. >> tell us about jc penney. new management. would you buy the stockt at $18? >> if we are looking at the longer term we think they can get things right. nearer term i think tougher. once the promotions do come back into play and start to attract that customer we think that the earnings will start to follow through. that is probably when you want to buy the stock. i think mike coming back at ceo is going to help and drive the promotions. i think we need probably another half year before we seet that starting to translate into stronger sales. >> thank you for being with us. >>> the gap is another retailer getting a lot of attention these days. the stock is up 30% this year and it's expected to report strong earnings next week. the gap is popular again with shoppers after a long stretch of being criticized for fashion misstep. tonight we take a closer look at the turn around at the gap as we kick off a week long series otcomeback companies. >> the turn around for gap inc. has taken nearly a decade now that the puzzle pieces are in place consumers and investors ar

jc penney had a sales fail. sales dropped 16.6% in the first quarter. larry shover of sfg alternatives joins us now to talk about this mack truck of a market. good morning to you. are there any signs of a slowdown here? - well, it seems like no. everybody is tired, it seems like the stock market is tired, everybody is looking for that catalyst of why we should fall, why we should crash, and nobody is seeing it. so i think we are going to continue to grind higher. - so for people who are not fully invested, what are some stocks that are poised to pop? - i think you need to look at the stocks that didn't do well the past three or four months, and that would be financials and materials. a lot of those stocks really did not do well, especially when you compare them to some of the household names, consumer discretionary stocks. so, banks, insurance companies, and even some materials stocks are probably really good stocks to buy, if we continue to grind higher. - are traders positioning at all, larry, in stocks such as amazon and ebay just in case something happens with this online tax and consumers go out and spend l