S p 500 had the second best run of the year last week. Friday, the dow rallied 3 points and the s p 5, good enough for record closes. The nasdaq gained 22 points. Gold moved up 3 and oil 1. 12. At t is buying leap wireless for 15 a share. At t is paying cash. And, twinkies go on sale today after being off the market since last year. The new owners plan to put the treats in 110,000 stores versus the previous 50,000, making the treats easier to find just what we need. Were off and running on this monday morning with joe cusick of options express. Good morning, joe. Good morning, angie. What are you watching for this week . Last week we had a recordsetting week in the stock market. We have earnings coming out today from citigroup. Whats on your agenda . You know, as far as citigroups concerned, we did have wells fargo and jpm, they announced last week. They beat. Were going to keep an eye on that with citi, but citi, the volatility in there has been low not expecting much. As far as the m
- and yet, the dow logged its best first half of the year since 1999. the nasdaq edged up 1 point. the s&p closed lower by 7, and gold gained 22 dollars as oil drifted down 62 cents. for the quarter, oil declined 23% on a stronger dollar. gold posted a recording-breaking loss, gold futures dropped 23%, and treasuries turned in the worst performance since 2010. prices fell and yields spiked on fears the fed will pull back on the economic stimulus. scott bauer of trading advantage is here for our monday morning wake-up call. hello scott. - hi there, angie, how are you? - doing well. what s your trading prediction for the second half of the year? - you know, i think in the next month or so, we re going to see volatility pretty much remain at the level it s at right now, which is much higher than it was six months ago. the reason being for that is we re coming into another earnings cycle. i think a lot is going to be made on what happens in china. we are going to see many s&p 500