Morgan Keegan analyst Brad Stephens recommended the following stocks on CNBC:

1. Warnaco Group

a. 70% of business is Calvin Klein brand, which is #2 luxury brand worldwide

b. 55% of sales outside U.S.

c. international play

2. Fossil

a. owns licensing for Burberry, Armani, DKNY

b. wholesale sales- 52% outside U.S.

3. Aeropostale

a. price structure is below competition, which should help in this weak economy

b. only U.S. retailer he likes

Track Brad’s picks at:

http://www.trackthepros.com/categories.php?category_id=840

Andrew Bary, analyst/reporter at Barron’s, highlighted Ethanol companies in this week’s Barron’s.  He basically said that although it is a competitive industry (companies have a lot of debt and potential liquidity issues) and profits are volatile, the industry has government subsidiaries (until 2010) and is saving consumers money on gasoline.  And, ethanol reduced gasoline demand by 9 billion barrels annually.

Ultimately, he believes several stocks are trading at a discount to their book value. And, he says Ethanol producers VeraSun Energy (VSE), Aventine Renewable Energy (AVR) and Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) are trading below book value. All could rally in the coming year.

Check out Bary’s stock picks at:

http://www.trackthepros.com/categories.php?category_id=322

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Jim Corridore, analyst at Standard & Poors Equity Research raised his opinion on UAL (UAUA) from hold to buy:

1. UAUA is cutting 100 aircraft, and 2009 capacity will be down 17%-18% and Corridore believes it is near the level needed to get yields up enough to suit this oil price environment.

2. He believes oil could drop from current levels.

3. He expects unit costs to rise on lowered capacity in the short term, but expect the capacity cuts to help revenue growth in 2009.

4. 12-month target price is $12.

Personally, I don’t think I would put too much faith in the Airline industry; it is a horrible business (high capital costs, and low returns).  If oil prices drop substantially, the stocks will go up, but I would rather bet elsewhere for the time being.

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http://www.trackthepros.com/categories.php?category_id=382

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On May 22, 5-star manager Neil Hennessy gave CNBC.com his Web Exclusive stock picks. But which stock did he slam?

Hennessy offered CNBC.com exclusively a list of value stocks that are worth a look, as investors wait for oil to top out:

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So it looks to me like

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This move has nothing to do with the fundamentals of gold or silver. Simply put I want to run a concentrated portfolio and my # of holdings is getting too large. With the Federal Reserve backstopping the entire US financial system, the risk of "calamity" is lessened (in return for inflationary pressure and dollar destruction)... but this is more along the lines of, I see no reason to hold gold/silver when I have coal/fertilizer. I already know where the prices of those are a year out - whereas gold is speculative, subject to the whims of the market, and a lot of people believing in a fantasy called "2nd half recovery". So I just don't see the need anymore to hold something that is sort of replicated in other ways in the fund; yet carries more risk. I'd rather simply be more ...