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Things are volatile. the blue chips posted a triple digit move in ten of the past 11 moves. here is why. see this guy? that guy right there. the key to your money is in his pocket. ben bernanke kicking off a two-day meeting. they will talk about whether they will continue the stimulus program. stock futures set to rise. ben bernanke may not be in his position for long. president obama hesitated when asked if he would reappoint him. >> i think hes done an outstanding job. hes like bob muller, the...

Actually more down dpváháhan up. that could change this week if the investors like what the federal reserve has to say. the meeting begins tomorrow and this is a biggy because the central bank is expected to say to keep its stimulus program in place and also say its easing up on the program meaning cutting back on the amount of money its pumping into the financial system that could calm certainty back. until then, dont be surprised to see more of this roller coaster action although this action...

>> i will here like this, use my phone. >> one thing we have to know about our money today. >> mortgage rates close to 4%. freddie mac says the 30-year fixed rate 3.98%, the highest in more than a year. rates have been rising the past few weeks because theres talks the federal reserve may cut a stimulus program which injects money into the mortgage market. three little words, lock it in. >> thats still low. i remember when i bought a house in the end of 2006, 2007 in level and it was five point ...

Its quiet, actually, on wall street. the fed may start cutting the stimulus program. the bell has just rung. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. and stocks were down sharply yesterday and down a little bit already today. >> looks like stocks are trying to buck the trend of what overseas markets did. nikkei plummeting overnight. a rise in retail sales and a fall in jobless claims to help limit the losses for stocks here. get ready for another volatile session. dow has fallen three sessio...

Welcome back to "starting point." minding your business, stocks under pressure this morning. the bank of japan decided not to add to its stimulus program, so you have dow futures down about 100 points. tokyo, paris, frankfurt, are all down 1% each. tokyos nikkei has fallen into territory this morning. apple is launching what it calls its biggest change to its operating system since the introduction of the iphone. ioss redesign has a photo app with filters like insta gram has, and you now choose ...

Training green energy workers. they wanted to produce 125,000 green energy jobs, train them for those positions. they ended up with less than 10,000 full-time green energy jobs trained for. it is a long list of failure. but i think the reason why secretary chu is doing this is because he wants to lay the groundwork for continued subsidies of wind and solar industries. and president obama will not retreat. he will go forward with those subsidies. >>gretchen: heres the interesting thing. we have a...

>> that is good news. what about housing? the ultra low mortgage rates seem to be long gone now. >> yeah. so its important to remember that rates are still near historic lows but they are climbing. the 30-year fixed rate is at about 3.9% this week according to freddie mac. thats 10% higher than last year. its about 17% higher than it was a month ago. the 15-year fixed rate broke through 3% as well. were seeing these rates rise because of positive economic reports like the jobs number. the belief...

Good morning. welcome back. "minding your business" this morning. all these record highs in stocks have investors a little nervous. the dow fell more than 100 points yesterday. futures are flat this morning. the market is really being dominated by the federal reserve. theres more talk of the fed dialing back its massive stimulus program, $85 billion a month is going straight into the economy from the fed. the boston fed president yesterday said that policymakers stand ready to increase or decrea...

Welcome back. minding your business this morning. the federal reserve kills another rrd on wall street, sort of. the dow fell more than 100 points and futures are flat. the problem yesterday was the talk -- talk that the fed might be dialing back the massive stimulus program. today investors are waiting on several big reports on economic growth, job, housing market. over the long term though one person is especially bullish, this gets a lot of attention. black rock ceo larry fink thinks the dow ...

Expected. joining me live now, tyler mathisen, cohost of cnbcs "power lunch." tyler, news including home sales, including seven-year high, consumer confidence at five-year high, auto sales have also been quite strong. do you think thats enough to cause the fed to curtail its stimulus program? >> not right now, i dont. i dont think itll curtailio i and it wont occur curtail the stimulus numbers until we see lower unemployment and great are job growth. those numbers have been lumpy and bumpy over ...