Fast Money Stock Picks – October 23, 2009 – Tech and Healthcare

Terranova:
AMZN – Amazon – Buy
CI – Cigna – Buy
JOYG – Joy Global – Get out – Final Trade

Finerman:
YHOO – Yahoo – Expect the price to go down
AET – Aetna – Buy calls
UNH – UnitedHealth – Buy calls
WLP – WellPoint – Buy calls
STJ – St Jude – Buy – Final Trade

Gary Kaminsky:
EXPD – Expeditors – Buy
MHS – Medco – Buy
ESRX – Express Scripts – Buy

Steve Grasso:
AAPL – Apple – Buy – Final Trade

Stacey Gilbert, options action trader:
MEE – Massey – I bought November 31 calls at $2.30

Seymour:
*Companies trading today that could be the bellwethers of tomorrow:
ERJ – Embraer – for Boeing
ITUB – Itau Unibanco Banco – for Bank of America
RDY – Dr Reddy’s Laboratories – for Glaxo

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
AAPL – Apple – (7%) Terranova: I’m a buyer around $192 with a $190 stop
WHR – Whirlpool – (9%) Grasso: I think it’s a buy
YHOO – Yahoo – (2%) Terranova: With Carl Icahn resigning, I’m a seller
PNC – PNC Financial – (17%) Grasso: I’d stay away; I think it’s ahead of itself
CME – CME – (9%) Finerman: I’d wait and see

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
CA – CA Inc – (5%) – Reported disappointing software bookings Thursday, foreshadowing weak future revenue
BKS – Barnes & Noble – (13%) Finerman: With the industry shifting I can’t get behind a brick-and-mortar
XAL – Airline Index – (2%) Kaminsky: American just put a price increase into effect; I’d keep an eye on the sector