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200-mile-an-hour winds and it s heading right toward mexico. we re tracking this very dangerous situation. we begin with the rally on wall street with another big rally. this time it s thanks to a rate cut by china and also some very good earnings right here at home. for the technicians out there, the dow, the s&p, and the nasdaq have crossed above their 200 day moving averages with the s&p now going positive for 2015 joining the nasdaq in that camp. the dow is still negative year-to-date. we re on watch for that as it s up by 106 points right now. the s&p is gaining by 0.8% and the nasdaq is the clear winner, tech is leading the way up by nearly 2% for that index. let s get more trading action this hour. mary thompson from the nyse floor, but first morgan brennan, you have the big star at the nasdaq. i know. it s really the nasdaq has been soaring today, up almost 2%, 1.9%, 94, almost 95 points to 5,014. this is first time since august 19th we ve seen the nasdaq ....
and it has to do with change. change nobody can believe is, for example, i go and talk about stocks, you know, i talk about stocks witpeople. they ask me to what look at? why don t you look at mcdonald s? check out mcdonald s in europe, they check out my face. they re pressing me. you know what they say? i always love the take, question, fries, big mac is delicious. i love their smoking coffee. you can t beat the egg mcmuffin. we are in a health society. no doubt. we also live in a guilty pleasure, mcdonald s has guilty pleasure written on it. i think cnbc knows that, they know how to somehow get back to the basics of quick service and a value meal that tastes good, throw in chicken and biscuits, you will do great. burger king is doing great, why not? i wouldn t confuse domino s and call kfc fresh and organic? you know what i mean? so why the heck can t mcdonald s throw itself around, too? it s the execution that s been the problem, not the unhealthy food, if it was foo ....
today with oil down quite a lot. in fact, it s currently down by nearly 3% sitting below 42 bucks a barrel. over the last year oil has lost 45% of its value. who do the numbers stay? coming from the transport sector the numbers may be signaling a possible recession. we ll tell you what those numbers are and why you might want to take note. as we can see, stocks are sliding at this hour. get down to the floor with bob pisani. how much of this is due to oil, bob? a very large part of it. let s look at the s&p 500. we got down right at the open, 12, 14 points on the s&p and nefer looked bac ee eed back. mandy is right, it s the commodity complex, particularly energy stocks that s having a problem and this has been going on for days. big moves down in some of these names, and sop me of them are dn double digits, anadarko, murphy, down double digits. we ve been talking about this all week. we know the lowest level since august, a lot of warm weather. there was some dis ....
suggesting microsoft might have some pull? right now, nobody wants it. nobody hates the surface. wait a second, last week it s been so popular. it is popular. surface? it s not just the nfl, which is all surface all the time. listen to the ceo, by ththway, all thososads on the football l games, people and monstersrslow each up endlessly, people refuse to link xbox to microsoft. even though thth might make the darn. i know i ve tataed my head off. they h he to break up skype, x-box, windows, or enterpriseiei cloud. soft, call them that.. right now, microsoft the company is totally uncool. microsoft the products are either cool or ret kro cool t. problem is, microsoft doesn t seem to know it. hey, sacha, in the black tee-shirt, that s cool. the next time i see you, i will wear a plaque tee-shirt with a tie. it s not a good stock. it s an absolutely good company. i think people are starting to like their products. shh, some are good. let me set the stage for another one, m ....
so why the heck can t mcdonald s throw itself around, too? it s the execution that s been the problem, not the unhealthy food, if it was food, why the heck is whole foods at a 52-week low. if it were about nutrition, how about pepsico keeps churning higher because of the strength of junk food? invite everyone over for the cowboys-giants game. i was happy someone lost. you think i had carrots and celery? i had some of those. look, i own a mexican restaurant, it s a pretty good darn salsa, people have been telling me for years the clock is ticking on frito lay. all i know, when i go shopping for the guy, i press them to bring oem anything else. here s another story people simply cannot put their arms around. they can t believe, the corn popularity of microsoft devices. i m getting laughed at for suggesting microsoft might have right now, nobody wants it. nobody hates the surface. wait a second, last week it s been so popular. it is popular. why do i see people at the surf ....