what have you learned? >> reporter: we're in lexington, massachusetts, they are one of the premier anti-biotices makers. essentially what has happened is we have used anti-biotices so much that a lot of bacteria has become resistant to ant anti-biotices. we are in a race to try to treat some infections that involve diarrhea, things that we used to treat readily now in a hospital, if you get a version of die ree that you will likely die because it is so drug resistant. it is a big problem. some of the things that are happening, last year congress did pass legislation to provide incentives like a longer patent period for drugs that are developed. for the manufacturers, it's still a problem because you're putting a drug out there that will go into reserve and it's not as though something like cancer, a cancer drug where you will get more constant usage. >> i had no idea it was so deadly. it sou

optionsxpress by charles schwab. >>> once again our top story tonight, late breaking president obama'sob approval, listen to this, his job approval, before i get to the budget has hit another new low. take a look at the latest quinnipiac poll. his approval rating has dropped down to 38%. that's before this budget deal was unfurled and undoubtedly has plenty to do with obama care. let me bring in my two guests. i'm not going to ask you, speaking of cheney the whole liz cheney thing out in wyoming. we'll save that for another time. it's a family break up. let me go to you first. is this deal going to pass muster among the conservative side of the gop, the club for growth and the prosperity caucus and the other activists who are on the conservative side of the gop, and i'm already hearing some protests from senator rubio from the conservative side in the senate. what do you think? how do you think this will work? >> senator rubio is not relevant in this case because it will passing the senate pop your question, yeah a lot of tea party house conservatives that will say, you know what, this

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optionsxpress by charles schwab. >>> welcome back.but not for what you might think. new york governor has yet to release an environmental impact report on fracking, without the report, nors energy cannot go forward with its plans and that has driven the company into bankruptcy. my next guest an attorney representing nors energy says if the report isn't issued soon they will sue. we reached out to the commissioner of conservation for a statement. the department told us it does not comment on potential litigation, here to make his case, tom west, an attorney at the west firm. thanks for being here. >> hi, kelly. thanks for having me on the show. >> we understand you are giving them two weeks to release this report. and you think this report actually will say it's okay to go ahead with fracking, but new york is suppressing it? >> that's correct, kelly. we are very certain, that the report will confirm fracking can be done safely, that's a conclusion reached every other place in the country. and around the world. new york has very rigorou

optionsxpress by charles schwab. >>> welcome back.ttery ticket because the mega millions jackpot has surged to $425 million. the drawing, i believe, is tonight. morgan drawing, i believe, is tonight, morgan brennan at a liquor store in new jersey where the last ticket was sold. and morgan, does that mean more people are going there or fewer do you think? >> i think we're seeing major foot traffic here, we're at eagle liqueurs. they were the sellers of the winning powerball ticket. $338 million back in march. they actually sold other winning tickets, notably scratchoffs since then we've seen right now, as you can see here, 1,064 tickets sold. to put that number in perspective, a mere 45 minutes ago, the number was 850 tickets, and around lunch time, that number was 400 tickets. seeing a lot of foot traffic, what is notable here, the store owners tell me, that power balls always had a huge appetite regardless of the size of the jackpot, megamillions. the jackpot being this big, it's now got just as big an appetite among ticket buyers. >

optionsxpress by charles schwab. >> you traded. we traded. let's get some of your tweets.is querky on the eve of your big birthday. buy, sell or hold, eastman chemical. >> kingsport, tennessee. we talked about eastman, it has sold off trading 74. boy. buy in whole to the same thing. bhoi or sell. karen fineman can explain. she's not here tonight. >> you will leave them hanging. >> if you are holding it, it's the same as buying it. think about it. >> you are deciding every day to buy at that price. anthony, macy's or michael kor's the next six month surface. >> macy's is our best retail fame. it's an amazing job using its balance sheet and managing its inventory. they notice how to market. so i'd like macy's great. better. i don't think that michael kor's is a bad fame. i think macy's is better. >> i went long, closed natural yesterday. within i hit the cliff, will i be flying higher or plungeing lower. >> david:. >> flying higher for $636 million, alex, please. >> i love cleveland clips. it's been all these commodity names have been killed. i think going into 2014, you get

optionsxpress by charles schwab. >>> welcome back.ber, but will that put a dent in holiday shopping for everything else during the season? as we go to our panel, we have to start with our autos expert, phil lebeau. obviously, i'm having difficulty reading this. of the numbers tht were coming out of these auto sales figures for november, the run rate for the month was impressive, but black friday in particular, what's going on? >> a lot of things come together, and the biggest factor is that the mass brands, if you will, the toyotas, the chevys, the fords, they all stole a page out of luxury ballpark because the luxury automakers used to be let's run the end of the year promotions, holiday promotions this year. >> the big red bow on the lexus. >> that's what everybody wants, the big red bow on the car. >> this year everybody realized people are generally off on friday, why don't we see if we get them into the showroom. it's a good time to buy a new car. >> and by the way -- >> and they came together. >> 16.4 million, an annualized run

optionsxpress by charles schwab. >>> welcome back.d how luxury shoppers are behaving this holiday season, harvey cantor, ceo of blue nile. harvey, great to have you with us. >> great to be here and talk about all the great gift ideas we have for what's left of the holiday season. >> what's left? i haven't even started. there better be a couple. before we get to that i have a question. following on an interview we had back on cyber monday, you guys were offering diamonds at 40% off. that was unprecedented. how did that -- what were the numbers for that day like? how did the consumer respond? >> you know, we had great results. we've expected great results. we had phenomenal results. the fact of the matter is, since thanksgiving we've had a really good run. but the next ten days really are really critical to delivering the quarter. >> what about numbers and not adjectives? >> we've had a significant increase. you know, we can't provide specific information. but we feel really good about the guidance we provided which is 7% to 17%. again,

optionsxpress by charles schwab. >>> 150 students and recent graduates gathered at the white house thisfternoon for a so-called youth summit to discuss obama care and other issues that might affect young americans. notably absent is a representative from the national college of republicans and that because her application to attend was rejected. i am shocked, shocked at this. so, we had to ask her to come on the show. here now is alex smith, national chair of the college republicans. alex, thank you for coming on. i appreciate it. >> thanks, larry. >> let me just ask you, when you applied to this gala white house event, did the application ask you what political party you belonged to? >> it did not, but my e-mail address gave away that i worked for the college republican national committee. >> okay. but if you had gotten around that, you think you would have had a better chance of getting invited or are these all just campaign workers? >> you know, i think my theory on this is that the president has nothing left to give young people so he can't have diverse voices in the audience becaus

optionsxpress by charles schwab. >> on september 15, 2008, lehman brothers, the fourth-largest investmentk in the world declared bankruptcy. it was the biggest bankruptcy in history, one that sparked chaos in the financial markets and nearly brought down the global economy. the federal bankruptcy court appointed anton valukas, a prominent chicago lawyer and former united states attorney, to conduct an investigation to determine what happened. in march 2010, the valukas report found there was enough evidence to bring a case against senior lehman officials and one of the nation's top accounting firms for misleading government regulators and investors, yet there have been no prosecutions. in april 2012, valukas sat down with steve kroft to talk about his report for the first time. >> this is the largest bankruptcy in the world. what were the effects? >> the effects were the financial disaster that we are living our way through right now. >> and who got hurt? >> everybody got hurt. the entire economy has suffered from the fall of lehman brothers. >> so the whole world? >> yes, the whole world

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optionsxpress by charles schwab. where does the united states get most of its energy? is it africa?nswer is... the u.s. ♪ most of america's energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. >>> welcome back. just 48 hours ago a judge declared detroit eligible for bankruptcy. a dwindling tax base coupled with too many generous pensions have exhausted the coffers. the court rules the pensions can be cut as restructuring. that is not sitting well a lot of unions. joining us is randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers. whose union will join in the appeal of the decision to support detroit's teachers. good afternoon. >> thank you. first, kelly, thank you for having me. >> well, to start off, the ruling by the judge, does it not suggest that in this case and potentially going forward, unless it's appealed, that municipalities are going to be allowed, certainly not going to be prohibited, from cutting back on pensions in order to meet their obligations? >> well, let me just say that there's -- for many municipalities, there is none of

optionsxpress by charles schwab. >>> welcome back.ng out big name offerings before the end of the year. hilton reportedly pricing its offering at $20 a share just about an hour ago. simon hobbs joining us with more of the news. >> reuters also reporting that $20 a share figure and, of course, let's pay tribute to david faber who was saying that at 9:00 this morning. we also have an idea on the number of shares they're attempting to sell. 117 million up from 112.8. they've sold 100 million worth of more shares. it takes the total value of the ipo to $2.3 billion. i've just been running the math on this, which i think will be quite interesting. means that total equity in the company is valued at stake at means by my calculation back of an envelope they've made somewhere in the region of $10 billion through the way in which they have managed this. remember, this -- when they first took it off the market 6 1/2 years ago looked very soon like a complete disaster. they paid let's not forget $26 billion to take it off the market at a 31% pre

optionsxpress by charles schwab. b. call 1-888-330-3136 now. >>> welcome back.ince the spring, starbucks has been experimenting with carbonated drinks like ginger ale and root beer. it's not just beer. turns out it's not just soda. sarah, first of all, welcome. >> thank you very much. looking at consumer giants like star bucks and fizzy coffee. >> have you had fizzy coffee? >> i have not because it's only available in some select locations in the u.s. i have had carbonated hot ginger ale. that was in japan only. starbucks letting you carbonate your soy macchiato. only offered in a few select locations. i talked to starbucks today and they are encouraged by the results that they are seeing. they are finding that people like to know what is in their sodas or carbonated coffee or tea. you go in and order your traditional coffee. they press a button for carbonation. it's not on the menu. i talked to some analysts about this. they are optimistic about the carp nated market. they also liked the fact. in other words, starbucks gets a majority of its revenues early in t

optionsxpress by charles schwab. >> welcome back.something called perceptional opportunity. what did you see? >> what you really have is a. >> and basically. >> and then you can take all of that data and you feed it to a robot and one he has that data he can actually measure the quality of the user experience. is your tablet giving you a smooth scrolling experience? he can tell and then he can report to the engineers so they can make the tweaks to make the tablet better. and it was a couple of different robots we met he actually measures the clarity of the sound that comes out of your phone. we did ask intel who your customers are for this. they were not too forthcoming. the customers are the companies that sell phones and notebooks and see the value of oculus and andy. >> fascinating. thank you so much for bringing it to us. as we all contemplate our robot future. should kids be forced to work frk free lunches at school? >> have the kids pay a dime and a nickel to instill in them that there is no such thing as a free lunch? or maybe