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Both the S&P [.SPX
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] rose on Wednesday, the start of the third quarter, as reassuring manufacturing data from China, Europe and the United States reinforced hopes that the world's economy is on the road to recovery.
A day after the benchmark S&P 500 wrapped up its best quarter in a decade, investors plowed new money into stocks, boosting growth-sensitive sectors like energy [XLE
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But with the release of the all-important jobs number on Thursday, some caution prevailed, causing indexes to finish sharply off their highs.
How should you be positioned?
Strategy Session with the Fast Money Traders
I thought the economic data looked good, muses Tim Seymour. However, I expected the day to be stronger.
Oil [US@CL.1
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As far as I’m concerned if oil can’t sustain itself above $70 the rally in equities is over, says Joe Terranova emphatically. I thought it was a very disappointing day.
I think there was a lot of program trading, adds Pete Najarian. I didn’t see any conviction in either direction. And I disagree with Joe. I think stocks can rally even if oil rolls all the way back to $60.
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TOPPING THE TAPE: TECH JUMPS INTO Q3
Over on the Nasdaq [.NCOMP
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] making gains on positive comments from a Barclay's analyst.
I think at $17 and a quarter this is the high-end of the Intel trade, muses Guy Adami.
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TOPPING THE TAPE: CONSUMER SHARES STRONG
Consumer shares traded higher on Wednesday after General Mills [GIS
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Don’t forget a lot of these names passed along higher commodities costs last year, reminds Tim Seymour, and now those costs have come down. Conceivably that makes them more profitable.
Also in the consumer space, Goldman Sachs upgraded Yum Brands [YUM
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I think Yum Brands looks ‘lovely’, says Guy Adami. I think it’s poised to take out $40.25.
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THE DIVIDEND TRADE
Pete Najarian has noticed that investors appear to be diving into staples [XLP
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The yields out of some of these names are attractive, he adds.
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THE AUTO TRADE
Shares of Ford [F
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In fact Ford numbers were strong enough to pass Toyota [TM
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Auto Sales In June
Chrysler (Down) 44.2%
GM (Down) 36.3%
Toyota (Down) 34.6%
Honda (Down) 32.4%
Nissan (Down) 23.1%
Ford (Down) 14.4%
What’s the trade?
CRT Capital put a $2 price target on Ford stock, reminds Guy Adami, but I don’t agree with it. They’re raising production and gaining marketshare. I think it could go to $8. And I’d also take a look at Borg Warner [BWA
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As you can imagine CNBC's Phil Lebau has a lot to say about Ford . Click here for more.
And in breaking news Lebau revealed that automotive parts supplier Lear Corp.[LEA
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A company spokesman says it is working to line up more creditors for the plan but declined to say how many are on board. The spokesman also declined to say when or where the company would file for court protection.
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TRADE SCHOOL: AIG'S REVERSE SPLIT
AIG shares [AIG
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Just because the stock now has a higher price does not mean it’s worth more, reminds Tim Seymour.
To me something like this is a death knell, says Guy Adami. I’d run for the hills.
Take a look at how some other reverse stock splits played out.
Company Date 6 Months Later
SunMicrosystems Nov. 2007 -35%
AT&T Nov. 2002 -36%
Palm Oct. 2002 -25%
Razorfish July 2002 -62%
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OPTIONS ACTION: ELAN (ELN)
Pete Najarian has spotted unusual options action in Elan [ELN
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Speculation suggests that Novartis [NVS
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BULL MARKET OR BS?
With the S&P up 15% in the second quarter, can it possibly continue its run? For insights we turned to Joe Duran of United Capital Partners.
He told the desk he does not expect the markets to continue to rally and as a result investors need to be nimble. He suggests making three strategic moves.
They are:
Rebalance your portfolio after moves over 20%
Take money away from winners, reallocate to losers
Correctly identify undervalued asset classes
And he suggests the following plays:
-Be Underweight Stocks
-Get out of early recovery names like Emerging Markets, Basic Materials and Commodities
-Buy Consumer Discretionary SPDR (XLY) and Technology SPDR (XLK)
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Trader disclosure: On July 1st, 2009, the following stocks and commodities mentioned or intended to be mentioned on CNBC’s Fast Money were owned by the Fast Money traders; Seymour Owns (AA), (AAPL), (BAC), (BX), (F), (NUE), (EEM); Seymour's Firm Owns (FCX), (YHOO); Adami Owns (AGU), (C), (GS), (INTC), (MSFT), (NUE), (BTU; Terranova Owns (XBI), (ABT), (MSFT), (UUP), (RIMM; Najarian Owns (F) Call Spread; Najarian Owns (GS) Call Spread; Najarian Owns (INTC) Call Spread; Najarian Owns (JPM) & Short (JPM) Calls; Najarian Owns (PALM) call Spread; Najarian Owns (YHOO) Call Spread; Najarian Owns (ELN) Calls
For Joe Duran
United Capital's Clients Own (XLK)
United Capital's Clients Owns (XLY)
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