Fast Money Stock Picks

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