BlackRock, Inc. reported third-quarter adjusted earnings of $5.21 per share, outpacing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.71 for the fourth consecutive quarter.

The big winner from the morning earnings session was BlackRock which reported an impressive earnings beat and a 10% increase to its assets under management.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 -0.75%) this morning are down -0.20% and European stocks are down -0.87% on global economic concerns.

Greg Harmon, CMT, CFA of DragonFly Capital joins us this week to preview earnings from the financials and discuss his trading strategy using options.

Platinum and palladium are platinum group metals (PGMs), often found and mined from the same ore deposit. These two metals in particular have exceptional pollution-fighting properties.

For years, homeowners have been battling Wall Street in an attempt to recover some portion of their massive losses from the housing Ponzi scheme. But progress has been slow, as they have been outgunned and out-spent by the banking titans.