Fast Money Stock Picks

Fast Money Stock Picks – March 25, 2008 – Tech and Energy

Macke:
X – U.S. Steel – Buy
ORCL – Oracle – Trim a little profit
SIRI – Sirius – Buy if you want to play the space
GLW – Corning Glassworks – Buy
INTC – Intel – Buy – “Final Trade”

Finerman:
CCU – Clear Channel – Sell
MO – Altria – Buy – “Final Trade”

Najarian:
CSX – CSX – Buy
FPL – FPL Group – Buy for a play in wind power
HON – Honeywell – Buy
OVTI – Omnivision Technologies – Buy, seeing serious options action
ORCL – Oracle – Buy – “Final Trade”

Seymour:
MON – Monsanto – Buy
RIO – CVRD – Buy
TSO – Tesoro – Buy – “Final Trade”

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
NOK – Nokia (4%) – Najarian: I like this stock
HAL – Halliburton (2%) – Seymour: I recommend owning this stock at current levels
DVA – DaVita (5%) – Finerman: I’m happy that I own it
LFC – China Life (9%) – Seymour: not the right time to buy this stock
SCHW – Charles Schwab (2%) – Najarian: I think Schwab will benefit from E*Trade’s weakness
SOLF – Solarfun (21%) – Finerman: Solarfun is no fun
GGP – General Growth Properties (7%) – Macke: surprised
IBN – ICICI Bank (6%) – the India-based bank bought a stake in their country’s biggest dam builder
CNX – Consol Energy (5%) – this coal company abandoned plans to buy the portion of CNX Gas it doesn’t already own, calling the price “unreasonable”

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
COF – Capital One (2%) – Finerman: short this stock
GRMN – Garmin (4%) – Macke: don’t buy this dip
PSA – Public Storage (5%) – Macke: tough dip to buy

Fast Money Stock Picks – March 24, 2008 – Financials, Refiners, and Taiwan

Macke:
ORCL – Oracle – Buy
AAPL – Apple – Buy
GOOG – Google – Sell
X – U.S. Steel – Buy
VLO – Valero – Buy – “Final Trade”

Jon Najarian:
EK – Eastman Kodak – Look into it while it’s cheap
VLO – Valero – Buy on dips
ACI – Arch Coal – Buy
JPM – JPMorgan Chase – Buy – “Final Trade”

Finerman:
FNM – Fannie Mae – Sell
PM-WI – Philip Morris International – Buy – “Final Trade”

Seymour:
VLO – Valero – Buy
COP – ConocoPhillips – Buy
TSO – Tesoro – Buy
MT – Arcelor Mittal – Buy
KOL – Market Vectors Coal ETF – Buy
BHP – BHP Billiton – Buy
RIO – Vale – Buy
EWT – iShares Taiwan ETF – Buy
TSM – Taiwan Semiconductor – Buy
CHT – Chunghwa Telecom – Buy
AUO – AU Optronics – Buy
SPIL – Siliconware Precision Industries – Buy
ASX – Advanced Semiconductor Engineering – Buy
UNG – U.S. Natural Gas Fund – Buy – “Final Trade”

Addison Armstrong, CNBC Contributor:
VLO – Valero – Buy
FTO – Frontier – Buy

Carter Worth, Chart Expert:
ACI – Arch Coal – Buy

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
CIT – CIT Group (34%) – Finerman: the company is hoping for a buyer to bail them out; don’t touch it
GM – General Motors (4%) – Seymour: this is massive short covering
PLCE – Children’s Place (12%) – Finerman: it’s rallying on last week’s news, which is still good for shareholders
PALM – Palm (8%) – Jon Najarian: not dead but not cool; stay away
WAG – Walgreen (5%) – Macke: WAG has been a long-time dog but it’s looking a little better
CC – Circuit City (3%) – Macke: maybe it isn’t the worst company in the world anymore but it’s certainly not a buy

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
BVF – BioVail (4%) – Jon Najarian: probably not the end of the line as there is a lot of put activity in the stock
V – Visa (8%) – Seymour: interesting that China Life LFC bought a big chunk of the IPO and is also trading at its all-time lows

Fast Money Stock Picks – March 19, 2008 – Financials and Commodities

Adami:
POT – Potash – Buy the dip
MON – Monsanto – Buy the dip
MS – Morgan Stanley – Buy
V – Visa – Sell
MS – MasterCard – Sell
SBUX – Starbucks – Buy with a stop out below $16.77 – “Final Trade”
JNPR – Juniper – Buy with a stop out at $24

Seymour:
POT – Potash – Worried
MON – Monsanto – Worried
TS – Tenaris – Buy
EEM – iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index – Buy – “Final Trade”

Najarian:
MER – Merrill Lynch – Sell
SBUX – Starbucks – No need to be long
GS – Goldman Sachs – Buy
MS – Morgan Stanley – Buy
IDCC – InterDigital – Buy
CSCO – Cisco – Buy
JNPR – Juniper – Buy
AKAM – Akamai – Buy
MRK – Merck – Buy – “Final Trade”

Macke:
MS – Morgan Stanley – Sell
GLD – streetTRACKS Gold – Sell
USO – U.S. Oil Fund – Sell – “Final Trade”
NKE – Nike – Buy
VZ – Verizon – Buy
CHL – China Mobile – Buy
AMX – American Movil – Buy

Jeffery Harte, Managing Director at Sandler O’Neill:
USB – U.S. Bancorp – Buy
JPM – JP Morgan – Buy

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
FNM – Fannie Mae (10%) – Seymour: I like it
FRE – Freddie Mac (10%) – Seymour: I like it, too
DRI – Darden Restaurants (7%) – Macke: interesting
LNN – Lindsay Corp. (18%) – Najarian: outstanding

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
DFS – Discover Financial Services (13%) – Adami: get rid of this stock
PTR – PetroChina (8%) – Seymour: I still like this stock
FCX – Freeport McMoRan (10%) – Adami: it’s a buying opportunity
ERIC – Ericsson (10%) – Macke: no need to get long
NOK – Nokia (10%) – Najarian: I own this stock, and it’s killing me
NVDA – Nvidia (7%) – Najarian: I think it has room on the downside
CSCO – Cisco (4%) – Najarian: I like this stock as an infrastructure play
MNST – Monster Worldwide (9%) – Macke: first quarter costs may exceed analyst estimates
PBR – Petrobras (9%)