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Buying online. those are some ways to help you save money today and tomorrow. >> it's been a solid year for the economy. we've seen the economy growing very strong increase in jobs, all sorts of wonderful good news. consumer confidence is up. is that going to play a big role when we look back this year? >> consumer confidence is at a 17% high. american saving rate is very low and that's seen as an optimistic sign in the economy. in november $462 billion was the household saving rate. it sounds high but it's the lowest number since august 2008. people are spending. they're still saving but not ...

Bellweather, does the government have to subsidize part of that? that's part of the policy mix ultimately as to whether premiums go up and health care prices go up. there's an interesting aspect to this. we as consumers as people get health care where they work, have a history of not paying attention to how much we're paying because we don't pay for it. and we're employees of a company where we pay a higher deductibles and a lot of companies are moving towards that and that's probably a good thing for the health care system. >> in fact, the health care system, the rising cost of health care as...

And now they say k-mart and sears are shutting their doors. >>guest: i think there is a sears and k-mart problem, that is what we are seeing, down 5.2 percent year offer year, the same stores that is the industry metric sears blaming the fact they had trouble selling electronics but the stores are out of date, old fashioned; not spending enough money to keep them up to snuff. so they spend in other places and over all sales could be up 3.8 percent and we are spending $460 billion over the holiday. that is not nothing. and i think a lot of analysts think that is a good showing. >>trace: what do...

Just leftovers in the refrigerator many predict todaying be the third busiest shopping dave the year with lots of day after christmas deals out there right now, and retailers hoping a big end of the year rush will rival black friday and cyber monday. with me now is financial consultant and all their of master your debt, jordan, the calendar gave retailer as break because christmas was on a sunday so everyone got off on monday and what do they do when they get off? they go shopping. ex-shopping like crazy. that is right. we expect $38 billion in sales and a lot of petroleum shopping online, but...

Occupy wall street encampments about barack obama. >> one of his biggest fans is large shareholder in the "washington post," warren buffett who conducted rundraisers for him on wall street. wall street is pragmatic about who they give money to. rank and file of wall street are people who want to hedge -- a famous wall street word -- giving money to both sides. that's how obama will continue to receive money. >> let me shift topics if i can. there were economic numbers out today. consumer spending went up .6 ove 6 of1%. but it means that people are spending more but they are spending out of the...