'Fast Money' Portfolios of the Week
Updated from 7:59 a.m. EDT
The traders of
CNBC's
"Fast Money" are constantly searching for the next big idea or trend in the markets that has the potential to make their viewers some meaningful profits.
The crew doesn't care if the idea is to go long or to short a stock, and they don't care what industry the opportunity comes out of. The traders have no bias, other than to make their fans the most money possible and keep the show entertaining and educational.
The gang recently highlighted trading ideas that play off of bullish action in the biotech sector, such as
Celgene
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; coal and steel stocks, including
U.S. Steel
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; and bank stocks, such as
Barclays
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. Here are some highlights from over the past week as aggregated from the show.
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