Fast Money Stock Picks – May 15, 2008 – Oil Services, Biotech, and Retail

Adami:
BNI – Burlington Northern – Buy
HANS – Hansen – Buy
FCX – Freeport McMoRan – Buy
C – Citigroup – Buy – “Final Trade”

Najarian:
YHOO – Yahoo – Sell
CSCO – Cisco – Buy
T – AT&T – Buy
CVS – CVS – Buy
TIN – Temple-Inland – Buy
CELG – Celgene – Watch
MEDX – Medarex – Watch
DNA – Genentech – Watch
SSL – Sasol – Buy – “Final Trade”

Macke:
JCP – JC Penney – Sell
JWN – Nordstrom – Sell
KSS – Kohl’s – Sell
TAP – Molson Coors – Buy
DOG – Short Dow30 ProShares – Buy – “Final Trade”

Seymour:
BUD – Anheuser-Busch – Buy
FMX – Fomento Economico – Buy
NIHD – NII Holdings – Buy – “Final Trade”

Carl Icahn, billionaire investor:
AMLN – Amylin Pharmaceuticals – Buy
M – Macy’s – Sell
CSX – CSX – Sell

David Anderson, UBS Securities LLC Oilfield Services and Equipment Analyst:
RIG – Transocean – Buy

Donnie Deutsch, host of “The Big Idea”:
KO – Coke – If Vitamin Water starts to feel generic, get out

Zachary Karabell, President of River Twice Research:
GLW – Corning – Buy
DIS – Disney – Buy
NKE – Nike – Buy

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
EMC – EMC (9%) – Adami: I like this stock
NVDA – NVIDIA (8%) – Macke: I also like this stock for PC sales
BID – Sotheby’s (8%) – Had a successful contemporary art auction selling works by Warhol, Koons, and Damien Hirst
BTU – Peabody Energy (8%) – Najarian: It got a nice upgrade on Thursday
KNOT – The Knot (7%) – Macke: I think it’s a sell
PKX – Posco (7%) – Adami: South Korea hasn’t been the greatest place to invest lately
SKS – Saks (9%) – High end retailers benefited after Macy’s surprise earnings
HPQ – Hewlett-Packard (2%) – Najarian: I think the EDS acquisition was terrific

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
CTRP – Ctrip.com (9%) – Seymour: It’s getting beat up here
STV – China Digital TV Holding (11%) – Seymour: It’s down about 80% from its IPO
ZZ – Sealy (2%) – Added to its 40% decline year to date
MPEL – Melco PBL (5%) – Despite swinging to a profit this quarter investors sold-off shares of the Macau-based casino