'Fast Money' Recap: New Bond Insurer

Quicker Than the Ticker

The crew likes to revisit their trade ideas to see how well they fared. These ideas made the traders look pretty good.

On Dec. 17th Najarian said buy Amazon.com(AMZN Quote). He was dead right and the stock traded up 12% since his recommendation. On Dec. 3rd Macke recommended Take-Two Interactive Software(TTWO Quote). Take-Two has risen 15% since Macke's call. On Dec 18th Adami picked Joy Global(JOYG Quote). Adami was on the money and JOYG went up 19% since his call. It was Nov 26th when Finerman recommended shorting Big Lot(BIG Quote). Finerman nailed the call and Big Lot fell 21% since her call.

Fast Fire

Then again, some trade ideas don't work out as planned.

On December 6th, Najarian recommended buying Target(TGT Quote), but he was off the mark and Target fell 8% since his call. Najarian still likes the valuation on Target and he suggested investors stay with the stock. On December 5th, Finerman advised investors to avoid Solarfun(SOLF Quote). She was dead wrong and the stock soared trading up 44% since her call. Finerman still thinks the stock is overvalued and she isn't changing her tune.

Pops & Drops

The following POPS&DROPS highlights the stocks that made extreme moves for the week.

Pops - CDC Corporation(CHINA Quote) traded up 23% after insiders bought almost 500,000 shares. Najarian likes that insiders were buying stock.

United States Steel(X Quote) traded up 2%. Adami likes X.