we have an update on verifone. you have been short. >> i continue to be short. the reason it went down during the middle of the session is that there was a storyt that there was a grant of the taxi business in new york to square and then laterer it was heard that that is not true. the taxi commission is doing a test for the taxi commission. currently another vendor has the business. verifone unhappy with that phone news. >> are you short using options or -- >> i have puts and stocks. >> you saw a lot of activity today. >> certainly in the early going today the most active option was the constitutional buyer. they paid $1.20 for those betting that the stock would be down. i think it is a good way to play it if you aren't expressing as much conviction as karen has been. there is a lot of head winds for the company and the reason people looking to options is because it was higher on the year. there is good reason. >> it is time now. >> my time to shine. the trade of the day today is natural gas. you can buy it via ung. the bearish case for natural gas is shale dril

verifone may have been squared. look at shares pay dupe sharply and the reports out there that square close to a deal with new york city to get their payment system in about 1,000 cabs in the city, verifone pretty much owns this marketplace now. >> brian, thank you very much. >>> politics now. president obama heading to columbus, ohio, later today. mitt romney, as you see live in this picture, is in iowa this hour. so much attention, of course, on the presidential race, but it's the congressional elections which could have major ramifications on the power play in washington, including how we deem with the upcoming fiscal clif cliff. amon javers has more. >> let's see what the impact is likely to be or maybe not be on the fiscal cliff negotiations and start with the balance of power. not able to come to an agreement on the debt ceiling last year, they are not able to come to any agreement and the reason is partly because of that huge house republican freshman class of 87 members, 82 are running again for re-election,

that's not good news for verifone, but good for ebay and a reason it was able to turn around after hours. it was down over $3 at one point. >> what's worth more, ebay or paypal? >> we have a $53 target on ebay. we assigned $28 to paypal. $23 to marketplace. $2 for the gsi business. >> karen? what's it doing after hours? >> it's back -- >> $48. unchanged. >> yep. >> i like both parts of the business. paypal and marketplace. like them both. >> thank you all. stay tuned. we have lots more -- not just a little. we have a lot more action to trade. plus, stocks within striking distance of new all-time highs. again, how should you be investing? should you be investing? we'll speak with respected investor mellody hobson from aerial investments in a moment. and did nike do the right thing dropping lance armstrong or make a major mistake with lance's dedicated fan base? more "fast money" ahead. >> "fast money" isn't just about a bull market. it could be up, down or sideways. >> in the blink of an eye everything changed. you have to surround the trade. >> we are all together as a team but we all co

. >> we're taking a second look at verifone. rebounding off of session lows.tock earlier on a report that square is planning to disclose a partnership with new york city to implement its payment systems in city cabs. that put the stock down earlier. again, that's going up as those reports are denied. back over to you. >> pick move there. all right, jackie. i'm sure herb will get more on that later. we got to go. all right. size matters, especially when it comes to your fridge and your waistline. we'll explain next. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. >>> the calorie price strike again. coke, pepsi, and dr. pepper are rolling out new vending machines that will have calorie counts on the bottoms of the machines just to make you feel guilty. the machines will first launch in chicago and san antonio city building next year. >>> and can't