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contact td ameritrade for a prospectus containing this and other information. before investing. >>> welcome back to the floor of the new york stock exchange. time for the closing countdown. three straight days of gains for the greenback. some people were thinking the dollar was going to reverse course. no. reality set in. dollar weaker today and the commodities story remains in tact the dow jones industrial average is higher by 46 points, technology having a fairly decent day as well. google's price target got raised to $560 at cancord adams. financials very much in focus today, aig on heavy volume and rumors circulating about a secondary offering on that stock. a sharp reversal on that stock. no comment from that company. the bell is going to sound here. the market is going to close on the plus side. maria bartiromo in just a second. >>> and it is 4:00 on wall street. do you know where your money is? i'm maria bartiromo oon the floor of the new york stock exchange. we have a jam-packed story. global leaders and what they see. the rally rolls on. the market hig

announcer: call today to schedule a free investment check-up, or visit a td ameritrade branch. uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu >>> welcome back to "street signs." rick santelli here. looking at an intraday. you can see it's been all about negative territory. but the one week chart is very revealing because the last couple days, well, they haven't amounted to any stash of a bounce because here we are still at fresh one-year lows. something to monitor. we had an auction today. i grade on demand, and investors aren't demanding yet. this demand was good for a two-year. it's evident by how the market accepted the post 1:00 news. look at a ten-year chart. yields moving slower. there's definitely a love affair with the supply side. now believe it's a domestic love affair. a lot of money going into banks and made by banks might be ending up in treasuries along with foreign counterparts. back to you. >> thank you. it is time to stop trading, same time, same place every day. mr. cramer. how are you, jim? >> erin, i'm telling you, james shared some interesting ideas. >> he really did. >>

announcer: call today to schedule a free investment check-up, or visit a td ameritrade branch. bret: and now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. it appears president obama got it wrong when he talked about a man who supposedly died because his insurance company cancelled his coverage. the president told the story during his speech during a joint session of congress last week. quote "one man from illinois lost his coverage in the middle of chemotherapy because his insurer found he hadn't reported gallstones that he didn't even know about. they delayed his treatment and he died because of t" but "the wall street journal" reports he did not die because of delays. his insurance policy was reinstated within three weeks and he later received a stem cell transplant. he died this year, nearly four years after the initial problems with his insurer. his sister told the house energy commerce oversight committee in week that her brother received treatment that, quote, "extended his life approximately three years." but aides to the president say he got the story essentially co

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