Monday March 2nd 2009 daily stock tracking

Street - Top 5 fast-growth, (DV), (GILD), Haemonetics(HAE) blood processing technology, (ABT), and HMS Holdings(HMSY) provides services related to government healthcare. Upgrades - Aeropostale(ARO) $25, Becton Dickinson(BDX) $78, Blackstone(BX) $6, Cisco(CSCO) $24, J.P.Morgan(JPM) $30, Steel Dynamics(STLD) $15, Tyco(TYC) $25, SBA Communications(SBAC), Southwestern Energy(SWN) $42, Wellpoint(WLP) $53, Calgon Carbon(CCC). Mad money recap - Buy Pepsi(PEP) Cramer said Pepsi is a growth story, with a 37-year history of consecutive dividend raises and 11% growth in the company's international revenue. He said the company is also a play on the recovery in China, a country where Pepsi continues to expand. Edison International(EIX) is a utility with a 4.9% yield.
Barron's - Five Alternative-Energy Bets: ABB, Waste Management, FPL Group, Jacobs Engineering and Eaton.
TheStockAdvisors - Two long-term growth favorites in health-care; AstraZeneca(AZN) that trades at just seven times estimated 2009 earnings, AstraZeneca shares trade at a 46% discount to the five-year average forward valuation of 13. Johnson & Johnson(JNJ) has a promising drug pipeline having filed five new pharmaceutical compounds with the FDA in 2008 and plans to submit several more over the next two years.
Forbes - Stryker(SYK) has leading market positions in artifical joints and hospital equipment, the stock still appears cheap as shares trade at 14 times the lowest 2009 estimate, well below the five-year average forward price/earnings ratio of 34.