mimic the nasdaq. also, if you're looking for another play in that space, you could look at the smh as well which is the semiconductors holders etf. you're looking at very positive strength therevery similar chart to what you're seeing in the nasdaq. >>so you're liking that. what about the vix? we have options expirations today. any scary moves projected? >>right now we're seeing the vix kind of find a bottom here just below 14. the market stilleven though yesterday we didn't see much movementbut basically we're still seeing some pretty heavy realized vol in the market. so nothing of any consequence as we saw some rolling of positions but we have seen a little bit of call spread buying as we see in the vix now back down around that 14 level. >>steady as she goesthank you dan deming. >>thanks angie. that does it for now...coming up tomorrow-- it's a movies & money thursday. find out if lego will continue to build a mega million audience...or will it be toppled by pompeii. from all of us at first business

the nasdaq is up almost 17 points. dow jones industrial average is the biggest percentage winner, not by much, but enough. the dow jones industrial average up three quarters of a percent or 123 points. >>> facebook sitting out of today's rally a little bit. as a matter of fact, it's flat. we'll see whether or not the market can pull it up into the green. the stock has sat out pretty much all week while the s&p and nasdaq keep marching to the new highs. the social media giant now under fire for exposing teens to inappropriate ads. is facebook losing control of its site and failing to protect its users? we will talk about that. save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.ould yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake? uh-oh. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. [ car alarm chirps ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze, and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a ge

let's go to the nasdaq. seema mody following the big movers and most of them moving lower. >> we are down triple digits on the day. the nasdaq composite down 2.5%. the nasdaq also just broke 4,000, a key psychological level that traders watch. so a bearish scenario shaping up for the nasdaq. there seems to be a fundamental and a technical story at play here. we have weak economic data coupled with indexes breaking key support levels. many of the winners on the nasdaq 100 have now turned negative. you are seeing apple shares trade between positive and negative territory. investors continue to hit the sell button on biotech and biotech of course, one of the winning sectors in 2013. celgene one of those trading in negative territory. internet is lagging. amazon trading lower by about 3.5%, leading this index lower after reporting weaker than expected top and bottom line numbers. lastly, facebook. facebook did hit a record high this morning but since then, the stock has turned negative following increased selling

the nasdaq under pressure right now but to put it into perspective, the nasdaq is still outperforming and the s&p 500 this year and here is what makes the nasdaq story even more interesting. large cap tech not participating. yahoo!, intel, apple, all down on the year. but despite these losses, the nasdaq continues to hit new multiyear highs thanks to gains in three different areas. first, is cloud services. akamai tech and f5 networks both beating street expectations. up double digits this year. momentum players, tesla, facebook, netflix continue to rise as investors hunt for high growth and lastly is health care playing a significant role. all -- alexion is up 30%. illumina is the second best performing stock and then there's mylan, a generic drugmaker that's been soaring in an uptick in its foreign drug business. schaefer investment research says this diversification between multiple groups leading the nasdaq is a positive and that it greatly decreases the odds of a major crash. remember, the composition of the nasdaq this year in 2014 very different than what we had in 2000. back o

and you know what, you look at the nasdaq, carl, you guys referenced the dow and the nasdaq's at 4,300. not that long before we're going to be on nasdaq 5,000 watch again. >> we're within 15% of the nas all-time high. >> josh brown on this, he's a riot. >> well, we'll hear from him and everybody else. have a great one, we'll see you on monday. welcome to the "halftime" show. here's what's in our game plan. most admired, most investable. the apple shareholder meeting is kicking off right now. why the stock is suddenly sputtering. >>> the battle for pepsi donald yackman speaks out exclusively. >>> and the oscar goes to with the big awards being handed out, what a golden statue is really worth to the winners. mike, simon, josh and pete are all here. and we do begin with a big day for the markets on this final day of february. what a month it's been. dow having the best month since july, s&p, nasdaq, russell, at new highs, is this a sign that stocks are topping out or breaking out? josh brown, you tell me. >> it's definitely not a sign of topping out. you've got really, really broad moves

the s&p and nasdaq almost 1% gains. the dow industrials at the highs of the session right now with a gain of 177. we are knocking on 16,000's door once again and we are back above 1800 for the s&p. maybe you can thank speaker boehner in the house for some of this rally as well. in addition to janet yellen. the republican leaders are going to allow a vote on the debt limit tonight with no conditions. it's a clean bill. this is something the president and the democrats have been pushing for and now it looks like they are going to get it. the bill would extend the authority of the treasury to borrow for at least another year and assuming it all goes through, it would prevent a lot of washington spending drama that we have seen in the last year not to happen this year. of course, an election year. that seems to be helping the market as well. let's get a market flash on today's big movers with dominic chu. >> a different story than yesterday, where it was very wait and see. today, stocks up to session highs on the heels of fe

you mentioned the big nasdaq spike. the big caps and small caps are also making some very big moves today. you see the drop and the pop for the s&p midcap index. a similar pattern for the small caps. you'll see that in the russell. you can see it right there, as a matter of fact. down .75%. year-to-date the russell is down 6%. the midcaps down 5%. perhaps we shouldn't be surprised given the gains we saw last year. seema mody is live in times square to put some perspective on all of that today. >> good afternoon. the nasdaq on track for its worst week since june of 2012, that adp report certainly not giving investors a reason to get back in this market. in fact, one trader telling me he doesn't want to step back in until he knows where the bottom will be. with that said, technology stocks have had a terrible day today. some of the stocks that have a significant weighting on the nasdaq are lower, including google and amazon. apple shares outperforming, getting specific, 3d printing stocks getting hit on the chin after 3d p

don't forget the nasdaq 100 did lead the way since february 3rd.eople taking this as a positive sign of leadership here at the nasdaq. it is a sign that investors are willing to take on more risk. so let's talking about what's moving the nasdaq today because we are seeing some nice strength and old tech names like apple, microsoft, google. biotech, gilead and biogen leading the gate today having the most positive on the index. tesla, green mountain coffee, baidu, all higher on the day. talking about two movers getting buzz today. just take a look at blackberry stock. up 5% after an upgrade from under her perfoperform. they have r. seeing limited downgrade to the stock but it did give kudos to management team and dan loeb, staking a small stake in the conn company. wanting to finish up on lulu. getting a buzz after upgraded by oppenheimer. look, oppenheimer says this is a controversial stock. a lot of we have been seeing has been self inflicted but they do like the brand equity and they do think that it is now a good entry point. scott? >> sheila, t

the nasdaq is below the 4,000 mark. the s&p is also sharply in the red.atching an accelerated sell-off going into the close. still an hour left in the trading day. >> if you're wondering, there's eight s&p 500 stocks that are up right now. carmax is up 1.3%. kmx. pfizer, edison, the southern company and mosaic. that's it. if you own one of those names, congratulations. and time warner cable because no other stock in the s&p 500, mandy, is higher but those eight. and eight is definitely not enough in this case. >> it is not. okay. >> genuine parts down 5.5%. tractor supply. retailers are getting walloped. everyone thinks we're insane talking about heating bills. i think it's a big deal in the economy. >> taking a massive chunk out of everybody's discretionary income. gold is higher. the vick is above 20. that is spiking as the fear gauge out there. what is lower as well? it is the ten-year yield. it has broken below 2.6% today. there we go. we just pulled up a gold chart for everybody. it's up 3%. when you consider what a terrible year gold had last year i

the s&p up 15 points and the nasdaq up 44. the ten-year note, look at the yield there, it's crept up just a little bit more, 2.68% on that, because we were looking at a sub-2.6% interest rate yesterday. check out the other global indices today. japan taking a big hit, down 4%, and overnight, now down about 13% for the year as a whole. the nikkei certainly has everybody's attention and they are watching not only the nikkei but the yen as well. up to you. >> thank you, sue. we are talking curling off camera. we will talk more about that later today. big, big show. u.s. stocks are rallying today but yesterday was certainly -- up 98 points right now. sheila dharmarajan is looking at some of the global markets. let's begin with it says dominici chu. >> my new name. you didn't get the memo. >> some of the blue chip names already in correction territory. >> there are quite a few. look at the s&p 500. out of those 500 large cap blue chip stocks, over 100 are already off by 10% or more, and another 30 are off by 9%, within striking dist

the nasdaq not quite a record but nonetheless another 14 year high. all in all, a pretty good week and a very good month for the three indices as we close out february. this is the tally for you. the dow up 4.4%. the s&p up 4.7%. the nasdaq, the outperformer, up by 5.6% over the course of this past week. >> i had to go live with my aunt and uncle in bel-air. can you believe that? story of my life. >> that is the story of your life. very short story but a good story nonetheless. >> thank you very much. >>> the prince of cnbc, princ s princess. weather has been an excuse for corporate earnings for years but this year, do companies actually have a point? the weird weather continuing everywhere. let's start with that and get on the weather channel's kate parker with more. >> reporter: we are talking about a deluge of rain in california, something they haven't seen in a very long time. in fact, it was march 2011 the last time we saw more than one inch of rain in one day in l.a. we surpassed that a couple days ago and it keeps on coming in. you can see we do

it really led the nasdaq higher. stock, you were probably under your desk in the fetal position right now. what do you do? do you cover? was this a good enough of a quarter for people to say, you know what? i finally believe this tesla story? >> kelly -- >> dr. j? >> i was going to say my friend cass is short this stock. he's chasing it up here. >> it's a brutal business. jis going to say part of the story is masterful public relations. the way they handled that battery fire story and the way they handled a very critical review in "the new york times" before that suggesting that maybe the battery longevity wasn't there. elon musk and his team went out and pushed out hard against that in a way that many companies wouldn't do. they took a big risk there, but it's really paid off for them in pushing back against some of that bad pr. >> battery technology is an area important to so many areas, apple included. olympic curling is coming up at 5:00 p.m. and get your second screen ready, brian and the "fast money" freestyle

the nasdaq had a pretty good gain. ing kelly, and you have herbalife, very controversial with their earnings coming up in a moment on the second hour of "the closing bell" with kelly he was and company. i'll see you tomorrow, kelly. >>> thank you, bill. and welcome to "the closing bell" on this tuesday. a shout out to washington illinois university, my alma mater. here is how we're finishing the close. the dow at the bell shedding about 25 points. so moving lower as we got into the close. the s&p 500 adding two points to 1,840. we'll talk about the significance of that level and the nasdaq adding 28 points so doing all right. about two-thirds of 1%. let's bring in today's panel. with me our own kat kele kelly, steve liesman and tim seymour. kenny, let's talk about the internals of this market. people have been calling this a low quality rally. >> it is. there's no real volume, no commitment that goes with it to make it feel like people are really committed to running right back up to 1,850. it senses we're hitting our h

very positive earnings influencing the nasdaq to the upside.e a look at activision, one of the biggest winners today on a percentage basis. the company said profits were better than expected and also subscribers for its war craft game were turning around. online travel, another big bright spot after expedia's big earnings. i want to mention biotech as well because again, a big outperformer in the overall index, up about 3.5% just today. biogen's m.s. drug said to be tracking better than expected, one of the reasons we are seeing such a big advance today. bill? >>> if you're just joining us it's been all about jobs today. another weak report for january. the economy added just 113,000 jobs last month, below the 189,000 that economists had been expecting. but more people did begin looking for work in january. some of the jobless were hired in that time. that helped cut the unemployment rate to a five-year low of 6.6%, the lowest we have seen since october of 2008. we do continue to ask the question, where are the jobs. many companies are asking w

but the dismal readings don't seem to be hurting the nasdaq. ve mixed trading, only the red in the dow right now, so what can we expect as we head into the closing bell? let's bring in the traders at the new york stock exchange, cme and the nymex. good afternoon, teddy. it's a shorted week here. let me bring up janet yellen. eleven days ago she gave testimony, and since then we've been rip roaring high or. does it continue? >> well, we talked about the last week. that's what the market wanted to hear. it's going to be business as usual, and, you know, to the degree that the fed remains even quietly accommodative, you know, during this tapering period, the market wants to see that. i happen to think the game has changed. you can't fight the tape and, clearly, the markets moved a lot higher. i'm not sure i believe it, but up is still up. and though the broader market's sort of flat today, obviously, nasdaq and some sectors within nasdaq are really boiling. and the overall tone of the market, obviously, remains positive. liz: dan, if you look at th

there's the nasdaq, six days in a row on track for the best week of the year. that does it for us. have a great and long holiday weekend. we'll see you. >>> lace 'em up. "halftime" is over. the second half of the trading day starts now. >>> scott, thank you very much. this cold, snowy snap starting to have a real impact on the economy. the economists down at the philadelphia fed cutting their growth forecast. we will look at the weather's impact on growth, productivity, airlines and the travel business. and some of the impact is negative but some of it is actually positive. more snow is on the way for the northeast. we're not kidding. the forecast is up in just a few minutes. it

is that a hindrance to what the nasdaq can do from here? i tweeted out earlier we're not in the big picture that far from 5,000 on the nasdaq. >> haven't been there since march of 2,000. >> apple has not been a leader in this market in the tech side of the market for quite a while. to steph's credit the one that has been a leader is facebook, steph, which she called in and said as she bought it yesterday when it was down and then it went and spun positive and ran up on the day. it ran up because their decision makers over there don't take like an iceberg thawing to watch and make it move, move, move so slowly. these guys make decisions like this over at zuckerberg's shop. i think that's part of the reason they're more nimble. >> it's also worth pointing out that google in the last year has made 23 acquisitions. almost $5 billion worth. so they're doing a little bit differently than a facebook splash but they're doing it. that's why you look at google, facebook, those are the ones i want to be in. and i don't want to be in apple because they

there's the nasdaq, six days in a row on track for the best week of the year. nasdaq 100 back at a 13-year high. that does it for us. have a great and long holiday weekend. we'll see you. >>> lace 'em up. "halftime" is over. the second half of the trading day starts now. >>> scott, thank you very much. this cold, snowy snap starting to have a real impact on the economy. the economists down at the philadelphia fed cutting their growth forecast. we will look at the weather's impact on growth, productivity, airlines and the travel business. and some of the impact is negative but some of it is actually positive. more snow is on the way for the northeast. we're not kidding. the forecast is up in just a few minutes. it may be up just a few inches. and on this valentine's day, i'm still smarting over scott rebuffing my valentine's proposal but i know his wife so i know why. i know why. we have a story about which stocks and wall street ratings are working and which aren't. love never means having to say i'm downgrading. we will name some names first to sue. happy valen

had been lower by 31 points today at the end of the session. nasdaq up 10 points. course, a lot of big names. hewlett-packard, texas instruuents, intels. even ibm looking good. doesn't look -- "after the bell" starts right now. david: again, cisco, whole foods about to announce any minute now. we'll bring it to you as soon as it

the nasdaq down just slightly right now as well. not a terribly exciting day in the markets but a big deal in diamonds. the ceo of signet jewelers is with us. also jane wells on coffee's huge spike and what that means for beverage prices. >> reporter: oh, kate. coffee. i can never stay mad at you. even if i have to take out a mortgage to afford you. yes, price hikes will make you jittery. we'll explain in two minutes. [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze, and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned mercedes-benz for the next new owner. [ car alarm chirps ] hurry in to the mercedes-benz certified pre-owned sales event. visit today for exceptional offers. ♪ if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom. >>> welcome back to "power lunch." a small down day for the market overall but

take a look at the nasdaq. take a look at the winners we are watching. business confidence in germany. back to you. dennis: thank you. let's talk about retail. we spent several years at target. they cannot blame the bad weather for their squeezing margins and lack of sales. all the way from. adam: how does a retailer, i understand that, maybe that is something i would want to buy. how would i choose a brick-and-mortar retailer? >> two dominant themes in retail today. it also means you can associate with a consumer anyway you want to do business. a very strong e-commerce. terms of value retailers, we are seeing even walmart. they said things were pretty tough right now. you see retailers like dollar stores. a dollar general, for example. doing quite well in this environment. stores like tj maxx. costco. known for a llng time. a place to get a great value and doing very well. come. eventually, spring will there will be a fall. what is their excuse when it is warmer? >> the economy. all of that is true. the consumer is very stressed. the employment levels r

a new high for the nasdaq but no love from apple. new report from morgan stanley reveals that institutional ownership of apple is at a record low and that the top 30 holders are allocating 2.2% of their fund to apple compared to a high of 4.1% in the last five years. analysts write that sentiment is negative as most funds are questioning apple's ability to grow revenue long term. apple shares lacking momentum in 2013. in a very similar story this year, down 7.5% despite the moves in apple, the tech sector still up. typically when apple underperforms the nasdaq follows. thanks to strong interest in some of the social media and momentum players, the nasdaq powering to new highs. simon? >> thank you very much. let's send it over to rick santelli at the cme. >> reporter: you know, it's interesting, the auctions are going pretty well. think about it this way. if you looked at the last time that we had a five year note auction, it went off about 20 basis points higher in yield and the dow was roughly, and the s&p roughly at levels that are

the s&p is off by 2.8% and the nasdaq is down by 2.3%. if you check out those equity futures, you are going to see green arrows once again. the dow futures indicated higher by about 58 points above fair value, the s&p up by more than 7 points and the nasdaq up by more than 15. in asia, volumes were light with japan closed for a public holiday today. but for the most

in any way, shape or form the nasdaq is going nuts here. o down, that's one of the red names. i also see henry shine, very few names are in the red at least when it comes to the first 50 of the nasdaq 100. therefore, i look and think to myself, gary kozlowski, this is the way the markets want to hear progressing. no surprises. but what did you think of the bond market action? >> well, okay. we saw that take right off also. so, i mean, all these things, even was really anticipating it to be a very smooth run for her to come in there. she answered all the questions properly. the ones that i heard. one thing that she did kind of leave open is the employment scenario. i believe that if we have another number like we've had the past few months in march, i think that they may put the brakes on just a little bit. because we're seeing the dollar, for example, the u.s. dollar has not been able to gain ground today at all on any of this. so there's no flight to safety to the u.s. dollar, and that means that some of the outer zones are not as confident

. >> i think you have to get some perspective as far as the nasdaq is concerned, the nasdaq had a 38% return last year, and so this year is a slight decline but really just a short, brief, very small sell off. >> reporter: case in point, google down nearly $50 a share y,

the nasdaq is also a winner. sheila has the details. facebook up almost 4%. >> yeah, facebook's a big winner today. you and bob were just talking about energy and health care. can't forget about tech. it is another winning day here at the nasdaq, hitting a 13 1/2 year high for the second consecutive session. don't forget, year-to-date, nasdaq also a big winner, looking to chalk up nearly a 3% gain for the year. on a day like today, really a broad-based rally. more than 80% of the nasdaq 100 is in the green. we are seeing some nice strength in chip stocks. take a look at qualcomm, near a 52-week high on its rollout of new products at the mobile world congress in barcelona. biotech, this is such an eye-popping sector. that momentum is continuing, adding another 1.5% today. the sector is up about 12% in just the past 30 days. finally, got to talk about some of the individual movers like ebay pushing the nasdaq higher and a lot of large cap techs, so facebook, google, all those stocks higher helping the nasdaq rally. simon? >> thank you ver

in terms of what's leading the nasdaq, gilead sciences is the best performing stock on the nasdaq 100. some are seeing the sell-off as a good buying opportunity. with that said, one day doesn't make a trend. consistency is important here. that's what market technicians are telling me. >> seema, thank you very much. >>> today as you just heard is a decent day but listen, fundamentally very little has changed in the last 24 hours. in other words, the so-called wall of worry still stands and there is so much going on lately that what we did is try to condense all the major concerns that we have heard lately in notes and on the air, et cetera, into one handy screen for you. so really, here not the only but really the big five things that everybody is talking about right now, the stuff they are worried about. number one, you just heard rick say it, weaker u.s. data. throw the weather into that as well because they are being linked together. that's number one. china and other emerging market fears. yeah, china's a big deal. argentina and turkey, less so. but they have still been mentioned.

up almost a full purse and the nasdaq up. as we watched the markets, we're watching the courthouse in lower manhattan on the right-hand side of your screen is matthew martoma. a verdict could come today in his insider trading case. >> no coke. pepsi. >> no coke, pepsi. >> you remember the not ready for primetime players, don't you? coke take as direct aim at soda by buying green mountain. new speculation is that pepsi may buy the home soda maker soda scream. we'll talk about that. >>> and which is the best buy? no coke and no pepsi. we will explain about that. >>> and then, take a look at twitter stock now. down 212/3. a stinker, if you will. is this the big crack in social media space many have been waiting for? we'll talk about that as well this hour. busy hour. tyler's off today. bill griffeth is my partner. >> i'm back. three sectors beeing the weakes. today among the strongest. look at that. consumer discretionaries, and industrials, materials, that kind of volatility this new year in 2014. and now, of course, we've got t

the action has been in the nasdaq, reaching a 13 1/2 year high. checking that earlier. keep in mind we are coming off of two straight weeks of gains for stocks and the best week last week of the year. three winners to show you, forest labs and actavis. and another big winner, first solar. tyler, little bit of m & a excitement. >> thank you very much. it's been quite a comeback from market lows over the past couple weeks, up about 5% on most of the major barometers. i will keep playing with my air cork here. that will do it for this edition of "power lunch." "street signs" begins right now. >>> your numbers of the day today, 13 1/2. the amount of time in years it's been since the nasdaq has been at this level. 62, the number of time in years it's been since the u.s. has won a medal in an olympic sport until today. you will hear from the men who did it. and 1323, the amount of money in dollars it would cost you to buy just one ounce of gold, way up from a month ago. hi, everybody. i'm brian sullivan. if the giant olympic flame over my shoulder didn'

and the nasdaq, the highest level since 2000.h we ignored the disappointing economic data points we got out last week. let's move on and tell what you european markets look like this morning. we are now stabilizing a little bit. we're off the session lows that we hit about half an hour ago. generally, we are seeing some profit taking after the rally that we saw last week. yesterday we were trading at two-week highs. i want to show you the markets one by one. the ftse 1 00 trimming its declines. the xetra dax is lower by only 0.11 is% and the cac 40 off by around 0.5%. so how do we make money in these markets? >> actually, it would be a good idea to avoid dollar trades for now. for example, if you like being short euro, this worked very well so far in the year. it has worked well because of the part of the trade. the euro part of the trade may work moving forward. like being sold, this is -- but loop well if we continue to see a correction in the equity markets. >> we have been long portugal, short france for a while. that continu

about .10%.- is up the nasdaq is up about half a percent. d to make money, but some funds did better than others. the annual barron fund ranking affect global and management took top performance. the company president and ceo joins us now from boston. what do you think you did differently that helped you to stay ahead of the pack? >> thanks for letting me on this afternoon. managers did a good job across the board of individual stock and bond picking. they get a chance to do a good job on the research side of picking those particular stocks and bonds they think make the biggest difference in the portfolio. they did an outstanding job of that last year. >> do you think it is the same kind of environment this year where it is important, more important to pick individual stocks been brought industry groups -- than broader industry groups? >> we think it is important to look at individual research with regard to equity selection, and also on the credit side to do a good job of putting together the bond portfolios. if you look at the equity market

the nasdaq holding onto a gain of 31 points. still above 4,000 but we're going to watch this as we head toward the close with 30 minutes left because the market is starting to lose some of those gains we saw earlier in the session. so after posting massive gains in 2013, we turn toward the japanese stock market which has been socked by a huge bout of selling so far in 2014. >> yeah, exactly. the nikkei has dropped about 13%. it's one of the worst performing markets. last night alone it dropped about 4%. what is going on here? let's ask sara eisen. she joins us now with a look at what's happening over there in japan. >> guys, as stunning as it was to see it go up through 2013 it's wild to see the unwind. down 13% from the december peak. after a 57% rally last year, the best in the entire world. i have been working the phones today talking to a lot of traders and a lot of bulls, previous bulls on japan. they're saying there's still reason to be optimistic about this market. of course, they're a little rattled and some are scared be

that's the best performing stock on the nasdaq 100. back, the tech sector is one of the few sectors that is positive on the year. experts say earnings from the tech sector have been relatively strong. plus, i.t. spend something improving. that's a boon for the broader tech space. i'll end with looking at the biggest winners on the nasdaq 100. a lot of those momentum players, tesla up 40%, netflix up 17%. >> all right. thank you, seema. heading to the close with 13 minutes left in the traysiding session. we're down five points on the dow. >> in the meantime, obamacare's rollout has been anything but smooth, but one wall street bank says a clear winner from the law and its health care, i.t. stocks. rbc capital markets david francis is here to tell us which names could get the biggest boost to their bottom line. we'll be right back. because when it comes to feeling safe behind the wheel, going the distance and saving at the pump you want it all. get our multi-point inspection with a a synthetic blend oil change, tire rotation, brake inspec

sheila damarajin joins us from the nasdaq oaks change. sheila, what's the one take away you pinpoint? >> good evening, tyler. wall street is always about looking ahead and forward expectations. what cisco said about its future, disappointing investors. the lower end of the company's guidance range did fall below what analysts had expected. as a result we are continuing to see that stock trend down in the after market. cisco is in business in transition. its core routers and switch issers business is down double digits year-over-year. certainly that transition has been exacerbated by a weak emerging markets condition. cisco has talked a lot about its transition to its newer businesses, connecting everyday products to the internet. as we all know, transitions take time. certainly cisco has been struggling with that. investors right now not impressed with that switch. back to you. >> thank you, sheila, very much. >>> earlier today geiren company reported higher crop prices allowed farmers to buy more new equipment. it pull easily beat estimat

the nasdaq makes it six in a row. ter taking a bite out of the first quarter. will this deep freeze derail the nation's growth for the rest of the year? the gdp numbers for the fist quarter are plummeting. aig posts a first quarter profit, raises its dividend. uncle sam online. i love this friday. it is friday, february 14th, 2014 and "squawk box" begins right now. >> good morning. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. and the major u.s. averages are on pace for their best week of the year. volume was lighter than normal yesterday base of the major winter storm hitting the east coast. boy, this one has been a doozy. stocks closed at three-week highs and dow futures down by about 20 points below fair value. s&p futures are down by about 2.5 as are the nasdaq futures. by the way, have you seen gold prices lately? the pressure metal topping 1300 for the first time since november. it's up another $10, $1,310.80. >>> and today, it is valentine's day. historically

the nasdaq is up 17, 18 points, and the s&p is a point higher.e talking about the markets, joe quinlan and erin gibbs from s&p capital iq. what changed? we are down 300 points a week ago today. then we had our two best up days of the year on thursday and friday. and now we're going sideways here. >> you know, i think a lot of it had to do with, one, seeing the negative numbers from the pmi for the managers index. that was a big disappointment for january versus where we were in december. then we got the good number for services. >> manufacturing was bad but services was good. >> manufacturing was terrible but service was great. >> we care about fundamentals again. >> i certainly hope so. >> but we're sideways today. >> we're waiting for china to come back online. they have been during the holiday so they're going to kick back into gear. europe is looking a little better. really here at home, u.s. economy i think is gaining momentum and gaining steam with or without tapering. >> i think a lot of the confusion is all the negative numbers we have se

the dow now down more than 7% for 2014 and the nasdaq is back below 4,000. w for the second hour of "the closing bell" with kelly evans. i'll see you tomorrow, kelly. >> bill, i hope so. welcome to "the closing bell." i'm kelly he wasevans. it is february. maybe it was because the groundhog saw his shadow. maybe because the mayor dropped him. here is a look at what happened with the major indexes. the dow off 323 points. 15 15,735. the nasdaq off 2.6%. it will close below 4,000. the s&p 500 giving up 40 points to 1742. i want to get to it with the "the closing bell" panel. dominic chu, kate kelly, dan greenhouse and "fast money" contributor tim see more. >> you will read a talk about how we haven't had a 10% correction in "x" number of days and this is the first 5% correction since "y" number of days. most of our clients' view is the fundamental underpinnings really haven't changed. yes, the fed is buying a few less bonds. yes, the economic data hasn't been perfect but ultimately earnings are coming in fine and that's what drives stock prices higher. >> here

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the dow dropped 30 points to 16103, the nasdaq slipping five, 4263. whatsapp co-founder has written a blog post saying she sorry for the outage on the service on saturday. he says a network router is to blame. the company is working to make sure it doesn't happen again. whatsapp based in menlo park has more than 450 million users. and netflix striking a deal with comcast, the parent of nbc universal to get a direct broadband connection. this will give netflix customers faster speeds and could lead to similar deals from other cable providers. scott, back to you. >> morgan, thank you. we'll talk more about the net flex deal coming up. >> let's check in with christina a. gorgeous day yesterday. felt like summer. >> we're going to get another today. tomorrow just about as warm and the clouds increase and then we're talking about rain for the remainder of the week. into the weekend and the beginning of next week. we desperately need it. mostly in the 40s, we're headed to the 70s later on today. 72 degrees in the east bay, 73 degrees in the south bay. really

we are talking about some of the valuations on the nasdaq. the biggest valuation facebook is paying $19 billion for. mark zuckerberg has been justifying what many are saying is a very full valuation. saying it is the most engaging app out there. it is a great fit for us. it has over 465 million customers well on the way to getting 1 billion users. also, around 70% of them use it. they are going to be sticking on a voice-calling service. mark zuckerberg thinks it is an absolute killer application. >> this other news is going to upset people just in time. disney announcing its prices are going to go up. >> a price war between the likes of universal and walt disney. a price war on the up side. some are saying disney is daring the opposition to go above $100 per day for an adult fee. it is the second time walt disney has upped their fees for an adult in the last year. back in june, they upped the price from $89 to $95. now, they are going to $99 for adults and children age 10 or over. looking at my family as well, that would cost me the best part

the nasdaq did manage to extend gains. estors will watch for the key economic reports today, the number one being in about 45 minutes we'll get the weekly jobless unemployment benefit claims and we'll also be watching for retail sales to see just how this horrible weather that's impacted so much of the country may be having on the economy. the dow opens at 15063 after falling 30 points. the nasdaq closed at 4201 after gaining 10. if you're think being what to do for your valentine's friday, the sky is the limit. mastercard is teaming up with uber to give away free on demand sky writing for two dozen people. new york, dallas and san diego can order messages such as "i love you" or "be mine." mastercard foots the bill which is about 10k. you can enter through a special contest on twitter. there's a limit of 12 letters because it takes about two minutes for a plane to create each letter and they only last for about 30 minutes or so. i don't know if you could actually enter in the bay area and then have it written for me, for e

the dow, nasdaq, s&p in negative territory. ata here in the united states. a down day overseas as well. the nikkei in particular worth noting, japanese stock market entering correction territory technically speaking down 10% from the december 30th high. let's bring in the expert. u.s. equity and quantitative strategy with merrill lynch. and barry with barclays. barry, you have to pay attention to what's happening overseas. correction on the nikkei, correction in russia, is the u.s. going to follow in these markets' footsteps? >> i don't think the u.s. is going to follow. i think the u.s. is leading. the nikkei down 10% given that it's at 26 volatility equity market compared to the s&p, which is a 12% volatility equity market is about the size of the pullback that you'd expect. and the reason i said that the u.s. is leading is because this is all emanating out from the inflection point and monetary policy. there's a really impressive history around this going back to world war ii. and it really just represents a point in time whe

the s&p finishing just shy of a record and the nasdaq sits at a 14-year high. where is the enthusiasm coming from, and how long will it last? >> winners and losers. a big week for retail earnings but just because walmart's numbers were disappointing, doesn't mean others will follow suit. >> as the health care system changes, insurers are facing competition. we'll focus on a hospital that's not only offering care, but also insurance plans that cover it. all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for monday, february the 24th. >>> good evening, everybody. i'm bill griffeth in for tyler mathisen. >> i'm susie gharib. what a way to kick off a new week on wall street. stocks rallied with the s&p 500 even setting a new record high. investors were in a bullish mood thanks to optimism over the latest round of corporate deal making including netflix striking a deal with comcast. we'll talk more about that subject in a few minutes. now, here is a look at the closing numbers on wall street today. the dow rose 104 points, up almost 200 points but pulled back. th

the dow plunges 300 points, the nasdaq closes below 4,000. >> small caps touch correction territory, bond yield fall as gold rallies. what is pulling the market lower, and where can you find protection? >> this is a special market sell off edition of ""nightly business report"" for monday, february 3rd. >>> good evening, everyone. sell, sell and more selling. that was the story on wall street today. on this first trading day of february, stocks got slammed. market pros have been calling for correction and it looks like the major market averages edge closer to correction territory today. so what happened? a weak report about manufacturing activity in the u.s. worried investors, adding to the anxiety china reporting that its factory sector is also not growing much. that was enough to push the major averages down 2% or more in one of the most volatile days in trading in switch months. here are the closing numbers on wall street. the dow plunged 326 points, that's a 2% decline. the blue chip average is down 7% for 2014. the nasdaq tumbled nearly 107 points, closing below the key 4,000 mar

we have some breaking news, the nasdaq is hitting its first 100-point loss since 2011. we are seeing quite the acceleration in losses right now at this very moment, 3:00 p.m. eastern. the last hour of trading. you will know that song, i'm having a bad, bad day by the movie despicable me. quite a few are probably feeling that way right now. low of the session for the dow jones industrials down 312 points, we are just slightly off that at the moment but there is a lot more to this story. the dow jones industrials tumbling to the 50 day moving average and went below that, the gray line you are seeing right here. now we're getting close to a similar trajectory for the 200 day moving average, and that is the blue line. it becomes problematic. why does this matter? a closely follows the chart and what they do is they set they sell order to trigger once these levels are broken as they suggest a trend to the downside. the triggers has been hit, in the meantime we should mention auto sales which have had a huge run recently ran out of gas but not for every auto company. ford and