Fast Money Stock Picks – February 15, 2008 – Whole Food vs. Cheap Food

Finerman:
BSC – Bear Stearns – Do not buy; Citic rumors are false
GLW – Corning – Buy (see Adami)
KFT – Kraft – Buy
WMT – Wal-Mart – Buy
CROX – Crocs – Watch into earnings – “Final Trade”

Macke:
BSC – Bear Stearns – Walk away
WMT – Wal-Mart – Buy
HRL – Hormel – Buy
HNZ – Heinz – Buy
SNE – Sony – Start looking into it; Blu-Ray is making deals
MRK – Merck – Buy

Adami:
GLW – Corning – Buy if it “gets sold off on the backs of Best Buy and Circuit City”
AA – Alcoa – Buy; it looks cheap
LLY – Lilly – Cheap on valuation basis, but they need to get the Zyprexa problem out of the way
HD – Home Depot – Buy
GS – Goldman Sachs – Buy – “Final Trade”

Seymour:
MT – ArcelorMittal – Buy
X – US Steel – Buy
CPB – Campbell’s – Buy
GFI – Gold Fields International – Buy
FMCN – Focus Media – Buy – “Final Trade”

Pops (stocks that jumped up):
ERTS – Electronic Arts (9%) – Macke: I like other companies in this space better
CMCSA – Comcast (18%) – Finerman: look what happens when you take money away from executives and give it to shareholders
PCP – Precision Castparts (7%) – Adami: I think this stock is a buy
TKC – Turkcell (12%) – Seymour: I like this stock
M – Macy’s (5%) – Finerman: nice week
PCLN – Priceline.com (22%) – Adami: I wouldn’t race into this one
ACH – Aluminum Corp of China (aka Chalco) (15%) – Seymour: I think it’s a sell because they’re not producing the way they were

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
AIG – AIG (9%) – Adami: don’t know about this stock
TSO – Tesoro (3%) – Finerman: the demand for gas is probably going lower
UBS – UBS (10%)
CMG – Chipotle Mexican Grill (3%) – Macke: I think you can dip your toe
WFMI – Whole Foods Market (4%) – Macke: long spam and short Whole Foods