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  • A duo of tech snags sank the Dow and the S and P 500 Friday, but the NASDAQ hit a record closing high.

  • The Dow fell 179 points, the S and P 500 shed 11, But the NASDAQ eked out a 12 point rally, capping the strongest week for the index in more than two months.

  • But that game for the NASDAQ masked big drops for two struggling Tech names.

  • IBM was a big loser after it missed sales estimates and posted the fourth consecutive drop in quarterly sales.

  • The stocks slumped 10%.

  • Intel was the other drag.

  • The chip giant's incoming CEO seemed to back away from the company's previous discussion to start outsourcing the production of some of its chips.

  • The uncertainty overshadowed better than expected quarterly results.

  • Intel tumbled 9% for someone Wall Street, the heavy selling seen in those two tech names added to believe that this market is due for a pullback.

  • Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities, is in that camp.

  • It's just a matter of time before we see a pullback of maybe 8%.

  • Uh, this market is really stretched out.

  • You know.

  • So far, the news has been good.

  • Um, in fact, the macro news has been improving.

  • Uh, the earnings got off to a good, uh, season.

  • And of course, we'll be seeing hearing more about earnings next week.

  • There are over 700 companies reporting some key names to report.

  • Results in the coming week include tech bellwethers Apple, Facebook and Microsoft.

  • Economic releases on Friday were mostly upbeat.

  • U.

  • S factory activity surged in January to its highest level in nearly 14 years, according to a private survey, and home resales ended last year with a bang.

  • Full year sales grew 22% from the year before, fueled by record low mortgage rates and an exodus from urban centers.

A duo of tech snags sank the Dow and the S and P 500 Friday, but the NASDAQ hit a record closing high.

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