shares of whirlpool fell after the government reported that electronics and appliance stores saw salesdecline last month, the stock was downgraded from neutral to buy. the firm found declines in brazil, whirlpool shares down almost 3% to 151.55. >>> top investors, entrepreneurs, and innovators gathered for the conference in san francisco. and as they all looked to invest big sums, a lot of them are asking whether there may be a bubble brewing in the tech sector. josh lipton has more. >>> venture capitalists are always on the hunt for the next big money maker and it is here at venturescape where pros are talking about the latest investments. it is a conference in san francisco where the top innovators come together for panels and lots of networking, one big topic this year? is there a tech bubble in silicon valley. values are going higher, air b & b and drop box are both valued at $10 billion. space x at nearly $5 billion, pinterest and uber are around $4 billion. despite these valuations some argue there is no bubble in silicon valley unlike the last tech bubble here, they say. start-u

from right now whirlpool down about 2.5%. sue? >> thanks, sheila. dominic is here at post 9, you've been working the floor. >> it's been amazing. the traders saying there's no definitive shift toward the market. one buyer saying the path of least resistance seems to be the up side. but there's a couple spots that are interests. it's interesting. the russell 2000, very much in the red, if you will, but also the mid cap stocks as well. you have the harvs-ish, and then the mid caps, if you look at some of the individual names, the ones weighing things down, take a look at what's happening with some of the big names. aol down about 3%, also underarmour and panera bread. on the russell 2000 side, some really compelling stories hooks el elizabeth arden, but then on a -- open table their ceo telling cnbc they don't fear the competition for reservations from yelp, so in big names are weighing things down. >> and elizabeth arden looking at strategic alternatives. they've had some tough sledding. tom, thank you very much. >> ty, up to

. >> that whirlpool shape is the same shape of a hurricane and tornado. we see it everywhere.y living thing on earth has incorporated the shape of these whirl pools. so every part of every living thing is built in accordance with this geometry. what we did is we analyzinged what that regime -- analyzed what that is. >> packs technologies outside of oakland, california manufactures a small six-inch device that can amix 10,000 gallons of water, that is essential to keep bacteria from forming. >> and the reason is a ring vortex is visually frictionless. you get this enormous benefit. if we reduce the amount of energy that municipalities have to use to mix that water, we are able to reduce the chemical content by 85%. >> currently 800 municipalities is using the pax mixer. its shape is inspired by the sea shell. >> did it surprise you when you came up with this idea that nature could be so efficient that it could be more clever than anything that we've thought up in all of our brilliance? >> it's completely inevitable biomimicry. this is the time when the world changed from the in

. >> whirlpool, i found out actually doesn't make whirlpools. >>> little rock, arkansas-based companyrget 67 bucks, stocks at just under 57, so ten bucks of upsite. >>> and shares of darden sharply lower after announcing the sale of red lobster to golden gate capital. bob darden joins us now. what does this mean for the stock? >> well, i think right now, mandy, what we are seeing is a transition into the shoulder base, because i think there are a lot of investors who jumped in on the belief that there's a big catalyst to come. i think at this point we've seen the catalyst, now it comes down to hard work for the company. that turning around its rye maining brands after they sell red lobster. >> we know olive garden and some smaller brands. what now is darden? is it literally 75% olive garden and that's where you've got to, pardon the pun, butter your bread? >> what i would say, brian, clearly, of the portfolio this company operates, the good, the bad and ugly, the ugly essentially is leaving red lobster. the bad is still olive garden and still struggling. now it's been a cash cow, but

. >> a wall of flame leaps high into the aranda blizzard of sparks whirlpools and spins as sooichts probe the secret ign a of the enemy of fire. this is the u.s. forest sechsz state-of-the-art fire research lab in riverside, california, where university of california scientists and students are busy gathering fire data. >> marco sencrash overseas the research? >> we are trying to help fire fighters to better plan t to fight wildfires. so for that to be, we have a controlled fire under controlled conditions and we are looking at how fire spreads. what are the things that influence fire and how fast it spreads and we are hoping that information will eventually be of use to fire fighters. >> sensors in the fire report millions of data points for analysis. slower wind speeds make smaller fire. in this experiment, the flames didn't reach the upper canopy of vemmingtati vegetation. >> there are mini infernos. by the time the experiments are finished, the laptops researchers use are covered in ash. big wildfires are on the increase across the western u.s., scientists say, in part because of too

whirlpool is one of your trading ideas. now, you're going to make a distinction between trading and investing. >> yes. >> give us why whirlpool for you is a trading pick today. >> the stock -- we've been trading the stock very successfully for the last year or so. it trades within a range, if you have the chart-reading thing, and we don't try to predict how high or how low, and as far as the housing stocks, one then i would say about housing, if you are scared about housing, look at nvr, right? it's up 35% since last year's tapering. it's $1,000 stock, so you don't have the high-frequency things, and for anybody who thinks that housing is going down, short -- you'll learn quickly that housing is in good shape. >> let's talk investing. restoration hardware. why do you like the name? >> i don't tend to like retailers, but they have an interesting space, sort of beyond the traditional department store kind of furniture and the stock's earnings have been strong, and i see a lot of traffic going there, and it's not a name we've

an obama administration caught in the whirlpool of scandal, skepticism and scorn now faces another problem that never went away, the stagnating economy. for the first time in three years, the gross domestic product is shrinking. more on that shortly. first, chief white house correspondent ed henry reports that news comes at the worst

an obama administration caught in the whirlpool of scandal, skepticism and scorn now faces another problem that never went away, the stagnating economy. for the first time in three years, the gross domestic product is shrinking. more on that shortly. first, chief white house correspondent ed henry reports that news comes at the worst possible time for the president. >> reporter: president obama finds his team scrambling to deal with the series of missteps on national security for blowing the cover of kabul to growing criticism at his attempt at a foreign policy reset at west point and mushrooming scandal at the v.a. as a white house aide refused to answer whether the president still has confidence in eric shinseki. >> the president wants to see the results of these reports and he, as you know, made clear there ought to be accountability once we establish all the facts. >> reporter: except last night a series of facts were established when one of three reports, this one from the v.a. inspector general, confirmed some veterans are waiting 115 days for care, one week after the president made

. >> whirlpool down almost 3%. on the s&p right now. >> downgrade there. >> a copy of a downgrade. >> yesterday they reaffirmed. whirlpool has been a sucker short bet. was the quarter a blowout? no. did it need to be blowout? you know, when home sales aren't that strong, people short this one and they short sherwin williams. talk about another bad short. >> yes. >> we are going to talk to the head of whitewave in a little bit. whole foods under pressure today. down a percent. >> high growth. no go. i think starbucks could make a run here. >> really? >> yeah. these are all stocks -- these all -- the commonalty of starbucks and whole foods selling 28, 27 times earnings but i think starbucks has a lot of irons in the fire. oprah chai will not be a nothing here. they're doing unbelievable stuff with mobile. when i had ron shake on from panera on "mad money" he was saying point blank we need this stuff. so i think starbucks is okay of the higher multiple stocks. whole foods not. we can ask gregg engles, we'll ask gregg

. >> if he's so nervous why did he double down on whirlpool? >> i'm not saying he's paying 100% cash or thinks the end of the world is coming. he is a little nervous. the economy is not performing where everybody expected it to be. >> if he was extremely nervous in any regard, why would he be adding and shifting in the airline space? why would he be adding ing tin? the citi performance has been awful but he's willing to double down again. >> one market outperforming and josh has been making the case all year about it. let's take a listen. >> preferred are a way understands appreciated area of the market. we've been buying pffs since the start of the year. it buys the biggest issuers of preferred stocks, the current yield is 6 1/2% much more than you're getting from junk bonds. >> do you like preferred still? >> yeah. so far so good. up 10% on the year, outperformed every other class. >> 8% year-to-date? >> yes. what you want to think about with preferred you're still getting a 6 1/2% yield. the difference is you have the ability to own this opp

on the other side of the household durable spectrum, names like whirlpool, masco, suggesting that perhaps there are certainly segments of the housing or ancillary markets, so if you look at the home build ers but on the other side of things, the retail sales numbers show that appliance sales may be not as much as other -- but some positive stories for houses and home builders, some negative stories for some of the building product companies. forget game of throne, this episode will be known as the game of tests. machbdy, your opening quiz today. according to truia, out of seven homes for sale in the san francisco metropolitan region, how many would be affordable to the middle-class purchasers? >> to the middle class, based on my findings, only 14% of homes are affordable to the middle class in san francisco. 25% in new york, and i think it is over 80% are affordable to the middle class in detroit. is that right? >> now she's just showing off. it shows that housing affordability affordable. now, nationally home prices still look undervalued, people are looking in a particular market, while

. >> yeah, longbow research downgrading whirlpool. >> it's a great stock last year. and they have to -- they are really priced to perfection at this point. that said, i do like this story. i think they're making good headway with the maytag acquisition and gaining market share. 12% earnings growth in this kind of environment, under 150, i like it. >> multiple reports that at&t is in talks to buy directv for about $50 billion. murphy? >> yeah, it makes great headlines. it's not something i want to invest in. the current market cap on directv is about $45 billion. if they get a $50 billion deal from at&t, great. i don't think you jump in and chase this for 10% upside. >> take a look at elizabeth arden, shares falling after they allowanced a loss in the quarter. it's not that, pete. i don't get this. it's down significantly, even though it said it hired goldman/sachs to explore alternatives. >> you can understand why they're selling this off. it was an absolute monster miss. missed 84 cents and looking for flat. that's incredible. you look at the revenues, beat up as we

we have a downgrade for whirlpool, that is a name you know, kind of a proxy for the housing market and3.5%. let's bring you a winner. green mountain, coca-cola increasing its stake, a coffeemaker, it is up by how much? >> the single cup servings, stock is up almost 10%. the guys on the floor, coca-cola increasing the stake here. the stock is jumping on this news of their uping mistake to 16% from 10%, and brings shares to 26 million shares. why are they doing that, why is cut investing so much? because they really believe that they are seeing substantial growth potential for this company and that is why they continue to increase purchases. coffee. stuart: i could use a little, why not? bring it on. the dow is up 9 points. barely in record territory. never mind economic growth, the government is raking in your tax money. $1.74 trillion from last october to this april. that is an extra $132 billion compared to the same period last year. and the fiscal year isn't over. steven morris chief economist of the heritage foundation. how did this happen in a weak economy? >> first of all remember

and whirlpool gaining grons they will affirm guidance at the building conference this wednesday and we'reending with gogo after posting a higher than expected 30% jump in revenue. gogo trading up and i admit if it's there i use it. >> let's talk about it, more on where this arkd communicator is. we bring in the president and ceo of gogo. people are surprised. revenue grow and this is a growing field. we had a great quarter exceeding expectations and we announced plans to expand capacity and also announced signing up a new airline. >> we're excited about all these things. in that case why can't you boast earnings growth or earnings, period. >> at the very early stages of a capital intensive industry and showed significant improvements some quarter over quarter and the last several years and this will be profitable. >> we have very good gross margin. we run about 50% and we think that's already sufficient. what about this move by 1-888-to provide this move with honeywell. that's a. >> we've been winning by getting the new solutions into the market and the new solutions will be faster and ar

whirlpool that the court will again say that the regulation does not comply with the plain meaning of the stature and overturn that. with respect to the sec as you know it's a dysfunctional organization. unfortunately it has become very polarized. obviously everyone sees the equities differently. but again when it comes to -- and was pleased that the sec did not actually challenge, if i recall correctly, or losses in that case now. maybe some of them tried, but it was deadlocked on a challenge. i don't have a very get answer to how we can resurrect. i think right now for those of us to believe that disclosure along with 85 plus% of the american people and eight of the nine supreme court justices and citizens united we will have to pursue these other areas. they have been so much in the news lately, but you also have the other five will 1c organizations, five, six. they do represent some of the other secret money flowing into these campaigns. i mention that there are $300 million of secret money flowing into these campaigns. fact, justice roberts decided that. 256 million of that 300 m

. >> we're not talking about a mcmansion whirlpool tub here. are we?ch more of the prosecution case was built upon the observation of the first arriving office and emergency responders. they noted not only was ryan not wet, this man who lifted his wife's body out of the tub minutes before they arrived, sarah was also mostly dry. >> i noticed that her body was dry. her hair was damp. >> and others on the scene corroborated this observation. damp head, dry body. >> things were not adding up. it would seem to me her body wa have been wet, the floor would have been wet. the carpet would have been wet. >> you're talking about from the thyme says i'm taking her out of this bathtub to the time that other people are there, her hair is described as simply damp, not even wet. carpet's not wet. there's no water dripping off of her hair on to the rest of her b body. the floor's not wet. >> the officer noticed something else. the victim's fingers and toes. we all know what happens to them when they've been soaking in a bathtub. >> it was my understanding she'd been

. >> all right well check out what is happening with whirlpool.reafirped 2014 home building and building products conference. that stock is trading up 2.5% so another descent sign if you are looking for the tea leaves if you are looking at where they are hoping to lead the building higher. >> still ahead, the inventor of these headphones joins us live on the possible acquisition. but first jennifer anniston gives us an exclusive look at her hair care line. all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. we stathat the kid onhe thought the back of the bus might have a song that he has in his head but he just can't get out. with the technology of cloud, we changed all that. i can sing something into my device. up to the cloud it goes. back down it comes so

we do have a loser though in whirlpool following after the government reported the electronics storea 2.3% decline in march. they are trading down on the news, almost 3% and finally let's end with keurig green mountain moving higher in that coca-cola raised its stake to 16% from 10% making coke the largest shareholder in the company. keurig getting quite a boost, up more than 8% on the session and coke is also higher on the day, up by .75%. >> guys, sheila, thank you. i mean, coke must see some upside in green mountain to take that kind of a stake in the company, but does that mean you should be buying it right now? >> it's time now for a stock brawl. mitchell pineiro and also our bear joins us. great to see you both. mitchell, make your case. >> a stock you could have bought at 90 and now it's at 120. there's plenty of upside. we see a stock that will see earnings of $4 next year, $5 in '15 and $6 in 2016, and 30 multiple on $6, a $180 stock, 50% upside from current levels so we're a buyer. >> actually you could have bought it for 60 six months ago, steve, just too expensive for you

whirlpool, gamestop, kohl's and wynn resorts also in the red. kayla?. >>> the next guest has led investments in alibaba and set on boards of yodel. we want to get his insight on what to expect. and we welcome alex ferrara. good morning. >> good morning. >> so we got the f-1 last week. we have about three months or so before the trade actually happens. what are you focused on between now and then? >> well, i think we've been spending a lot of time going through the f-1, doing primary research, using expert networks to talk to people selling through alibaba, in china, trying to get -- just make sure we can get a better picture as to what the growth we think will look like going forward, southwest the profitability. >> when you led an investment in alibaba, it was two years ago at a previous company. what was it about alibaba then, at that time, that caused to you say, this will be big? >> sure. so alibaba is the largest private e-commerce company in the world, operating in what will be the largest e-commerce market in the world. so i think on a macro sca