Fast Money Stock Picks

Fast Money Stock Picks – October 20, 2009 – Tech and Health

Adami:
YHOO – Yahoo – Buy on any pullback
CAT – Caterpillar – Sell
APA – Apache – Buy
UNH – UnitedHealth – Buy – Final Trade

Najarian:
YHOO – Yahoo – I’m bullish, but I also hold some puts
BTU – Peabody – Buy – Final Trade

Finerman:
FLS – Flowserve – Buy
PEP – Pepsi – Buy
WFC – Wells Fargo – I’m holding preferred stock
BKS – Barnes & Noble – Short
DRI – Darden – Buy – Final Trade

Seymour:
*Brazil is a great long-term story, especially VALE – Vale, and PBR – Petrobras. But don’t jump in immediately
MBT – Mobile Telesystems – Buy – Final Trade

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
UNH – UnitedHealth (4%) – Beat on 3Q profits largely due to cost controls and reaffirmed its full year outlook
BLK – BlackRock (2%) – Finerman: I like it but wouldn’t chase it at these levels

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
LMT – Lockheed Martin (6%) – Forecast 2010 earnings and revenue below Street expectations
STT – State Street (8%) – California’s Attorney General sued for committing “unconscionable fraud” against the state’s largest pension funds
BSX – Boston Scientific (16%) – Cut its profit outlook and its chief executive warned of dire consequences from a proposed health reform tax
JEF – Jefferies (4%) – Reported higher than expected quarterly earnings and investors took profits
SHW – Sherwin-Williams (6%) – Disappointing outlook
BA – Boeing (3%) – Morgan Stanley downgraded it from ‘equalweight’ to ‘underweight’ citing concerns about the timeline of the 787

Fast Money Stock Picks – October 19, 2009 – Tech and Oil

Najarian:
AAPL – Apple – Buy
TJX – TJX Companies – Buy
YHOO – Yahoo – Could go to $23

Adami:
AAPL – Apple – Buy for long term, but short for now
WLT – Walter Energy – Buy on pullbacks
APA – Apache – Buy
YHOO – Yahoo – Buy if it gets whacked on weak results

Terranova:
BRCM – Broadcom – Buy

Finerman:
BKS – Barnes & Noble – Short through puts

Whitney Tilson, T2 Partners:
*Hedge your longs and short housing.

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
HGSI – Human Genome Sciences (5%) – Secured a $75 million milestone payment from Novartis for its Hep C drug, Zalbin
ETN – Eaton Corp (6%) – Adami: I wouldn’t pile in here
CIT – CIT Group (8%) – Carl Icahn sent a letter to their board Monday offering to underwrite a $6 billion loan
IPCS – IPCS (34%) – Spring agreed to acquire it for $426 million, ending their legal battle

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
BBT – BB&T (4%) – Missed on earnings with profits falling 57% largely due to a continued rise in delinquent loans
MAT – Mattel (2%) – Terranova: I’d sit on the sidelines
WFT – Weatherford (3%) – Earnings fell 79% due to weak demand
ELY – Callaway Golf (5%) – Predicted a 3Q loss amid waning consumer spending that has dampened demand for discretionary items

Fast Money Stock Picks – October 16, 2009 – Financials, Tech, and Energy

Najarian:
BOA – Bank of America – I bought a little around $17.50
DHR – Danaher – Buy
YHOO – Yahoo – Buy
HGSI – Human Genome Sciences – Large volume of Nov calls suggests it could go higher
WFT – Weatherford – Buy if you’re bullish energy
BP – BP – Buy if you want to play nat gas
JNJ – Johnson & Johnson – Buy – Final Trade

Terranova:
GS – Goldman Sachs – Buy
JPM – JP Morgan – Buy
MMM – 3M – Buy
GOOG – Google – Buy
AAPL – Apple – Buy – Final Trade
*Following companies could send the bulls off and running:
STLD – Steel Dynamics (Monday)
BTU – Peabody Energy (Tuesday)
FCX – Freeport McMoRan (Wednesday)
OXY – Occidental Petroleum (Thursday)
SLB – Schlumberger (Friday)

Seymour:
MS – Morgan Stanley – Buy
DBA – PowerShares DB Agriculture – Buy
MOO – Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF – Buy
ROS – Rostelecom – Buy – Final Trade

Steve Grasso:
AAPL – Apple – Buy
HRB – H&R Block – Put it on your radar
WFT – Weatherford – Buy – Final Trade

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
EEM – Emerging Markets ETF (2%) – Seymour: Some say this is a technical signal to sell, but I don’t think it is
BA – Boeing (1%) – Grasso: I’d steer clear of it
CYT – Cytec Industries (13%) – Beat Street estimates despite posting a 73% drops in profits
CVX – Chevron (6%) – Terranova: I’d stay with it; it should benefit from higher oil prices and stronger refiner margins
MAT – Mattel (10%) – Grasso: I’d be a buyer; parents will still buy toys for the holidays

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
DPZ – Domino’s Pizza (4%) – Seymour: I think it’s cheap
NVDA – NVIDIA (7%) – Najarian: The entire chip sector has been pulling back
LVS – Las Vegas Sands (6%) – Terranova: If you’re playing short I think it’s time to get flat