The 19 Stocks On Leon Cooperman's Radar


27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


Leon Cooperman is a very rich hedge fund manager, but by his own admission, he should be even richer.

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Speaking as a guest on CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report" last week, Cooperman explained that his analysts have held a "very bullish" stance on the stock market, which implies his value-oriented Omega Advisors' hedge fund couldn't be as aggressive as had hoped.

Cooperman still believes that there are stocks that fit in with his value-oriented strategy, including mega-large cap names like Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) — both of which he has no problem buying at current prices.

In Alphabet's case, the stock is trading at just 18.4x next year's earnings while Facebook is trading at 17x earnings.

"Not expensive — not expensive at all," he emphasized.

19 Stocks To Follow

Cooperman told CNBC he is closely watching 19 different stocks, including Facebook and Alphabet.

Here is the full list:

  • AerCap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER).
  • Allergan plc Ordinary Shares (NYSE:AGN).
  • AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE:AMC).

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  • American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG).
  • ARRIS International plc (NASDAQ:ARRS).
  • Dow Chemical Co (NYSE:DOW).
  • First Data Corp (NYSE:FDC).
  • Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES).
  • Keane Group Inc (NYSE:FRAC).
  • MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM).
  • Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE:NBR).
  • Navient Corp (NASDAQ:NAVI).
  • PVH Corp (NYSE:PVH).
  • Shire PLC (ADR) (NASDAQ:SHPG).
  • United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL).
  • Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA).
  • WPX Energy Inc (NYSE:WPX).
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    27% profit every 20 days?

    This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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