Really want . What does it is telling you to buy by the stocks that went up so much on the given day . Whats the markets agenda . You figure that out, and then you have the key to whats really driving things. The real recipe for a givens day action and the dow gained 20 points. And the nasdaq up 0. 41 . Look no further than tonights special show for the answers because we happen to have three of the best performing stocks in the, pa today. Three ceos of three names that define the moment. Three beacons you can follow. A little bit obscure, snapon tools, not obscure at all, dominos and skechers. At first glance they have nothing in common. Precision tools for various industries, especially auto repair shops. You have a company that delivers pizza. Right to your door. You have a company that makes shoes, big deal. Pedestrian. I know. But what do they all have in common . How about four characteristics that define the wins the. Surprising sales and earning power. Dominos went up 18 in the
Futures meantime okay. 10year yields not moving a whole lot and may not until we get the fed statement tomorrow. Our road map begins with apple, profit and revenue did beat the street last night but margins are below expectations. Sears has considered breaking off its lands end and sears auto businesses. Facebook looking for the social marketing revolution. And nbc reporting the Obama Administration knew millions would not be able to keep their Health Insurance under the new Affordable Care act. First up, though, apple did beat the street last night with its fiscal Fourth Quarter numbers. Profits fell, growth margins slid among heightened competition, despite the sale of 40 million iphones for the quarter. They see revenues 55 billion to 55 billion. Heres what ceo tim cook had to say last night on apples conference call. If terms of supply, into the quarter with a very significant backlog. However, our supply is building each week. In terms of the retina or the ipad mini where the resi
Continues. Bayer will buy america consumer over the counter business for 14. 2 billion. Also the two companies are establishing a have a teemgic collaboration in cardiovascular diseases. And this will vowill involve me paying 2 billion to bayer. But again, the big headline here is the 14. 2 billion deal for mercks over the counter consumer business. Why is there so much deal making going on in pharmaceuticals . This has been incredible. Weve seen a swap from glaxo and novartis. This is a way for companies to hone in on what theyre good at. Were hearing a lot of pharmaceutical companies saying they need scale, they need to cut costs and they want to be number one or two in positions where theyre playing. So areas where theyre a little bit smaller, were seeing these asset swaps. And now of course this is all set against the backdrop of pfizer making its 106 billion bid for astrazeneca which is eclipsing Everything Else going on in the industry. But this is a big deal for merck and one it
Whats really happening behind the scenes on a day like today where the dow plummeted, 128 points and the nasdaq declined, nice rally there,. 28 which was quite a rebound from the lows versus the dow down 460 points in one point and still representing another assault in the markets psyche. You know what some todays action had less to do with the fundamentals and more to do with how Big Hedge Fund react to a selloff. You will learn something tonight. This bruising was about the flawed mechanics of the market. What its really like in the trenches of the session so to speak. Fortunately, ive lived if had those trenches. Let me tell you, on days like today it is nasty as all get out in there. In fact, you need to understand just how much pressure the actual sellers of merchandise can put on your stocks because at times like these, its these sellers who control the the action that hurts your pocketbook, not the actual performance of the companies themselves that you own shares in. First, why
As we said, the tenyear getting awfully close to 2 . Inversion blowback. The killer here, shire down 25 and a lot of big event funds getting crushed. Earnings from bank of america, blackrock are out, both beating on the bottom line. Can financials lead the market higher . First up, new data adding to concerns about the economy. Stock futures extending their losses this morning after september retail sales fell more than expected, down 0. 3 . Thats excludeing autos. Sales declined 0. 2 . Also seeing a bigger drop in oil prices after that tuesday selloff. Thats crudes biggest oneday slide in almost two years. Oil is down 23 , jim, since june. Its cost opec hundreds of millions of dollars. Larry fink that morning saying he thinks gas prices are going to come down 30, 40 cents into years end. Gas prices are based on brent. Brent has come down a lot. I think thats a nice prediction. You need oil to go to 70 if that happens. Is oil possibly going to 70 . I had harold ham on last night, who a