appears relatively limited at the moment, futures are improved for much of the morning and the jobless claims were good and so were retail sales. as for europe, you see the red arrows, a nnd we will see if th turn green. italy turned around a few hours ago. despite the sell-off overseas, goldman is still betting on the u.s. acceleration, and we will break it down and what it means to your investments. and the company that brought you perfumes from katy perry and beyonce is going public to dday and jcpenneys is giving a vote of confidence for the ceo, and we will find out what they told cramer on mad money. . we will be live on the ground with a lot of details of a lot of wet. and futures moving up slightly after the slide in the nikkei, and the decline following yesterday s 127-point drop in the dow marking the blue chip s first losing streak since december. bright spots in the data that claims fell to 12k compared to expecttations of 350 and the retail sales were b
it s another day where investors have been fastening their seatbelts until the close. again, this is a day where we started positive, we gave up those gains, and now decisively so. can 15,000 hold? that s the question. tremendous volatility here. the only thing we re missing are bagpipes or something. hmm. hmm. you know what? i have a funny feeling stay tuned. that s still to come. down 113. the trading range has been 230 points, a little more than that today. so incredible volatility stays with us. let s talk about it in today s closing bell exchange. mike thomas is here with us. you want to look at the other averages? nasdaq is down 31 1/2 points. now to the group. danny hughes from divine capital, michael from destination wealth management, and peter costa of empire executions with a bright, yellow tie. not sure what that signifies today. it s the summer. volatility. that s been the basis of this market for the last two, three weeks here. what s the market te