Incredible run, not only for that one, but facebook has doubled in 2013 this year. That really is one of the stories of the year. Remember, when twitter went public, there were lots of people saying the retail interest, thats how we should have known, the retail interest wasnt that strong. There was a lot of institutional interest, and people thought after price, hitting near 50 on the first day of trade, drifting back to the 30s. Instead, it has marched steadily higher. You can feel people buying in, ramping up into the year end. Going back to november early november. And just an incredible run. There it was at 38 when it was at its low, and now were at 68. Unbelievable. Well get to more of that. Meanwhile, the dow is heading for its fifth Straight Record close after a much betterthanexpected surge in durable goods orders. A lot of the Economic Data have been pretty good. So i think it was a prescient decision by the fed last week. And some fed officials are saying how surprised they
Hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to american cinema. What do the directors of star wars and goodfellas have in common . They both went to film school. Yet when the filmmakers of this generation graduated they had no plans to work for the studios. In fact, if hollywood was on their minds at all, it was as an example of what to do differently. The first feature of a filmmaker from usc named george lucas had a title that read like a license plate, thx 1138. A film with striking imagery, it perplexed studio executives. He later made star wars. The first feature of a filmmaker from nyu named Martin Scorsese was picked up by an independent who changed its title and put it in local theatres. It didnt last long. He later made goodfellas. Steven spielberg, francis ford coppola, brian depalma. Though their early work was not mainstream hollywood, their later work would ultimately represent what hollywood did best, with works like e. T. , the godfather, and the untouchables, blockbusters. We are g
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Global tensions rise in syria. Yesterday the major indicies all rallied as investors pumped money into oil stocks. Gold lost 4 as oil traded above 109 dollars per barrel. The Federal Reserve offers new rules to avoid another Housing Market meltdown including Lenders Holding more money to cover risky loans. And, guess what . Shares of the jeans maker guess had a huge breakout. The stock rallied more than 18 on heavy volume in the after hour session after delivering a strong earnings forecast. Ben lichtenstein of tradersaudio. Com joins us now for trader talk. Good morning. Will we continue to feel the syria effect in the market today . I think so. If you look at yesterdays activity, the market tried to get a bit of a bid going throughout the day session trade. But around the middle of the day, we started to sell off a bitunable to get into new low prints. Dont get me wrongit wasnt that weak but just unable to hold the rally if you will but for the most part what ive been noticing in ter
Robinson apparently tired, punched very well come on, ray. Come on. A directoror, an actor, find a story at the right time and the right place. And out comes this amazing combination of cinematic illity. I think raging bull is a great title and the film fulfills the promise. The reality of the boxing and the great slow motion and the black and white gore and the violence of the flashbulbs going off. Marty when he designed the movie didnt put a clutch on the film. There is no clutch. You never got me down, ray. Raging bull is a boxing movie for people that dont like boxing because it is not about that. It is about this man, jake lamont, based on a real person, who is at war with himself. Come on. Harder. I could understand boxing but the character was interesting. He was just so contraire, as they say. He was just so difficult. What are you trying to prove . What does it prove . Bob denero is not afraid of the negative characters, not afraid to go to those places. I was down to one 152