Fast Money Stock Picks

Fast Money Stock Picks – May 19, 2008 – Video Games and Shipping

Najarian:
BNI – Burlington Northern – Buy, with puts
NSC – Norfolk Southern – Buy, with puts
DRYS – DryShips – Buy
EXM – Excel Maritime – Buy
EMC – EMC Corp – Buy
MSFT – Microsoft – Buy
GME – GameStop – If you buy, buy puts too
POOL – Pool Corp – Buy if you think real estate troubles are starting to crest
DD – DuPont – Buy – “Final Trade”

Adami:
DRYS – DryShips – Buy on a dip
HD – Home Depot – Buy on a dip
WDC – Western Digital – Sell
INTC – Intel – Buy on a dip
GLW – Corning – Buy on a pullback
ZQK – Quicksilver – Buy on any dip
BA – Boeing – Buy – “Final Trade”

Finerman:
CSTR – Coinstar – Careful, there’s a proxy war going on
AGN – Allergan – Buy
FXB – CurrencyShares British Pound Ster. Trust – Short – “Final Trade”

Macke:
ERTS – Electronic Arts – Short – “Final Trade”
TTWO – Take Two – Sell
NTDOY – Nintendo – Sell
WMT – Wal-Mart – Buy
COST – Costco – Buy

Seymour:
CX – Cemex – Buy, with puts
PKX – Posco – Buy, with puts
OGZPF – Gazprom – Buy, with puts
MBT – Mobile Telesystems – Buy

Richard Greenfield, Pali Media Analyst:
DIS – Disney – Take profits now and get back in at a better level

Quint Tatro, founder of Tatro Capital:
GLW – Corning – Buy with a stop at $22
TNH – Terra Nitrogen – Buy with a stop at $140
CSTR – Coinstar – Buy with a stop at $28

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
AMZN – Amazon.com (8%) – Finerman: At 50 times earnings I’m not sure
GLNG – Golar LNG (4%) – Finerman: I couldn’t tell you why it was up Monday but I’m long
DISH – DISH Network (3%) – Showed off a new device, the SlingModem, which allows subscribers to watch pay-cable programming from anywhere they have an internet connection
PEIX – Pacific Ethanol (61%) – Posted a smaller than expected loss; had been down more than 60% year to date
STI – SunTrust Banks (1%) – Najarian: Options investors are gobbling up the June 65 calls

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
CPB – Campbell Soup Company (6%) – Macke: Once market share is lost it’s hard to get back
BCE – BCE Corp (6%) – Najarian: I think it will keep falling
MTW – Manitowoc (4%) – Adami: Wait for the saga to play itself out
PWRD – Perfect World Co (13%) – Said it expected second-quarter revenue to be impacted by the suspension of its game services during China’s 3-day earthquake mourning period
AAPL – Apple (2%) – Finerman: That’s hardly a drop
RBS – Royal Bank of Scotland (5%) – Warren Buffett said he was no longer interested in bidding for its insurance arm
DV – DeVry (4%) – Received an inquiry from the Justice Department over its recruiting methods

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