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Bullish Calls:
Mueller Water Products (NYSE: MWA - News): 'A very inexpensive stock. I remember when this thing was first spun off from Becker, the fertilizer company... It shouldn't be at $14. I have to buy that. That is a very consistent grower.'Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB - News): 'We've had a nice pullback here... I know that, if you own it, it doesn't feel nice... It's, at one point, a 10-point pullback ... I would pull the trigger on SLB ... Best quarter I have seen of the whole oil complex...'Costco (NasdaqGS: COST - News): 'Oh man, look at that... That was a 52-week high today ... I know why that hit a 52-week high... Because some of us are Gold Star members!'Goldcorp (NYSE: GG - News): 'why am I not backing away from gold? I think gold belongs in everyone's portfolio, so I am not saying anything bad about GG.'Yamana (NYSE: AUY - News): 'I know Yamana's been bad ... I'm sticking with AUY. It's a growth stock.'Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL - News): 'I think that phone - despite the fact that everyone is blasting it - is a fantastic phone! I still like AAPL. I like the new Apple computers. I think AAPL's had its pullback, and is ready to rock again.'Dell (NasdaqGS: DELL - News)Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ - News)Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NasdaqGS: GMCR - News): 'Now, up $4 bucks, I'm like reluctant to hit this (bull button), because then people t say he's just chasing momentum... But I've got to tell you, I think this is a pretty good stock...'Bankrate (NasdaqGS: RATE - News): 'That was unfairly knocked down this week. That was a clean quarter.'Cisco (NasdaqGS: CSCO - News): 'I think Cisco Systems is going to be a good quarter. At one point, that stock was down 50 cents today. I was surprised.'Microsoft (NasdaqGS: MSFT - News): ' I want to own MSFT, and I want to own tech... 'CV Therapeutics (NasdaqGM: CVTX - News): 'You found the gem. It's a little $8 buck stock. It's really down on its luck... I'd pull the trigger. I think you're right. I think there's value there.'
Bearish calls:
Movado Group (NYSE: MOV - News):'You know, there's been insider buying of MOV... I know that the last quarter was good. I felt personally burned by MOV... I cannot get behind MOV.'Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM - News): 'TSM is a supplier. I want to buy the finished guys.'Infineon Technologies (NYSE: IFX - News) The Knot (NasdaqGM: KNOT - News): 'I've got some internet companies that are en feugo and KNOT is not one of them... '
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Bullish Calls:
Celgene (NasdaqGS: CELG): 'I would much rather see you in something like a CELG. You know that CELG is my favorite play.'Nastech Pharmaceutical (NasdaqGM: NSTK)Incyte (NasdaqGM: INCY): 'If you want speculation ... I am going to direct you to ... INCY.'Corning (NYSE: GLW - News)W.R. Grace (NYSE: GRA - News): 'It's up 108% year over year and you know what? It's not done going up. GRA - specialty chemicals, construction... all sorts of a pastiche... I always liked it before the asbestos problem. I still like it now.'Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT): 'Now, c'mon man. We've been up 100%. We're up just an unbelievable amount on this thing. It's already up this year about 10%. It's pulled back. I say it's time to strike! Let's buy some more LVLT.'Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD - News): 'Mary Sammons may be one of the finest execs in the world, but I am the only guy who champions her!'Manulife Financial (NYSE: MFC - News): ' ... is the repository for some of the best mutual funds... If were doing this show from Canada, this would be the best of breed of our great country.'MetLife (NYSE: MET - News)Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU - News)Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (NYSE: RIO - News): 'Oh, we got behind this one... RIO, at $40 bucks is still a buy. Why? Because there is a benign oligopoly of companies that own nickel mines ... RIO is going much higher.'Halliburton (NYSE: HAL - News): 'HAL has got that gigunda buyback going on. ('mon-back sound). The stock is finally moving. The whole group is rolling ... It's not done going up. It's going to keep going up.'Six Flags (NYSE: SIX - News): ' I still think Mark Shapiro is best in show. I think a ticket to Six Flags has to come down... I do like the stock at $6.'Cummins (NYSE: CMI - News):Magellan Midstream (NYSE: MMP - News): 'Now, you've got a nice 5% yield, so you're not going to be in any danger of getting hit too badly ... But! How can you not schnitzel a little after that big gain. Take some of that profit out. Start playing with the house's money!'Corning (NYSE: GLW - News): 'I'd rather see you in GLW. I'm not kidding. GLW. I think it's got some the same end markets and a better play.'Quicksilver (NYSE: KWK - News): ' ... load the boat up! That's my favorite name now that XTO Energy has moved up and rose...'Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY - News): 'Go into NLY for heaven's sake.'
Bearish calls:
ViroPharma (NasdaqGS: VPHM): ' I got hurt by this stock so bad, that I feel like I shouldn't really opine on it. It is not best of breed.'Opnext (NasdaqGS: OPXT): 'I got behind this one. It's bouncing nicely, but I've got to tell you, this decline was really awful.'Quiksilver (NYSE: ZQK - News): ' ... that's paid way too much for a bunch of snowboard names, outdoor equipment ... stay away from that one. If you need to be in that specialty apparel game, I am going to tell you, I am not your call ... it's too dangerous to me.'Best Buy (NYSE: BBY - News): 'Holy cow! Is there a day this stock doesn't go down after that great quarter? Retail has become very, very tough.'Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM - News): 'It is not going to go down a lot, because it has a 3% yield, but I am not going to be tricked into recommending a tech stock. ... Don't buy, don't buy.'Paccar (NasdaqGS: PCAR): ' No, no, no. We're going to go with CMI, which just split. I like it much more.'Heelys (NasdaqGM: HLYS): 'No. C'mon. I mean, way overvalued. Sell, sell, sell! They've got to come up with something better than just an indoor thing.'HFF (NYSE: HF - News): 'No। Go into NLY for heaven's sake.'
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Bullish calls:
Comcast (NasdaqGS: CMCSA): ' I think that CMCSA is done going down. It's a very good stock to own in a slowdown. Pull the trigger multiple times on CMCSA. There!'Fuel Tech (NasdaqGM: FTEK): 'It's one of the few companies on alternative energy that are actually maknig money. I like that! Pull the trigger FTEK - get back in!'American Tower (NYSE: AMT - News): ' ... the tower business is a good business. It's just a great generator of cash, so I like it.'Intuitive Surgical (NasdaqGS: ISRG): 'I think that ISRG, AKAM and HOLX are the three high-growth stocks that the momentum crowd is going to gravitate to.'Hologic (NasdaqGS: HOLX)Akamai Technologies (NasdaqGS: AKAM)Continental (NYSE: CAL - News): 'We're going with CAL.'World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE: WWE - News): 'I've liked it. The stock has done absolutely nothing, but you do get that 6% yield while you wait for something to happen, particularly overseas.'GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK - News): ' one of the few drugs stocks that I actually like. It has a very good generic, over-the-counter business.'
Neutral calls:
Melco PBL Entertainment (NasdaqGM: MPEL): 'You know, I'm hurting with this MPEL ... Now, the problem is the Macau - no one wants to do anything with China, because China's now in trouble... I have been saying back up the truck on this MPEL down here. I don't want to back away from that, but I have to tell you that this stock - if it goes back to $18-19 - we're going to re-evaluate. '
Bearish calls:
Jefferies (NYSE: JEF - News): ' ... when you miss a quarter in this game, and a lot of other brokerage houses didn't, I think you've got to just wait ... Don't buy, don't buy.'Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG - News): 'They missed the quarter. They've become the punching bag of the shorts ... I've got so many companies that have so-called made the quarter, I don't need to step down in quality. HOG? Don't buy, don't buy.'Fastenal (NasdaqGS: FAST): ' You've got a stock at a 52-week low that, frankly, I don't like. I'm sorry, but boy are we being tough in this post-416 decline. Again, don't buy.'Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM - News): 'This is one of the best... you know, it's a commodity semiconductor. It's been doing incredibly well. It's at a 52-week high. You know I don't really like the semi-conductor index. This stock - I would honestly - even though it yields 3% - let's take some money off the table. I'm not crazy about TSM right here.'ExpressJet (NYSE: XJT - News)
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