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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Financial Bottom Anton Schutz, portfolio manager of Burnham Asset Management, joined the traders to discuss his belief that the financial stocks have bottomed. He sees opportunity in financial stocks like TFS Financial (TFSL) and American Capital Agency (AGNC). He said TFS has too much capital and they are buying back stock. Google Trade The gang talked about playing Google (GOOG). Terranova explained that Google has been trending down the past few months. He a...	August 26, 2008
Chasing Value: MBIA up over 120% - now what?	Filed under: Rants and raves, Chasing Value, Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2008, MBIA Inc (MBI)Reporting on the daily appreciation of MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) over the last few weeks has made me feel like a play-by-play announcer. One comment in an earlier post on MBIA raked me over the coals for writing when the stock was up 26%, only a few days after I suggested readers take a look at some crushed financials in Serious Money: Tempting fate with 10 financials. He did this even though on the day h...	August 18, 2008
Russell 1,000 Stocks with the Highest Short Interest as a Percentage of Float	July month-end short interest figures were released earlier this week, and below we highlight stocks in the Russell 1,000 with the highest short interest as a percentage of float. As shown, more than 50% of both Big Lots' (BIG) and Sears Holdings' (SHLD) equity float is sold short. While SHLD is down 10% year to date, BIG is up significantly... ...	August 14, 2008
Amazon…It’s NOT About the Kindle, But I Will Take It!	If you read this blog you know I am long and was last week adding more. Today was a BIG payday (if you are a seller - I am not), but I still think the company is JUST getting into gear. In fact, if Amazon was up on positive Kindle news , gossip and hype, you should not chase the stock because disappointment awaits. If you believe as I do, that Amazon is about being the best retailer, best web services company the only real thriver from Web 1.0, has the best CEO, has the most defensible business ...	August 11, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Technology Trade The traders talked about the best way to play technology into next week, and if Apple Computer’s (AAPL) earnings report can help the sector. Jon Najarian pointed out that he saw a large number of QQQQ (QQQQ) put options for September trade on Friday. He thinks the action is a contrary indicator and could be bullish for tech in general. Najarian thinks the shorts in tech have covered and the bottom is in. He recommended shares of Sandisk ...	July 18, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WATCH THE WORD VIDEO HERE Apple 3G iPhone Take Gene Munster, Piper Jaffrey Managing Director, joined the traders to discuss his take on Apple Computer’s (AAPL) new 3G iPhone. Munster thinks the new iPhone is going to change the entire wireless world by becoming the mobile 2.0 application consumes will love. He predicted that Apple will sell 425,000 handsets around the world on Friday. He thinks the iphone will contribute big to Apple’s bottom line and move the stoc...	July 10, 2008
A Look at Big Lots (BIG)	Big Lots (BIG) has been one of the best performing stocks this year. As shown in the first chart below, it has been trading in a tight upward sloping channel for pretty much the entire year -- bouncing off the bottom and top of the channel as it has worked its way higher. If one were to just look at... ...	June 25, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Energy Trade Saudi Arabia announced over the weekend that it plans to pump more oil. Adami said investors should look at Halliburton (HAL) and Schlumberger (SLB) for ways to play oil. Finerman mentioned she is seeing a lot of insider buying in refiners. Najarian said play insider buying with natural gas plays like SandRidge (SD) and Chesapeake (CHK). He also made bullish comments on BJ Services (BJS). Options Activity Najarian highlighted unusual options activt...	June 23, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Brokerage Earnings Trade Lehman Brothers (LEH), Goldman Sachs Group (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) are all set to report earnings next week. What is the trade? Najarian said the best play out of the three is Goldman Sachs. Adami thinks the trade is to fade whatever happens. Finerman disclosed her hedge fund is long Goldman. Best Buy Earnings Trade Best Buy (BBY) is set to report earnings on Tuesday before the market opens. Jon Najarian joined the traders to discu...	June 13, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Lehman Take The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that Lehman Brothers (LEH) may need to raise more capital. The news sent shares of LEH tumbling 13%. Adding more fuel to the fire was a Merrill Lynch analyst who reversed his buy rating on Lehman just 7 days after he initiated it. Macke gave praise to the analyst for changing his tune on Lehman. Finerman said the call was interesting and she wonders if Merrill Lynch is having problems. Adami said he would bu...	June 11, 2008

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