Fast Money Stock Picks

Fast Money Stock Picks – May 22, 2009 – Media

Najarian:
DIS – Disney – Buy
BCSI – Blue Coat Systems – Buy – Final Trade

Seymour:
DIS – Disney – Buy
United States Natural Gas Fund – Buy – Final Trade

Terranova:
WFMI – Whole Foods – Buy
DIS – Disney – Buy
MVL – Marvel Entertainment – Buy – Final Trade

Steve Grasso:
WMT – Wal-Mart – Buy
VIA – Viacom – Buy
V – Visa – Buy – Final Trade

Mike Darda, MKM Partners economist:
SPY – SPDRs – Buy
HYG – iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd – Buy
EEM – iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index – Buy
EWZ – iShares MSCI Brazil Index – Buy

Dan Fitzpatrick, of StockMarketMentor.com:
XHB – Homebuilders – Could be done selling
XLE – Integrated Oils – Looks bullish
SMH – Semiconductors – Could move to the upside

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
NEM – Newmont Mining (10%) – Seymour: I like this stock
PG – Proctor & Gamble (5%) – Grasso: I think it’s a great place to hide for the summer
MS – Morgan Stanley (5%) – Terranova: I think it takes out $30
SHLD – Sears (10%) – Traders speculate it could be a short squeeze after they posted an unexpected first quarter profit
X – US Steel (6%) – Grasso: I’d steer clear of this stock
ADSK – Autodesk (7%) – Posted first quarter results that topped estimates
C – Citigroup (1%) – Investors kept it in the green for the week

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
HD – Home Depot (6%) – Najarian: I think it’s worth a look at these levels
HPQ – Hewlett-Packard (3%) – Gave a disappointing outlook for full year revenue and said it will lay off another 2% of its workforce

Fast Money Stock Picks – May 20, 2009 – Health and Homes

Macke:
GPS – Gap – Sell
LTM – Life Time Fitness – Buy – Rising Star Stock

Terranova:
GENZ – Genzyme – Buy – Final Trade

Najarian:
PFE – Pfizer – Buy – Final Trade

Whitney Tilson, founder of hedge fund T2 Partners:
CTX – Centex – Short
PHM – Pulte Homes – Short
RF – Regions – Short
MBI – MBIA – Short

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
MCD – McDonald’s (4%) – Najarian: I’d wait for a pullback toward $51
ACI – Arch Coal (4%) – Coal and commodities in general ripped higher with the Reuters/Jefferies CRB index, touching a 6-month high
ADI – Analog Devices (16%) – Terranova: I like the stock I don’t know if I’d buy it here

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
BJ – BJ’s Wholesale (4%) – Macke: I’d take profits and get out
WFC – Wells Fargo (4%) – Among many the losers as the broad financial services sector sold off
PALM – Palm (9%) – Najarian: At $10 it’s interesting
ANN – AnnTaylor (11%) – Macke: Sell
SKS – Saks (8%) – Adami: I’m just not excited about this one

Fast Money Stock Picks – May 18, 2009 – Tech and India

Adami:
HPQ – Hewlett Packard – Buy

Najarian:
Keep an eye on the following stock:
URS – URS Corp
FLR – Fluor Corp
SI – Siemen’s
FWLT – Foster-Wheeler

Finerman:
FLS – Flowserve – Buy

Seymour:
MDR – McDermott – Keep an eye on it
Put these on your radar in the event of a pullback:
TTM – Tata Motors
IBN – ICICI Bank
INFY – Infosys Technologies
RDY – Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

Jared Levy, Peak6 Investments:
HGX – Phlx Hsg Sector Index – Buy calls
XHB – SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF – Buy calls

Colin McGranahan, Sanford Bernstein analyst:
HD – Home Depot – Buy

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
C – Citigroup (5%) – Goldman Sachs added rival Bank of America to its conviction ‘buy’ list
FXI – FTSE/Xinhua China Index ETF (6%) – Speculation that property prices and demand for coal will rise
M – Macy’s (7%) – Macke: If Goldman is powerful enough to make a retailer with heavy debt pop, I’d play Goldman instead
CNX – Consol Energy (10%) – Hopes that the price of coal might be headed higher
DDS – Dillard’s (35%) – Surprised Wall Street by reporting a quarterly profit largely due to slashed costs and reduced inventories
WFC – Wells Fargo (8%) – Warren Buffett revealed he raised his stake in it
LEN – Lennar (13%) – A Citi analyst raised his rating on it from ‘hold’ to ‘buy’, and hopes the housting market has stabilized
NVDA – NVIDIA (6%) – Said demand seems to be growing again

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
AYE – Allegheny Energy (8%) – Wachovia Capital Markets downgraded it from ‘outperform’ to ‘market perform’
LO – Lorillard (3%) – Worries that menthol might be banned under new government regulations

Fast Money Stock Picks – May 12, 2009 – Natural Gas and Auto

Najarian:
ENER – Energy Conversion Devices – Take a look
IBM – IBM – Buy
COP – ConocoPhillips – Buy as a natural gas play
F – Ford – Buy, but sell some upside calls – Final Trade

Finerman:
BPO – Brookefield Properties – Short
APC – Anadarko – Buy – Final Trade

Seymour:
NYT – New York Times – Take profits
DO – Diamond Offshore – Buy – Final Trade

Macke:
F – Ford – Buy – Final Trade

Kevin Fitzsimmons, Sandler O’Neil regional banking analyst:
FHN – First Horizon – Look for an entry point
WTNY – Whitney – Look for an entry point

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
FLR – Fluor (6%) – Finerman: I think it still has upside ahead
WINN – Winn-Dixie (28%) – Said a better product mix, coupled with lower transportation costs, boosted results for the quarter
AZN – AstraZeneca (3%) – Najarian: Investors are excited about their new heart drug
FOSL – Fossil (9%) – Reported stronger than expected first quarter earnings and increased its full-year forecast

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
F – Ford (17%) – Seymour: I think there’s concern on the debt side
APC – Anadarko Petroleum (6%) – Plans to issue 30 million shares to fund capital spending, at $45.50 per share
CBS – CBS (7%) – Morgan Stanley said it has been too optimistic in its estimated ad sales recovery