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By: Andrew Fisher | 28 Jun 2008 | 03:01 PM ET
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Picks and Pans

By anyone's reckoning, it was a rough week.  Crude oil continued its relentless climb; banks and brokerages gave hints of more discouraging news; government data pointed to a weak economy; even strong companies like Nike, Oracle, and Research In Motion issued cautious guidance; and Federal Reserve policymakers, widely perceived as powerless to help, left interest rates unchanged. 

But all week, even through the worst of the market's sell-offs, CNBC guests offered insights for investors. (For more on the week in review, see the accompanying CNBC video.)

Monday:

Citigroup was reportedly ready to slash investment banking jobs.  Republic Services said it was buying Allied Waste, and Bunge announced the acquisition of Corn Products.  The market closed flat.

Doug MacKay of Broadleaf Partners took a tentative step into consumer discretionary stocks, staying away from homebuilders, but talking up Harley Davidson [HOG  Loading...      ()   ] and Nordstrom [JWN  Loading...      ()   ].

Permanent Portfolio's Michael Cuggino focused on computer security, commodities, and agriculture in choosing Symantec [SYMC  Loading...      ()   ], Freeport McMoRan [FCX  Loading...      ()   ], and Mosaic [MOS  Loading...      ()   ].

Tuesday:

House prices fell to 2004 levels, declining in all 20 cities surveyed for the Case-Shiller index.  Consumer confidence dropped in June to the fifth-lowest level ever.

Charlie Smith of Fort Pitt Capital was enthusiastic about wireless providers AT&T [T  Loading...      ()   ] and Verizon [VZ  Loading...      ()   ], as well as global infrastructure plays ITT [ITT  Loading...      ()   ] and Ingersoll Rand [IR  Loading...      ()   ].

Neil Hennessy of Hennessy Funds recommended W. R. Grace [GRA  Loading...      ()   ], offshore drilling equipment company Oil States [OIS  Loading...      ()   ], and Airgas [ARG  Loading...      ()   ].

Tuna Amobi of Standard and Poor's offered a couple of carefully-selected media companies, the highly-diversified Disney [DIS  Loading...      ()   ] and the recently-independent Time Warner Cable [TWC  Loading...      ()   ].

Sanford Bernstein's Alexia Howard picked food companies that have been able to pass along their rising commodity costs:  Sara Lee [SLE  Loading...      ()   ], Kraft Foods [KFT  Loading...      ()   ], and Dean Foods [DF  Loading...      ()   ].

Wednesday:

Federal Reserve policy-makers voted to keep interest rates where they were, but expressed concern about inflation.  New-home sales declined in May, after a modest gain in April.  Durable-goods sales were unchanged in May.  Crude-oil inventories posted an unexpected gain.

Michael Lippert of the Baron iOpportunity Fund chose two stocks with major international exposure:  Equinix [EQIX  Loading...      ()   ] and NII Holdings [NIHD  Loading...      ()   ], an overseas affiliate of wireless giant Sprint Nextel.

Becker Capital Management's Patrick Becker found FedEx [FDX  Loading...      ()   ] a bargain, and liked Starbucks [SBUX  Loading...      ()   ] and Lawson Software [LWSN  Loading...      ()   ].

Al Meyers of the AHA Diversified Equity Fund went with ConAgra [CAG  Loading...      ()   ] and Medtronic [MDT  Loading...      ()   ] as good stock holdings in an uncertain environment.

Thursday:

Crude oil sailed past $140 a barrel.  Goldman Sachs said U.S. brokerages no longer look attractive.  The Dow Jones Industrials plunged 358 points, with General Motors falling to its lowest level in more than three decades.

Susan Byrne of Westwood Holdings Group picked United Technologies [UTX  Loading...      ()   ], Nike [NKE  Loading...      ()   ], and XTO Energy [  Loading...      ()   ].

The UMB Scout International Fund's James Moffett went offshore for Brazilian brewer Ambev [ABV  Loading...      ()   ] and diversified electronics maker Canon [CAJ  Loading...      ()   ].

Vivienne Hsu of the Schwab Core Equity Fund suggested some more large-cap stocks with significant international exposure:  Hasbro [HAS  Loading...      ()   ], Occidental Petroleum [OXY  Loading...      ()   ], and IBM [IBM  Loading...      ()   ].

Morgan Keegan senior analyst Brad Stephens picked some retailers with popular brands:  Warnaco [WRC  Loading...      ()   ], Fossil [FOSL  Loading...      ()   ], and Aeropostale [ARO  Loading...      ()   ].

Friday:

Personal spending and income went up much more than expected in May.  Lehman Brothers predicted another big quarterly write-down for Merrill Lynch. 

Walter Gerasimowicz of Meditron Asset Management urged investors to put their money into the global infrastructure build-out through Jacobs Engineering [JEC  Loading...      ()   ], Hansco [HSC  Loading...      ()   ], and Atwood Oceanics [ATW  Loading...      ()   ].

Financial Enhancement Group's Joe Clark said the consumer isn't going away, and that bodes well for MasterCard [MA  Loading...      ()   ] and Visa [V  Loading...      ()   ].

The Jensen Portfolio's Eric Schoenstein, seeing discounts where others saw losses, chose Abbott Laboratories [ABT  Loading...      ()   ], Praxair [PX  Loading...      ()   ], and Procter and Gamble [PG  Loading...      ()   ].

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