Fast Money Stock Picks

Fast Money Stock Picks - December 9, 2008 - Tech and Networking

Macke:
*Final Trade combo:
DRYS - DryShips - Sell
C - Citi - Sell
ACI - Arch Coal - Sell

Najarian:
CIEN - Ciena - Buy - Final Trade
*Stocks to watch:
CSCO - Cisco
JNPR - Juniper
CIEN - Ciena
AKAM - Akamai

Seymour:
SSL - Sasol - Buy - Final Trade
*Stocks to watch:
EMC - EMC Corporation
CMX - CMX

Finerman:
FDO - Family Dollar Stores - Short - Final Trade

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
AMTD - TD Ameritrade (1%) - GS initiated research coverage
INTC - Intel (2%) - No reason

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
GE - General Electric (5%) - Seymour is optimistic
DIS - Disney (5%) - Being sued by the Screen Actors Guild, wants to restart contract talks
PBY - Pep Boys (26%) - Finerman points out that AutoZone is doing well
FXI - iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund (4%) - Seymour says China is still the emerging market to look into
CNW - Con-way (13%) - Najarian: Not good
TROW - T Rowe Price (6%) - Seymour: They’ve all been downgraded
KR - Kroger (6%) - No reason

Fast Money Stock Picks - December 8, 2008 - Take It Slow

Macke:
MO - Altria - Buy - Final Trade

Adami:
DD - Dupont - Buy - Final Trade

Seymour:
VIP - VimpelCom - Buy - Final Trade

Najarian:
STX - Seagate - Buy - Final Trade

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
EEM - iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (6%) - Seymour: Hopes the infrastructure package will spur growth worldwide, particularly in China
PLA - Playboy Enterprises (20%) - CEO Christie Hefner says she will be stepping down after 20 years
NUE - Nucor Corp (11%) - Obama’s infrastructure plan
DELL - Dell (12%) - Speculation that it may buy Brazil’s largest computer maker, along with China’s Lenovo Group
AAPL - Apple (6%) - Reports the iPhone will be sold in Wal-Marts stores this month

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
MCD - McDonald’s (3%) - Adami: Investors took profits
TRB - Tribune Co - Face $13 billion in debt
MMM - 3M (4%) - Seymour: They make everything except money
MET - Metlife (2%) - Najarian: They took profits and sold ‘er off

Fast Money Stock Picks - December 5, 2008 - Financials and Airlines

Pete Najarian:
UYG - ProShares Ultra Financials - Buy if you think financials are ready for a turn
FAS - Financial Bull 3X - Buy if you think financials are ready for a turn
AMR - American Airlines - Buy
CAL - Continental - Buy
UAUA - United Airlines - Buy
HIG - The Hartford - Buy, potential for more room on the upside
ALTH - Allos Therapeutics - Buy ahead of the ASH meetings - Final Trade

Adami:
USB - US Bancorp - Buy
HD - Home Depot - Buy - Final Trade
*Keep an eye on these stocks, they’re great “tells”:
DD - Dupont
HD - Home Depot
TGT - Target

Jon Najarian:
*Long term holds (a month or more):
MET - Metlife - Buy
HIG - The Hartford - Buy
PRU - Prudential - Buy

Seymour:
SAN - Banco Santander - Buy - Final Trade option 1
BBD - Banco Bradesco - Final Trade option 2

Karabell:
DRYS - DryShips - Buy - Final Trade

Pops (stocks that jumped higher):
AMZN - Amazon.com (13%) - Barclays upgraded it from ‘equal weight’ to ‘overweight’
SHLD - Sears (29%) - Announced a $500 million stock buyback
LEN - Lennar (27%) - Adami: If you want to play the space, look at Home Depot
CEG - Constellation Energy Group (13%) - Electricite de France offered to buy half of its nuclear business for $4.5 billion
SKS - Saks (23%) - Reported same store sales that were better than expected
PRU - Prudential Financial (31%) - Karabell: Some financials are in better shape than we think

Drops (stocks that slid lower):
BA - Boeing (7%) - The WSJ reported that it may delay the first deliveries of the 787 again, by another 6 months
FCX - Freeport McMoRan (30%) - Seymour: I like this stock
AA - Alcoa (24%) - Deutsche Bank said mining and metal will start to slash dividends
OIH - Oil Service HOLDRs ETF (23%) - Merrill Lynch predicted oil could drop to $25 a barrel
TOT - Total SA (10%) - Ditched plans to acquire Nexen
BIG - Big Lots (9%) - Lowered its earnings forecast for the current fiscal year after last quarter’s sales fell