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lind-waldock. call lind-waldock, the premier futures broker, at 800-445-2000 and see if commodities are right for you. we are seeing analysts now become more positive. i love the way that happens a lot of times. were seeing positive comments after honeywell boosted first-quarter outlook from 45 to 49 cents. they had been at 40 to 49 cents. full-year earnings would be at the high end of the previous range. we continue, according to david cody, we continue to see signs of recovery throug...

data -- consumer price index flat, proof price inflation not a problem for now. very interesting number when it comes to inflation. well have details from steve in 30 seconds. >> plus, weekly jobless claims falling slightly last week for the third straight week, but were still not at a point where well see job gains. and fedex came in better than expected. it hasnt really helped the stock so far, but you know, interesting, mark, they came out and said theyre going to put some of thos...

the street." good morning, everybody. im mark haines. >> and im erin burnett. and front and center on a monday morning, senator dodds financial regulation bill. its going to move forward this week. its going to be introduced with great fanfare and announcements today. and the big question is, what is actually in it and what got cut? >> ill bet you i know who knows whats in it. >> mm-hmm. >> house democrats admit they are still short of the 216 votes needed for health care reform, but d...

>> it might. trebec was in when he still had a moustache. i begged him to be on. someone else did go on. you can find it on the web. >> yes, you can. the federal reserve -- ill tell you about what paul said later. but the federal reserve rising in the last week, hitting its highest level in nearly a year. it declined earlier this year, but since then, the balance sheet has been growing amid the feds asset buying program, the central banks holding of agency debt and mortgage-backed se...

investors go to riskier trades. right now the dollar is looking healthier, although off of its best levels of the day against the yen. i mentioned were seeing weakness in energy and take a look at the energy stocks and broad based weakness across the energy sector today and we got numbers for home prices which were up slightly and seasonally adjusted on a month over month bas basis. its not doing anything which is down once again today and higher mortgage rates in the years ahead keepi...

the strength in disney, general electric, coca-cola and 3m. gains in consumer staples and discretionary stocks. when you look at the broader markets that offset the weakness in the energy sector. we saw slight gains in crude oil. energy stocks have been down throughout the session. another group that has been weaker throughout the session have been the airlines. you might recall yesterday they came under pressure on concerns about that failed bombing attack. they are lower once again t...

oil is also still up. pretty big story this morning. we are now above $79 a barrel. picked up now by 54 cents. of course, we have predictions for chillier weather going into the new year. that could possibly be one of the reasons and geopolitics are front and center as well, arent they, mark? and now turning to the breaking news on the u.s. housing market. the s&p home price indices report for october showing home prices -- im interested in this headline as well. maybe im in a nitpic...

lets take a look an at an intraday chart, up 21 points and trading in a narrow range of 35 points and as brian mentioned earlier. light volume on the big board. 166 million shares have changed hands and up volume has a slight edge over down volume by a margin of 7 to 6 today. the dow jones industrial average on track for a seventh straight gain. if it does for the s&p 500 it will be the first time since weve seen gains since august 2006. also technical areas to watch. traders telling m...

topic, what was the top story, would you say? she looks like she could just start talking there. >> do you want to know the conan thing where you move the mouth and you do the talking? >> a survey by freddie mac predicts that the average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage could hit 6% by the end of to 10. freddie macs deputy chief economist says this is because private buyers will demand a hire rate of return on securities than did the fed. lenders may have to raise the rate in orde...

well. the dollar a little bit weaker. among the stocks were watching, fannie and freddie are rallying very big this morning. freddie is up about 25%. fannie is up 20%. this on the news the government is assuring it will support these gscs for the next three years essentially lifting a cap of aid or a cap on $200 billion of aid so, again, both of these stocks rallying on that news. were also watching retailers and airlines. retailers because of that news out of spending pulse that retai...