as scott wapner has left us.en most plugged in of probably any reporter in the country on this story with mr. ackman and mr. icahn. he is working the phones now and he will be back, i'm sure, with additional information. i would say he bets mr. icahn will have an opinion. you bet he will. watch your twitters, folks. >> the other part of the story we haven't had a chance to touch on is what the options market is telling us about herbalife and nu skin. herbalife, more perhaps prominently featured in terms of the option flow. the option flow is somewhat negative towards herbalife, perhaps not surprisingly, but a lot of people were hopeful on the other side of the trade that perhaps herbalife was in the clear to a certain extent. that's not indicated obviously in parts of the options market. >> again, the options market is interesting because that's going to be one of the drivers of the volatility here. remember, any time anybody, say a retail investor or institution, buys or sells an option, somebody has to buy or s

i'm scott wapner. catch "fast money" tomorrowwapn." again tomorrow and halftime at noon. "mad money" with jim cramer begins 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 just want fewer days like today. my job is not just to entertain, but to teach and put it all in perspective. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. this market, this market is taking a page right out of the cold

now to begin properly fast money we go to none other than scott wapner. >> welcome, folks. here's what we're following today. rally on. better than expected jobs report sent stocks higher. how much room is really left in this bull run? spotify prepping to go public? someone says it could be. he will reveal the hints and we'll look at whether it's going to hit a high note for your portfolio. >>> dead money, we're digging up the worst performers to see if there's any life left t in the laggards. let's meet today's starting lineup. antho anthony, jon, pete, steph is with us today. kate moore is chief investment strategist for jpmorgan's private bank. we begin by looking ahead and back as stocks extend one of the strongest bull runs in recent memory in a five-year since the so-called haines bottom. the s&p is up 177%. it is the second most powerful market move since world war ii. our question to the panel is this. is this a raging bull or an aging bull? pete, that's to you first. aging or raging? >> both right now, quite frankly. it's aging because of how fast that we rallied b

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scott wapner has a lot to work with for the next hour. scott. >> carl, these high beta names, you focused on the high beta names, tesla, netflix, names rom rolling over pretty hard and nasdaq 100 getting hit pretty good. >> as cramer said cheap tech, at least for now. >> harder and harder to find cheap tech too, you know, that's one of the challenges we're going to get into today. you have a great one. see you tomorrow. welcome to the halftime show. busted biotechs is one of the markets most trusted sectors finally showing cracks? apple's big bite, what reports of a new streaming service could mean for that stock which some say is about to bounce. ceo score card, the best bosses to bank on coronet barons. carl icahn bottom of the hour joining us. his first kpaents on herbalife since the ftc investigation. he's won new board seats and the very latest on paypal as well. pete, steph and josh right here with me. steve grasso on the floor of the new york stock exchange. as the markets continue to reach new heights, are the warning signs being i

scott wapner has a lot to g. >> not every day you get a yankee star on the air and we also have a reaction by carol icahn to larry fink's later today. i just got off the phone with carl and he had very interesting comments that we're going to bring to you guy nsz just a moment. i think everyone is going to find them quite interesting. >> buckle up. >> welcome to the "halftime" show. here's the game plan. zuck's bucks, is facebook's big spending sprooe good tort stock or not? good to be the king as the candy crush maker goes public and drops. what is your best move on the greatest and greatest ipo? >>> new york shar mark teixeira is here. let's meet today's starting lineup. weiss, murph, joe, anthony is here. steve liesman, of course, is right here on the desk with us as well. we do begin with the markets. and the leader of the biggest asset manager on earth calling out companies for the way they've been making you money. blackrock's larry fink saying the rush of buybacks and dividend moves should come to an end. let's take that to the panel. joe, you read this. what did you make of it? >>

so with all that, scott wapner is going to have material to work with for the next hour. right, scott? >> no doubt. thanks. china certainly still on every trader's mind and then the developing situation or the on g gongoing situation in ukraine. >>> bubblelicious as castlight. >>> get shorty after a year long wait. some of the most dissed names on the street finally ready to break down? >>> in your face, mark zuckerberg calls out the president over the spying program. what does it say about the social media mogul's mojo? >>> and we're going to speak to a professional day trader and what he thinks about the marked and how he's trading it as well. let's meet the starting lineup. najarian brothers are here, joe and josh, michelle has the latest on the ukraine, ben willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange and ubs managing director paul richards is here on the set. we begin with stocks coming off their worse day since early february as fears over china's economy and the situation in ukraine continue to way on the global markets. japan, germany, russia getting hammered

scott wapner will have more on that on the halftime coming up right about now, right, scott? >> we are indeed, carl. thanks so much. noticing mashlgts are at the lows of the day. real flight to safety today, carl. you see wlast going on in gold and yields are dropping as we speak now under 2-6 on the ten-year. >> yeah. and hearing from rick harrison from "pawn stars" made it seem like it's going to go higher. >> yeah. have a great rest of the day. welcome to "halftime show." here's what we're following, putin and your portfolio. what the aggression in ukraine really means in the markets. we're covering it this hour. and ariel investments return. and the oscar goes to how twitter and samsung owned hollywood's biggest night. and what that means for facebook, apple and everyone else. we begin though with the markets, which are sharply lower as i said today as tensions continue to escalate in ukraine. this is u.s. secretary of state john kerry headed to that region. our stephen sedgwick is already there live in kiev with the very latest. steve. >> thanks very much. events are mov

. >>> scott wapner, you're going to have lot to work with this afternoon. >> a lot of good stories today. retail, bill ackman is a couple hours ago from his next presentation on herbalife. you guys had a great show. have a great rest of the day. here's the game plan. bubble trouble with some parts of tech. parting like it's 1999 all over again. is it time to worry? >>> ackman versus herbalife. he has another presentation. has he gone too far in the bid to win his big bet? former sec head harvey pitt answers that question. >>> liquid assets, why investing in wine can bring thirst quenching returns? it's doing that for one portfolio management here live. that jar j. we begin with a look at whether parents of the market are starting to look alarmingly similar to the last days of the tech bubble. let's take it then to the panel. pete, are we in a bubble in tech especially? >> when you say it like that i'm going to say absolutely not. are there areas in a bubble, absolutely. look at qualcomm, intel, micron. you're talking about basically companies trading anywhere from single digits and maybe

squ scott wapner is coming up here with another hour. >> another icahn letter, carl. and then the commodity story is one worth paying attention to. i'm sure you guys have noticed what's going on this week in copper, oil, even soybeans for that matter are being impacted because of concerns about china. >> oil, down almost 2 1/2 bucks on some of these -- both the data and some of the reports that are still unsubstantiated. >>> welcome to the "halftime" show. roleover, are some of the markets highest fliers finally starting to show cracks? we're going to tell you which stocks are likely to keep falling and why. >>> the fight over fannie and fredd freddie. ralph nader on the future of the mortgage giants and one of wall street's best trades. >>> fraud factors, five years after madoff, what have we learned about watching our money? scott cohn up with a special report. let's meet today's starting lineup. pete, jon, weiss, murphy here with us today and we do begin with the fresh concerns over china's economy and its impact on our markets here at home. you may have noticed th

scott wapner has been following the developments as well and has breaking news on the story now. ott? >> well, i'm just going to tell you, looking at the stock, happy to get herb's input here as well, it is clear that the bulls so to speak in this name are helping to support this stock, because the fact that herbalife is still trading above $60 a share after an announcement like this, to me, it says something. let me give you some other color as you have very interested parties here in carl icahn and bill ackman watching every tick of that chart on your screen right now, just like the rest of us are. the best we know is that carl icahn was buying initially in the low 30s, then the low 40s. so he is well above water at this point as this stock is so active right here. bill ackman, from what i understand, had been buying about 45 to 50 or so when he launched that short and the stock was knocked nearly in half before it recovered. a stock that has traded north of $70 not all that long ago, which was an all time high. there are other big names in here, some big hedge funds have been i

♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> it's one of those cold march days that i know scott wapnero well in washington. we're here outside the federal reserve. just a couple hours away now from janet yellen's first news conference and first results of a fed meeting that she has chaired. we'll tell you how to play the fed decision, we're going to talk to one soft top five star fund managers in the country. and apple, it is now one of the largest dividend-paying companies in the s&p 500. in fact, it's number two. what are they going do do? they haven't raised their dividend in two years since they started paying one. we'll talk about that and more coming up on "power lunch" top of the hour. see you then. >> ty, thanks. investing in emerging markets is risky business but can you make money while others are fearful? lewis kaufman thinks so, he managing the five hr star thornburgh developing world fund. lewis, welcome back to the "half time show". perfect segue to have you on back of the ty's report on the federal reserve. yellen is going to continue to taper. what does that mean for th

scott wapner, we will see. >> the activity of the momentum names, carl, is what's driving the action. at one point of the day they're down, the overall market is down. they try to come back. it's watching those stocks as a whole that gives you a good idea of where we're going. >> we know you're going to be our guide. at least the next 60 minutes. >> have a great rest of the day. >>> welcome. here's what we're following today. tale of two cities. the street has loved the stock but what now following the fed smack down. super analyst mike mayo is here live with a bombshell. inside scc, a former trader speaks out on the markets and why he decided to leave the embattled firm. as the nasdaq keeps sliding investor dan niles on the stock's heed buy or just plain avoid? let's meet the starting lineup. pete, josh, weiss, and murph. steve grasso is on the floor of the new york stock exchange as he is every day and sheila is monitoring all of the big movers at the nasdaq today. that's where the action is. we do begin with stocks that have been all over the place in the first half of the trading

i'm scott wapner. catch "fast money" tomorrowwapn. catch "fast money" again tomorrow and halftime at noon. "mad money" with jim cramer begins 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 just want fewer days like today. my job is not just to entertain, but to teach and put it all in perspective. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. this market, this market is taking a page right out of the cold war. it's russia and china versus the united states. except the battle is not taking place in korea or south vietnam. it's taking place on the various stock exchanges of the three major powers. and right now the russians and the chinese are winning when it comes to hearts and minds of american investors, as demonstrated by the dow plunging 231 points, s&p tumbling 1.7%, and nasdaq diving 1.64%.

with that we will toss it to scott wapner. >> thanks so much. big day shaping up on the street. i know you've been following. you guys have a great rest of the day. here's what we're following at this hour. moscow and your money as tensions ease slightly in ukraine, is it safe to buy stocks? one of our guests has three names he says are bargains amade the worry. >>> abercrombie gets an upgrade in our call of the day but is it really on the comeback trail? touchdown or turnover? former nfl player philip buchanan is here pitching his new business idea to the traders. will they sack it or set it up for a score in we do begin with stocks staging a strong we rebound following monday's ugly losses. president obama and secretary of state just wrapping up comments on the developing situation in ukraine. michelle caruso-cabrera is joining us with that. the stock market is at the highs of the day. >> absolutely. it was president obama who spoke more to the reaction that the stock market is seeing. he didn't address it specifically but did talk about whether or not putin had put a pause on

. >> i'm scott wapner today in for bill griffeth. in this last hour for positive and negative territory. the s&p earlier hit a new high. now it's going to be arfight. it's down a point or so, but materials, financials, and industrials are the ones leading the way today. there you can see the dow and the s&p still negative. nasdaq though making its way positive. >> coming up on today's show

. >> i'm scott wapner today in for bill griffeth. we're watching a market that's going to be a dog fight now in this last hour for positive and negative territory. the s&p earlier hit a new high. now it's going to be arfight. it's down a point or so, but materials, financials, and industrials are the ones leading the way today. there you can see the dow and the s&p still negative. nasdaq though making its way positive. >> coming up on today's show -- >> investing icon bob olstein is here. none of his topics are facebook or twitter. he says social media stocks are out of control and should be out of your portfolio. >> also get a read on the economy ahead of friday's key jobs report and that's with bob nardelli. he's a little worried and he's here exclusively to tell us why. >>> and united airlines launching a crackdown on carry-on luggage. we'll have a special report ahead. >>> and in the markets right now as mentioned, the dow is off 40 points. the s&p 500 is now slightly negative 1,872 as we head to the final hour. >> joining us in

i'm scott wapner in for melissa lee. our traders, steve grasso, guy adami, karen finerman.ties. the ten-year treasury yield seeing its biggest drop in two months. copper seeing its lowest close in almost four years. is this the beginning of a bigger pullback. steve grasso. what was

i'm scott wapner with kelly evans live from the new york stock exchange today. meeting out in seattle, where he'll have a live interview with chairman and ceo howard schultz later this hour. >>> sleepless in seattle, jim, because you flew out there and you're pumped up with caffeine and ready to go today. >> yeah, absolutely. just getting started. this is a 36-hour marathon, i don't intend to sleep

. ♪ >>> and a good tuesday morning welcome to "squawk on the street" and i'm scott wapner and carl and morning. looking pretty decent. there's the dow futures and an implied open up 44. and s&p and nasdaq picking up where they left off yesterday. take a look at the ten-year note yield and there it is at 269. the fed beginning a two-day meeting ahead of janet yellen's big news conference tomorrow her first as the chairman of the federal reserve. europe green across the board. only i

i'm scott wapner with jim cramer live from the new york stock exchange today.we are shaping up on this friday. there's a look at how the dow will open up 42, implied. the s&p and the nasdaq look to continue gains of the last couple of days. take a look at the ten year. that's the thing that really hasn't budged much since the fed. that being the yield. 278 is where the ten-year yield currently sits.

scott wapner has a lot to work with for the next hour. ed on the high beta names, tesla, netflix, names rom rolling over pretty hard and nasdaq 100 getting hit pretty good. >> as cramer said cheap tech, at least for now. >> harder and harder to find cheap tech too, you know, that's one of the challenges we're going to get into today. you have a great one. see you tomorrow. welcome to the halftime show. busted biotechs is one of the markets most trusted sectors finally showing cracks? apple's big bite, what reports of a new streaming service could mean for that stock which some say is about to bounce. ceo score card, the best bosses to bank on coronet barons. carl icahn bottom of the hour joining us. his first

scott wapner will have more on that on the halftime coming up right about now, right, scott? noticing mashlgts are at the lows of the day. real flight to safety today, carl. you see wlast going on in gold and yields are dropping as we speak now under 2-6 on the ten-year. >> yeah. and hearing from rick harrison from "pawn stars" made it seem like it's going to go higher. >> yeah. have a great rest of the day. welcome to "halftime show." here's what we're following, putin and your portfolio. what the aggression in ukraine really means in the markets. we're covering it this hour. and ariel investments return. and the oscar goes to h

i'm scott wapner alongside jim cramer today live from the new york stock exchange.e a look at the futures. that's how it's shaping up today, a day after that selloff on the fed day. here's the dow with an implied open down almost 50 points. the s&p and the nasdaq look like they'll be negative as well right off the open. let's look at yields because that was a big story and it remains that way today. look at that jump.

i'm scott wapner with jim cramer live from the new york stock exchange. week ended there's the dow with an implied open up 77 points. s&p, nasdaq looking like they both will be positive as well off the open today. take a look at the ten-year, the story last week and the yoeields at 2.66. that will be closely watched, as will the european markets. take a look at what's go on in europe. no red on that screen. all green across the board. that's certainly helping our market look pretty decent, at least implied, off the open. road map today starts with the markets. set to start the week on a positive note. poised to turn around their worst weekly losses since january. ali baba announcing it's selected u.s. over hong kong for listing of its initial public offering. it would be biggest ipo since facebook. and ncaa brackets

i'm scott wapner with jim cramer live from the new york stock exchange. taking a look at futures, looking a little bit better than last week ended there's the dow with an implied open up 77 points. s&p, nasdaq looking like they both will be positive as well off the open today. take a look at the ten-year, the story last week and the yoeields at 2.66. that will be closely watched, as will the european markets. take a look at what's go on in europe. no red on that screen. all green across the board. that's certainly helping our market look pretty decent, at least implied, off the open. road map today starts with the markets. set to start the week on a positive note. poised to turn around their worst weekly losses since january. ali baba announcing it's selected u.s. over hong kong for listing of its initial public offering. it would be biggest ipo since facebook. and ncaa brackets revealed with jim's alma mater harvard set to face cincinnati. so far, it looks as though stocks will open to the upside, as markets appear to be taking in stride crimea's vote in

i'm scott wapner alongside jim cramer today live from the new york stock exchange.arl and david are off. let's take a look at the futures. that's how it's shaping up today, a day after that selloff on the fed day. here's the dow with an implied open down almost 50 points. the s&p and the nasdaq look like they'll be negative as well right off the open. let's look at yields because that was a big story and it remains that way today. look at that jump. 278 is the yield on the ten-year note. as for the european markets let's go to the map. there is more red than green on the screen today. mirroring really what we saw in the united states post the yellen news conference. >>> our roadmap today starts with the markets. stocks under pressure again after sliding during janet yell yellen's first press conference yesterday. is it all about interpretation? we'll explain. >>> plus, goldman sachs is the latest bank to go bearish on china slashing its growth outlook for the next couple of years we'll tell you why? >>> and how about lennar and underarmor as well the companies makin

. >>> scott wapner, you're going to have lot to work with this afternoon. >> a lot of good stories todayherbalife. you guys had a great show. have a great rest of the day. here's the game plan. bubble trouble with some parts of tech. parting like it's 1999 all over again. is it time to worry? >>> ackman versus herbalife. he has another presentation. has he gone too far in the bid to win his big bet? former sec head harvey pitt answers that question. >>> liquid assets, why investing in wine can bring thirst quenching returns? it's doing that for one portfolio management here live. that jar

. ♪ >>> and a good tuesday morning welcome to "squawk on the street" and i'm scott wapner and carl andavid are off. let's look at the futures this morning. looking pretty decent. there's the dow futures and an implied open up 44. and s&p and nasdaq picking up where they left off yesterday. take a look at the ten-year note yield and there it is at 269. the fed beginning a two-day meeting ahead of janet yellen's big news conference tomorrow her first as the chairman of the federal reserve. europe green across the board. only ireland and norway are red but it's a mostly positive picture in europe and the roadmap today starts with what else but the markets set to open higher yet again after comments from russian president vladimir putin but with the fed meeting kicking off today will stocks go back to trading on news from this country. after a long wait one of microsoft's flagship programs is coming to your i pad, we'll tell you which one in just a moment. and there's a new player joining the used video game market and it's the biggest retailer in this country. find out if used games will

so with all that, scott wapner is going to have material to work with for the next hour. ing situation or the on g gongoing situation in ukraine. >>> bubblelicious as castlight. >>> get shorty after a year long wait. some of the most dissed names on the street finally ready to break down? >>> in your face, mark zuckerberg calls out the president over the spying program. what does it say about the social media mogul's mojo? >>> and we're going to speak to a professional d

i'm scott wapner with jim cramer live from the new york stock exchange today.arl and david are off. let's take a look at the futures and how we are shaping up on this friday. there's a look at how the dow will open up 42, implied. the s&p and the nasdaq look to continue gains of the last couple of days. take a look at the ten year. that's the thing that really hasn't budged much since the fed. that being the yield. 278 is where the ten-year yield currently sits. take a look at europe. what's happening across the pond this morning. more green than red right now. at -- well, you got about 3 1/2 hours or so before the european markets closed. >>> and the roadmap starts with the markets. stocks set to open higher this morning after posting a nice gain at the close yesterday but the one thing you really need to be watching this morning is the move in gold. >>> plus, earnings at nike beating the street but the stock slipping during trading thus far. we're going to break down the numbers and tell you exactly why the stock is moving that way. >>> and ecking of earnings

now to begin properly fast money we go to none other than scott wapner. >> welcome, folks.

i'm scott wapner with kelly evans live from the new york stock exchange today.im cramer is at the site of starbucks annual shareholder meeting out in seattle, where he'll have a live interview with chairman and ceo howard schultz later this hour. >>> sleepless in seattle, jim, because you flew out there and you're pumped up with caffeine and ready to go today. >> yeah, absolutely. just getting started. this is a 36-hour marathon, i don't intend to sleep tonight either because i'm really tired of sleeping. >> big things ahead today, right? you've got the exclusive with schul schultz, we can't wait for that. >> it's not about the triple pu on. >> the value of the payments business at starbucks talking about how much it's worth and how important it might be here as a rival to some of these card companies. >> yeah. look, bob nardelli made a great point if you can cut out the little big, the vig that visa and mastercard get, if you can make it so someone nearing the store is able to pay for it ahead of time and own the register why should this be limited to starbucks

scott wapner has a lot to g. >> not every day you get a yankee star on the air and we also have a reactionand he had very interesting comments that we're going to bring to you guy nsz just a moment. i think everyone is going to find them quite interesting. >> buckle up. >> welcome to the "halftime" show. here's the game plan. zuck's bucks, is facebook's big spending sprooe good tort stock or not? good to be the king as the candy crush maker goes public and drops. what is your best move on the greatest and greatest ipo? >>> new y

scott wapner, we will see. >> the activity of the momentum names, carl, is what's driving the action.it's watching those stocks as a whole that gives you a good idea of where we're going. >> we know you're going to be our guide. at least the next 60 minutes. >> have a great rest of the day. >>> welcome. here's what we're following today. tale of two cities. the street has loved the stock but what now following the fed smack down. super analyst mike mayo is here live with a bombshell. inside scc, a former trader speaks out on the markets and why he decided to leave the embattled firm.

with that we will toss it to scott wapner. >> thanks so much. big day shaping up on the street.. here's what we're following at this hour. moscow and your money as tensions ease slightly in ukraine, is it safe to buy stocks? one of our guests has three names he says are bargains amade the worry. >>> abercrombie gets an upgrade in our call of the day but is it really on the comeback trail? touchdown or turnover? former nfl player philip buchanan is here pitching his new business idea to the

squ scott wapner is coming up here with another hour. >> another icahn letter, carl. copper, oil, even soybeans for that matter are being impacted because of concerns about china. >> oil, down almost 2 1/2 bucks on some of these -- both the data and some of the reports that are still unsubstantiated. >>> welcome to the "halftime" show. roleover, are some of the markets highest fliers finally starting to show cracks? we're going to tell you which stocks are likely to keep falling and why. >>> the fight over fannie and fredd freddie. ralph nader on the futur t

with that we'll turn it over to wapner. scott, a lot to work with this afternoon. >> right on the point you were saying. you get a weaker avp, weaker ism nonmanufacturing. the market not really being effected greatly by that. so you start to wonder what, if anything, if it not russia, what is it that can impact this market? >> wait for friday. >> i guess. i guess that's what everybody is going to wait for and certainly the market is going to move one way or the other. guys, have a great rest of the day. welcome to the "half time" show. teflon market with stocks hitting new highs again. is there anything that can upset this bull run? new probe. new york's chief banking regulator asking questions about yet another mortgage servicer. the stock is active. department of financial services supervisor dbenjamin is here. smoke them or ban them? e-signature e-cigarettes with the names that should be in your back pocket. we are trading the action today with john, murph, weiss, and josh. and also with us the brian whose bmo capital chief ma

with that we'll turn it over to wapner. scottder what, if anything, if it not russia what is it that can impact this market? >> wait for friday. >> i guess. i guess that's what everybody is going to wait for and certainly the market is going to move one way or the other. guys, have a great rest of the day. welcome to the "half time" show. teflon market with stocks hitting new highs again. is there anything that can upset this bull run? new probe. new york's chief banking regulator asking questions about yet another mortgage servicer. the stock is active. department of financial