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Stock picks of the week
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September 25, 1999: 10:48 a.m. ET
Halliburton, Yahoo, Intel are faves; Sun Micro also wins praise
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NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Top money managers and analysts appeared on CNNfn this week to discuss what stocks they are buying and why. Here's a brief rundown of those recommendations, culled from CNNfn.com's daily feature, "Stock Picks by the Pros."
Hot on the heels of the abrupt market sell-off on Thursday, led by wilting tech stocks, Ron Hill, partner at Brown Brothers Harriman, suggested that the some energy stocks might be a good way to play defense against negative sectors.
His picks are Halliburton (HAL) and Schlumberger (SLB).
For more Friday stock picks, and to find out why at least one portfolio manager isn't scared off by the a wobbly tech sector, click here.
On Thursday, David Otto, director of research at Edward Jones, said of this telecom that it is "the classic 'orphans and widows' stock. ... Here's a company that's 30 percent off its high and 100 million people write a check to (them) every month. That's the kind of company we want to own."
Find out what company Otto is talking about, and read more pro picks, among them two REITs and three pharmaceuticals, by clicking here.
On Wednesday, Kate Warne, oil and energy analyst at Edward Jones, saw growth ahead for some oil stocks. Among her picks were BP Amoco (BPA) and Exxon (XON).
See what company Warne predicts will be the "pacesetter over the next decade," and why Terence Gabriel, stock strategist at I.D.E.A. Global.com really likes Lucent (LU). Read Wednesday's picks here.
On Tuesday, Jim Melcher, president, Balestra Capital, said he is sticking to oil and oil services companies. Some of his picks: Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), Exxon (XON), Texaco (TX) and Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGO).
Read more oil industry picks, or see what other areas analysts and money managers favor, by clicking here for Tuesday's stock picks.
On Monday, Robert Streed, portfolio manager of Northern Select Equity Fund, saw a sunny future for Sun Microsystems (SUNW), while Standard & Poor's senior investment strategist Sam Stovall set his sights on a bar-code labeling systems manufacturer Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) and Spanish-language broadcasting company Univision UVN).
See why Stovall and Streed recommend the stocks, and read more Monday picks here.
The views presented here are solely those of the analysts quoted. They do not represent the opinions of CNNfn on whether to buy or sell shares of a particular stock.
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