there, running into a few minutes ago. tensions running particularly high in egypt on the eve of the anniversary of the 2011 revoluti revolution. the muslim brotherhood, declared a terrorist organization by egypt s military, has called for a week of demonstrations there. all right, turns out, stocks don t just go straight up! i thought they did after last year. who would have thought? after a really easy year of 20%-plus gains in your 401(k), it s been a rocky start to the year. i m not ready to say the bull market is over, but the market has not had a real correction since last summer and stock market experts have long said you won t see the kind of gains this year that we did last year. what s the problem? emerging markets trouble, earnings for u.s. companies are mostly unimpressive, dow futures are lower this morning after the dow industrials fell to a five-week low yesterday. the dow sliding 176 painful points. that s about a little more than 1%. worries about a slowdown in c
market but a scare market. that s according to one strategist, jeff klein tap of lpl financial says growth scares are likely to happen many times this year. where are they coming from? emerging markets trouble, earnings for u.s. companies that are mostly unimpressive or worse? dow futures lower this morning after the dow industrials fell to a five-week low. i want to show you the dow, down 176 points yesterday. that s about 1%. yesterday the trigger was a slowdown in china s economy. the nasdaq, the s&p 500 also lower. in europe right now, stocks of london, frankfurt, paris, following this trend, all down. in japan, the nikkei index falling nearly 2%. here in the u.s., a stock to watch this morning for you, microsoft. shares are up about 3.5% to premarket trading. xbox a big seller this holiday season. 7.4 million consoles flying off the shelves. microsoft s sales were up 14%. that helped the company bring in better earnings. watch msft. another stock we re watching this morning, starb
cetera, is important. because the big concern is long term, how will this be paid for. and the white house says that they will be releasing updated information in mid-january. michaela. this just in from the cold. the news man lean. it is money time. warmer inside here. the ear muffs. oh, the ear muffs. i had to take them off because money time is so important. the dow was down yesterday. you didn t want to hear bad news about your 401(k). it was the best year for stocks since 1997. the dow lost 135 points yesterday, the nasdaq and s&p also fell. early predictions for how this year will go from analysts surveyed, everyone wants to know what happens this year? in short, analysts predict a year-end target on the dow and s&p, that means they think
grounded. over 10,000 flights have already been cancelled or delayed the past 24 hours and long islanders are looking at a long day of shoveling and plow ahead. close to a foot of snow falling in new york s eastern suburbs and forcing the governor to each shut down the long island expressway overnight. a live look at boston this morning. really feeling the brunt of the storm. a foot of snow or more has buried parts of boston. it s 4 degrees. the windchill makes it feel like 20 below. hello, winter. now a look at your business headlines in money time. after a best year in stocks in 1997 you had great year in your 401(k) last year. but 2014 starts out with a dud. the dow lost 135 points on thursday and nasdaq and s&p also fell and the first time the markets started the year on a down note since 2008. early predictions how this year will go from analysts. in short analysts predict a year-end starting of 1,962 on the s&p 500 and 17502 on the
not sure how oswald could have fired several rounds with that crude rifle and pulled the bolt back and fired with such accuracy. spielberg maybe had a little doubt there. you know, it just speaks to how many questions there are still. absolutely. 50 years. 50 years later. brian todd, fascinating. thank you so much. now some other stories we are following in the situation room. incredibly impressive, that s how one analyst describes october s job report. the labor department says the u.s. economy added 204,000 jobs last month, much more than expected. but the employment rate ticked up a notch to 7.3%, partly because of the hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed by the government shutdown. wall street welcomed the employment news. it helped send the dow to a record high, closing up more than 167 points at 15,761. the nasdaq and s&p also posted strong gains. and you know, a familiar name will be on george s ballot next year. jason carter, the grandson of