The dow is down 36 points. Were off the lows of the session, and were keeping a close eye on the yield of the 10year note, which has been approaching 2. 9 , which traders keep telling me could be a negative trigger for this market. Thats the big issue, schbt it, 2. 9 on the soyear. Volume on the low side. No surprise. Were into august, end of august. Target, j. P. Morgan, though, the worst dow performer. The government is reportedly looking into the firms hiring practices in china. Is j. P. Morgan in the administrations cross hairs forever now, and if so, we will have analysis. And facebook may be redfaced today because the Facebook Page of mark zuckerburg, yes, the Mark Zuckerberg, it was hacked. If his page isnt safe, is anyones . Its yet another blow to internet privacy and security, and well have much more on that story still to come on todays program. Scary stuff. Lets check the markets as we approach the final stretch. The final hour of the day, the Dow Jones Industrials average
And oil slipped 2. 18 in earnings after hours. Shares of Analog Devices fell more than 2 . Even tough the chip maker beat forecasts and tax Software Company intuit earnings met expectations with sales topped estimates. And ready to hit the road. Triple a predicts 34 million americans will travel this labor day weekend. The most since the recession. At the sound of the bell its larry shover of sfg alternatives here to talk about this choppy market. Good morning larry. It feels like we have hit very volatile days here. We have. Its summertime. We have a lack of liquidity, lack of attendance right now. Lets keep in mindwe have three housing numbers coming out. We have pmis, we have the fed speaking. So really the markets just looking for a new impetus to go one way or the other. Not to mention, these retailers reporting in really shake up the market as well. What do you well expect to hear from say target or lowes today on the heels of home depot yesterday . Lets keep in mind yesterday ho