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Fast Money Stock Picks - July 15, 2008 - The US Dollar

Macke:
ATVID - Activision Blizzard - Buy - “Final Trade”

Adami:
JNJ - Johnson & Johnson - Buy - “Final Trade”

Terranova:
AMZN - Amazon - Buy - “Final Trade”

Seymour:
XLF - Financial Services Sector - Short
VIP - Vimpel-Comm - Buy - “Final Trade”
*Get long the dollar

Steve Liesman, CNBC:
*Get long the dollar

Kris Jenner, T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Fund portfolio manager:
GILD - Gilead - Buy
BAX - Baxter - Buy

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
STT - State Street (7%) - Adami: The stock should work, but remember it’s in the financial services space
MELI - MercadoLibre (4%) - No clear reason
ESLR - Evergreen Solar (11%) - Signed a new $1.2 billion contract with German-based IBC Solar AG
IKN - IKON Office Solutions (4%) - Raised its forecast citing higher profit margins
ATVID - Activision Blizzard (7%) - Took a new ticker and traded higher after boosting its first quarter guidance

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
XOM - Exxon Mobil (4%) - Terranova: I’d play Suncor and Petrobras instead
KMB - Kimberly-Clark (6%) - Macke: I’d rotate over to P&G
CNX - Consol Energy (6%) - Seymour: I think the resource area is cracked
HES - Hess Corp (7%) - Terranova: They’re directly tethered to the price of crude
ETN - Eaton Corp (7%) - Cut its forecast for the year citing customer weakness
PII - Polaris (4%) - Slid despite beating the Street

Fast Money Stock Picks - July 14, 2008 - Banks and Tech

Macke:
POT - Potash - Buy
INTC - Intel - Sell - “Final Trade”

Finerman:
PG - Proctor & Gamble - Buy
CSCO - Cisco - Buy
PDE - Pride International - Buy - “Final Trade”

Seymour:
STD - Banco Santander - Buy
ABX - Barrick - Buy
AAUK - Anglo American - Buy
ICA - Empresas - Buy - “Final Trade”

Terranova:
DNA - Genentech - Buy
NKE - Nike - Buy - “Final Trade”

Bill Fleckenstein, of Fleckenstein Capital:
COF - Capital One - Short

Tim Luke, Lehman analyst:
INTC - Intel - Buy

Carter Worth:
FFIV - F5 Networks - Buy
SWKS - Skyworks - Buy

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
M - Macy’s (4%) - Macke: You couldn’t make me buy it at gunpoint
ABV - AmBev (5%) - Seymour: I like it
HOV - Hovnanian Enterprises (3%) - Chairman & founder Kevork Hovnanian bought 22,000 shares on July 3rd
OC - Owens Corning (5%) - Terranova: I think this stock is under water
CSIQ - Canadian Solar (18%) - Seymour: I think the numbers were strong
ATI - Allegheny Technologies (10%) - Lifted its second quarter forecast, claiming it benefited from risk-management programs that reduced the impact of volatile raw material costs
COH - Coach (3%) - No clear reason

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
STD - Banco Santander (2%) - Seymour: I like this stock on the dip
HOT - Starwood Hotel & Resorts (7%) - Finerman: It’s down 40% for the year, so maybe Goldman is late to the party (in adding it to its conviction sell list)
SUN - Sunoco (4%) - Terranova: I think it’s at a point where you can step in
SONC - Sonic Corp (3%) - Macke: It’s a sell