Tyler, we begin with the selloff on the street. A triple digit drop for the dow with the major averages down more than 1 . This is actually we havent seen since late september for the dow and the s p. Weve been sort of a little bit complacent recently after all the volatility of late august and september. The nasdaq is down by just over 1 along with the dow and the s p. Lets get more with bob pisani at the nyse because you have fears, bob, about retailers reporting this week as well as, of course, the rate sensitive stocks in the firing line as well, right . Thats right. A number of different issues here. Six stocks declining for every one advancing. Look whats popped up again, the vix. We havent seen this move double digits since the end of september. Its 16 and change. I dont get concerned until its over 20, but this is a move we havent seen in the last five or six weeks. Why the drop . Mandy is right, a couple reasons here. There is continuing concerns about the reverberations on hi
Time. The next wave of diet drugs . Cnbc is on that story. A story that impacts investors and patients alike. First, though, sarah is in for sue. Good to see you. Bullish start for stocks to the week. You mentioned the dow. How about the s p up 0. 8 and the nasdaq up after hitting a 13year high. Leading the charts, the russell. The transports are in the lead. You are seeing all sorts of new 52week highs for the transport stocks. Watch in brant crude oil. You see in the treasury market. Treasury selling off. Yields a bit higher. Seema mody is down at the nasdaq. Mary, you are up first. Interesting day today. The Ukraine Tensions ease, tensions in iraq ease. Good economic data. All of this combining for a nice monday rally on what has been relatively light volume although volume picked up since the beginning of the morning. We are going to do around 3 million shares. The s p broke out about 1970. That seemed to bring more into the market. The leaders industrials, financials, tech and con
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Jerry, please go but i know where it is. Caller thank you for taking my call. I have a question for the congressman and a followup. Congressman, do you think it would have been right to keep american soldiers giving up their lives and limbs to fight in that country without being immunized from prosecution by the Iraqi Government . Okay. Whats your followup, sir . Caller my followup is that all these republicans, mccain and graham and everybody, talking about barack blew it. He didnt get the status of forces agreement. The reason he didnt get the agreement, because the iranians and maliki wanted to keep the soldiers there without being immuni immunized. And thats why the talks broke down, sir. Jerry, i dont know in detail what your point excuse me, what you were saying. Ill just accept it, though. Youre right. The iranians and maliki did not want our military there. So therefore, i dont think the president had any other option but to do what its their country. Whether we like it or not,
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