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CSX

63.60

63.80

CSX Corp. (CSX)

CSX -  First of all, it's run by the unbelievably-fabulous Michael Ward, whom I praise.  It then caught one of the greatest runs ever.  I actually mention him in this book.  The stock is up something like 100%, since I wrote it.  The hedge funds that are trying to get rid of Michael... they have the duplicity to say, we like Michael.  Give me a break... they are attacking him directly.  This is the finest performing railroad of the railroads.  It's one of the best-performing stocks in the S&P.  These guys... these hedge fund guys... I've got to tell you, not only am I with Michael Ward, but I genuinely believe... I think they're jerks!  There are so many crummy managers out there... There is Kerry Killinger, from Washington Mutual (WM) and there's the destroyers of value like Marty Sullivan at AlG (AIG)... the clown who runs McClatchy (MNI), for heaven's sake.  Go after somebody who stinks!  Go after somebody who doesn't know what the heck he's doing!  Don't go after one of the best guys...  I can't recommend the stock, because, if they fail, they'll blow the stock out.  But... Michael Ward is one of the best CEOs in the country, in a world, where I've got at least a dozen that I'd fire tomorrow.  That hedge fund should just drop it... drop it and let Michael Ward run that railroad!

RBS

4.30

4.35

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND (RBS)

RBS -  What do I think about RBS a couple of years out?...  I wouldn't touch this thing with a 10-foot pole.  I mean, this is just one more financial that I don't like.  It did manage to raise some money, but on the backs of all the worthwhile and faithful shareholders.  There's nothing here, my friend.  There's nothing here...  Sell, sell, sell!  I do not want to own RBS.

TAP

56.62

57.33

Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP)

TAP -  This is very controversial for me.  I earlier praised David Faber for nailing Anheuser-Busch (BUD).  There was a day when I came out and said I wanted to sell BUD, and buy TAP.  Until this unsolicited bid, I was looking pretty good.  I got a bunch of mean emails saying, Jim, you're going to be dead wrong on BUD.  I was dead wrong that BUD should be sold, but I've been dead right about TAP all the way, and I want to stick with TAP... I think TAP's a winner.  By the way, if you want to play that SAB Miller - which is Miller Brewing - remember that Altria (MO*), which I own for my charitable trust... has a stake in SAB Miller, and I think will be re-valued up, along with TAP, tomorrow when they we take a look at the InBev bid.  I like them all... I like all of the beer stocks, except for Samuel Adams (i.e., Boston Beer Co. Inc. (SAM).

BUD

58.35

62.70

Anheuser-Busch (BUD)

See TAP comments above for:
BUD

MO*

20.72

20.85

Altria (MO*)

See TAP comments above for:
MO*

SAM

39.73

40.27

Boston Beer Co. Inc. (SAM)

See TAP comments above for:
SAM

WM

6.06

6.19

Washington Mutual (WM)

WM -  I know many people are playing WM in the CNBC stock contest.  They're playing a lot of the low-dollar stocks... WM is one of the worst-run companies I have ever seen in my whole life, and they have left that company in the hands of Kerry Killinger, and it is an outrage... and my prediction is that I cannot say what will happen to WM, because I don't want to get in trouble... and that is one of the few admissions where I have ever said I am worried about getting in trouble, because it does not help me to say what I think is going to happen there.  But I can say I do not want to own WM... Sell, sell, sell!  They have got to get rid... they have to have a house cleaning... a new broom should go over WM!

HD

25.91

26.04

Home Depot (HD)

HD -  Oh boy... we have a series of just very tough calls from this Lightning Round, where I really want to be a little more bullish than I have...  No.  I don't want you to buy HD.  I just don't see any upside in any of the retailers, with the exception of Costco (COST) and Wal-Mart (WMT*).  I just can't recommend any of these stocks... I can't.  And I can't tell you to buy HD, just because you own it.  I do not want to own HD... sell, sell, sell!... and I don't want you buying any more.

COST

68.87

69.60

Costco (COST)

See HD comments above for:
COST

WMT*

58.52

58.92

Wal-Mart (WMT*)

See HD comments above for:
WMT*

ONXX

32.61

32.91

Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ONXX)

ONXX -  Let's forget Nexavar, because my focus here is on ONXX...  I already stumbled on ONXX.  I liked it.  I thought that its big drug would have many more uses.  It didn't.  Then we had to recommend that we get rid of ONXX.  If there's something that's going to come in that is going to knock it off, everything's going to get knocked down... so no, don't touch it.

HCBK

16.09

16.26

Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK)

HCBK -  I do not think it's a buyout candidate.  It trades at a very high price to book (value).  I have to tell you, I'm going to reiterate... I am recommending no financials.  I recommended HCBK.  It had a dramatic run.  I cannot recommend a single financial.  They are all being brought down by a tremendous amount of difficulty in home equity loans.  HCBK's got a much better balance sheet than the other guys, but the whole cohort is being pulled down.  I am bearish, and have not recommended any bank stock, other than HCBK, and I don't even know if I want to buy HCBK, at $16, right now.  That's how bad that group is.

TSL

37.95

38.46

Trina Solar Ltd. (TSL)

TSL -  It's a Chinese solar play... Boy, someone better call with something I like here!...  I have been very, very negative on all the solar stocks, with the exception of First Solar (FSLR), and then I had to leave FSLR, because of the gigantic insider selling.  I like wind power and I like natural gas... (buzzer sounds)... and I am not touching any of these solar stocks.  I just don't like their models, except for FSLR.  A very negative article about FSLR, in today's Wall Street Journal, and the stock went up.  It makes me feel that there have been a lot of people who are too negative about FSLR, but I can't recommend any of these stocks.  They're just too dangerous.

FSLR

253.19

261.28

First Solar (FSLR)

See TSL comments above for:
FSLR

ICE

117.12

118.26

InterContinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE)

ICE -  All right, every single financial exchange is trading down.  ICE is no different.  We recommended it at Georgia Tech in September.  We caught about 25 points, and then the stock has traded down.  Once again, it is difficult for me to get behind these.  They are trapped, because they are financials.  I cannot get behind them right here... don't buy, don't buy... not until the morass has ended, and not until the Federal Reserve or the Treasury Secretary realize that we are far more trouble... and they did know, they did know it.  They graduated to knowing things with Bear Stearns (BSC), and they've reverted again to knowing nothing.  I can't recommend it... I can't recommend any financials.

ENER

64.24

64.51

Energy Conversion Devices (ENER)

ENER -  That's battery technology.  You know what?  This reminds me of Continental Resources Inc. (CLR).  I knew this was good... I had friends who told me this was good.  I did all the work on it...  It then got ahead of me.  And I should have recommended it.  That is one good alternative energy stock!  I missed it.  My bad.

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