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Market used to act, the old normal seemed to be back today when the ism Service Number came out less than expected, the bonds rallied. Thats the way it should work. Some peculiar moves we should say in the bond market today. Stocks weakened as soon as that report hit and that took us from being up 60 points to down 40 as weve had a triple digit swing if you want to call it that. The dow is off just about 5 points. The s p 500 and the nasdaq are a little weaker, too. Also, is it time to bet on marijuana stocks. Pot stocks. Be careful of the penny stocks we should be. Marijuana is legal in color...

Analytics reporting bargain hungry shoppers bought less. Sales fell by mid single digit percentage at brick and Mortar Stores on friday and saturday. That compares to the same days last year. But, heres the important part, it does not include online sales which of course have been the story of the season. Wellknown industry analyst dana telsey will join us with her thoughts later this morning. In the meantime, Steve Weissman has the headlines. Apple announced it has signed a longawaited agreement with china mobile to sell iphones to the worlds mobile phone users. It could add billions of dolla...

Incredible run, not only for that one, but facebook has doubled in 2013 this year. That really is one of the stories of the year. Remember, when twitter went public, there were lots of people saying the retail interest, thats how we should have known, the retail interest wasnt that strong. There was a lot of institutional interest, and people thought after price, hitting near 50 on the first day of trade, drifting back to the 30s. Instead, it has marched steadily higher. You can feel people buying in, ramping up into the year end. Going back to november early november. And just an incredible r...

Its 30 below normal, but we continue to inch ever higher toward 17,000 on the dow. I think for me, the story is really about what an historic year and historic rally this has been for stocks since the 2009 lowin lows. The world looks better where we created 3 or for 4 trillion, the fifth best rally in terms of a bull market. If it keeps going next year, it will keep getting more impressive. Thats very different from what people had anticipated. Were going to keep an eye on that as we move into 2014. We have people expecting some corrections coming up very soon. Yes, they are. Its also, by the ...

Gaining back what we lost last week. For everyone who points to the geopolitical concern moving to the back burner, there will be someone who says you never want to take a guy like Vladimir Putin at his word. Also, the market keeping an eye on the fed. At this hour tomorrow janet yellen will be in the midst of her first News Conference. Right now were in day one of na twoday meeting. Well lay out what investors should expect. Then remember earnings . That matters i think i heard of it. As well today. We have two big ones coming tonight. Two tech titans will be reporting at the top of the hour,...