'Fast Money' Portfolios of the Week

Here are some of the stocks the 'Fast Money' crew has been talking about lately.
By James Altucher ,

The traders of CNBC's "Fast Money" are never asleep at the wheel when it comes to finding major stock trends on Wall Street. The crew has a wide range of market skills, from trading stocks in the short term to finding the long-term winners. No matter what your investment style is, the crew generates ideas for every type of market player.

The gang recently highlighted trading ideas that play off

General Electric's

(GE) - Get Report

infrastructure division results, record oil prices and earnings reports. Here are some highlights from over the past week as aggregated from the show.

Fast Money's Triage Trade

: In a segment called "Triage Trade," the crew highlights companies that need to change their strategy and management in order to return to greatness. On last Wednesday's "Fast Money" show, Guy Adami told viewers, "I have a three-step plan for

Pfizer

(PFE) - Get Report

that includes: start playing offense, put the great balance sheet to work and immediately stop the 'Viva Viagra' ads."

Fast Money's Triage Trade

includes

General Motors

(GM) - Get Report

and

Starbucks

(SBUX) - Get Report

among others.

Emerging-Market Infrastructure Stock Plays

: The "Fast Money" traders see opportunity in playing emerging-market infrastructure stocks after General Electric reported strong results for its infrastructure division. On last Friday's "Fast Money" show, Tim Seymour told viewers, "Most countries have put aside billions of dollars for infrastructure buildout. For example, Russia has set aside $60 billion, so I think the money is absolutely there."

Emerging-Market Infrastructure Stock Plays

include

Enersis

(ENI)

among others.

Fast Money's Record Oil Stock Picks

: Oil prices continue to amaze investors with the commodity hitting new highs on almost a weekly basis. On last Monday's "Fast Money" show, Guy Adami told viewers, "Play record oil with the integrated oil service companies."

Fast Money's Record Oil Stock Picks

include

Halliburton

(HAL) - Get Report

and

Diamond Offshore

(DO) - Get Report

among others.

Fast Money's Earnings Plays

: The "Fast Money" traders know just which stocks to play into earnings season. On last Friday's "Fast Money" show, Pete Najarian told viewers, "I'd buy

Google

(GOOG) - Get Report

after the earnings, but not before."

Fast Money's Earnings Plays

include

IBM

(IBM) - Get Report

among others.

Fast Money's Financial Stock Picks

: Recently, the "Fast Money" traders each named their favorite and least favorite financial service stocks. On last Friday's "Fast Money" show, Tim Seymour told viewers, "I like

Merrill

(MER)

and would avoid

Lehman Brothers

(LEH)

."

Fast Money's Financial Stock Picks

include

JPMorgan

(JPM) - Get Report

and

Morgan Stanley

(MS) - Get Report

among others.

Fast Money's Trader Radar

: In a segment called "Trader Radar," the crew highlights stocks with unusual volume that are lighting up screens across Wall Street. On Tuesday's "Fast Money" show, Dylan Ratigan told viewers, "On the trader radar tonight, we're watching Pfizer. Shares of this pharmaceutical company were among the most actively traded on the

New York Stock Exchange

today."

Fast Money's Trader Radar

included

News Corp

(NWS) - Get Report

among others.

Fast Money's Pairs Trade

: Carter Worth, chief market technician at Oppenheimer, joined the "Fast Money" crew and introduced some pairs trades he was putting on. A pairs trade is long one stock and short another in the same sector. On Wednesday's "Fast Money" show, Worth told viewers, "I'd be long

Procter & Gamble

(PG) - Get Report

and short

Clorox

(CLX) - Get Report

. Procter is doing a lot of business overseas, but Clorox isn't."

Fast Money's Pairs Trade

include

Exxon Mobil

(XOM) - Get Report

among others.

At the time of publication, Altucher and/or his fund had no positions in stocks mentioned, although positions may change at any time.

James Altucher is president of

Stockpickr

LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TheStreet.com and part of its network of Web properties, and a managing partner at Formula Capital, an alternative asset management firm that runs a fund of hedge funds. He is also a weekly columnist for the

Financial Times

and the author of

Trade Like a Hedge Fund

,

Trade Like Warren Buffett

and

SuperCa$h

. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. Altucher appreciates your feedback;

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