Dow logging five straight weeks of gains. A rise in oil prices, decent economic data, and the feds decision to embark on a more gradual path of rate hikes helped power stocks over the past five sessions. Today the Dow Jones Industrial average added 120 points to 17,602. The nasdaq gained 20. And the s p 500 rose nearly 9. For the week, all of the major indexes rose 1 or more. And its not just the dow and the s p 500 that are deserving of attention. Theres another group of stocks thats been quietly outperforming the rest. Dominic chew has that story. Reporter the stock markets made a strong comeback since hitting lows back on february 11th. And that move has taken both the large cap s p 500 and dow industrials back to positive territory for the year. For as much attention as those big guys are getting its the s p 500 midcap index that stages the best performance so far inty 16. Its gained more than 2 since the start of the year. Some investors look toward admitcaps as a possible market sweet spot. Theyre bigger and perhaps provide perceived relative safety compared to the smallcap stocks and smaller with more perceived upside potential than Large Company stocks. Among the bestperforming midcap stocks this year, were talking about names like dicks sporting goods, jcpenney, and u. S. Steel. Some valueoriented Investment Managers are looking toward specific parts of the midcap market for opportunities. Whats compelling and interesting in the midcap space is these companies arent necessarily as impacted by slowing global growth, and they also, wellrun companies tend to be takeover target busy Larger Companies. In a slowgrowth environment, Large Companies are looking for different ways to expand their business. Targeting goodquality companies in the smaller end of the spectrum is one way to do that. But while the midcap stocks have been outperformers over recent months, many experts dont necessarily feel like market values should limit your investments. Obviously what are focusing on small caps we look within that universe and identify the best opportunities. For example in the all cap streak, go with the best company regardless of market cap. You know. In every sector. Its worth noting that over the last 12 months, mid cap stocks have not fared as well as their large lap cousins. So these trends, theyve been on the surer term side of things. But its still a place where some investors are looking to find both defensive and more aggressive investment candidates. For nightly Business Report, im dominic chew. The market is staging a comeback. You may have noticed that you might own a stock that is underperforming. And it has been a long time since it was a good stock for you. But its a little hard to let go. Mike colin, chairman of holland and company, joins us to discuss when its time to sell. Well ask mike about his view about the overall markets. You know, mike, a couple the stocks that have been in the news like valiant, a stock were going to report on later, aeropostale, they have had precipitous declines. 80 , 99 of their value wiped away. How do you know when its time to dump a company . You pick two great examples of where people can let their emotions get involved with their decisionmaking. I think in many cases, people buy companies because they have a great outlook and they think theyve got great value. Then things change and then emotions begin to get involved. When things start going down, peoples egos get involved. One of the first things i learned on wall street is, dont lose money. How much can i lose, is one of the first questions that i have learned to ask over the years. The worst mistakes ive made is giving in did the emotion. I paid 40 for that stock, its still a great company, its 25, i think the market is wrong, i think the rumors are wrong, et cetera, et cetera. You make excuses. The smartest people i know, the most successful people i know on wall street, cut their losses, they sell too soon rather than too late. You know, you also quote that classic wall street line, a stock doesnt know what you paid for it. Therefore, it doesnt owe you anything, right . Thats it. Thats exactly right, sue. If people you do such a big value for your viewers right now talking about this. When people get into the stock market by individual companies they have to try to be like, member mr. Spock from spar trek . He was totally logical. Totally rational. No emotions when he made decisions. And when it comes to buying individual companies, it has to be the same way. Whenever i moved away from that, i probably made a mistake and probably lost some money. But i think at the end of the day the stock doesnt have any emotion. You shouldnt have any emotion. One of the good things, if you goose a choose a partner in your life, you choose a house, a home, you have emotions from there you change your mind it becomes very difficult. In the case of a stock its very easy. Just sell it. Its such an easy thing to do. There are plenty of alternatives. If you think valiant was a good company and you want another medical, or chesapeake, you want another energy company, you can buy them the same day at the same time. You know, one of the things i was talking to another person earlier today, he said when you start seeing any whiff of accounting irregularities, the Accounting Firm changes, theres some investigation, thats a sign. The other thing ive heard said and i believe you agree with this is the idea that you should ask yourself, would you still buy this stock today knowing what you now know about whats going on in that company . Youre speaking, tyler, to the choir right now. Preaching to the choir. Theres all the things you just mentioned are things that ive learned through scars on my back of mistakes that ive made. When a companys management starts changing, when the accountants change, when the accounting methods start changing, watch out. Those are yellow flags. And theres no question at the end of the day any of these changes are things you also have to Pay Attention to the internet. Because there are lots of things that we used to have to dig through paper for. Thats true. Theyre on the internet, you can learn a lot of stuff very quickly. When you start smelling something and it doesnt smell right, doesnt meet the smell test, thats another wall street canard, the answer is get out of it sooner rather than later. Mike, thank you so much. Have a great weekend. Thanks, tyler, you too. Mike holland of holland and company. The president of the st. Louis fed said Interest Rates should edge higher. James bullard suggests the Central Banks inflation and employment targets have essentially been met and Monetary Policy should move toward more normal levels. His comments come two days after the fed revised lower its rate hike outlook. Former chairman bernanke says Monetary Policy is reaching its limits. But in a blog post bernanke added the fed has not yet run out of responses to a potential slowdown. He also says the probability of the u. S. Using negative Interest Rates in the foreseeable future is quite low. Meantime, consumers are feeling a bit less optimistic. An earlier survey on sentiment said confidence eased in march due to concerns about prointeracts in the economy and slowly rising gas prices. While consumers are no longer concerned about recession they dont expect the rate of Economic Growth to outperform the past two years. Economic concerns are a big part of this election cycle and so are some issues important to business and consumers. Take the internet, for example. Theres a big debate over which type of company should control cyberspace, including the speed at which you view videos or download data. Asboresten reports, some of the candidates have different views on the issue. Reporter president obamas been a longtime proponent of net new drillty, the fcc railed in favor of a free and ranging internet last year. Those in favor want to make sure their streaming video gets to consumers without restrictions. Companies like netflix, youtube and facebook. Those opposed are the broadband providers, at t, verizon, comcast, who want to make sure they can manage internet traffic most efficiently. This elections going to matter because whoever becomes president is going to steer the fcc and also Net Neutrality laws in a new direction. Whether that is for more Net Neutrality or for less. Reporter the 2016 candidates are respirate much split on party lines. Democrats in favor of mandating Net Neutrality, republicans against. Looking to walk back last years decision. Hillary clinton says that enforcing strong Net Neutrality rules would protect free and fair competition. Bernie sanders takes a more extreme approach in his support of Net Neutrality and criticism of the alternative. Companies with the money will have the access and Small Businesses will be treated as second or thirdclass citizens. This is grotesquely unfair. Reporter on the republican side, donald trump strongly opposes it, going so far as to say in a tweet that Net Neutrality would target conservative media, which seems to misinterpret the issue. Ted cruz calling it in a Facebook Post the biggest regulatory threat to the internet and will lead to fewer choices, fewer opportunities, and higher prices for consumers. Ohio Governor John Kasich hasnt said much on the issue yet. But regardless of the elections outcome, the debate over how broadband providers handle internet traffic is certain to remain a contentious topic. In the fccs recent legislation could be entirely reversed. For nightly Business Report, im julia boresten in los angeles. And comcast as julia mentioned is the Parent Company of cnbc which produces this broadcast. Still ahead, a topperforming Smallcap Fund manager whos beating the prodder market this year. Hell tell us which stocks hes buying right now. The fbi and the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration are warning that vehicles are increasingly vulnerable to hacking. The agencys issued a bulletin telling manufacturers and the general public to be on the lookout for potential issues. In july of last year, Fiat Chrysler recalled nearly 1. 5 million vehicles that could potentially be remotely hacked. Fraud, specifically in the health care industry, such deception is estimated to cost the country tens of billions of dollars every year. It is a disturbing trend. In some cases medical professionals even putting patients at risk to rake in more cash. Andrea day has tonights installment of crime and punishment. We spend trillions of dollars on health care in this country. And we see about 80 billion of that is fraud. Reporter that type of fraud, according to fbi special agent justin shannon, is becoming all too familiar. We do depend on our providers and people like these doctors and cardiologists for these extremely complex things, to tell us the truth. Reporter but that doesnt always happen. In ohio, trusted cardiologist dr. Harold persaud, recently convicted in a major fraud case. Im shaken by it. And i see this stuff all the time. Reporter this time, he says, at least 29 million unnecessarily billed to medicare and other insurers. Just a small part of a very big reality. Its tdeplorable, reckless. Reporter lamont pew from department of health and Human Services says whats most shocking about it is how patients were put at risk. He examines them more as front of the centers. Reporter according to investigators the consider told patients they needed stents and other highend procedures, including some bypass surgeries that were not medically necessary. That if they didnt do these types of procedures they potentially could die. Hes creating a sense of urgency. Reporter persaud would then falsify the results. To make it appear as though the blockages in their areas were more than what they really did. Reporter all of it to justify doing the costly work. Take a look at this angiogram of one of the patients before the stent was put in. We cant really identify anything thats necessarily belong with the artery itself. Reporter and this is after the doctor inserted a stent into the artery. Relatively no difference. Reporter and the risks, he says, longterm. Including a lifetime of medication. So how can you protect yourself from unnecessary procedures and potentially falling victim to Health Care Fraud . Heres some advice from the experts. First, always ask why. Why do i need this test, that procedure . Dont give your doctor blind trust. Get a second opinion. Your charts are your property. Its a good idea to look at whats actually written in them. And last, if youre not comfortable, remember you can always walk away. Dr. Persaud was in court to learn how many millions he could have to pay back. That hearing will continue later this month. He was already sentenced to 20 years in the case but has since filed an appeal. Aim andrea day for nightly Business Report. Luxury jeweler tiffanys saw a decline in sales and a drop in profit last quarter. And that is where we begin tonights market focus. The results though were still good enough to Beat Estimates and the company says it was hurt by a strong dollar. But the upscale jeweler warned earnings will continue to fall in the first half of this year but it does expect growth in the second half. The news was enough to keep investors happy with shares ending the day up nearly 3 . Starwood is killing its deal to be acquired by marriott following a superior bid from chinese firm anbang insurance group. In a deal we told you about earlier this week, anbang offered 33 billion to the hotel chain which topped marriotts bid. Shares of starwood up more than 5 to 80. 57. Marriott ended up 2 to 33. 16. The food and Drug Administration is asking Eagle Pharmaceuticals for more information about an ag anticoagulant drug it submitted for approval. The company says it will work with fda to understand their concerns and figure out a path forward with the drug. Shares falling sharply on the news ending the day down almost 19 to 43. 50. Bank of america will buy back another 800 million in its stock. This comes after the bank announced a 4 billion Buyback Program last week. Bank of america shares up nearly 3 on the day to 13. 79. Once a fixture in malls around the country, aeropostale says it is seeking Strategic Alternatives for the company. The Company Reported its Fourth Quarter earnings thursday evening. Trouble is there were noerings, only losses, for the 13th quarter in a row. The company has seen its shares drop sharply, and i mean sharply, over the past few years. Closing down more than 45 to, yes, youre seeing right, 26 cents a share. The auto supplier lear is looking to relocate jobs back to the United States. The currently in talks with the United Auto Workers union about lowering wages so the company can fill about 1,000 jobs in a detroit facility. Shares fell a fraction today to 111. 91. Time now to talk to our market monitor who likes small cap tech stocks he says are on the leading edge of nextgeneration technology. This is his first time joining us on the program. Hes chris rexler, topperforming Portfolio Manager of the Needham Small Cap Growth Fund which is up more than 6 this year. Chris, welcome. Thank you for having me. Lets start overall with the market. Weve had such a big turnaround in the market since a really bad start to the year. How do you feel about things in general . I think things have been getting better. Theres certainly greater focus on value stocks. After a great year for the larger cap, theres been a rotation back to the broader markets. And so were seeing that as money comes into a broader bunch of Technology Companies that have been really ignored for the past year, so were confident going forward. We think thats where the value is. Thats where were putting our money. And now were still excited about the remainders of the year. Youre looking for 10 to 20 returns over the next 18 months in the trio of stocks were going to mention. You say they are a play on the socalled internet of things. I dont really know what the internet of things is. Ive heard of it. Ive got to ask you what it is and then take us through your first choice, super micro computer. Yeah, great. These are fantastic stocks. What we like to do is invest in companies where its kind of selling picks to the miners. When you think of the internet of things, the Bigger Companies would be cisco, google, apple, facebook. But we like to provide investing companies that are selling them the equipment to make that happen. Super micro computers, one name you just mentioned, is a great significant insider ownership that makes servers on the higher end. So really cuttingedge servers. Theyre not the typical oem names you might hear from dell or hp or ibm, theyve been able to take a significant amount of share from linovo which purchased ibm in picking up business in the United States with federal contracts. They also have some nextgeneration storage products so you hear about things like all flash arrays, fsds. Theyre a big part of that kind of deployment of equipment. Next on the list is form factor, it supplies equipment into the semiconductor industry. And you say theyre Acquisition Integration opportunities . Correct, they purchased cascade micro tech. Its again a theme of mna thats returned to small cap companies. Theyre combining to be a Larger Company. They have significant synergies. Great management teams have done this in the past and we expect over the next 18 months for them to drive great opportunities on the financials and be a Larger Company which should get a premium multiple going forward. When Smaller Companies become Larger Companies thats usually a good thing, isnt it. Move on to a couple of phrases on mks instruments. Another play semi cap equipment primarily, also in the medical field. They just purchased a Laser Company in california called newport. Anything opportunities there again as they integrate. Both of these transactions need to close and thats going to happen over the next kind of two to three months. So for an investor its a great opportunity to be watching and pick away, if theres dislocations in the stock prices, because we think the opportunity over the next few years are really great for both companies. All right, chris, thanks for joining us. I know your join us again soon, Needham Small Cap Growth Fund. Well take you to a western city that has a unique strategy to go from economic blight to revival. Tuesdays a big day next week. So heres a look at what to watch for. A hearing involving the Justice Department is scheduled in the apple encryption case. Also that day, president obama will deliver an historic speech in havana about his vision for future relations between the u. S. And cuba. And dow component nike reports earnings. Investors will be paying attention to what the company says about future orders. And thats what to watch next week. As we approach the first day of spring, we take you to a city in the midst of a decadeslong renewal plan ogden, utah. Oncedying railroad hub, now one of brookings top metro areas for advanced manufacturing. One of forbes best cities to raise a family. It has the narrowest wealth gap in the country. Mary thompson has the story of this citys economic rebirth. Reporter on a chilly march morning, ogden, utah, lands another company. We could see that they wanted us here. Reporter air medical Resource Group opening a Maintenance Facility at ogdens airport. One employing 15 people with salaries starting at 55,000. The emphasis is trying to get higher and higher wages so people have other opportunities. Reporter tom is the citys director of economic development. The citys goal for the last 16 years, expand the economic base and bring in higherpaying jobs. All part of a plan lit by the olympic flame. It really did show the best of what, at that point, was a pretty tired community. Reporter launching its renaissance plan two years before hosting the olympic downhill events in 2002, mayor Mike Caldwell says the city, home to two rivers and just west of the wasatch mountains, used the games to sell itself as a cheap outdoorsy place to work and live. Ogdens also been able to get public and private partners to buy into its vision. When the city takes on an improvement project, entities like schools agree to give up incremental revenue from higher property taxes for a certain period of time. The money is used to tear down blighted buildings and widen roads with the aim of making ogden more business friendly. President joe hunt saw this friendliness firsthand when he told ogden its air medical Resource Group needed parking. They found a section of parking and leased it to us. Reporter ogden has learned to Court Business the hard way. A former railroad hub, its decline started in the 50s and by 1990 it had lost onequarter of its population and plenty of businesses. Nobody wanted to live here. And then nobody wanted to work here. Reporter taking a risk, the city turned a shuttered military depot into a business park. Its now home to 6,000 jobs and firms, including esurance and hershey. Its building a lifestyle park for outdoor companies. An industry ogden sees as one of the three pillars of its economy along with aerospace and advanced materials. An ogden native whos been in this role for nine years, the mayor knows while theres been plenty of progress, plenty still needs to be done. Its a generational project. It will go long after im gone. Reporter years of small steps needed to make ogden better in the long run. Mary thompson, nightly Business Report. To read more about ogden, utahs revival head to our website, nbr. Com. That does it for nightly Business Report for tonight. Im sue herera. This is the time of year your Public Television station seeks your support. Im tyler mathisen. We thank you for your support. Have a great weekend, everybody. See you monday. A Supreme Court nominee and a field. N president ial what both of these fields tell you about the state of our tonight on washington week. I have fulfilled my constitutional duty. Senate toime for the do theirs. The gauntlet, thrown down in as thee garden, president nominates Merrick Garland to the nations highest court. Greatest honor of my life. And washington braces for an unprecedented fight. Republicans think the people deserve a voice in this critical decision. The president does not. Message from the American People to Senate Republicans is simple. Do your job. Will the president s nominee get a hearing let alone a vote . On the campaign trail, hillary