Fast Money Stock Picks

Fast Money Stock Picks – September 29, 2008 – No Bailout Yet

Instead of stock picks, today the gang offered some advice:

Macke:
I like two positions: cash and the fetal position.

Adami:
The sun will rise again.

Finerman:
Don’t panic, but don’t be a hero.

Najarian:
No need to step in front of this train.

Fast Money Stock Picks – September 26, 2008 – Watching Congress

Terranova:
SPY – SPDR Trust – Buy

Fast Money Stock Picks – September 25, 2008 – Banks

Finerman:
Retail – Sell
PMI – Philip Morris International – Buy – Final Trade

Macke:
MCD – McDonald’s – Buy – Final Trade

Najarian:
JPM – JP Morgan – Buy
CS – Credit Suisse – Buy
DB – Deutsche Bank – Buy
BAC – Bank of America – Buy
BKC – Burger King – Buy – Final Trade

Adami:
USB – US Bancorp – Buy
WFC – Wells Fargo – Buy
JNJ – Johnson & Johnson – Buy – Final Trade

Mike Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners:
XLP – Consumer Staples – Buy for long term
XLV – Health Care – Buy for long term

Fast Money Stock Picks – September 24, 2008 – Watching and Waiting

Due to anticipation of the upcoming vote on the $700 billion bailout, the Fast Money gang had no stock picks today. Sorry.

However, there was some speculation that movement in Goldman Sachs could have been due to insider trading. Check back for more updates!

Fast Money Stock Picks – September 23, 2008 – Anticipating the Bailout

Najarian:
XLF – Financial Services Select SPDR – Watch
NEM – Newmont – Short
GFI – Gold Fields – Short
BAX – Baxter – Watch
CSX – CSX – Buy at $50
PJC – Piper Jaffray – Watch
NKE – Nike – Buy at $57

Adami:
NKE – Nike – Buy on any dip

Macke:
WMT – Wal-Mart – Buy

Dennis Gartman:
GS – Goldman Sachs – Buy
CME – CME – Buy
*Do one of the following trades, but not both:
SPY – SPDR Trust – Sell
SDS – UltraShort S&P500 ProShares – Buy

Fast Money Stock Picks – September 22, 2008 – Government Intervention

Pete Najarian:
BHI – Baker Hughes – Buy
MYL – Mylan Labs – Buy – Final Trade

Jon Najarian:
AIG – AIG – Watch

Finerman:
IYR – iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate – Short
BXP – Boston Properties – Short at some point (not immediately)
MSFT – Microsoft – Buy – Final Trade

Adami:
JNJ – Johnson & Johnson – Buy – Final Trade

Seymour:
EEV – UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets ProShares – Buy – Final Trade

Carter Worth:
ABT – Abbot Labs – Buy

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
AIG – AIG (23%) – Seymour: I think it’s more likely they sell off assets
PBR – Petrobras (2%) – Seymour: Get long PBR and short Brazil
FFH – Fairfax Financial (25%) – Reported strong third quarter earnings

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
KFT – Kraft (5%) – Finerman: It’s a wash
GM – General Motors (11%) – Couldn’t rally despite being added to the SEC short selling protection list
AMTD – TD Ameritrade (18%) – Pete: It’s just a pullback after hitting a 52-week high
AXP – American Express (8%) – Finerman: Also on the short-selling list
LM – Legg Mason (7%) – Rumors surfaced that it could go private
KMX – CarMax, Inc (7%) – Reported second-quarter profits fell on reduced consumer spending
SOV – Sovereign Bank (23%) – Received a downgrade from Friedman, Billings, Ramsey citing charges from its position in Fannie and Freddie and losses on the sale of its portfolio of CDO’s
LEN – Lennar (18%) – Dropped ahead of its earnings report
CME – CME Group (2%) – Dropped even though Citi reiterated its Buy rating

Fast Money Stock Picks – September 19, 2008 – The Future of Wall St

Finerman:
WM – Washington Mutual – Buy

Adami:
TGT – Target – Buy
LMT – Lockheed Martin – Buy
LAZ – Lazard – Buy, but don’t chase
GHL – Greenhill – Buy, but don’t chase
JEF – Jefferies – Buy, but don’t chase
AMTD – TD Ameritrade – Buy

Carl Icahn:
YHOO – Yahoo – Watch

Fast Money Stock Picks – September 18, 2008 – Financials

Adami:
GHL – Greenhill – Buy
LAZ – Lazard – Buy
JEF – Jeffries – Buy

Najarian:
WMT – Wal-Mart – Buy
NTRI – NutriSystem – Buy
DELL – Dell – Buy
TRLG – True Religion – Buy
*If you have to play financials, buy the following:
CS – Credit Suisse
UBS – UBS
HBC – HBSC

Fast Money Stock Picks – September 17, 2008 – Tech and Financials

Finerman:
XLF – XLF – Cover your short position
BA – Boeing – Watch

Macke:
AAPL – Apple – Buy at $121 with a stop at $115

Najarian:
AAPL – Apple – Buy
NVS – Novartis – Buy
PALM – Palm – Buy – Final Trade

Adami:
USB – US Bancorp – Buy around $30
LMT – Lockheed Martin – Buy at $105
JNJ – Johnson & Johnson – Buy – Final Trade

Gartman:
MCD – McDonald’s – Buy
SH – Short S&P500 ProShares – Buy

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
SKF – UltraShort Financials ETF (16%) – The fund is designed to go up when the financial sector drops
SNDK – SanDisk (39%) – Rejected Samsung’s bid for the company at $26/share
NEM – Newmont Mining (9%) – Moved with gains in gold and silver prices

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
XOM – Exxon Mobil (2%) – Adami: I think it’s a screaming buy at current levels
NT – Nortel Networks (50%) – Macke: Move along
VNO – Vornado (8%) – Vacancies in Manhatten likely to increase
.BKX – KBW Bank Index (8%) – Financials continue to spook investors
CEG – Constellation Energy (19%) – Ongoing liquidity concerns

Fast Money Stock Picks – September 12, 2008 – Retail and Financials

Macke:
UUP – PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish – Sell
GM – General Motors – Buy – Final Trade

Najarian:
HD – Home Depot – Buy
LOW – Lowe’s – Buy
HOLX – Hologic – Buy – Final Trade

Seymour:
EEM – iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF – Buy – Final Trade

Terranova:
AIG – AIG – Buy puts
RIMM – Research In Motion – Buy
WMT – Wal-Mart – Buy
GS – Goldman Sachs – Buy – Final Trade

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
CPB – Campbell Soup Company (7%) – Macke: I’d get long
AMG – Amgen (4%) – Buy if their data (positive bone drug data) is good
HSY – Hershey (8%) – Terranova: It could go to $48
CSX – CSX Corp (6%) – Seymour: It looks pretty good for these guys
CMG – Chipotle Mexican Grill (18%) – Macke: Stay away
SHLD – Sears (11%) – Najarian: Credit Suisse upgraded it
VLO – Valero (8%) – Terranova: We’ve worked off 28 million barrels of reformulated gasoline inventory, that’s bullish for refiners
GHL – Greenhill & Co (5%) – Wachovia raised it to outperform
MTL – Mechel (8%) -Announced a new “long wall face” commissioned at one of its mines, which will yield almost 1.5 million tonnes (metric tons) of coal

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
BWLD – Buffalo Wild Wings (4%) – Morgan Keegan downgraded it from “outperform” to “market perform” based on valuation
GME – GameStop (6%) – Closed down like most retailers
ICE – IntercontinentalExchange (8%) – Word hit that its acquisition of Creditex could weigh on the company