for a lot of the tech names. that's why one of the reasons we could have seen that sell-off in today's trade, or are investors clearing out their portfolio? interestingly enough, twitter, facebook, ebay, all are down after alibaba made its announcement. >> is absolutely. is and we'll be talking tech sales later. but moving back to the fed more generally, goldman sachs has gone against the consensus saying the phrase considerable time will remain in this week's statement. jan says many are missing the distinction between a decision not to extend existing guidance and a decision to renege on xifth guidance. david is senior director of research at global economics. david, as ever, lots of focus on this fed meeting tomorrow. but i'm interested in how the bond markets have reacted. over the last week or two, we've seen yields tick up, led by the u.s. it suggests investors at least are expecting a significant change in rhetoric tomorrow. >> there is a risk of the chance. you see that in the front and the euro/dollar cu

mike, what's your tech on the qs?it's interesting when you see from a fundamental standpoint the news that apple could hardly be better than it is, and yet these are the names that help the qs rise the whole nasdaq index. if these things are starting to have a hard time hitting new highs now, then what exactly is going to propel the qs higher? i think that's one of the challenges i see. i will make one quick point, though. he was just comparing it to the tech bubble top back in 2000. options markets are not suggesting we're at that stage. while i could see a pull back here, what we saw then was there was a general sense in the marketplace we were getting to a really speculative level. alibaba, as wild an ipo as it was, the valuation isn't as high as facebook right now. i think a lot of investors are looking at this saying, we're a little concerned but not panicked. i think we can take advantage of the fact that options in the qs are relatively inexpensive, go out to january, buy -- these were close to at the money whe

firearm, it requires a pip code. >> arma tech c.e.o. >> arma tech c.e.o.strates demonstrates how the gun can only be fired how the gun can only be fired for eight hours once the pin for eight hours once the pin code is activated, and as long code is activated, and as long as the watch is within 10 inches as the watch is within 10 inches of the gun. of the gun. >> i want to try out the >> i want to try out the personalised version. personalised version. >> great. >> great. >> i have the watch, i'm the >> i have the watch, i'm the only one that can use it, only one that can use it, right? right? >> correct. >> correct. >> reporter: that's because the >> reporter: that's because the gun and watch communicate by gun and watch communicate by radio frequency. radio frequency. an electronic chip in the watch an electronic chip in the watch signals to another chip in the signals to another chip in the gun, telling it to gun, telling it to unlock. unlock. both are operated by regular both are operated by regular household batteries. household batteries. >> my only

these fortunes have been built on tech, so i think you will see tech become a major factor. cautionary tale here is the game itself. many of these games have wrought generations together. if you screw too much with the occasion -- if you screw too much with the equation, you can blow it. we talked about the empire of the nfl. empires have fallen. i'm not suggesting the nfl is close to falling, but you have to be careful about screwing up the game itself will stop >> always great to have you here on our show. thank you so much. coming up on our special look at the nfl's media empire, there is a new player on the sidelines and that is microsoft. we will look at how the software giant is hoping to play a major role in the game. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. the nfl season starts tomorrow and today we are looking at this leagues dominance in a special we are calling "the nfl's media empire." one key to keeping ratings high is to keep the stars healthy. michael crabtree ever beat richard sherman to the end zone? the nfl is betting technology can answer s

unlike the tech wreck. if you own tech stocks, you were just out of luck. a good audit trail.es new who owned it, who didn't. margin issues and actually considering everything, it went pretty smooth. look at whether in the industrial revolution or the computer revolution, or the internet revolution, they all ended up in bubbles but it makes sense. back to the story, alan greenspan dug a road quick. low interest rates opened up the housing market to be a piggy bank. indeed, almost in a seamless handoff kind of overt what could have been a bigger problem. only do delay it. the current scenario isn't bubblicious. the bubblicious aspect of interest rates so low in a southern european economy, doesn't square with output, employment, their gdp, this is not indirect. this is completely directly by design. as a matter of fact, it's inherent for the central bank of europe to deal with what it believes is the medicine for its problems which is most likely buying time. but the problem arises where if there's any hiccups on this relative value trade, you really freed to be careful. thing

so overall tech an important sector for some. the individual names matter for that lot of investors. >> good stuff. after getting clobbered yesterday, tech stocks, including yahoo remain mixed this morning as the industry gears up for the monster alibaba ipo later in the week. jack ma is in singapore today. joining us is the rob sanderson, manage director and senior arnls covering the sector. he joins us from west palm. good to owe you. >> good morning. >> you think it's worthy of the hype. why. >> i think there is an incredible opportunity in china retail across the board. consumption opportunity is growing on top of the 9% gdp growth rate. it is a big proportion of the chinese consumption. so layers of the tail wind and this company is dominantly positioned in that marketplace. so it is just a unique opportunity globally. and it is still early in the story. >> rob, it is going to be the 8th or 9th largest tech company that's traded here when it goes public. how much room do you think is actually being made in the market to buy

mike, what's your tech on the qs? >> it's interesting when you see from a fundamental stand point the news that apple could hardly be better than it is, and yet these are the names that help the qs rise the whole nasdaq index. and if they have a hard time mitting highs now, what's going to propel the qs higher 1234 that's a challenge i see. one quick point, though, you know, we was just comparing it to the tech bubble back in 2000. options markets are not suggesting we're at that stage. while i could see a pull back here, what we saw then was there was a general sense in the market place was a speculative level. as wild an ipo it was, the valuation was not as high, and investors say, you know what? concerned, but we're not panicked. i think we can take advantage of the fact that options in the qs are relatively inexcept ipensiv out to january, buy -- these were close to at the money when i looked a the the january 1999, $3, when the qs traded 99 .5. >> alibaba is not eligible for nasdaq 100. are you outright? are you

>> these tech companies are not tech companies. this amazing electronic o bicycle. technology back into the community. these are companies that feel like tech companies but they are in hospitality or transportation or energy or health care. i am finding that interesting this year. >> thank you for stopping by and bringing your crew to watch and always appreciate having your thoughts on the show. appears to be an overwhelming demand to own a piece of ali baba group. the latest on what could become the biggest u.s. ipo of all time. ♪ >> i am emily chang and this is "bloomberg west pie." investors seem to be buying in to the alibaba ipo. what is the latest, how much demand is there? rex what this says is they have enough interest from investors. , not bindingest interest. the demand they're saying is not necessarily from investors who will buy shares. it depends if they are allocated area and they will purchase it but right now it is just interest eerie at what we're seeing is a lot of interest. there were long lines on monday. on tuesday everyone involved commentating

he was just comparing it to the tech bubble top back in 2000.ions markets are not suggesting we're quite at that stage. while we could see a little pull back here, what we saw, then, was there was a general sense in the marketplace that we were getting to a really speculative level. alibaba, as wild an ipo as it was, the valuation isn't even as high as facebook is right now. and i think a lot of investors will look at this and say, we're a little concerned but certainly not panicked. i think we can take advantage of the fact that options in the qs are relatively inexpensive. we can go out to january. actually, these were close to at the money when i was looking at them. the january 99 puts were about $3 and qs were trading 99.50. >> we should mention alibaba is not eligible for the nasdaq 100 because it listed on the new york stock exchange. are you -- is this an outright call or are you hedging? >> this is one of those things -- first of all, almost everyone viewing this is hedging if they put a trade like this on. i am long stocks on balance.

this is just the beginning of san francisco's big tech month. in a couple of weeks sales force's conference comes to town to also shut down several streets. >> it's just one big party, isn't it. >> it is. the weather looks beautiful outside. you see the golden gate bridge and the blue skies. and jeff ranieri. >> who else would you bring in next? you can see blue sky continues across the north bay in belvedere, back toward san francisco, even though we have clearing. there is just a little bit of fog impacting areas up against the immediate coastline. the rest of the sky camera network, temperatures in the 60s right now with our onshore flow. the other thing you want to know, while we have a lot of sunshine down into the south bay, throughout parts of the peninsula, near woodside, that fog is coming in very thick right now. and that again is a sign of a foggy start tomorrow morning. look at the microclimate forecast as we head throughout tuesday. it's not going to stay foggy all day. we'll get sunshine building in. temperatures warming up a coupl

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these tech companies are not tech companies. bringing local manufacturing through technology back into the local economy in san francisco. these are all companies that feel like tech companies. i am finding that really interesting. >> thank you so much for stopping by and bringing your crew to watch. we always appreciate having your thoughts on the show. there appears to be an overwhelming demand to own a piece of alibaba. we will bring you the latest on what could become the late -- what could become the biggest ipo of all time. , i am emily chang and this is bloomberg west. alibaba is in the middle of a global roadshow and they are meeting at the saint regis right now here in san francisco. baking -- are buying in big time to alibaba's ipo. the chinese e-commerce company has demand to sell all of its stock at the high-end of its $60 to $66 range. for more on alibaba we turn to leslie, who covers ipos for bloomberg. cory johnson is still with us. what is the latest? how much demand is there? >> they have enough interest -- the

the tech sector has help transform many cities, but the tech world is overwhelmingly male.nd hispanic and african american men and women are having an even harder time breaking into one of the most power f engines. >> reporter: it's the middle of summer, but these high school students have opted to stay in code. >> after taking these classes, i realized it's something that i'm good at and interested in, and i actually really enjoy doing. >> reporter: so the students have taken classes for two summers. they have learned basic coding and have created a video game. jessica is going to show us how it works. >> so in class we learned how to make a game called mall-mash. >> reporter: here tech jobs abound, but women and certain minority groups aren't landing many of them. this program seeks to change the process. here is the problem, take google, by the company's own admission, only 2% of employees are african american, 3% hispanic, and women make up only 30% of the work force. twitter is also predominantly white and male with only 3% hispanics, 1% african-americans, and again, a

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once you sync the watch to the firearm, it requires a pip code. >> arma tech c.e.o.emonstrates how the gun can only be fired for eight hours once the pin code is activated, and as long as the watch is within 10 inches of the gun. >> i want to try out the personalised version. >> great. >> i have the watch, i'm the only one that can use it, right? >> correct. >> reporter: that's because the gun and watch communicate by radio frequency. an electronic chip in the watch signals to another chip in the gun, telling it to unlock. both are operated by regular household batteries. >> my only apprehension is in the heat of the moment when there's an intruder, can i get the watch on, activate it. i'll think about saving my life. how will i have the wherewithal to use the technology. >> the most important thing is comfortable. >> what if the unauthorised user gets the watch and the handgun. >> if they feel the watch and gun. >> what if someone tries to take the gun. we have a demonstration with an unloaded ip1. >> if someone was wroteling me trying to take the firearm. as long a

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largest be europe's tech ipo in years, but the berlin-based rocket internet doesn't mimic existing tech ideas. ♪ i am emily chang here with cory johnson. this is "bloomberg west" on bloomberg television, streaming on your phone, tablet, bloomberg.com, apple tv, and amazon fire tv. rocket internet is going public should the german startup is set to start trading in frankfurt on october 9 and it could be europe's largest tech ipo in years. tenant right the coattails of alibaba can it write a good ride of alibaba --can it the coattails of alibaba's debut ? >> you know the old saying, there is no such thing as a new idea. models seenccessful elsewhere -- a lot like alibaba has -- and try to replicate those. i first stumbled on these guys to go public,iled which we covered with great fervor on "bloomberg west." modelontinue to take that -- they were exclusively locked up by her bomb for a while but they took the model and -- locked up by groupon for a while but they took the model and replicated it. a bunch of different companies around the world except the united states and from germany mba

we want to know, is apple the exception to tech troubles? the stock is reported to have made a deal with mastercard, visa and american express to launch a mobile payment system and the good news, trumping the bad, a number of accounts got hacked, only sending new photos of celebrities into space. all right,let talk about this. karen, payments, a wearable device. >> i think seamens could be the holy grail. this isn't the first time they've tried to get assets. it will be interesting to see. you never know when something will catch on. i actually get a little nervous about the launch and the hype. it has been sort of defying any you know movement down. last 84 it defied any participation in the huge rally. i am long, i am selling some 105 against the position she's overready, she's selling calls. >> there you go to me i think karen hit on it. i i don't think it's the hardware that will be exciting about the next leg of the story. i think it starts with payment services. if you think about it, hundreds of millions of credit card already hookled

, the big laggers in big cap tech. we want to talk about price line, down about 9%. rough day today as well. >> we had this one really cold into the summer. i've been wrong ever since, though. i mean, priceline really has not performed well at all. obviously today was not a great day. so how do you trade it? i think now it trades down to that may bottom, which came in basically around 1,100. at 1,087, to be exact. it feels as though it wants to test that level. it is not an expensive stock on valuation. i think the story still makes sense. i think the selloff is exaggerated. with that said, things overshoot on the downside. i think that's what we're about to see. >> with priceline, too, they have a lot of exposure in europe. we saw the dax today really crater. so you definitely have a problem with that. i'm with guy. i thought it was interesting today, it didn't make new lows today. that shows at least there's some buyers in there. i don't think you have to go in tomorrow rushing to buy. wait for that flushout. >> let'

take a look at some of the tech stocks we follow closely. the nas dab, there were so many -- nasdaq, there were so many names under pressure. but you do have yahoo! with, obviously, the big story concerning yahoo! was its stake in alibaba. alibaba down about 4% today, by the way. microsoft recently made the acquisition of mine craft, that was a $2.5 billion deal. microsoft has hit record highs recently of $47.50, it's not too far off those levels, but today you are seeing weakness in technology stocks. facebook, micron, cisco, some of the names under pressure. you are seeing social media to the downside. i happen to be standing right next to twitter. take a look at twitter, right? you see the big tweet, down about 2%. so you are seeing the selling. and look at alibaba. happens to be right here as well. $90.22 a share, down about 4%. not in the nasdaq, obviously. could have been in the nasdaq 100 had it listed with the nasdaq. that didn't happen. holding that $90 mark. cheryl: gotta love the exchange competition. always fun to watch. >>> box

of a tech company or getting a teenure professorship.models is a factor to retaining women. >> did you have a role model for your ph.d. ? >> my role model was my dad, which is what i related to when it came to petra. what instruct me about her was her passion for her subject and her enthusiasm. i don't remember at the aim of 18 being that -- aim of 18 being that clear about what i wanted to do this science. it was inspiring. >> what i can relate to is not just the passion about the science, but the aryanism, she -- organism, she seemed to love the birds. that was me at that age. i can relate to being passionate about a creature and using it as aol. >> i love the way she was fascinated by the animal. i was fascinated by the way she used robotic knowledge to enhance her research, it's a work. >> and an example of where science research is going. it's so cross-disciplinary, being an expert in one is not enough any more. it's great to see someone starting at stanford. he she has that handle. >> for viewers, young women waiting to get into sc

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are you ready for some high-tech football?he 49ers are moving to silicon valley and we have an inside look at their new stadium. that is next. ♪ welcome back to "bloomberg west." i am emily chang. the national football league has built a $27 billion television the drives its revenue. what role will technology play in that expansion? show, weest of the will explore that question in our special, the nfl's media empire. we have a sneak peek at the stadium. home, levi it cost over billion dollars to build. located in silicon valley and showcases innovation in ways no other pro sports stadium has done before. but the stadium has had his share of problems. the first event's of thousands of fans in traffic and twice in the last week, the turf had to be ripped out and replace. i got an inside look at the stadium. check it out. fans. 170,00 suites. one point $3 billion. >> we are talking about a world class stadium. are kicking off the season in a brand-new stadium. >> the fans are going to love it. >> intel and sap have signed on to b

i think a lot of other tech companies and wearable tech companies waiting for apple to do and now justfor everybody else. >> what are the specific investments you are involved in right now? >> i think six or seven. seek geek. orange chef. be everywhere. make space. you know? we just signed on to get into lift. just yesterday. andello and hard to go through them right now. >> lift yesterday. is that because you use uber and lift and services and why now after they raised some money have a high valuation? >> yeah. everybody needs a ride. everybody needs a ride. you can't nowhere in new york city without a ride. for me i saw what uber did. we come team up and just enjoy that ride. for me, it was something i felt, you know, comfortable. i felt like i can really help lift and in certain ways. >> if the knicks get to the playoffs, everyone will say, that's great. give him more tech investments. if you don't, the backlash. >> of course, of course, of course. i'm made for that. built for it. ready for it. if i lose a game, they say he was focused too much on tech. if i win a game, they're goin

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ask five tech stocks with more than a 10%... the tech stock with a market cap... of at least 50 billion... are up on the day. 12 low-volume stocks... breaking into 52-week highs. six upcoming earnings plays... that recently gapped up. [ male announcer ] now the world your trading floor. get real-time market scanning wherever you are with the mobile trader app. from td ameritrade. liz: it is a record if we close right now for the s&p 500. closing record. david: it is extraordinary on the back end of this bad news about the economy that the market could do so well but it is turning around today. liz: the number to beat for s&p 500 is 2003.37. we are above that right now. nicole, has to be exciting down there. another, this will be the 33rd closing high with a pair of retailers not going along. >> we got the alibaba news. yahoo!'s stock is running and we're watching retailers under pressure. michael kors in particular. the founders, a couple of founders who helped bring the ipo to fruition selling off their shares in a secondary. t

and, as well, the entire virginia tech community.re astounded at how quickly it reached the national stage. and for a story like this, that's obviously appreciated, you know. you want more eyes and ears on the story. more people that can provide leads within 24 hours, 48 hours, the police said they were getting hundreds of leads and people saying they might have spotted her here or have some idea where she might have gone or where they last saw her. so having that on the national landscape helped keep it on the forefront of people's minds and, five years later, there's tons of us at virginia tech that, you know, we remember her and think about her, especially on the anniversary of the disappearance and different times and so being able to have it come back, it's not like anyone's forgotten, but we're glad that hopefully there's a connection and hope hopefully for us and for hannah's family and friends. >> you know, sarah, at the time it's one of those things where so many college students, we all went to, you know, shows in big colle

he has been chronicling the tech world for two decades.lisher of the industry standards, the bible of the tech in the late 1990's, now he is the chairman of new coke. let's get to the top story of the day. ebay spinning off of paypal. people thought it was inevitable. people have been talking about it since ebay acquired paypal 12 years ago. -- they large companies are large companies and large startups are attacking the space. paypal needs to be more nimble. at --.s a tech analyst our own cory johnson who used to work for john back in the day. cory, what do you think? >> he taught me how to shave. what do you think of this? this is an of ways, acknowledgment of the bull market on wall street. investors are willing to pay for growth. ebay recognizes, for all of the business sense that it makes to keep paypal away from competitors like amazon, which is probably the reason they bought it in the first place, the ducks are quacking and ebay has decided to feed them. at 56 dollarsding $.25 less than a lot of people then you think it is worth. w

his final message to the tech industry, worry. wow quite a moment. >> this is interesting coming from mark andreesen. because over the past year he's often criticized those who were out there saying the valuations of certain companies are too high. i'm sure he would make a distinction between certain companies he viewss as being particularly strong and strong founders and strong growth prospects versus what he's saying now. but he's been a bull on this trend and so him turning is interesting. >> i had a back and forth with him earlier this year when i said i was having conversations with bankers and they were worried that valuations were driven up simply by the supply of money. more mutual funds and more private equity companies willing to get in a later stage, hedge fends even. and he said no. i think companies are worried because they have fewer to take public. and they are staying private longer. and he said you are going to like that money from the hedge fund until a couple years down the road the hedge fund owns 80% of your c

there may not be such a thing as a free lunch anymore and tech worker. warmer temperatures are on his way be such a thing as a free lunch anymore and tech worker. warmer temperatures are on his way around thank you m fo otecng mfutu. thank yofor ingmyero d my. military famils aruniqly thkfulor my thgs, the gacyf us aut inranccoulbe one of them ifou'ra cuent forr lita memr or their family, get autinsunce quot and see y 92of o memrs plano st forife. one of the best perks for working at a tech company. free food. could be in jeopardy. kron 4's justine waldman is live in our newsroom to explain. justine? companies like google and facebook offer gourmet meals to just like shuttle buses and dry cleaning services.it is one of the ways these tech companies attracts top talent. now the the internal revenue service want food that tech companies give to employees. the i-r-s argues that the employer-provided food is a "taxable fringe benefit." and the i-r-s has sought back taxes that may amount to a third of the meals' fair-market value. some tax lawyers are saying

a lot of buttons and this high-tech control wrong. people handle all of the camera, audio and replaced last that's anything but to see on the game board. it is all controlled by the throne. game room. >> reporter: gabe slate kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: we did hit the '80s and the portions of the north bank. we did see more sunshine compared to yesterday. tonight the fog will return but it would not be quite as widespread as last night. similar weather expected as we head into the rest of the weekend. the trecker shows fairly widespread in the morning and at o'clock hour but clear back-to buy 10 or 11. that will allow temperatures to become one once again like we saw today carried out in the south bay will be in the '80s. and these 82 in san jose. upper 80s for inland valleys tomorrow per it will be 90 in antioch, the heat and pleasanton and we will see this 70's inside the bay. the coast line still in the '60s tomorrow and 70 degree temperatures downtown san francisco pretty low eighties for north bactria was still half we will still

beer tech goes high-tech. how big data may be about to kill happy hour?ook at the i.p.o. that could be germany's largest this year. but first, let me take you back to our top story. there are conflicting report about the future of air france's discount unit. he country's minister said plans are being scrapped. the company said that is premature. we had the prime minister speaking on the subject. decisions need to be made apparently. let's find out what is going on. our aviation reporter has some details. details are limited. >> it is interesting to hear them coming out with comments this morning. they had a significant stake in the airlines still. we had the comments saying the whole plan was scrapped and then the airline said no, it is not. on monday what they were offering is a delay of this project to expand their discount unit, transavia. you wonder if the government is putting pressure on air france. they want the situation resolved. it is very poor p.r. in terms of the brand france. so they definitely want this to be resolved and then you more comme

>> do you have a preference, whether it be old tech versus new tech? >> if you look at the software space, there's a clear disruption right now. we think that you're going to have a number of the winners such as google, facebook, the internal at zero. we're focusing on the growth part of the tech. >> coming back to the comments mr. draghi made this morning, it seems as though the market is incredibly patient in terms of what could be forthcoming from the ecb. now they want qe. it seems as though the market can't get enough. >> we are bullish on european equities, but we don't think this is the best story out there. we are not even sure that next week draghi will be able to deliver the numbers. what kind of sides we are talking about of this private qe purchases. so we think unless there is a sovereign qe, what they are hoping for to extend the balance sheet of the ecb closes to three, we think that's unlikely to happen. >> thank you so much for your time today. we've got a very exciting story to talk about. >> it takes a steps closer tonight as it play

change in after-market trading. ♪ all the tech stocks with a market cap...east 50 billion... are up on the day. 12 low-volume stocks... breaking into 52-week highs. six upcoming earnings plays... that recently gapped up. [ male announcer ] now the world is your trading floor. get real-time market scanning wherever you are with the mobile trader app. from td ameritrade. >>> check out shares of ebay surging on rumor that google was take a stake in the tech giant. they shot the rumor down. ebay options traded four times their average daily volume with most of the activity on call side. almost 100,000 calls traded today with one betting it will be above 60 bucks by this january. dann, if google is off the table, this activity is telling us maybe there's somebody else out there. >> they are off the table today. to me there's a whole host of others that could be interested. let's break down the price action, four times the average daily volume and otherwise quiet day in the internet space. this stock was down on the day. 10:00 this rumor hit and hit on twitter, th

from tech to scotland.british prime minister gordon brown is pledging he will give parliament a bill to grant scotland more power. anna edwards joins us. gordon on the frontline. the problem is, we are getting very near the vote. will this have a meaningful impact on which way people are going to go? >> exactly, nine days until the vote. gordon brown calling this the new scotland act. it has the support of all the major parties in westminster. essentially pledging more power to scotland if voters go with a to independence vote on thursday of next week, the 18th. he said we can be proud of what be part ofd still the u.k.. trying to stir up some emotion "no," thecampaign as it is politely called. the note to independence. casting westminster as the enemy. this is being seen by some as a fight back, gordon brown trying to put some of the fight into the "no" campaign. we will be hearing more about this from various westminster parties, trying to convince the scots that if they vote no, there will be changes afo

it's sucking the air out of tech.to reallocate, selling google, maybe some apple, whatever else you have, to give this thing a full waiting and you're feeling comfortable because the volatility is low with a stock trading with a crazy p/e. i find that extraordinary. it's a first to see this happen. >> options are active for post-ipo options because you have a few specific events. the first earnings report as a public company, the lockups from the executives and yahoo! a year down the road. you have these lines in the sand that investors are basically waiting for and watching. but on the whole, kevin, if you were trading in alibaba, what would you do with options at this point? you say you normally like to wait four quarterses before getting involved in an ipo? >> i don't own any of this. i will wait for earnings to come rolling out. this is a company with over $3 billion of cash earnings. it would be really great for them to say you know what we're going to give you 1% dividend. value buyers like me which are institut