a very bold statement, they put a sell rating on supervalu.s down 7.5. this is why they cut it to a sell from a neutral. the first and most obvious is intense competition, but the other is related to washington. obviously, the cuts in food stamps and how that may in turn affect their numbers coupled with the fact that they're going to face higher costs for the affordable care act. you put that together, and this is why you're seeing supervalu down 7.5%. one good thing that they did note is the strong management team. however, a sales rating from goldman zacks is not good -- goldman sachs is not good news. ashley: thank you very much. after president obama promised obamacare wouldn't add one dime to our deficit, a little known fail safe is giving an insurance company against losses and, oh, yes, leaving us taxpayers stuck with the bill. rich edson is live in washington, d.c. with more on this story. >> reporter: the latest estimates say the law cuts enough for medicare and increases enough taxes to cover the costs of the health care law. howeve

we will look at these names, kroger, whole foods, holding back supervalue squeezing out centimes butmpetition against each other and the food stamp is an issue for them so that is something we are watching and over all kids day on wall street, these are the new york stock exchange community children all here but what is interesting is years past there was a lot more going on, video games upstairs, more subdued this year with face painting and balloonmaking on the floor but what are the kids's favored retailers? raise your hand. >> game stop. >> toys r us. >> target. >> justice. >> how about over here? >> craft. >> anybody have anything on their list? >> maybe 4. >> that is a good one. >> target. >> how about you? toys r us. i can't leave you out. >> toys r us. >> a big girl. >> toys r us. >> really? >> target. >> target has a lot of toys and that is the other thing about retailers, knowing what consumers want. i heard an analyst talk about walmart, they're pushing tvs, why aren't they pushing close? all right, everybody, wave to the friends and family, go forward, happy holidays. >>

. >> shares of discount retailer supervalu fell sharply after a downgrade from goldman sachs. the wall street firm cutting them to sell from neutral. lowering its price target to just $6 a share. >> washington post company is changing its name to graham holdings company on november 29th. follows the sale of its flagship newspaper and several other publishing businesses to amazon founder jeff bezos. "after the bell" starts right now lori: we have joe bell in the and scott bauer in the pits of cme. comment on the stock market, why investors didn't want it to close at6,000 today? 16,000. >> it was hovering just under there after we hit the high. quite frankly the carl icahn tweet or reuters report that came out 1:30 our time, 2:30 eastern today, that put a little black cloud over the marketplace. talking to the guys behind me, the last three, four times he came out and said anything, whether about the market in general or apple he mentioned this time, the market taken a hold to it. although we didn't see a huge selloff, i think it had something to do with the modest selloff. that

supervalu held the sell. this has been one of the worst performers in the s&p. safeway has been up.ger is doing well. and then you talk about whole foods and competition and we know that sprout's market got a lot of value. fairway has been going down. i've got to tell you, this group is just too competitive and i want to know whether or not we're at the lowering of the price multiple of the group because everyone has figured out you want wholesome foods and then let's layer on target and costco because those guys are bent on taking supermarket business and they are very successful at it. >> the largest supermarket in the country, which is walmart, correct? >> look, i always defer to a man that has done not one but two documentaries and walmart is just beginning to get the ride kind of food in. the right kind of food meaning that they were very, let's say, not embracing of the natural organic up front. it's so strong, i had jack on friday, "mad money," he's the cfo of chipotle, it's to get rid of gmo. monsanto is on the firing line, sugar is on the firing line. >> jim, stand by. of c

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a year ago, simon, everybody thought that supervalue was uncompetitive, the stock was down to $2, bestn.com, and nokia, everybody was writing off. those three stocks are among the best performers this year. and i think you could see the same thing. you know, instead of chasing the teslas and many of the companies that have done so well, what we're telling our investors is, you know, buy where there's value and lesser risk, where you can still get good appreciation. >> i mean -- >> we see that in a nuance communications, you know, which is hitting a new low. healthcare reits, and, also, a company like compuware, yielding 4%, 5%, so that's a good place to be in the market, for those getting slightly overvalued. >> we keep talking about the nasdaq surge, which has been driven, as you infer, by the likes of tesla and netflix. and we've seen the temptation to book profits on those winners so far. are you really against people holding those stocks? would you go as far as to say they may be in bubble territory? >> yeah, i think they are. i think they are. we haven't been bold enough in the lo