CNBC has an article that shows 20 stocks with the potential to have a significant jump in share prices. Below are the 20 companies listed from highest to lowest by potential to pop percentage. With recent huge market indices drops, now is a good time to look at some of these stocks and buy them at low prices.

1. Monster Worldwide (MWW)
Potential to Pop: 54.21%
Mean Price Target: $22.65
Closing Price (5/25): $14.69

Number of Analysts: 13
High Estimate: $32
Low Estimate: $9

2. Bank of America (BAC)
Potential to Pop: 52.72%
Mean Price Target: $17.38
Closing Price (5/25): $11.38

Number of Analysts: 25
High Estimate: $24
Low Estimate: $13.50

3. Micron Technology (MU)
Potential to Pop: 48.34%
Mean Price Target: $14.26
Closing Price (5/25): $9.61

Number of Analysts: 20
High Estimate: $18
Low Estimate: $11

4. MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR)
Potential to Pop: 44.53%
Mean Price Target: $14.39
Closing Price (5/25): $9.96

Number of Analysts: 19
High Estimate: $18
Low Estimate: $9.5

5. Goldman Sachs (GS)
Potential to Pop: 42.32%
Mean Price Target: $193.90
Closing Price (5/25): $136.24

Number of Analysts: 20
High Estimate: $243
Low Estimate: $165

6. Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF)
Potential to Pop: 41.91%
Mean Price Target: $124
Closing Price (5/25): $87.38

Number of Analysts: 10
High Estimate: $145
Low Estimate: $75

7. Citigroup (C)
Potential to Pop: 41.02%
Mean Price Target: $56.88
Closing Price (5/25): $40.33

Number of Analysts: 20
High Estimate: $70
Low Estimate: $42

8. AK Steel Holding (AKS)
Potential to Pop: 39.69%
Mean Price Target: $20.56
Closing Price (5/25): $14.72

Number of Analysts: 8
High Estimate: $24
Low Estimate: $16

9. Southwest (LUV)
Potential to Pop: 39.36%
Mean Price Target: $16.50
Closing Price (5/25): $11.84

Number of Analysts: 14
High Estimate: $26
Low Estimate: $13.5

10. Janus Capital Group (JNS)
Potential to Pop: 38.99%
Mean Price Target: $14.04
Closing Price (5/25): $10.10

Number of Analysts: 13
High Estimate: $17
Low Estimate: $11.5

11. SanDisk Corp (SNDK)
Potential to Pop: 37.91%
Mean Price Target: $62.63
Closing Price (5/25): $45.41

Number of Analysts: 16
High Estimate: $72
Low Estimate: $52

12. Compuware (CPWR)
Potential to Pop: 37.01%
Mean Price Target: $13.40
Closing Price (5/25): $9.78

Number of Analysts: 5
High Estimate: $14
Low Estimate: $12.50

13. Cameron International (CAM)
Potential to Pop: 38.85%
Mean Price Target: $65.38
Closing Price (5/25): $47.77

Number of Analysts: 24
High Estimate: $90
Low Estimate: $55

14. Microsoft (MSFT)
Potential to Pop: 36.57%
Mean Price Target: $33.04
Closing Price (5/25): $24.19

Number of Analysts: 27
High Estimate: $38
Low Estimate: $25

15. Akamai Technologies (AKAM)
Potential to Pop: 35.72%
Mean Price Target: $44.63
Closing Price (5/25): $32.88

Number of Analysts: 20
High Estimate: $56
Low Estimate: $32.50

16. Genworth Financial (GNW)
Potential to Pop: 35.58%
Mean Price Target: $14.85
Closing Price (5/25): $10.95

Number of Analysts: 13
High Estimate: $22
Low Estimate: $12

17. Broadcom Corporation (BRCM)
Potential to Pop: 35.33%
Mean Price Target: $44.97
Closing Price (5/25): $33.23

Number of Analysts: 36
High Estimate: $55
Low Estimate: $27.5

18. Google (GOOG)
Potential to Pop: 35.30%
Mean Price Target: $703.11
Closing Price (5/25): $519.67

Number of Analysts: 33
High Estimate: $800
Low Estimate: $519

19. Ford (F)
Potential to Pop: 35.21%
Mean Price Target: $19.71
Closing Price (5/25): $14.58

Number of Analysts: 14
High Estimate: $22
Low Estimate: $17

20. Wells Fargo (WFC)
Potential to Pop: 34.95%
Mean Price Target: $37.19
Closing Price (5/25): $27.56

Number of Analysts: 27
High Estimate: $49
Low Estimate: $29

In this list, my favorite picks are GS and WFR. GS share prices has been down recently because of negative news, but I think they should see a rebound soon. WFR is a play on solar panels, which is a growing industry. With increasing demand in solar panels, WFR should see a soar in share price.

Disclosure: The author owns C and GS.
Photos: CNBC website
Credit: All images and stock picks are from CNBC.

Jim Cramer shares his top 3 stock picks from Dow Jones for the new year on his Mad Money segment, which aired on Jan 3, 2011.

#1 Stock Pick: AA

Cramer’s top pick is Alcoa (AA). He believes that this company is a takeover candidate. He forecasts a 42% rise for the stock this year.

Price: 15.80 (as of Jan 3, 2011)
P/E: 65.8
Div: 0.12
Div Yield: 0.8%

#2 Stock Pick: INTC

Cramer’s second pick is Intel (INTC). He thinks that Intel’s acquisition of McAfee allows the chipmaker to embed internet security in the computer computer chips and that will give Intel an advantage over the competition. He predicts that the price of INTC could jump 44% to $30 by the end of this year.

Price: 20.85 (as of Jan 3, 2011)
P/E: 10.2
Div: 0.63
Div Yield: 3.0%

#3 Stock Pick: AXP

Cramer’s third pick is American Express (AXP). He tells us that AXP is a growth stock and the stock is greatly undervalued. He thinks that AXP could increase 40% to $60.

Price: 43.40 (as of Jan 3, 2011)
P/E: 14.2
Div: 0.72
Div Yield: 1.7%

Disclaimer: The author owns shares of AXP as of writing the article.

BP establishes a $20 billion fund for the Deepwater Horizon Rig spill and suspends dividends for at least 3 quarters this year. The stock has taken a large drop from it’s pre-spill days, losing nearly half it’s value from $60 a share.

There will be big impact for the shareholders who rely on the dividends for retirement or income. The dividends was previously paid at $3.36 per share every year. Today’s the dividends will be paid at $0 per share, until the suspension is lift.

I have bought BP shares recently in hopes of collecting dividends, which yielded around 6% for me, but now, I would have to rethink whether or not it is worth holding on to BP shares any more. The stock tanked, the dividends suspended, and their reputation heavily damaged. It would take a long time for BP to recover.

After many roller coaster dives, the stock market finally took a turn and headed up today. The European Union came out with a trillion dollar plan for financial crisis clouding its countries, such as Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy. The stock market responded positively and Dow Jones soared 405 points today.

Question of the day: Will the trillion dollar plan from the European Union be enough to rescue Europe from the financial crisis?

The stock market took the biggest drop ever on Thursday, most likely caused by an error in a computerized selling program. Add in Greece and a weak economy, most stocks took a beating today. Below is an excerpt of the article from the Yahoo Finance page.

Wall St. rollercoaster: Stocks fall nearly 10 pct

Stocks take record tumble, nearly 10 pct, before regaining some; typo may have caused selloff

NEW YORK (AP) — A computerized selloff possibly caused by a simple typographical error triggered one of the most turbulent days in Wall Street history Thursday and sent the Dow Jones industrials to a loss of almost 1,000 points, nearly a tenth of their value, in less than half an hour. It was the biggest drop ever during a trading day.

The Dow recovered two-thirds of the loss before the closing bell, but that was still the biggest point loss since February of last year. The lightning-fast plummet temporarily knocked normally stable stocks such as Procter & Gamble to a tiny fraction of their former value and sent chills down investors’ spines.

“Today … caused me to fall out of my chair at one point. It felt like we lost control,” said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank in Chicago.

No one was sure what happened, other than automated orders were activated by erroneous trades. One possibilility being investigated was that a trader accidentally placed an order to sell $16 billion, instead of $16 million, worth of futures, and that was enough to trigger sell orders across the market.

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Brian Williams Talks About Wall Street’s Free Fall on David Letterman

First of all, this was all a dream.

I checked some of my stock tickers on Yahoo! Finance and I noticed that most of the stocks had gone up 100%. XLF and all the major indexes had gone up a tremendous amount. My portfolio must have increased 50%.

I check the front page of Yahoo! Finance and the Dow Jones had hit the 10,000 mark again. The news was that the government had launched a huge stimulus package of at least a trillion dollars.

of course this was all only a dream. I checked the Dow index this morning and it was sitting at 8,579.11.

Dow 8,604.99 -219.35 -2.49%
Nasdaq 1,552.37 -26.94 -1.71%
S&P 500 885.28 -19.14 -2.12%

It looks like Dow hit some really hard resistance. The market seems to have change direction and is heading back down again. Stocks finish lower amid lingering economic fears.