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Fast Money Stock Picks – October 23, 2008 – Rediculous Prices

Adami:
GPS – Gap – Buy
XOM – ExxonMobil – Buy
BNI – Burlington Northern – Watch
CELG – Celgene – Buy with a 68-handle
IR – Ingersoll-Rand – Watch
POT – Potash – Buy – Final Trade

Macke:
SBUX – Starbucks – Buy

Najarian:
CHK – Chesapeake – Buy
LLY – Eli Lily – Buy
CAL – Continental Airlines – Buy – Final Trade

Seymour:
RIO – Vale – Buy
EWY – iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund – Buy – Final Trade

Heather Bellini, UBS software analyst:
INTC – Intel – Buy

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
CMG – Chipotle Mexican Grill (7%) – Najarian: I like them
NOV – National Oilwell Varco (9%) – Seymour: Looks cheap at 5 times earnings
BA – Boeing (9%) – Said talks will resume with strikers
CVA – Covanta Holding Corp (8%) – Strong third quarter profits
AMZN – Amazon.com (1%) – Investors expecting it to be one of the best performing retailers for the Holidays

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
IWM – Small Caps (3%) – Macke: Demand isn’t very solid
HPQ – Hewlett-Packard (6%) – Adami: I think it’s a value play
SNE – Sony (8%) – Cut its full year forecast in two quarters due to a slowdown in consumer spending, plus the dollar to yen exchange rates
ZMH – Zimmer Holdings (13%) – Lowered its sales forecast

Fast Money Stock Picks – October 22, 2008 – No Safe Bets

Adami:
AAPL – Apple – Buy a little
BNI – Burlington Northern – Buy – Final Trade

Macke:
SDS – ProShares UltraShort S&P500 ETF – Sell – Final Trade

Finerman:
OIH – Oil Service HLDRs ETF – Buy – Final Trade part 1
USO – US Oil Fund ETF – Short – Final Trade part 2

Seymour:
EWG – iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund – Short

Fast Money Stock Picks – October 21, 2008 – Comebacks

Adami:
CAT – Caterpillar – Buy
MMM – 3M – Sell
AAPL – Apple – Buy with an 83-handle
INTC – Intel – Buy – Final Trade

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

Najarian:
CAL – Continental – Watch
DNA – Genentech – Buy if you want to play drug companies
MGM – MGM – Buy, and short calls
BNI – Burlington Northern – Buy – Final Trade

Finerman:
RTH – Retail HLDRs – Buy a little – Final Trade

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
COH – Coach (9%) – Met earnings and beat on sales
MMM – 3M (4%) – Adami: Valuations look rich
UAUA – UAL Corp (9%) – Oil prices have come down
AXP – American Airlines (8%) – Finerman: I’m a little skeptical of their numbers

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
WU – Western Union (17%) – Najarian: Seems like they have some long-term troubles
FCX – Freeport McMoRan (11%) – Adami: If it holds $30.03 it’s ok to trade
NFLX – Netflix (12%) – Macke: Not sure how to play it, but I think obsolesce is inevitable
JAVA – Sun Microsystems (17%) – Outlook is below Wall Street’s forecast
LMT – Lockheed Martin (9%) – Forecast earnings below Wall Street estimates
CME – CME Group (9%) – Raymond James analyst cut his rating to ‘market perform’ due to the economy

Fast Money Stock Picks – October 20, 2008 – Nuclear Energy and Pharmaceuticals

Finerman:
OIH – OIH – Buy
XME – XME – Buy

Najarian:
ACI – Arch Coal – Buy
BTU – Peabody – Buy
MEE – Massey – Buy
VIX – Volatility – Buy stocks and sell calls
AMGN – Amgen – Buy
AAPL – Apple – Buy
UNP – UNP – Buy
BNI – BNI – Buy
PFE – Pfizer – Buy – Final Trade

Terranova:
MRK – Merck – Buy
GEX – Market Vectors Glbl Alter Energy ETF Trust – Buy
PFE – Pfizer – Watch
Gold – Buy – Final Trade

Seymour:
VIP – Vimpel Communications – Buy – Final Trade

Carter Worth:
UYM – ProShares Ultra Basic Materials ETF – Buy
DIG – ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas ETF – Buy

Zach Karabell:
SGR – Shaw Group – Buy
EXC – Exelon – Buy
ETR – Entergy – Buy
JASO – JA Solar – Buy
LDK – LDK Solar – Buy
STP – SunTech – Buy

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
XOM – Exxon Mobil (10%) – Terranova: Energy names are worth a look
ING – ING (21%) – Seymour: This could be the bottom
PSUN – Pacific Sunwear (5%) – Finerman: I don’t think it means much
CSCO – Cisco Systems (6%) – Najarian: I like this stock
MOS – Mosaic (16%) – Market speculation suggests Cargill could increase its ownership stake

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
RIMM – Research In Motion (9%) – Terranova: I’d stay away
DE – Deere & Co (2%) – Morgan Stanley downgraded it from ‘overweight’ to ‘equal weight’
HAS – Hasbro (4%) – Concerns about consumer spending for the holidays
GGP – General Growth Properties (13%) – Finerman: Shopping malls are not where you want to be as an investor
PRU – Prudential (2%) – Goldman cut its rating citing write-downs from exposure to mortgage-backed securities
HRL – Hormel (11%) – Terranova: Avoid at all costs