Fast Money Stock Picks

Fast Money Stock Picks – March 18, 2008 – Financials, Credit Cards, and Nike

Macke:
LEH – Lehman – Take gains
*Buy financials on the dips
V – Visa – Buy
NKE – Nike – Buy; “You have to own this stock,” going into the Olympics
GLD – Gold – Sell; sell gold in general – “Final Trade”

Najarian:
*Buy puts along with stocks
MA – MasterCard – Sell
V – Visa – Buy
MS – Morgan Stanley – Sell; should beat others, but sell because of the overall tone of financials
NKE – Nike – Buy
DE – Deere – Buy
TSO – Tesoro – Buy – “Final Trade”

Adami:
MA – MasterCard – Buy
MS – Morgan Stanley – Buy
USB – US Bancorp – Buy
ORCL – Oracle – Buy – “Final Trade”

Seymour:
CHL – China Mobile – Buy
FXE – FXE – Short; which is a long play on the Euro – “Final Trade”

Dan Fitzpatrick, president of Stockmarketmentor.com:
GOOG – Google – Buy, on its way up

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
TSN – Tyson Foods (6%) – Macke: buy food maker stocks like this
GM – General Motors (9%) – Seymour: good news that it’s not affected by Bear Sterns, but U.S. auto sales are still lagging
TMA – Thornburg Mortgage (27%) – Seymour: it has the continued cooperation of its lenders thanks to the Fed
NYX – NYSE Euronext (10%) – Adami: it’s about time! This stock is down 40% over the past year
MF – MF Global (35%) – Najarian: some potentially devastating rumors proved false and now MF gets a nice rally
SBUX – Starbucks (6%) – Adami: it deserves a $19-handle

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
SRZ – Sunrise Senior Living (15%) – Macke: assuming it files its report, it could be a dip worth buying
NEM – Newmont Mining (5%) – Adami: down 5% on an up 400 day? Not good; stay away from the miners
AMGN – Amgen (4%) – Najarian: nothing is working for Amgen

Fast Money Stock Picks – March 17, 2008 – Tech, Oil, and Banks

Macke:
GS – Goldman Sachs – Buy with a tight stop
GLD – streetTRACKS Gold – Buy on any dip
INTC – Intel – Buy
WMT – Wal-Mart – Buy
LEH – Lehman – Buy – “Final Trade”

Adami:
GS – Goldman Sachs – Buy if you’re ok with it taking a $3 billion write-down
USB – US Bancorp – Buy
APA – Apache – Buy
XTO – XTO Energy – Buy
CSX – CSX Corp. – Buy
MA – MasterCard – Buy
AAPL – Apple – Buy – “Final Trade”

Najarian:
IBM – IBM – Buy
AAPL – Apple – Buy
TSO – Tesoro – Buy – “Final Trade”
*Buy puts if you’re long stock

Joe Terranova:
LEH – Lehman – Buy
VLO – Valero – Buy – “Final Trade”

Dennis Gartman:
DBA – PowerShares DB Ag Fund – Sell
JPM – JP Morgan – Buy

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
ELY – Callaway Golf (3%) – Adami: it could be attractive
CRME – Cardiome Pharma Corp. (31%) – Najarian: could be a takeover target
FCFS – First Cash Financial Services (13%) – Macke: take gains
BLOG – BladeLogic (16%) – Najarian: they got bought, end of story

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
NCC – National City Corp. (43%) – Terranova: looking at a potential deal with JP Morgan, but I don’t think NCC is the first thing on JP’s mind right now
PMI – PMI Group (10%) – Adami: I think it could go lower still
ETFC – E*Trade (9%) – Macke: it’s time to move along
JEF – Jeffries Group (8%) – Najarian: I think this stock is getting cheap
TSO – Tesoro (10%) – Terranova: I think refiners are about to turn higher
IRL – New Ireland Fund (3%) – Macke: I prefer American companies doing business over there
GOOG – Google (4%) – Adami: it could be interesting
FCX – Freeport McMoRan (7%) – Terranova: I like this stock

Fast Money Stock Picks – March 14, 2008 – Banks

Finerman:
YHOO – Yahoo – Buy
COF – Capital One – Short

Adami:
YHOO – Yahoo – Buy the dip
CAT – Caterpillar – Buy
MasterCard – Buy

Pete Najarian:
GS – Goldman Sachs – Buy under $160
LEH – Lehman – Options action is similar to action in Bear Stearns a few days ago
NOK – Nokia – Buy, long term

Jon Najarian:
BSC – Bear Stearns – Buy if it survives the week
MER – Merrill Lynch – 85% correlated to Bear, and seeing unusual put activity

Joe Terranova:
DNA – Genentech – Buy around $74

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
CHK – Chesapeake Energy (7%) – Pete Najarian: great production numbers
AAPL – Apple (4%) – Terranova: I like it with a $132.50 stop
R – Ryder System (7%) – Positive sector comments out of Wachovia
TLB – The Talbots (29%) – The company said it intends to secure an increase in its credit line

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
RCL – Royal Caribbean (3%) – Terranova: not so good
GM – General Motors (10%) – Adami: speechless
VLO – Valero (7%) – Terranova: tough time for refiners
FXI – China ETF (5%) – Adami: it could be getting interesting
RHD – RH Donnelly (8%) – Finerman: I wouldn’t be short or long this stock
TGT – Target (4%)