Fast Money Stock Picks – April 14, 2008 – Oil Services, Railroads, and Financials

Adami:
WB – Wachovia – Get long with extremely tight stops to limit downside – “Final Trade”
BHI – Baker Hughes – Buy
SLB – Schlumberger – Buy
HAL – Halliburton – Buy
UTX – United Technologies – Buy
HON – Honeywell – Buy
RTN – Raytheon – Buy if Lockheed Martin has good earnings
AGU – Agrium – Buy
CSX – CSX Corp – Buy
BNI – Burlington Northern – Buy
UNP – Union Pacific – Buy
NEM – Newmont Mining – Buy if you want to play gold

Najarian:
XLF – XLF – Buy
DO – Diamond Offshore – Buy
RIG – Transocean – Buy
SU – Suncor – Buy
INTC – Intel – Buy for long term
BUCY – Bucyrus – Buy
JOYG – Joy Global – Buy
HAL – Halliburton – Buy – “Final Trade”

Macke:
CROX – Crocs – Nothing good
C – Citigroup – Buy – “Final Trade”

Finerman:
MSFT – Microsoft – “Final Trade”
*Short the British pound

Jon Merriman of Merriman Curhan & Ford:
CMA – Comerica – Buy
GS – Goldman Sachs – Short

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
PPC – Pilgrim’s Pride (4%) – High feed costs forced it to cut production by 5%
PBR – Petrobras (8%) – Adami: I think there’s something there
HAS – Hasbro (2%) – Macke: Toys seem recession proof
NTRI – NutriSystem (7%) – Adami: I wouldn’t go racing into this stock
GWW – W.W. Grainger (2%) – Finerman: Good to see some life out there
TSL – Trina Solar (16%) – Najarian: Good old fashioned giddyup
AZPN – Aspen Technology (14%) – Filed a delayed annual report

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
PHG – Phillips (3%) – Najarian: I think they’re facing the same issues as GE
ABK – Ambac (5%) – Finerman: That’s actually an up day for them *wink and nod*
NWS – News Corp (5%) – Najarian: It’s having a difficult time
WGO – Winnebago (5%) – Macke: Don’t buy this dip