Fast Money Stock Picks

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