Fast Money Stock Picks – March 25, 2008 – Tech and Energy

Macke:
X – U.S. Steel – Buy
ORCL – Oracle – Trim a little profit
SIRI – Sirius – Buy if you want to play the space
GLW – Corning Glassworks – Buy
INTC – Intel – Buy – “Final Trade”

Finerman:
CCU – Clear Channel – Sell
MO – Altria – Buy – “Final Trade”

Najarian:
CSX – CSX – Buy
FPL – FPL Group – Buy for a play in wind power
HON – Honeywell – Buy
OVTI – Omnivision Technologies – Buy, seeing serious options action
ORCL – Oracle – Buy – “Final Trade”

Seymour:
MON – Monsanto – Buy
RIO – CVRD – Buy
TSO – Tesoro – Buy – “Final Trade”

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
NOK – Nokia (4%) – Najarian: I like this stock
HAL – Halliburton (2%) – Seymour: I recommend owning this stock at current levels
DVA – DaVita (5%) – Finerman: I’m happy that I own it
LFC – China Life (9%) – Seymour: not the right time to buy this stock
SCHW – Charles Schwab (2%) – Najarian: I think Schwab will benefit from E*Trade’s weakness
SOLF – Solarfun (21%) – Finerman: Solarfun is no fun
GGP – General Growth Properties (7%) – Macke: surprised
IBN – ICICI Bank (6%) – the India-based bank bought a stake in their country’s biggest dam builder
CNX – Consol Energy (5%) – this coal company abandoned plans to buy the portion of CNX Gas it doesn’t already own, calling the price “unreasonable”

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
COF – Capital One (2%) – Finerman: short this stock
GRMN – Garmin (4%) – Macke: don’t buy this dip
PSA – Public Storage (5%) – Macke: tough dip to buy