a summary of various stock recommendations from various sources.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Wed Jan 21st 2009 daily stock tracking

Street - Top 5 large-cap, McDonald's(MCD), Gilead Sciences(GILD), Southern(SO), Apollo Group(APOL), Medco Health Solutions(MHS). Upgrades - First Solar(FSLR) $190-210, IBM(IBM) $97, Johnson&Johnson(JNJ) $64, AmerisourceBergen(ABC), CNX Gas(CXG). Cramer reiterated his Dow picks, Verizon(VZ), Caterpillar(CAT), Home Depot(HD), Hewlett-Packard(HPQ), and (JNJ). Top 5 mid-caps, DeVry(DV), Landauer(LDR), California Water Service Group(CWT), Gentiva Health Services(GTIV), New Jersey Resources(NJR).
TheStockAdvisors - medical records, Quality Systems(QSII) and Cerner(CERN) are strong buys. Electronic Arts(EA) has taken a hit in the recession buy is a buy under $20 and a strong buy under $16. Stryker(SYK) is a bargain at 15.1x next year EPS, and we have set a "minimum sell price" of $95.46 within two or three years.
IBD - Bull article on for-profit schools like DeVry(DV), also Green Mountain Coffee Roasters(GMCR)

Tue Jan 20th 2009 daily stock tracking

Street - Education stocks are doing well due to increasing unemployment and Obama's stimulus plan to help with loans for education. Apollo Group(APOL), Career Education(CECO), Corinthian Colleges(COCO), Strayer Education(STRA), Grand Canyon Education(LOPE), DeVry(DV), Capella Education(CPLA). These stocks may start to go down once the economy starts to recover. Dividend increasers, CVS Caremark(CVS) yield of 1.1%, P/E of 13, PEG ratio .85, and Family Dollar Stores(FDO) yield is now 1.9%, the P/E and PEG are a little higher than competitors' average. Others mentioned include Corning(GLW) yield of 2.1%, Halliburton(HAL) yield of 2%. Health care stocks are the most attractive sector in the market, especially biotechnology, health care equipment and life science tools and services. Recommends Alkermes(ALKS), EnteroMedics(ETRM), Volcano(VOLC), Emergent Biosolutions(EBS), Gilead Sciences(GILD). Cramer - Likes Wells Fargo(WFC) even though bank stocks have been getting killed, bull on Paychex(PAYX) and National Grid. Upgrades - Motorola(MOT) $7, Research in Motion(RIMM) $75, Wendy's/Arby's(WEN) $7.
Fool - Alternative energy nuclear power, General Electric(GE), ABB(ABB), Entergy(ETR), Exelon(EXC).
Forbes - Stock of the week, Sequenom Inc.(SQNM) is a biotech company that specializes in genetics and molecular diagnostics.
TheStockAdvisors - Benefit from Obama's rebuilding plan, US Steel Corp(X) and Alcoa(AA), PowerShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure(PXR) is a good ETF pick for world growth.

Monday Feb 19th 2009 daily stock tracking

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Zacks - HealthSouth(HLS), Comfort Systems USA(FIX), Treehouse Foods(THS), World Fuel Services(INT).

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