Fast Money Stock Picks

Fast Money Stock Picks – December 28, 2009 – Retail and Coal

Terranova:
WMT – Wal-Mart – Buy
CVS – CVS – Buy
MMM – 3M – Buy – Final Trade

Najarian:
AAPL – Apple – Buy
KOL – Coal – Buy
BUCY – Bucyrus – Buy
WLT – Walter Energy – Buy
AKAM – Akamai – Buy – Final Trade

Grasso:
AMZN – Amazon – Buy
KOL – Coal – Buy
DVN – Devon Energy – Buy – Final Trade

Cortes:
KR – Kroger – Buy
FXA – Australian dollar – Short
GD – General Dynamics – Buy – Final Trade

Heath Terry, FBR analyst:
AMZN – Amazon – Buy

Tom Lydon, ETFTrends.com:
If Inflation and Higher Interest Rates:
UUP – Powershares Dollar Bull ETF – Buy
TBF – Short 20 Yr Treasury ETF – Buy
BSV – Vanguard Short-term Bond – Buy
XLP – Consumer Staples ETF – Buy
If Stagflation:
GLD – SPDR Gold Shares ETF – Buy
TIF – iShares Barclays TIPS Bond ETF – Buy
VWO – Vanguard EM ETF – Buy
EEM – iShares EM ETF – Buy

Fast Money Stock Picks – December 22, 2009 – Tech

Finerman:
PHA – Pulte – Buy
GOOG – Google – Buy – Final Trade

Pete Najarian:
LOW – Lowe’s – Buy
WLT – Walter Energy – Buy
CAT – Caterpillar – Buy
MSFT – Microsoft – Buy
STX – Seagate – Buy
TEVA – Teva – Buy

Adami:
HD – Home Depot – Buy
BUCY – Bucyrus – Buy
UNH – UnitedHealth – Get out
LLL – L3 Communications – Buy – Final Trade

Jon Najarian:
RYL – Ryland – Buy
KBH – KB Homes – Buy

Terranova:
XAL – Airlines – Sell – Final Trade

Eric Beder, Brean Murray analyst:
GES – Guess – Buy
JCG – J Crew – Buy
ARO – Aeropostale – Buy
TRLG – True Religion – Buy

Jeremy Zirin, UBS Wealth Management strategist:
XLE – Energy – Buy
XLB – Materials – Buy
XLK – Tech – Buy

Dividend Picks:
Finerman: SFL – Ship Finance
Adami: VZ – Verizon
Terranova: PNY – Piedmont
Najarian: XLU – Utilities ETF; TE – TECO; FPL – FPL

Fast Money Stock Picks – December 21, 2009 – Tech and Retail

Terranova:
AMZN – Amazon – Buy
CVS – CVS – Buy
OIH – Oil Services HOLDRs – Buy
HES – Hess – Buy
MDT – Medtronics – Buy
QCOM – Qualcomm – Buy
DELL – Dell – Buy
HPQ – Hewlett Packard – Buy
BKE – The Buckle – Buy – Final Trade

Seymour:
AMZN – Amazon – Buy
AA – Alcoa – Buy; resistance should be at $19
INTC – Intel – Buy; could go to $24
POT – Potash – Buy – Final Trade (range $108 to $124)

Adami:
HD – Home Depot – Buy
AA – Alcoa – Take some money off the table
ORCL – Oracle – Buy
STX – Seagate – Buy
NTAP – NetApp – Buy
NWSA – NewsCorp – Buy but get out at $14.50

Finerman:
TLT – iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond – Short
.NCOMP – Nasdaq – Buy – Final Trade

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
POT – Potash – (4%) Terranova: I like the story, but I’d rather be long Intrepid Potash
NWSA – NewsCorp – (3%) Adami: $14.50 looks like resistance
CHTT – Chattem – (33%) Sanofi agreed to buy it for $1.9 billion, at a 34% premium
CVS – CVS Caremark – (3%) Finerman: I like this stock here

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
ABX – Barrick Gold – (2%) Terranova: I like FCX better
DENN – Denny’s (6%) Adami: I don’t like seeing people jump ship; I would not be a buyer
ETFC – E*Trade Financial – (2%) Failed to find a permanent replacement for its CEO and instead named board member Robert Druskin as its interim chairman and chief
V – Visa – (2%) – Investor’s took profits after last week’s rally

Fast Money Stock Picks – December 15, 2009 – Energy

Terranova:
BLK – Blackrock – Buy
BX – Blackstone – Buy
PJC – Piper Jaffray – Buy
IPI – Intrepid Potash – Buy – Final Trade

Adami:
IOC – Interoil Corp – Buy
TSL – Trina Solar – Buy – Final Trade

Seymour:
TSO – Tesoro Petroleum – Buy – Final Trade

Gary Kaminsky:
SU – Suncor – Buy
EXPD – Expeditors – Buy – Final Trade

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
WY – Weyerhaeuser – (1%) Kaminsky: The change to REIT status pushed it higher
H – Hyatt Hotels – (2%) Adami: I can go higher from here, but I wouldn’t chase it
UNG – Natural Gas – (3%) Terranova: Exxon’s acquisition of XTO is a game changer for the next 3-5 years

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
BCS – Barclays – (4%) Seymour: We’ve seen selloffs for European banks that have exposure to Eastern Europe and the Middle East

Fast Money Stock Picks – December 14, 2009 – Tech and Energy

Najarian:
BP – BP – Buy
BTU – BTU – Buy
CLF – Cliffs – Buy – Final Trade
WLT – Walter Energy – Buy
AKAM – Akamai – Radar

Terranova:
Natural gas – Buy long term
AMZN – Amazon – Buy on the pullback
FDX – FedEx – Buy on any pullback
BBY – Best Buy – Sell around $48
GOOG – Google – Buy – Final Trade

Seymour:
ABX – Barrick – Buy – Final Trade

Gary Kaminksy:
CLX – Clorox – Buy – Final Trade

Pip Coburn, CEO of Coburn Ventures:
AAPL – Apple – Buy
RIMM – Research In Motion – Buy
NOK – Nokia – Short
PALM – Palm – Short
LEAP – Leap Wireless – Short
SY – Sybase – Buy – Favorite 1
STRA – Strayer – Buy – Favorite 2
CRM – Salesforce.com – Buy
GMN – Garmin – Short
CTCT – Constant Contact – Short
SNE – Sony – Short
ADS – Alliance Data Systems – Buy
GOOG – Google – Buy
IPG – InterPublic Group – Short
NYT – New York Times – Short

Fast Money Stock Picks – December 11, 2009 – Retail, Tech, and Utilities

Terranova:
X – US Steel – Buy
RL – Ralph Lauren – Buy
JWN – Nordstrom – Buy
TIF – Tiffany – Buy
TER – Teradyne – Buy on a pullback
MRVL – Marvell Technologies – Buy on a pullback
CHD – Church & Dwight – Take some off – Final Trade
NRG – NRG Energy – Buy
ETR – Entergy – Buy
RRI – Reliant Energy – Buy

Adami:
UTX – United Technologies – Buy
HON – Honeywell – Buy
LLL – L3 – Buy – Final Trade
COL – Rockwell Collins – Buy
HD – Home Depot – Buy
WFC – Wells Fargo – Take your short position off

Najarian:
FCX – Freeport McMoRan – Buy
UUP – Dollar ETF – Buy
DHR – Danaher – Buy – Final Trade

Finerman:
BSX – Boston Scientific – Buy – Final Trade

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
X – US Steel – (6%) Terranova: I expect steel prices to rally even more
XAL – Airlines – (7%) Crude prices dropped to a 2 month low
S – Sprint – (10%) Adami: I like the name
UNH – UnitedHealth – (11%) Terranova: Cigna and Wellpoint are also worth a look
STP – Suntech – (10%) Adami: I like TSL better

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
KR – Kroger – (11%) Finerman: If you want to be in the space, play it with Walmart
LLY – Eli Lilly – (6%) Najarian: Keep an eye on it, it may get too cheap
ATVI – Activision – (3%) Finerman: In the space I think GameStop had some positive news

Fast Money Stock Picks – December 7, 2009 – Tech

Seymour:
GLD – SPDR Gold Shares – Buy for long term
CHL – China Mobile – Buy – Final Trade
TSM – Taiwan Semi – Buy

Terranova:
Gold – $1135.80 could be a bottom
TER – Teradyne – Buy
BRCM – Broadcom – Buy
XOM – Exxon Mobil – Buy – Final Trade

Najarian:
POT – Potash – Buy around $124
RIMM – Research In Motion – Buy
MRVL – Marvel – Buy
TXN – Texas Instruments – Buy – Final Trade

Adami:
MON – Monsanto – Buy
TXN – Texas Instruments – Buy
VZ – Verizon – Buy as a dividend trade – Final Trade

Craig Berger, FBR analyst:
TXN – Texas Instruments – Buy ($31 price target)
FCS – Fairchild Semi – Buy
MRVL – Marvel – Buy
NSM – National Semi – Put on your radar
MXIM – Maxim – Put on your radar

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
MDR – McDermott – (11%) Announced it will spin off its nuclear equipment unit in order to make it eligible for government contracts
CMCSA – Comcast – (7%) Barron’s said it looks like a bargain
UNG – US Natural Gas Fund – (6%) Terranova: I’d look at Chesapeake or Apache instead
AKAM – Akamai Technologies – (2%) Increased its 4Q revenue and earnings outlook, topping analysts’ estimates
AMD – Advanced Micro Devices – (8%) Rival Intel scrapped plans to develop a new graphics chip

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
GFI – Gold Fields – (3%) Seymour: I’m a buyer around $13
AMTD – TD Ameritrade – (3%) Adami: I like this stock at $17.50
AMZN – Amazon – (2%) Investors took profits after it touched record highs

Fast Money Stock Picks – December 4, 2009 – Tech

Najarian:
Gold – A great deal of put action suggests more downside, possibly to $1135.80
CLF – Cliffs – Buy
DD – DuPont – Could be an opportunity
HUN – Huntsman – Call activity was extremely strong
AAPL – Apple – Buy
TXN – Texas Instruments – Buy
INTC – Intel – Buy
AMAT – Applied Materials – Buy – Final Trade

Adami:
APA – Apache – I think it trades with an 80-handle before it trades 100
EMN – Eastman Chemical – Short – Final Trade
NTAP – NetApp – Buy

Terranova:
AMZN – Amazon – May have lost a little mojo, think about going to the sidelines
TER – Teradyne – Buy
BRCM – Broadcom – Buy
DELL – Dell – Buy
FTO – Frontier Oil – Buy – Final Trade

Finerman:
PLCE – Children’s Place – Buy – Final Trade

Thomas Shaw, Stifel Nicolaus analyst:
ELY – Callaway – Buy

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
FSLR – First Solar – (8%) Collins Stewart upgraded the stock to buy from hold citing better supply/demand balance
INTC – Intel – (7%) Terranova: There were great comments from the Intel CEO
KRE – Regional Bank ETF – (3%) Adami: You have to be selective in the space; I like PNC
CMCSA – Comcast – (8%) Investors liked their deal with GE to take control of NBCU
MON – Monsanto – (5%) Terranova: I think it hits resistance at 87

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
M – Macy’s – (6%) Weaker than expected same store sales
UNH – UnitedHealth – (7%) Finerman: I would wait before getting into this stock
GME – GameStop – (16%) Adami: I think the shorts lean on this stock again next week