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Lets get to the breaking news from General Motors. No longer government motors. Mary barra will be the next ceo of the company. Shell be the first female chief in the countrys entire history. Shes currently the head of global product development. We dont know quite yet when the switchover will occur, but shes coming. Obamacare sticker shock round three. First came the high premiums and then our deductibles off the charts and now people with preexisting conditions like cancer and aids are finding some obamacare plans dont fully cover the cost of their drugs. Theres been some chronically ill people and now paying over 1,000 a month to cover prescription costs. Here is what the Senior Advisor for medicare and medicaid told megyn kelly last night. The list of drugs that plans cover in many cases arent long. If the drugs arent cover youre on your own and you basically have to pay for it entirely out of pocket and the money spent on the drugs doesnt count against your out of pocket limits and doesnt count against your deductible. Stuart even the architect of obamacare, zeke emanuel says if you want your doctor, you can pay more. And now the same for drugs. And the winter storm, snowing from d. C. To boston, freezing cold temperatures throughout the midwest. 3 to 6 inches of snow expected from maryland all the way up to new england. Lots of schools and government offices closed already. Thousands of flight delays. Now, here is a positive a possible positive. People are likely staying home and shopping, another win for online website, maybe amazon. Com. Here is the question, is there a weather play on the stock market . Well have an answer coming up, along with the early action on wall street. Im afraid to tell you, we will open lower today. Every day were working to be an Even Better Company and to keep our commitments. And weve made a big commitment to america. Bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. Through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u. S. Than any other place in the world. In fact, weve invested over 55 billion here in the last five years making bp americas Largest Energy investor. Our commitment has never been stronger. Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful since weve no place to go the weather outside, im telling you the weather outside this studio is indeed frightful. And snow covered the Atlantic Region today. You could say thats a boon for online retailers. Well, well see. But we do have some Winter Weather stock plays coming up for you. Coming up to the opening bell, about a minute from now, here is Scott Shellady lurking in at the market and iacket. See gold up 20 bucks and oil close to 100 a barrel all over again and i want you to tell me whats going on. Well, i tell you what, weve had weve got a short cover going on in gold. Thats an inflation head. We dont have inflation, sell it or at least dont be long here and ultimately i think it goes to a thousand. Gold is going to have its going to hit on the head because of deflationary pressures not inflationary pressures. Seeing the rally on opec pumping less and maybe inventory draws tonight or tomorrow morning and have folks that think the economy is doing bet are we want to buy oil . No, the economy is not better. You dont want to be long oil at00, i think you sell it with both hands here. Stuart thats interesting, gold goes down to a thousand bucks an ounce and oil retreats from 100 bucks a barrel. A rare forecast on Scott Shellady and well see if hes right. Thank you, young man. [bell ringing] and you can hear the bell ringing and when it stops they start to trade stocks, i say that every day. Were looking for maybe a 40, 50 point drop for the dow when everything gets moving. That should carry it below 6. Now were up 3 1 2 points, hold on a second well likely see a downside move, give it an um can of minutes. And were in for Winter Weather, and what stocks can you play when the weather turns bad. How about home depot . Your show shovel there, and Amazon Online shopping, market watcher, shah galani miami where the weather is not a concern. Give me Winter Weather plays on the stock market, shah. As far as the three youve mentioned im not keen on all of them. All of them have a great run, as far as home depot, a little parabolic in the last months, i think a little overbought. As far as the generator maker, thats a terrific company, but small flow and i wish id owned it a couple of months back, its done well. I like, right here if i was going to play the weather, play United States natural gas. I think that ung is in the middle of its range and i think we could go higher in natural gas if the weather continues to be bad, it could go a lot higher. Stuart it under so like youre down playing the whole thing about the weather play. Its winter, not quite, but december 21st we officially start, but it is winter and you would expect bad weather. And surely, this is factored into the market. So, are you in fact downplaying the whole idea that you can play the weather in winter on the stock market . Absolutely. I think just like the weather being dicey, trying to get in on a weather related play in the stock market, especially when the bad weather hits is already probably too late and i think some of the stocks could have a little bit of a pop and theyre going to fall back to natural levels. I dont think theres longevity in the move because of the weather. Stuart i like to see you straighten us out even from miami. Stay there, ill get back to you in a moment. Nicole, General Motors named a new ceo, mary barra, the first female ceo in the companys history and i found out she takes over in mid january. The outgoing ceos wife has cancer and explains the Rapid Movement in of mary barra. The stock is hardly budging on this. Nicole the stock is hardly budging. It did hit a high yesterday and the treasury has been exiting General Motors and thats a big story coupled with this one. Whats interesting about mary barra her father worked at a Pontiac Motor Division for 39 years in michigan, and she went in there 18 years old as an engineer. And then went on with the company and the like. So, even had an internship and also worked as an executive assistant and she certainly climbed through the ranks. Stuart okay, shes a car person from the getgo, go the it. Listen to this one. Lululemon, first the founder put his foot in his mouth and then he cried about it and now hes stepping down as chairman. Is there any reaction on the stock, nicole. Nicole the put the foot in the mouth if your thighs are too big you probably shunting wearing them, Something Like that is what he said. Yeah, so we are going to have a changing of the guard. Founder and chairman chip wilson is moving out and someone coming in louie vuitton, mbmh and toms shoes as popular as well. A new chief executive coming in and youll have chip wilson headed out. Stuart thank you very much indeed. I want to check the overall market for a second, were expecting a down side move of 30 or 40 points. Were coming back, 24, sitting right at 16,000. Check the share price of twitter, most people are checking the share price of twitter checking the share price of twitter, i should say. An alltime high now at 49. 52. Shah galani still there in miami, if you havent bought it yet, is it too late to get into the twitter game . I think its a little bit late. I dont think i would want to buy i wouldnt recommend buying here. I dont know what kind of upside it has. Its already had a terrific little run and i think its going to settle down 10, 15, maybe 20 , its far too dangerous to buy close to the top. And you know, the earnings are ridiculous in terms of the p. E. And the profitability, theres nothing there. Why . Why would you pay almost 50 for the stock . I dont understand it. Stuart maybe because Everybody Knows about twitter, its a Worldwide Global company. Its one of the principal news reporting operations in the world right now and maybe they can make money out of that in the future. Hold on a second, shah, ive got Jeremy Kaplan with us, science of Technology Editor for fox news. Com. Youve never been a fan of twitter and you dont look at it financial will you, but look at it as a piece of technology and you dont particularly like it . What you said is true. Its a wellknown brand, incredibly influential in a lot of ways, on the other side its also not particularly interesting. And then as a stock, if youre looking at it financially, they just arent making money at all, nothing. So, its hard to justify that price, really. Stuart but as i say, look, Everybody Knows about it. It is a its a global brand. Within a couple of years of its launch, it is a global brand. You have to assume that theres no way that they could make money out of their global brand position down the road. Thats the assumption youre making. There has to be some way that they can at some point make money, unquestionable. There has to be something they can do and one of the reasons weve seen this little bump. They introduced a new ad tool and searches through your history and notice you said i like that lego model and allow lego to advertise against them. So, one way they could perhaps at some point, potentially monetize what theyre up to. Stuart you dont see it . Ive used it, i dont like it. Maybe thats more of a personal response than anything. I just have found it to be less usable and more a mouth piece of shouting out information to people. Stuart some people say that twitter is clunky, and it needs a new approach for neophytes like myself before ill go on it. Its unintuitive and carries its own language and hash tags and whats trending. If youre not familiar how that works theres a barrier getting into it. One of the things that might be preventing people from although theres a great base of people who use it, its hard to tell whats going on with this company. Stuart how about ebay . Ebays ceo calls amazons drone Delivery Plan remember that one revealed on 60 minutes. The ebay guy says that amazons plan is longterm fantasy about the drones that will deliver your packages on amazon. Its hard to imagine a world where a robot flies to your house and says heres the magazines you j us ordered. Stuart but when a guy like jeff bezos says it, its pr, right out there with the futuristic thing and b, hes the guy who makes things happen. Its interesting that ebay is commenting on it. You have to look at ebay and amazon and both delivering things to you, but they sell very different products. Ebay sells a lot of big things. Ebay motors youre not going to get a car delivered by robot. Amazon sells small things and big things. I could see a world where dvds are delivered to your front door. And amazon is on demand, right now stuff. You want is it it delivered today, a drone will deliver it today. Stuart you dont see it happening . You believe its fantasy, dont you . Dont you . Trying to put words we have the technology, but is it going to happen . I dont know. Stuart profit down on the home builder, toll brothers, where is the stock . Well, the stock here is higher. A couple of things on why it might be higher. Right now, the profits did drop. The units delivered it was over nearly 1500 units and im sorry, a 36 increase in year over year, you still have relatively low Mortgage Rates and good day for toll brothers. Stuart yes, it is, 34 on toll brothers, here is a headline from the government bean counters themselves, this is the congressional budget office. The top 40 of taxpayers pay all of the federal income tax brought in by the Treasury Department in the United States of america. They pay it all. The bottom 40 actually pays nothing. In fact, they get some money back from the government in the earned income tax credit. Now, shah galani, i know youre a stock watcher, thats what you do, you watch markets, but im sure you pay a lot of taxes. Do you think its fair that the top 40 , including you, pay for everything . I dont know that its unfair in terms of the top 40 paying a lot of tax, but i think thats fair. Whats not fair is the redistribution, i think there should be means testing and dont forget, this report was 2010. I would hate to see what 2013 is going to look like. I think the difference will be even wider, but im not against, you know, folks who are making a lot of money paying a bit more in taxes, but what im against is weak distribution and this report is called the distribution of Household Income and federal taxes 2010 and it should be the redistribution and this is the problem i have with it, because i think that the average of close to 19,000 in transfers to the lower 40 . 19,000 per household and i think theres a problem there. Stuart yes, indeed. Shah galani, thank you for joining us, appreciate it. And Jeremy Kaplan, good stuff even though you dont like twitter and amazons drones. And good luck. When the drones come around. Stuart when the drones come around youll be around. Check the dow, 28 points just below the 16,000 mark. Then we have the architect of obamacare, zeke imemanuel. And yes, you can keep your doctor, but you have to pay for more him. Its the latest sticker shock after the break. 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Were up 88 cents, 98 a barrel right now and we are calling it sticker shock 3. First came the premium shock and then deductibles and now the Prescription Drug shock. You will be paying more out of pocket for your medication under obamacare, even if you have a chronic illness. And a Health Industry watcher with the Galen Institute joining us. I want you to put parameters on this. Does it affect a lot of people or a very, very small minority . This is going to affect a lot of people who are getting their Health Insurance coverage through the exchanges. One of the things many people are signing up for plans before they can actually even see the doctors and the hospitals and now, the Prescription Drugs are going to be offered through their plan. The people who are most concerned are people with chronic illnesses, like multiple sclerosis or now aids treated as a chronic illness, because the plans are having very limited socalled formulary, the list of drugs available for these plans. The drugs they may need may not be available and they may very likely either have to pay a very high copayment or pay completely out of pocket for these drugs. Stuart were the people who are affected by this change, were they getting those drugs entirely for free or entirely covered previously and now theyre going to get hit with a huge payment . When people could choose the plans that they wanted, they often chose plans that provided access to the drugs they needed at the most affordable price. Some people know that theyre always going to hit their deductible because theyre on expensive drugs, but for many of these plans, t costs dont count against the deductible so they pay every month over and over several thousand dollars. Thats new, stu