our chief technical officer at verifone, you are swiping through one of his machines. although i say swipe, now we don't swipe. we just stick it in there and it sits there for a while. >> that's exactly the difference between them. the traditional cards used to have this magnetic stripe in the back and with the chip card, the card holder's information is on the chip and you have to insert the chip and let it interact with our device, that's how the card information is taken. >> we're world travelers, been to europe and seen the chip and pin. i still did a signature, is america going to be doing it differently? >> that's a very good question. the answer is yes. in the u.s., the card association decided to introduce the concept of chip and signature and not chip and pin as it is used in the rest of the world. >> why? >> i think it's to be possibly a little less disruptive on the consumer experience. we want to make it easier for consumers to use their cards. and they've been used to signing on the relaceipts. >> you think it will be easier for them and adapt quickly? >>

>> caller: listening to the verifone. you called it roll out and engage, should i defend my position 20% down or admit a mistake? >> i don't know. they're doing that new chip. it's really terrific. i that verifone should be doing much better. i like the last quarter. like a lot of stocks, the company is doing everything right. larry, i would urge you to stick with it. i totally get the frustration. holy cow, the stock can't get out of its own way. all right. i know it's hard to be positive about this market. but if you are thorough, you can find money-making opportunities. there are just not that many of them. i hope you dig for them. i am drafting not one, with you two rounds, two stocks you could be interested in. find out who i am picking for some of the highest scoring positions out there. the rbs. let my fantasy portfolio include your financial reality. looking for something to worry about? i got three things to add to the list. in a difficult environment like this, it's hard to find stocks that are higher. i'm going

verifone systems down this morning. i will keep my eye on the markets. erik: thank you.ysis of the jobs report, let's go to washington on the where jason is a white house on. you know clicks of the fed policy, critics of the administration are going to point to this headline miss. us it is your job to tell what you think is most relevant in the jobs report. i know you considered a positive report. what are you going to highlight for us? >> what i always do is, don't try to obsess over any given month number and look at a longer term trend. i do that when a number in the month is about expectations and when it is below expectations. if you had asked me three years ago in september 2012 would we be adding 8 million jobs over the next three years with the unemployed at rate coming down by three percentage points to 5.1%, you know, i would have been thrilled out of our minds. the american economy keeps adding jobs month after month, keeps bringing the implement rate down month after month. that is a very -- that is a good trend. erik: is there a double-edged sword in this re

. >>> electronic payment devicemaker verifone shares up by 1.7%. >>> stocks are taking a dive. we're down about 300 points on the dow. it all comes back on the back of the august jobs number. the unemployment rate did drop to 5.1%. 103,000 jobs were created last month slightly missing the headline number. keith boykin, former special assistant to president clinton. ron christy, founder of christy strategies. i put out a piece where i said the jobs number i thought was very, very solid. there is still some work to be done though. if you're going to fix one thing, what would it be? what do we got to fix? >> i think we have to fix the issue of wages. if you look from 1973 to the present, wages have actually only increased about i think 6% or 9%. can't remember the exact number. worker productivity has increased by 172%. there's a dramatic disconnect between workers actually doing more and benefiting in terms of the economy and the average every day person but we are still doing well in terms of where we were from where we started just a few years ago in the recession. we added now

. >> verifone systems with better than expected quarterly results but it's current quarter forecast was short of consensus estimates and put it on the stocks. gap shares are taking a hit. it's overall comp store sales dropped 2% last month. the big problem in 11% decline at banana republic. >> have you seen what's in banana republic. i walked by and thought there's not a thing in here i would buy. >> i've had my surrogates scouring the malls but yesterday i heard it was like -- i didn't want to know about it but like i was not around and i hear it was around five hours. five hours of -- >> shopping. >> being there, yes. >> yeah. >> back to school stuff. got to look good. >> got to get ready. >> did you do that? when you were going back to school did you need outfits and everything? >> yes. >> like a sophomore in high school you need outfits. >> girls need these things, yeah. >> i guess so. >> i don't know what the damage was but i don't want to know. >> don't look. >> shares of royal caribbean boosting to 25%. but doesn't look like much is happening with that stock right now. >> let's g