, you've got to pounce opportunities like pvh your power company you know as calvin klein and tommy hilfiger. they got obliterated back in february based on nothing in particular aside from wall street cooling on retail it got slammed the rest of this week but this company reports next wednesday night, and based on the publicly available clues, that's what we have to work with, i bet it will deliver a very good quarter. in short, i believe this is your chance to pick up high quality merchandise down 12% from january highs. pvh is cheaper if they give us good numbers next week, i expect the stock to behave like a coiled spring. >> that was easy >> so let's go over why i feel so confident about this. because nearly every piece of evidence we've gotten so far suggests that the quarter will be very, very robust, that's why. first of all, whenever you value add a company you have to look at how its performance is trending in other words, what have they done for you lately? in the case of big yates, the trend i'm calling it your friend it's beat wall street earnings estimates eight times and they

but the owner of brands like tommy hilfiger and calvin klein gave guidance for 2019 below street estimates. shares% plunged to 33.01. carnival said a rise in online spending helped that cruiseline top sales. demand remains stroel. shares f 1% to om.20. >>> cg up, at&t spars with the u.s. government. at stake, $85 billion, and time warner. we head to court next. >>> the biggest anti trust case in a generation is finally gotten underway. the justice department as you know is suing to block at&t's $85illion merger with time warner. hampton pearson is at the courthouse for us tonight. hampton? >> reporter: bill, this was like opening day of that long aatited legal the departement of b justice enetwet and at&t time warner. opening arguments attended by, among others, at&t's ceo randle stevenson as well as his time warner colleague. they were eard onc in court is the government in essence saying that this merger would see consumers ping higher prices and less innovation going forward for all of the video however they choose to receive it, whether it is on atv, smart phone, or tablet going forwar

a brand even as big as tommy hilfiger which is significant market share, seeing high single dict growth in sales fall 2018 up it is, the strength has surprised us but we're riding it and we are also, with calvin klein in europe, a brand that is under developed in that region of the world compared to tommy. seeing 25% growth we are seeing with calvin. >> we spent a lot of time with a strong dollar, you would have to back it out this or that even after you back out a weaker dollar, these are some of the best numbers reported. >> that is correct and for us, we suffered through the foreign current pain being a large international player in '15 and '17. as we are turning into '18, should be a tail wind for us so look forward to experiencing that. >> many people say what is amazon doing to them and i say they are partners with amazon, right? it has been good >> we have been able to work closely with amazon. specifically on calvin klein brand but heritage brand but that digital area for us is our fastest growing and sales there are in excess of 20% both our ecommerce coupled with theirs. >> ho

revenue rose 19% the clothingmaker was helped by increase sales of tommy hilfiger and calvin klein brands>>> shares of verint systems are rallying after reporting better than expected results and also raising its full-year outlook. brian? >> can you give us a look ahead? am i correct in hearing you have a ufo story for us in your trending stories >> we have a lot of good stories coming up in trending. stick around for that ufo one. >> thank you very much >>> on deck, we are talking trade. cnbc sitting down with america's top diplomat in china. find out what he said about a brewing trade war that could have an impact on your money >>> and could a multibillion dollar deal in texas signal a new round to the oil boom? we'll let you know as we head to break, a check on how your money has done in the first quarter of this year stick around, more "worldwide exchange" will be right back ♪ >>> 5:17 here at cnbc, 10:17 in london beautiful shot here's how things look in europe in the markets everybody is up. not a lot. germany up about 0.6%. the cac 40 up 0.4% over night in asia, also higher. no hug

the pdh which includes tommy hilfiger, calvin kline, higher sales and stocks up 6%.onstellation brands held by one of its brands which is corona. that is a huge conglomerate with all kinds of alcohol companies under the umbrella of 2% this morning. more money coming in. watches. who knew. wait a minute. you bought the stock? >> there is no debt. it's a strong family-owned business. we didn't think it was going to go to way. >> thanks for informing me. i'm not a loss. is it an american company? >> it is. new jersey. couldn't be more american than that. stuart: of losing control. i really am. on opening day. ge, you were a true believer down to 13. >> the 13th most sales in the country. 120 billion a year. if they got a price of three, $70 stock. all the options in the world to keep it together. it moves forward. what they have to come in the "nuclear option" i blew the and health care divisions alone would be worth more. trade you got it, you own it and you ain't selling. >> still the best in the world. [inaudible] >> i am the stock. however, i am the stock in 18. >>

quarter ever, everything is double digits around the globe synchronized buying of calvin klein and tommy hilfiger through hard times with currency and now the currency is just at a fantastic tailwind after being a head wind. all of the department stores said he singled out -- macy's said business is just incredible that's jeff beganet, but all of the department stores are doing amazingly well this is such a different narrative from what we had and i want to point out when i look at what pbh -- remember they own the shirt and tie business the calvin klein business is huge in europe and china is good china is really good he said, listen, we need fair trade but manny was the most enthusiastic i've ever seen him. he's been on the show for as long as the show i just got to tell you, that stock is an up stock and going higher i think they at one point -- did they had trump's ties? >> i hate to -- >> oh, right, yeah. >> guys, a potential deal we've been following here for some time of course is whether or not cbs and viacom will get back together having been split up some time back the controlling share

pvh is the company that owns the brands tommy hilfiger and calvin cline and says this is reflected in018 outlook because of those brands back over to you >> all right, morgan, thank you. mike, here we go again >> another consumer. clothing name too like lulu doing all right. they were strong even with retail hit because lodger owning the brands not affected by the real estate and stores traffic stock is, you know, 8% below the high really just shot up at the market at the end of january, but the chart looks okay >> now it's up a little bit more than 4% on the report for pvh. >>> facebook not only the target of congress, but mocked on primetime. showing you that next. plus, what facebook might have on you on the information they collected on one of our employees. showing you what he found, "closing bell" is back in two. (indistinguishable muttering) that was awful. why are you so good at this? had a coach in high school. really helped me up my game. i had a coach. math. ooh. so, why don't traders have coaches? who says they don't? coach mcadoo! you know, at td ameritrade, we offer free

the various brands >> they have a portfolio of blands, and they're all doing well they also own tommy hilfigerexpansion of growth they're putting up domestically and international, particularly in europe, creates probably a mid-teens earning over the next three to five years. they generate a lot of free cash flow, so they can buy more brands as well so pvh sets up well here valuation is attractive. earnings and free cash flow, and we think the stock is going to go much higher in 2018 >> when i think about this report, i'm trying to tie a couple things together here. amazon is a shopping platform in a lot of cases yes, there are amazon branded products, but you aunch are going on amazon to buy other brands calvin klein launched an exclusive line of underwear over the holiday season on amazon should this send a message to brands, if consumers are going to amazon, your brand should be there? >> yeah, that's a good point, courtney clearly, amazon, the scores they put up with gen z and millennials in terms of searching for brands on amazon and shopping for brands on amazon, and in the end, looking