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Air date: May 23, 2003
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Investors appearing on the TV program select their favorite stocks every week, and sometimes their least favorite ones as well. We're tracking their TV picks online -- along with picks available only on this Web site -- so you can keep track of their choices and gauge their success (or lack thereof).

The stock charts, which update dynamically, start three months before the air date of the show on which the stock was picked. Click on each graphic to get a larger, one-year price chart.

These picks reflect the choices of individuals appearing on Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE, and should not be taken as a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. The comments for each stock reflect only the stock picker's views, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE, PBS, Maryland Public Television, or your local PBS station.


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Spencer Wang, analyst, JPMorgan:

 

AOL Time Warner



"Our favorite name is actually AOL Time Warner, and I know that is a bit of a controversial company at this point. But our view is that the problems at AOL, specifically that division, are fixable. The Time Warner businesses are trading, are worth a little bit more than the current stock price as it is without fixing AOL. And all the balance sheet and other risks are manageable in our view."

(Note: AOL Time Warner is the parent company of FORTUNE magazine)

Spencer Wang


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Robert McLean, analyst, Morgan Keegan:

Take-Two Interactive



"Our favorite name in the group right now is Take-Two Interactive. They'd be best known for their Grand Theft Auto franchise. Another big franchise of theirs is Max Payne. Two of the big products they've got coming out late this year, one would be Manhunt and another would be a game called The Warriors, which is actually based on the 1979 gang film. So you can see the tie-in there even 30 years later, or 23 years later we're looking to tie into popular entertainment.

"We like the company based on valuation, based on the balance sheet, and based on the product line. But investors need to be aware, number one, it's hit-driven; number two, there's very short revenue cycles in this business; and number three, there's an ongoing SEC investigation from some restatement of accounting that went on 15 months ago. They had to restate seven quarters of earnings.

"The company has hired a new CFO, a new CEO. They've done a forensic audit. There's really not a lot left to do. Today the company practices very, very conservative accounting. We don't believe that the SEC is out to punish current shareholders."

Robert McLean

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