Fast Money Stock Picks

Fast Money Stock Picks – August 17, 2009 – Anticipating a Correction

Seymour:
BIDU – Baidu – Short
PTR – PetroChina – Short
FXI – FXI – Short
XOM – Exxon Mobil – Put it on your radar
X – US Steel – Buy – Final Trade

Finerman:
BAC – Bank of America – Buy for long term
CTX – Centex – Buy
WMT – Walmart – Buy
XRT – SPDR S&P Retail – Short
PDE – Pride – Buy – Final Trade

Adami:
WFC – Wells Fargo – Buy at $24.50
HD – Home Depot – Buy on a pullback
SLB – Schlumberger – Buy around $49.50
UNH – UnitedHealth – Take profits
INTC – Intel – Buy around $16.50
KG – King Pharma – Buy below $10 – Final Trade

Najarian:
MSFT – Microsoft – Buy – Final Trade

Pip Coburn, Coburn Ventures:
AAPL – Apple – Buy
ANSS – Ansys – Buy
ADBE – Adobe – Buy
SY – Sybase – Buy

Jeff Tomasulo, SMB Capital:
IBM – IBM – Buy at $116, Sell at $120
JPM – JP Morgan – Buy at $41, Sell at $43
MCD – McDonald’s – Buy at $55, Sell at $60
SPY – SPDRs – Buy at $99, Sell at $102

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
AET – Aetna (5%) – Adami: I’d take profits

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
FXI – iShares China ETF (5%) – Seymour: I think it continues to go down
CAT – Caterpillar (4%) – Adami: I think it slips to $40
BBT – BB&T (6%) – Finerman: In the long term I think the offering is a positive one
FCX – Freeport McMoRan (7%) – Najarian: I love this stock
AA – Alcoa (7%) – Seymour: I think it’s a buy around $11
RST – Rosetta Stone (27%) – Adami: I think it could go down even more
IDCC – InterDigital (24%) – A ruling favored Nokia in a patent infringement case

Fast Money Stock Picks – August 14, 2009 – REIT

Terranova:
.DJIA – Avalonbay – Short
KBH – KB Homes – Short
FCX – Freeport McMoRan – Buy – Final Trade

Seymour:
.DJT – Transportation – Good names, but overdone
MON – Monsanto – Buy – Final Trade

Finerman:
SYK – Stryker – Buy – Final Trade

Mike Khou:
RTH – Retail – Take some profits
EWJ – iShares Japan – Sell calls against the ETF if all looks high compared to where it has been trading

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
RF – Regions Financial (14%) – Khouw: One of the best regional banks
LVS – Las Vegas Sands (6%) – Seymour: Take your chips off the table in casino stocks if you think the consumer has no discretionary income
BBT – BB&T (9%) – Terranova: Their balance sheet has strengthened; I like it
UNH – United Healthcare (6%) – Won final court approval of an $895 million lawsuit in which it was accused of improperly backdating stock options

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
BA – Boeing (4%) – An Italian supplier ceased production in June on two sections of their long-delayed 787 dreamliner because of a structural flaw

Fast Money Stock Picks – August 13, 2009 – Favorite Investors

Finerman:
BAC – Bank of America – Buy for long term
WMT – Walmart – Buy
PDE – Pride International – Buy – Final Trade

Seymour:
FCX – Freeport McMoRan – Take a look
AA – Alcoa – Take a look
STP – Suntech Power Holdings – Buy – Final Trade

Terranova:
KBH – KB Homes – Short – Final Trade 1
AVB – Avalon Bay – Short – Final Trade 2

Najarian:
BUCY – Bucyrus – Buy – Final Trade

Favorite Investors:
*Lists of holdings of some major money managers:

David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital:
GLD – Gold
URS – URS Corp
EMC – EMC Corp
WFR – MEMC Electronic Materials

Carl Ichan:
YHOO – Yahoo
BIIB – Biogen Idec
MOT – Motorola
AMLN – Amylin

Leon Cooperman of Omega Advisors:
AES – AES Corp
ATLS – Atlas America
ATN – Atlas Energy
EBAY – eBay
EXC – Exelon

Seth Klarman of Baupost Group:
NWSA – News Corp
PDLI – PDL Biopharma
THRX – Theravance
LMDIA – Liberty Media

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
AA – Alcoa (6%) – Seymour: This stock can go higher as prices go higher
MON – Monsanto (2%) – Announced it would charge as much as 42% more for its new seeds next year because they increase farmers’ output
URBN – Urban Outfitters (3%) – Finerman: Earnings were good, but it’s too expensive; I’m short

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
AAP – Advance Auto Parts (5%) – Terranova: Volume today was four times the average; get on the sidelines

Fast Money Stock Picks – August 12, 2009 – Banks

Finerman:
BAC – Bank of America – Buy – Final Trade
WFC – Wells Fargo – Buy

Adami:
PJC – Piper Jaffray – Buy
RJF – Raymond James – Buy
JEF – Jefferies – Buy
HD – Home Depot – Buy
IBM – IBM – Sell – Final Trade

Najarian:
BBY – Best Buy – Buy – Final Trade

Terranova:
FCX – Freeport McMoRan – Sell – Final Trade

Fast Money Stock Picks – August 11, 2009 – Regis’ Picks

Seymour:
JPM – JP Morgan – Buy

Najarian:
TEVA – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd – Buy

Regis Philbin’s favorite stocks:
*He owns these, but took some profits recently:
FCX – Freeport-McMoRan
CAT – Caterpillar
GS – Goldman Sachs
WYNN – Wynn
IBM – IBM

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
FLR – Fluor (6%) – Najarian: The pullback is probably a great opportunity
S – Sprint (4%) – Finerman: A $3 stock, the percentage is not too bad
YUM – YUM Brands (4%) – Adami: It keeps having trouble at $36, but I still like the name
BG – Bunge (7%) – Seymour: Not a bad play, but stay out of the way
TIBX – Tibco Software (5%) – Najarian: A 17% gain yesterday, it had a 5% pullback today
WFC – Wells Fargo (6%) – Finerman: Wait for a bit more of a pullback and then buy
GLW – Corning (2%) – Adami: I think there are bigger problems for Corning
EEM – Emerging Markets (2%) – Seymour: China and India are feeling very heavy on reasonable volume