H&W in the Media

Stocks mixed but tech strength mounts

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By Kevin D. Mahn, president and chief investment officer, Hennion & Walsh Asset Management

Stocks (^DJI, ^GSPC, ^IXIC) are mixed at the midday mark, with the tech (XLK) and materials (XLB) sectors the most in the green, while the real estate (XLRE) sector is the most in the red. Keith Bliss of Cuttone & Co. joins us live from the New York Stock Exchange. To discuss the other big stories of the day, Alexis Christoforous is joined by Yahoo Finance’s Pras Subramanian and Kevin Mahn, CIO at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management.

Today, we discuss:

Newspaper industry teams up against Google and Facebook
Big banks to kick off earnings season
Saudi Aramco CEO: oil supply is ‘worrying’
Inside the emerging markets trade
Outlook for biotech
Best Buy shares drop on news of Amazon’s Geek Squad competitor
Prince finally gets a Youtube channel (posthumously)

Click here to watch the video on Yahoo! Finance.