seen in the dow just since yesterday s highs. we talked yesterday about the outside reversal we had and what that meant technically. art cashin among others really focused on what this has looked like from a trading point of view even as people are arguing about the fundamentals and speaking of which, let s talk about a couple wacky things going on in this marnth.ket. we ll get you all angles covered. why are mining stocks being routed? how come retail sales look so weak when gas prices are so low? will europe come to the rescue next week with their version of quantitative easing? and does all of this add up to a global economy, bill that s healthy or in trouble? let me show you the stock market and then we can talk about oil as well. the dow industrials as we said down 258 right now, a decline of almost 1.5%. s&p down 21 points. decline of more than 1% at this hour. the nasdaq is doing better than the three. down 39 points or about 0.85% at 4622. show you oil very quickly.
deere earnings beat but outlook weak. quote, sluggish conditions in the global farm sector. the stock is moving lower. and after walmart hikes pay for 500,000 employees the downgrade for the stock, nordstrom earnings out as well. first up nasdaq in the mid of its best winning streak in a year aiming for an eighth straight day of gains. closed yesterday at a 15-year high within 76 points of 5,000. facebook among the nasdaq stocks in the spotlight after a note assigning $33 billion valuation to facebook s instagram unit saying it sees users more than doubling by 2020. they say, jim, according to their surveys, it has most pent-up ad demand. facebook at 91. a big part of the business. i think it can happen. my charitable trust owns. 11 employees, one of the great follies of zuckerberg, what was he thinking? and of course it turned out to be amazing. i think whatsachlts pp will bring in a couple billion new people on facebook. this is a man people underestimate. a lot of pe
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