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Sep.29
6:10 PM ET
Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009
Slow Money Trade: Najarian’s Utility Play

A year ago -- as the Dow plunged a staggering 700 points in one day – stocks weren’t the only things left bloody and beaten.

The confidence to buy and then hold stocks went out the window, too.

The strategy for making money on Wall Street shifted sharply. No longer was this an investors market but one much better suited for traders. And though that’s not untrue, as it turns out, waiting out this collapse may have served you well, too.

Stocks are back at their highest levels in 11 months and the S&P 500 about to close out its best quarter in 10 years.

As the pendulum swings back -- and the strategy of buy-and-hold goes from ‘not’ to once again, ‘hot” – we asked the Fast Money traders for their best long term picks.

Pete Najarian suggests PG&E [PCG  Loading...      ()   ], California’s largest utility.

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I like the growth potential going forward in solar and the 4% dividend they pay out, he says. And I love their clean energy initiatives they have underway. It just seems they’re pushing in the right direction for the long haul.

Want more Slow Money trades? We've got them!

Check our website on Thursday October 1st for the premiere of a complete list of all our traders’ favorite ‘slow money’ picks.


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Trader disclosure: On Sept. 29th, 2009, the following stocks and commodities mentioned or intended to be mentioned on CNBC’s Fast Money were owned by the Fast Money traders; Terranova Owns (KCE), (F), (ABT), (XOM), (SUN); Terranova Is Short (CCL), (ESS); Grasso Owns (AAPL), (ABK), (BAC), (C), (COST), (CSCO), (PFE), (V), (MMT); Finerman's Firm Owns (BAC) Preferred Shares, Finerman Owns (BAC) Preferred Shares And Owns (BAC); Finerman's Firm Owns (WFC) Preferred Shares And Is Short (WFC); Finerman Owns (WFC) Preferred Shares; Finerman Owns (RIG); Finerman's Firm Owns (MSFT), (NOK), (PBR), (WMT), (RIG), (TGT), (PLCE); Finerman's Firm Is Short (IJR), (MDY), (SPY), (IWM), (USO), (UNG); Najarian Owns (ACI) Call Spread; Najarian Owns (C) Calls; Najarian Owns (DELL) Call Spread; Najarian Owns (ERTS) Call Spread; Najarian Owns (GE) Calls; Najarian Owns (JPM) And Is Short (JPM) Calls; Najarian Owns (MS) And Is Short (MS) Calls; Najarian Owns (MSFT) And Is Short (MSFT) Calls; Najarian Owns (RIMM) Call Spread; Najarian Owns (ORCL); Najarian Owns (TEVA); Najarian Owns (V) And (V) Calls; Najarian Owns (WFC) Put Spread; Najarian Owns (YHOO) Call Spread ; Najarian Owns (BIIB) Calls

For Steve Grasso
Stuart Frankel Owns (ACS)
Stuart Frankel Owns (GERN)
Stuart Frankel Owns (MSFT)
Stuart Frankel Owns (NWS.A)
Stuart Frankel Owns (NYX)
Stuart Frankel Owns (PDE)
Stuart Frankel Owns (PFE)
Stuart Frankel Owns (ROK)
Stuart Frankel Owns (XOM)
Stuart Frankel Owns (SDS)
Stuart Frankel Is Short (QQQQ)

For Greg Troccoli
Troccoli Is Short S&P 500
Troccoli Owns US Dollar

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