least get more from seema mody. >> that's right.o prize that dell is the best performing stock on the nasdaq 100. up about 14% on the day after report that private equity may be looking into buying the tech heavyweight. because of that report we're seeing stocks higher 14% on the day. we have calls out. we'll keep you updated on any future developments. back to you. >> thank you so much, seema mody. >>> it's an age old fate. investors pulled close to $120 billion out of actively managed u.s. stock funds in 2012 making it the biggest yearly outflow since 2008. at the same time the inflow for exchange traded funds topped $30 billion. >> but you add this over the last five years, over 65% of large cap active managers lagged behind the performance of the s&p 500. no surprise to our next guest, our friend jack bogle of vanguard. the founder of the index fund and no stranger to this debate. great to see you. happy new year. >> same to you, bill. hi, maria. >> hi. >> all these exchange traded funds and everybody's getting into these passiv

seema mody live with more on that. seema, good morning. >> good morning. this is a nice house. six-story single family home on 18 acres, 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, great security and busy neighborhood. the large oval office, the real estate site zillow.com says the residence at 1600 pennsylvania at washington. the white house were listed on the market would be valued at just about $295 million. that's up about 7% since the obamas moved in four years ago. values are up 13% over that same period. the white house and value peaked at just under $300 million in july of 2006. sounds nice. >> needed that. seema mody at cnbc. >>> president obama and the first lady left the white house to celebrate michelle's 49th birthday in georgetown. they dined with friends. >> they'll in the something different about the first lady. the white house released this photo of mrs. obama earlier which shows her new bangs more clearly. >> it is friday so the inauguration a couple days away. doing trivia with tom. >> what else do we have? >> what was the coldest one in what was the warmest one. today's quest

seema mody is following that for us. she is a at the nasdaq. >> concerns about future demand for apple's product is hurting not only shares of apple but its component suppliers as well. let's run through a couple of them. sears logic specializing in analog chips and gets a majority of revenue from apple. newest communications from behind the mobile app siri. two chip names there to take note of. omni vision specializing in cameras, reportedly used in iphone shares trading lower. chip stocks also under pressure. moving lower on 17% drop in quarterly earnings. back over to you. >> thank you, seema, very much. >>> as apple is getting crushed today, very different story for netflix which is surging now up 37% on the trading session on better than expected growth expectations. now julia boorstin spoke with ceo reid hastings exclusively. >> we grew from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. nearly 10 million streaming subscribers. what we want to do is keep making the service better and better. some quarters we com

the rest of the news before the bell, let's check in with seema mody. >> good morning, john. let's look at futures lower at the moment as we get big earnings from the likes of jpmorgan and goldman sachs. the big day for financial stocks in terms of how we ended yesterday, stocks advanced yesterday with the dow extending the winning streak to five days and the s&p 500 hitting a five-year high. we have data on prices, industrial production and watch out for that. the dow rising and the nasdaq slipping to close at 31.10. older americans are relying more on their credit card as a financial safety net and are paying down less debt. last year low and middle income people aged 50 or older had an average balance of $1,278 compared with a $6,258 for the younger generation. older people managed to cut balances by 16% from 2008 to 2012. the under 50 group paid off 37% of their credit card debt over that same period. credit experts warn cards should be a convenience, not an additional paycheck. good lesson. >> thank you very much. >> surf is up, we think. the window could be opening on t

seema modi with more on the two competitors. seema, over to you. >> reporter: last couple of weeks shares of apple have sold off while research in motion shares rally. today, a little bit of a flip. as you can see, apple shares are up and research in motion down, this, of course, coming in after apple is losing about 24% over the past three months while rim has nearly doubled. in late 2012 a series of sell side analysts raised their price target on research in motion. the catalyst there being the excitement around the blackberry 10 device and just this week as we approach d-day, seeing cautious commentary on the street. let me get you some of that commentary. rbc capital writing a lot of new on blackberry's bb-10 has already been leaked and ubs writing despite the hype surrounding the blackberry 10 much uncertainty remains. shares are lower on the day, but as we said before, apple shares moving higher after announcing the 120 gigabyte ipad. some reaction to that news. topeka capital saying the new ipad could compete in the notebo

. >> let's bring in seema mody. got the twitter reaction. >> graphic search. >> what are the -- what's twitter saying about this? >> social media today was a great way to track the sentiment, the change in sentiment around facebook shares. according to stock to its social sentiment turned slightly bearish before the event, reflecting an expectation of sell the news and bearishness around facebook increased by 40% during and after the product announcement. and now tracking the social momentum, the volume of messages around facebook, that increased 400% in today's trade. let's get straight to our tweets and messages now. stephen harris tweeting, today's move, shocking. a much hyped announcement related to facebook failed to meet market expectations. does it remind you of anything? so, melissa, you have people comparing today's announcement to facebook's ipo. >> it seems like -- >> that's not fair. >> why is that not fair? there is all the hype and they come out and it lands with a thud. they've got this product, it so

seema modi is over at the nasdaq market site with details. seema? >> reporter: hey there, bill. dog of the day. shares down 12%. the last time apple has fallen more than 10% on an intraday basis was the day of the flash crash back in may of 2010. concerns of future demand for apple products is hurting its component suppliers in the today trade as well. cirrus logic being affected and the stock behind the mobile appserie and that stock moving lower. qualcomm, a supplier to apple and altera reporting a 7% drop. demand for its older products came in lower than anticipated. to wrap it up, it's apple, suppliers and the chips weighing on the nasdaq. mandy? >> seema modi, will the markets nonetheless keep chugging along. the s&p and dow nearing all-time highs is this a fundamental story that has stocks rallying or simply a market being propped up by the continuation of easy money from the fed? >> well, we've got jeff cox, our guy from dotcom who says it's the fed. been saying that all along. ken sleeper of sierra core retirement funds and bob kaiser and are you saying both fundamentals

for that and the rest of the news before the bell, we send things over to seema mody live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning to you. mixed look at futures right now. this is coming in after markets overseas specifically in japan rallied overnight. the nikkei moving higher after remarks on the yen earlier this week were misinterpreted. intel reported disappointed earnings last night. stocks did rise on thursday on the back of better than expected data on unemployment and the housing market. today we get a report on consumer sentiment and earnings from general electric and morgan stanley. in terms of how we ended yesterday, dow rising 84 points. nasdaq adding 18. here's an interesting story. buying bed sheets, crystal or towels for your friends is so last week. how about gifting them a traditional daodge dart. they will ask others to chip in and customers can customize their car and set a goal to make this theirs. friends and family can sponsor specifically parts of the car like the engine or the steering wheel. you got to get someone a present, look into this optio

seema mody. we should note, by the way, we are still watching shares of clearwire.tatement, confirmed that it approached clearwire and it looks forward to working with clearwire's special committee. so, we'll keep you posted on that in the afterhours session. we should nose that crest financial was an investor group in clearwire. they bought additional shares and own 8% of the company to block the deal with sprint. they look like the winner so far in the deal is accepted, $3.30 a share. a story we continue to watch. coming up on "mad money," first up, the ceo of regeneron and the ceo of boigen idec. that's coming up on "mad money" with the one and only jim cramer. first move tomorrow when we come back. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with a patented safety alert seat. when there's danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's

seema mody has been tracking what's been trending, so, what did you find? apple, that's a big discussion, a lot of traders on twitter talking about how they were getting out of apple and buying into other tech names. so, what tech stocks were the apple sellers buying today? let's get straight to the tweets and messages. dr. duru rips that hot money is going from apple into amazon, now, grasso, those two companies are fierce competitocompetitors. is amazon a better stock to buy? >> right now it is. right now it has momentum. and it has amazon web services. the fulfillment centers which allow businesses to store their goods at those fulfillment centers and only pay when amazon does all the work and delivers them to the end client. they're kicking people out of cloud services. amazon is the place to be. >> right now, amazon is a better stock to own. let's get to our next tweet. crossbones says, i bought yahoo! today. they are going to upgrade the e-mail service, overall, they seem to have a game plan. can the stock move higher? >> sure. it looks like it. i thi

for details on that, we turn things over to seema mody at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> hi there, marla. let's look at the markets. futures are lower this morning after a mixed session on wednesday. dow snapping a five-day winning streak with all losses stocked up to boeing amid safety issues with the 787 dreamliner jets. economic data out today on unemployment filings and new home construction and building permits. plus, earnings from big banks like bank of america and citigroup. watch out for that. in terms of how we ended yesterday, dow falling 23 points in yesterday's trade and nasdaq edging up by six. >>> satellite regulators are issuing new rules to protect homeowners from unexpected fees and poor services by the companies that collect monthly mortgages payments. they will require mortgage services to give clear monthly statements, warn borrowers before hiking interest rates and actively help them avoid foreclosure. under current rules people can lose their homes to foreclosure while trying to negotiate lower payments. that's the latest. back over

for more on the futures, we turn it over to seema mody at cnbc headquarters. >> good morning to you. futures point to a mixed stock market open this morning. asian markets were mostly higher overnight. european markets seeing green this morning. dow gained 17 points in friday's trade at the nasdaq nearly adding four points to close at 3125. a big story that we're watching this morning. apple is reportedly slashing orders for component parts for the iphone 5 due to weak demand. reports saying the tech giant alerted suppliers last month about cutting orders for the screens by half. orders for other parts are also set to be reduced for the first quarter. the company recently celebrated six years of the iphone. it's been six years. apple is slated to report earnings later this month. back to you. >> okay. thank you very much. >>> everybody talking about how cold it is out there this morning. >> brr. >> cold enough to build a frost man. that's all we're going to get around here. we've got something to do on the commercial break now. i think that we should have a competition. 4:45 now. we

for more on that and a look at the world markets and how they did overnight, we turn to seema mody at cnbc world headquarters. >> good morning to you. let's start with markets. futures lower after a mixed session on monday. as you pointed out apple weighing on tech on reports that it is cutting component costs but dell took others higher on talks it's in talk with several firms. we get a trio of federal reserve officials speaking out about the economy today. the dow rising 18 points in yesterday's trade and nasdaq slipping eight to close at 3117. here's our top story. treasury secretary tim geithner is calling on congress to raise the debt ceiling. in a letter to lawmakers geithner says it could cause harm to the u.s. economy. the government will run out of tools to avoid defaulting on debt sometime in late february or early march. that would mean social security and other government benefit checks would stop going out. fed chairman ben bernanke is joining the cause saying the economy isn't out of the woods just yet from fiscal threats. back to you. >> thank you very much, seema. >>>

we have the big movers there this week with seema mody. >> research in motion shares are rallying, tradingwithin social media facebook shares are outperforming. a lot of positive commentary out of a couple of analysts. topega capital saying we tested the graph search for facebook. other tech movers we're watching, google getting set to report earnings tonight. apple on tap for tomorrow, trading flat at the moment, and amgen reporting earnings tomorrow. shares higher lightly ahead of that report. and medivation is higher. johnson and johnson showed an increase in sales, and the market is taking this as a bullish signal for medivation to gain share from j & j in the prostate cancer market. >>> bertha bertha coomb is back more on apple. >> apple say they think that samsung has disrupted the situation for apple. android is gaining. nonetheless they think with all of these things, which is helping to attract a strong user base, they don't believe apple is out of the game and headed south. we'll learn tomorrow. they still say apple needs to defend it's growth story. >> bertha, thank you very muc

the dow may be down but the nasdaq is up a little bit and seema mody is there, following big movers forn facebook after earnings that bears are saying its profit fell 79% due to higher costs but bulls are saying, hey, facebook is investing in the product and long-term growth and mobile ad revenue which has been a big in the past. down about a percent on the day. other tech stocks, research in motion. investors booking profits after the street finally got to see the newest blackberry devicees. a note on rim saying we see limited scope in the hyper active limited. and you see price line after the monster run yesterday. qualcomm, leader in mobile chips face, solid beat and thanks to an uptick in the smart phone division. back to you, sue. >> thank you, seema. let's see how yields are performing. rick santelli at the cme for us. hi, ricky. >> i guess all you need know is 1, 2 -- 2%. that's where we are camped out. if you look at at a chart going back it december 31st, it jumps out at you that here is where we paused. now up 23 basis on the points of the year which happens to be the month of

while turning to financial news let's go to seema mody this morning at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning. our top story, the treasury department is temporarily tapping government workers' retirement funds to avoid hitting the debt ceiling. treasury said the move would give it $156 billion in additional spending capacity and insist that retirees will receive benefits. in a letter to john boehner, treasury secretary tim geithner said the step has been taken before during previous impasses over the debt limit. several republican lawmakers are set to direct treasury to prioritize which bills to pay if congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling. let's get you a check on the markets. futures are lower as we get big earnings this morning from jp morgan and goldman sachs. we have jpmorgan lower whereas goldman sachs is higher. stocks advanced yesterday with the dow extending the winning streak to five days and the s&p 500 hitting a five-year high. we get data out on consumer prices, industrial production and housing. watch out for that. back to you. >> seema, thank you

>> becky, let's go up town and check in as nasdaq where we find seema mody following big movers therehi, seema. >> hi, tyler. after congress averted the fiscal cliff, strong gains across the board. look at the nasdaq up around 2.4%. high end dividend stocks moving higher. the tax rate more or less stayed the same. cisco up nearly 3%. apple shares moving higher. there is a tech blog that says that apple is working on the iphone 6 as well as new operating system for the ipad and iphone. can you see the stock moving higher. that report helping speculative suppliers moving higher. take a look at nuance. mobile chip maker qualcomm also posting gains up nearly 4%. back to you. >> seema, thank you very much. >>> gold prices closing down. tracking the action over at nymex, over to you. >> thank you. we are looking at $13 gain in the price of gold right around 1688 an ounce and it is near a two-week high right now. keep in mind as we have this fiscal cliff deal averted, the rally is not only if gold but in silver as well leading gains in the metals market up nearly 3% and copper is getting a b

let's turn to seema mody live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, seema. >> good morning. futures pointing to a green open. asian markets mostly higher overnight and european markets seeing green across the screen. the dow gained 17 points on friday and the nasdaq added nearly four points to close at 3125. all eyes on tech earnings this week with ebay kicking off results on wednesday followed by intel on thursday. analysts say major tech companies could miss estimates for the fourth quarter. worries about the fiscal cliff may have led companies to hold back from spending. tech earnings in focus this week. scott, back to you. >> seema, thank you. 5:12. the white house over the weekend said it will not move forward with the construction of a death star despite a petition signed by thousands of americans asking for one. the white house budget office listed the number of reasons. first being america does not support blowing up planets. also, we already have a space station. white house legally required to respond to any petition that gains 25,000 signatures. it also rejected p

. >> seema mody following big movers there, including apple of course. seema?finitely, apple, tyler. investors feeling the pain here. . keep in mind the growth fund has been 7% of assets in apple shares, that's according to morningstar. when you look at its market cap, sitting at $413 billion, that allowing exxonmobil to reclaim title as most valuable company in the world. aside from apple, we do have a couple of tech stocks in the green that deserve your attention. take a look at a chip equipment maker, kla-tecnor. the down in the 5 to 10% in the calendar year of 2013. other 52-week highs, look at netflix. surprising move here. some traders speculating after yesterday's monster move that street would perhaps book profits. but we are seeing shares of netflix extend its gains. ebay hitting a fresh 52-week high. some big movers, a positive note out of piper jaffrays, helping price line as well as expedia trade higher in today's trade. back over to you, tyler aeb sue. >> thank you, seema, very much. let's check the treasury market and see where yields are going as

for that and news before the bell we'll turn to seema mody live at cnbc world headquarters. morning, seema. >> very good morning to you. let's look at futures. lower right now after a mixed session on monday. apple weighing on tech sector on reports that it is cutting component costs. dell took other pc makers higher on a ride higher on word it is in talks with several private equity firms. we get a trio of federal reserve officials speaking out on the economy. dow rising 18 points in yesterday's trade and nasdaq slipping by eight. in other news, middle class is tightening their belts. among those making between 50 and $100,000 a year spending declined during the holiday season. that comes amid a lackluster outlook in the job market. the magazine says the most troubles for consumers include not being able to afford medical bills or medications or a reduction in health care coverage and missing a payment on a major bill not including a mortgage. consumer reports say americans will be confronted with a smaller paycheck this month. that's the latest. back to you. >> thank you m

se seema modi with those details. hey, seema. >> reporter: utility and drama in tech.arch in motion, a classic example of buy the rumors, sell the news. the stock rallying ahead of yesterday's blackberry release and moved lower once the street found out that the blackberry would come out perhaps later than expected. facebook on a tear, but its recent earnings report got the street somewhat concerned. a couple of cautious analyst notes hitting the tape this morning and netflix, good news here, stronger subscriber base here in the united states and overseas. the stock hitting a multi-year high, and apple, you know i was going to go there. growing concerns around iphone 5 demand weighed on shares but the big drop came when it reported disappointing earnings. in the past decade there's been four other instances when apple has fallen more than 14% in a month. even without apple, maria, the nasdaq was able to eco-out a gain for a month and that's due to strength and semiconductor stocks, biotech as well as online travel. back to you. >> all right. seema, thanks so much. watc

seema mody is live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, seema. >> i'm here. good morning. let's look at the futures right now. futures are lower after another mixed session on wednesday. the dow snapping a five-day winning streak with nearly all losses chalked up to boeing amid safety issues with 787 dreamliner jets. boeing shares are lower again in premarket trading. we get data out today on unemployment filings and new home construction and building permits. plus earnings from big banks like bank of america and citigroup. dow falling 23 points in yesterday's trade and nasdaq edging up by six to close at 3117. a boost by shares of apple. back to you. >> all right. thank you. we'll also hear from intel as well. that company in santa clara, the big chip maker normally tech lifts all boats. we are seeing the opposite this time around. this quarterly season with the reporting numbers have been fairly lousy. i'm not saying intel specifically will be bad but we're just not seeing that tech oomph that we get. >> okay. thank you so much. >> appreciate it. 5:15 right now. christin

seema mody. good morning. >> it's me. hello. good morning. futures are mixed this morning after markets overseas specifically in japan rallied overnight. the nikkei moving higher after they said remarks on the yen were misinterpreted. intel reported disappointed earnings last night. stocks rose thursday on numbers with unemployment and housing market. we get earnings from general electric and morgan stanley. we're watching those two stocks closely. the dow rising 84 points yesterday and nasdaq adding 18. back over to you. >> all right. thank you. have a great weekend. coming up in a little bit, gadget friday. >> i love gadget friday. >> one of many more reasons to look forward to friday here. >> scott mcgrew, thank you very much. >>> meteorologist christina loren looking at the forecast now. it's friday. we made it. i'm so happy. >> good vibrations. >> we made it. congratulations, everybody. good looking day. good looking weekend shaping up. we want to thank you for waking up with us. 36 degrees in san jose. 31 in gilroy. 34 degrees to start

seema mody has those details. >> hey there, scott.it usually takes the nasdaq down with it. the nasdaq has been able to eke out a gain over the last four weeks. here's what's been fueling the index. first netflix up a whopping 75% on strong earnings and an uptick in sub skrooscriber base. marvell getting reviving. dell and life tech both up. today's tech winners include biogen. optimism around its ms drug is getting the street excited. by moving higher out of barons, facebook up ahead of earnings. and apple recouping some of its losses. apple has reclaimed its title of world's most valuable company which it lost last week. >> let's get back to apple's woes. last two months, apple stock down better than 20%. the all-time high of $720 a share seems like ancient history when you look at this chart. by why? >> the company sold 8 million iphones last quarter. that's up from 37 million last year. but apple has a whopping $137 billion in cash on hand. enough to buy credit card giant visa. and tech bellwethers like intel based on the current

and seema mody is following the big movers there for pups hi, seema. >> hi, sue. underperforming the indecex. brian topeka saying there is a lot of anticipation behind what samsung might unveil next week. that's perhaps weighing on shares of apple in today's trade. hoou are looking for bright spots, take a look at social media. facebook continuing its rise. goldman sackes with a bullish note saying it sees facebook as promising. one of its friends in the social media space, zinga, also mooufing higher. after confirming earlier this week it is shutting down operations of 11 games. freeing up administration on zinga cloud. where it could launch new games in 2013. lastly, a lot of movement ahead of the j.p. morgan health coence next week. which is referred to as the super bowl of healthcare. one of the mover and shakers is expected to be celgene. we are seeing stocks higher than next week. >> thank you seema, very much. >>> to the bond market. find out what traders make of the latest jobs report. not to mention the bullard comment at the top of "power lunch." rick sa

seema mody is running through today's biggest winners and losers. over to you, seema. >> the biggest mover here at nasdaq, apple getting sliced again, further concerns around iphone 5. demand weighing on the stock. 400 is the next long-term support level. facebook, that was another big story in tech. after much anticipation we got that graphic search announcement, and we saw shares of facebook sell off on the news. other stocks also reacting. take a look at yelp, for example, moving lower. the street seeing facebook's announcement as a potential competitive threat. microsoft though, a winner with its new partnership with the social media firm. dell and its possible plans to go private. that's another story that we continue to track in the tech space. that stock seeing heavy volume in today's trade as more reports circulate and speculation rises. retail, a pocket strength with express. that's the teen retailer leasing the pack after upping its guidance and better than expected retail sales for december. that also helped gap among others move higher an

seema mody has been tracking the space closely, has the latest from twitter. >> that's right.are conference, we've seen a handful of firms issue strong guidance for the year ahead and present positive drug data. that's help the sector trade up the last seven trading sessions. it's best winning streak since last october. but not all the traders are convinced that this sector can go higher from here. bio strategy tweeting, it's time to sell bio-tech. we've been bullish since mid november. jon, time to book profits in this case? >> it may be. we talk about buy rumor, sell news. well, you've had the news. you had the hep-c drug out of -- >> gilliad. >> thank you. and so, i think it might not be such a bad idea to take profits. certainly a lot of people were doing that. huge turnover, 11 million shares versus a normal of 3 1/2. >> good. thank you. >> okay. for mobile devices to medical marijuana, we have you covered in the west coast wrap. jane wells is with us now. jane, you got your mike on this time? >> i do. and it sounds worse. here's a shocker. >> sound great. >> we're starti

seema mody is there. >> we are seeing shares of google outperform in the last 15 months.aller than expected quarterly loss. a couple sales sites. and shares of amd, that stock is higher. all eyes on apple. that company getting set to report earnings to knit. here is our stock of the day, sue. pharmaceuticals up better than 58%. you can see that stock is a better performing stock on the nasdaq by a tick index. back to you. >> that quite a chart there. >> let's look at the bond market for you right now. bond market is watching washington very closely and we have seen a move in interest rates by the debt market vote which we have been reporting on. right now we have the the yield on the ten-year. we have seen the move to the down side in 30-year bond but the yield is holding steady. hasn't moved all that much. it right now watching closely, fst specifically the dollar trade the yen. and that's a look at credit markets and your bond market for this hour. tyler, over to you. >> thank you. john paulson best known for making big money the housing top is now calling the housing b

seema mody's got the twitt twittersphere's take. >> this is one stock that did not participate in today'sapple get its mojo back? well, we posed that question to our twitter audience and here are some of the best responses. uthman says, apple should increase dividend, buy backs and announce a newacquisition. john says, release apple tv, enough said. and james tweets, china mobile has twice as many subscribers as we have people in the united states, so tapping into that is all it would take. those are some of the responses how apple can get its mojo back. do we agree? >> if any of the things happen, it could be a good thing, but the question is, will this, in fact, happen -- >> china mobile doesn't get this probably until the end of this year if they get it at all. and i think it's what everyone said on this desk tonight. the ability of those people to avoid $600 nonsubsidized handsets. it's a big opportunity. i think apple is a trading call here. >> yeah, in terms of the dividend, the buy back, what is interesting, bernstein did an analysis of funds and those that are holding apple. value

>> let's check in with seema modi to find out what's moving at the nasdaq today. >> have to start withebook. shares continue to stage a strong comeback, stocks hitting 30 bucks a share, first time since july of 2012. a lot of anticipation about what facebook will announce at its mystery press event next tuesday. traders seem to be buying into the stock ahead of that event. another space that we'll continue to watch, biotech. a lot of bullish commentary out of that jpmorgan health care conference. that's helping the nasdaq biotech index outperform the nasdaq composite. some of today's winners including regeneron and celgene and there's one name not joining in on the biotech rally and that's idenix pharmaceutical saying they need more time to review its experimental hepatitis "c" drug. it now expects an fda response in the first quarter of 2014. that news weighing on shares by about 5%. >> thanks so much. in the final stretch. 35 minutes before the closing bell sounds for the day. a market that is higher off of the best levels but still showing a gain of 40 points on the industrial avera

seema modi has more on this story. hi, seema. >> hi there, kelly. apple kicking off the year on a strong note. there's two main reasons there. first, dividend stocks in general getting a bid today after receiving more clarity around the tax rate and second a tech bloc blog that apple is working on the iphone 6 as well as a new operating system for the iphone and ipad. that report providing a nice report to some of its speculative suppliers including chip-makers broadcom and qualcomm. social media also getting liked by wall street. facebook leading the rally there. jpmorgan writing that facebook's ad revenue will aksccelerate through the first quarter 2013. shares of facebook up 60% from its september 2012 low so we're seeing a sizable comeback. bill, back to you. >> let's stay with facebook as we start talking numbers for the new year. on the technical side jc o'hara and on the fundamental side john stevenson with first asset management. happy new year. thanks for joining us. j.c., what do you think, time to look at facebook as a buy here? >> you ha

seema mody has what is trending and the big question is, what is a trade for 2013?w that we have this fiscal cliff deal, what's the best trade? so, we posed that question to our audience on twitter. here are a up canal of responses. starting with michelle, he said, i would pay the fiscal cliff by purchasing cerner, an it health care stock. it will benefit from obama care. >> i'm with michelle. again, for your "fast money" fans out there, we've talked about cerner for forever. people have shot against it on valuation, but they've shot against it for the last $30. 80 bucks here, i think it goes higher. good call, michelle. nice eye. >> let's stick with health care. matt tweeting, if the current fiscal cliff status puts a boston in the ten-year, then i like life insurers such as met life. we saw a comeback in some of these names. can it build? >> i think it can. met life, all the insurers were up a lot today. if you look at met life, technically it's right up against the down trend line. b.k. technically doesn't like to buy -- >> brian kelly will buy it b, but -- >> if

. >> let's check in with seemo ya mo -- seema mody. >> on that note, we want to know, what's your topany do you think will beat the street? think about it and don't forget to tweet us at cnbc fastmoney. we will discuss it tonight at 5:00. >> midday trading, first one is first solar. >> that is never a great reason it enter trading. you see it giving back right now. still remains locked in the long-term down trend. i wouldn't buy it. >> doc, what's the skinny on vivus? >> a skinny drug, the pun intended on your part. >> yes. >> uptrade today, about four times normal volume as well. looks like it could, if it holds this, breaks up to upside perhaps 20 within the quarter. >> phillips 66 is running out of gas. >> that's so lame. the refinery report of emissions saying -- >> i was on a roll. figured i would go with it. >> i think you buy phillips 66. i think you look a all of the refiners pulling back and buy them here. you want a long-term ownership of them. >> don't you always think go with what's working? go with it. final trades are next. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 tra

let's get to seema modi recapping the latest action in tech. >> reporter: all eyes on facebook and itsnings report. a beat on its top and bottom line. mobile active users also up. seeing the stock move lower though after hours. remember, the stock has already gained about 30% over the last three months, so perhaps we're seeing the stock higher, excuse me, but the stock is up 30% over the last three months so perhaps investors are looking at the levels right now. conference call starts at 5:00 p.m. any commentary about its ability, of course, to monetize mobile, that is what the street is looking for. let's switch over to qualcomm, a leader in the mobile chip sideways. a big beat on its top and bottom line. raise 2013 outlook as well so we're seeing that stock move higher. aside from that, big movers in tech. interesting price action looking at amazon versus apple. apple reported disappointing earnings one week back and saw the stock sell off. last night amazon reported a quarterly profit that fell 5% and the stock a big mover in tech. amazon's consolidated segment operating income as a

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seema modi running through the notable movers and shakers. gains and losses for major indices and when you dig deeper there were a couple of big movers to take note of. genworth financial topping the market after it said it would distance itself from its mortgage insurance business. comerica shares higher on stronger earnings, and take a look an intertell, that stock gaining after announcing a collaboration with facebook. now, on to the losing side. chipotle shares under some heat after the burrito-maker warned higher food costs would bite into its margins and more trouble supporting boeing's 787 dreamliner program. that sent shares sharply lower, thestock stock shaving 20 points from the dow jones industrial and bny melon, revenues lower and that's why that came in lower. goldman sachs, went to an 18-month high and tomorrow we'll hear from bank of america and citigroup so keep a watch out on those two stocks. for tech, apple shares staging a strong comeback in today's trade, and research if motion, that stock continues its move to the upside

seema modi is here with all the details. >> reporter: that's right.aidu among other internet stocks moving higher. jeffries writing that a shift to the older generation has positive implications for the e-commerce and online ad space. in response seeing those stocks move higher. let's talk social media, shares of linkedin was given an outperform rating. groupon, among others, including facebook move higher. the bulls continue to plow into this event ahead of the mystery press event and take a look at research in motion, today's top-performing stock on the nasdaq 100. reuters writing that three of the top u.s. cell phone carriers signaled this week that they would support the blackberry ten products, verizon, t mobile, once again a lot of rights optimism ahead of that blackberry ten launch on january 30th. back to you. >> seema, thanks so much. 35 minutes before the closing bell sounds for the day. a market is sitting at the highs of the day with a gain on the dow 76 points. >> gm and ford both hitting one-year highs with ford making a major announceme

seema mody over at the nasdaq. >>> the discussion continues around the debt ceiling talks.>> carl, good to be with you. >> we've had this discussion about the economy that we continue to muddle through. you talk about the debt ceiling that if there's ever a grand bargain, you're going to wind up saying you weren't bullish enough. >> that's right. you know, carl, to go back to this plow horse, if you think about the last 3 1/2 years, it goes all the way back to dubai and the bp oil spill and the tsunami and nuclear meltdown and the first fiscal cliff and first budget deal and debt downgrade, all of these things and the economy has continued to move forward. that's what we think will happen here in the future. we also think stocks are very undervalued. so if we do get a grand bargain without some major increase in taxes and we actually get some kind of reform and entitlements or spending pullbacks, it could cause a boom in the economy. it could cause a boom in the stock market as well. >> of course, there are always those who may say it's a plow horse but we've stuck full of

over to seema mody sfwl we're looking at research in motion shares moving sharply higher as you mepntionedm ahead of the blackberry 10 laumplg on january 30th that's helping shares outperform in today's trade. also there's a blog out there that claims it's gotten a copy of the sales training manual for the blackberry 10 device. that, perhaps, shedding some light -- more light around what the blackberry -- the new blackberry will entail. also, perhaps, shedding some light on functionality that it will incorporate. cnbc cannot confirm this. i did read that's wone of the reasons we're seeing shares trading higher. >> jpmorgan chase cutting jamie dimon's pay by 50% to $11.5 mill yop down from $23 million a year ago. it bripgs us to this morning squawk on the tweet question. with $11.5 million less in his pocket how might jamie dimon tighten his belt? market action rights, okay, maybe om one beach maynor in south hamp top. corn dog writes jamie can tighten his belt by using fewer paper towels and finish the ketchup before disposing the bottle. robert writes, perhaps he could light his office wi