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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

CNBC's Fast Money Recap Oct. 1st

The Dow Jones Industrial hit new highs on Monday as the market shook off a warning from Citigroup (C), which reported a 60% drop in earnings for the current quarter. The S&P 500 is within 9 points of a record and the NASDAQ hit a 6 year high. Finerman: surprised with the market strength on Monday. Najarian suggested that these are investors who sat on the sidelines during the summer. They are now putting money back into the markets in sectors like technology, commodities and financials. Gasparino: the worst is over for the financials.
Wireless
Nokia (NOK) bought NAVTEQ (NVT) for $8 billion. Najarian: this takeover suggests to him that M&A is not done. Research In Motion (RIMM) is set to report earnings on Thursday. Adami: if you're not already in Research In Motion don't buy it now. Palm (PALM) reported earnings after the bell Monday and traded lower after-hours. Najarian likes the new Centro smart phone that Palm is introducing and thinks the future is bright for PALM. Finerman: the valuation on NAVTEQ is over done and thinks the deal makes Garmin (GRMN) over valued and recommends buying puts on the GPS maker. Macke agrees with Finerman that Garmin is topped.
Global
Big runs in ETF names like Materials EFT (XLB), Tech ETF (XLK) and Energy ETF (XLF). Adami: companies like Fluor Corp (FLR) are up 87% in 9 months, McDermott (MDR) up 120% since January and Jacobs Engineering (JEC) is up 100% since January. He suspects these stocks are due for a pullback and taking profits in these names isn't a bad idea. Macke: Investors have to chase these stocks. Finerman prefers Flowserve (FLS).
Micron (MU): set to report earnings on Tuesday. Najarian: last week someone bought 27,000 call options on Micron, so keep an eye on it. He also wants investors to put ScanDisk (SNDK) on their watch list after the firm just opened up a plant in China. Adami: Micron is a buy.
Conferences
Investment conferences at Deutsche Bank, Jefferies and William Blair will catch investor's attention this week. Najarian: stocks to watch off these conferences are OSI Systems (OSIS), Cepheid (CPHD) and Manitowoc (MTW).
Earnings Warnings
Macke devised a three point checklist to watch as a warning sign from a firm's earnings reports. Any company that points the finger outside of things they can't control, doesn't have a solution, or has a warning that is 10% below estimates should be avoided. Walgreen's (WAG) gave all three of these today and that's why the stock fell apart. Macke: Don’t buy the dip on Walgreen's.
Pops & Drops
Pops- Time Warner (TWX) traded up 2%. Adami could see the stock moving from $18 to $28, if the CEO is ousted.
BorgWarner (BWA): popped 4% off a bullish Barron's article. Adami: still likes BWA.
Electronic Arts (ERTS): popped 4%. Macke: entire video game sector is going higher into the holidays.
AMR Corp (AMR): traded up 12% off a positive Barron's article. Adami says sell.
First Solar (FSLR): traded up 8%. Najarian continues to point investors to Cypress Semiconductor (CY) as the safest play in the solar space.
Drops- SuperValu (SVU): fell 6% after Bank of America downgraded the stock to a sell. Macke likes SVU right here and right now.
Acxiom (ACXM): plunged 20% after a $2.25 billion takeover offer fell through. Finerman wonders if something could be wrong at the company.
Final Trade
Macke advises buying Caterpillar (CAT).
Adami prefers Tesoro (TSO).
Finerman recommends YUM! Brands (YUM).
Najarian would go long Terra Industries (TRA).

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