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Number because this is the friday between the holidays. So you get that volatility. You should be in the heart of the santa claus rally. Maybe its going to the north pole . Maybe it is. While wall street hoverers near record highs, main street is pessimistic. Survey finding 68 of americans believe the economy is in poor shape. Whos got it right here . Wall street . Main street . Well hear from both sides. Im fascinated by that disconnect. The stock market definitely saying one thing and main street surveys telling us a very different story. Whos right or could they both be right . Right. Or wh...

Spectacular fireworks display ever put on there in dubai. What theyre trying to do with this new years celebration is set a new world record with 400,000 individual fireworks. And this would defeat last years record set by kuwait. You know how many they set off that year . 77,000. Oh, wow. So this takes it out big time. So were watching a huge celebration there and probably will be the biggest this year for new years. That one in dubai as they kick off 2014. And thats just a small piece of the whole showing. The guys over here saying dubais crushing it. By the way, thats what surplus will do f...

The dow is up 44 points. The russell 2000 down four tenths of a percent. Not a lot of movement. Twentyfour of the 30 dow components are in the red. Tech stocks, though, are the biggest drag. Hewlettpackard is the worst performer on the down right now. Microsoft is also, well, soft. Similar story for research in motion. Rim plunged 23 on concerns of its services and business. We approach the tail end of the Holiday Shopping season. Home depot, by the way, solidly in the grain. One of the best performers on the dow this year. Walmart just barely on the upside. Costco slightly down. That gets you...

Systems, fedex, a couple of railroads, theyre all listing the transports higher. The index poised for a record close. Were watching that one too. And then watch the nasdaq as well. We also have to tell you that the hacker group, the syrian electronic army, is back at it. Breaking news today, it claims to have hacked president obamas twitter and facebook page. You know, when it comes to things like redirecting sites, etc. , its been hacked, but were watching that story as well. This as twitter is about to go public in the next month. Lets get to facebook. Facebook should be losing some friends ...

Ashley stocks have turned on a dime. Breadth is improving rapidly. What an interesting day. At one point all dow 30 components are in the red. Buyers stepped in the last 20 minutes or so. 26 of the 30 still in the red. Good afternoon, everybody. Im ashley webster. It is the last hour of trading and the countdown to the closing bell beginning right now. Stocks are down in a fourth day in a row but well off the lows. The dow off 62 points of the trying to make a comeback. We got word members of the house are reconvening sunday night at 6 30 p. M. , boostings opt that deal gets done by yearend th...