Jim Cramer's Mad Money Lightning Round Feb. 23
Bullish calls:
Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU - News): 'If you want to be tar sands, oil sands, you're going to have to go with SU or ECA.'EnCana (NYSE: ECA - News)Verizon (NYSE: VZ - News): ' You've got VZ selling cheap... You've got T selling cheap.'AT&T (NYSE: T - News)Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ - News): 'I know a lot of people are saying, 'Jim, shouldn't you run tail; shouldn't you just admit that HPQ wasn't a good quarter?...' No! HPQ was a good quarter. The guidance was good. Mark Hurd has done a great job ... I am telling you to back up the truck HPQ - right here at $40. I see good quarters out for the next 8 quarters ... triple buy!'Vasco Data (NasdaqCM: VDSI): 'This is a data security company that looks so much more like every other one that has been taken over, and it has good earnings ... I would buy it, but not with reckless abandon, because it's at its 52-week high.'Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN - News): ' ... if you want ... a takeover, and possibility of big numbers in the out year ... move into DVN. DVN has got that giant Gulf of Mexico find, and the stock is only up 4 points from when it was announced. Pull the trigger on DVN.'Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI - News): 'How about that buyback? It's gigantic. The stock is up 10% from when I recommended it... ACI is not done going up!'Peabody (NYSE: BTU - News): 'I also like BTU.'General Maritime (NYSE: GMR - News): 'I have been telling people that, if you have to own a tanker stock - if you just insist on owning one - own GMR. GMR had a really beautiful quarter. They've returned unbelivable amounts of money to their shareholders. That is one of the great companies. Buy, buy, buy!'Prudential (NYSE: PRU - News): ' Stick with it. It goes to $100.'Toyota (NYSE: TM - News): 'TM will be the largest hirer and major company in this country over the next five years. There will be no backlash. I remain a buyer of TM.'Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX - News): 'People think the margins are bad ... The quarter is going to be good! The margins are good! The stock is cheap! I would buy, buy, buy DGX!'
Bearish calls:
Oilsands Quest (AMEX: BQI - News): 'No, c'mon!... If you want to be tar sands, oil sands, you're going to have to go with SU or ECA.'Cellcom Israel (NYSE: CEL - News): ' Way too dicey ... Just pull the trigger to exit.'Sprint (NYSE: S - News): 'Stay away from Sprint.'Petrohawk Energy (NasdaqGS: HAWK): 'It's been a punching bag, because of that natural gas exposure ... I would swap out of the HAWK, and move into DVN.'Frontline (NYSE: FRO - News): 'I say ix-nay on the FRO.'Tronox (NYSE: TRX - News): '... I don't like TiO2. It's too commoditized.'
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Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU - News): 'If you want to be tar sands, oil sands, you're going to have to go with SU or ECA.'EnCana (NYSE: ECA - News)Verizon (NYSE: VZ - News): ' You've got VZ selling cheap... You've got T selling cheap.'AT&T (NYSE: T - News)Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ - News): 'I know a lot of people are saying, 'Jim, shouldn't you run tail; shouldn't you just admit that HPQ wasn't a good quarter?...' No! HPQ was a good quarter. The guidance was good. Mark Hurd has done a great job ... I am telling you to back up the truck HPQ - right here at $40. I see good quarters out for the next 8 quarters ... triple buy!'Vasco Data (NasdaqCM: VDSI): 'This is a data security company that looks so much more like every other one that has been taken over, and it has good earnings ... I would buy it, but not with reckless abandon, because it's at its 52-week high.'Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN - News): ' ... if you want ... a takeover, and possibility of big numbers in the out year ... move into DVN. DVN has got that giant Gulf of Mexico find, and the stock is only up 4 points from when it was announced. Pull the trigger on DVN.'Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI - News): 'How about that buyback? It's gigantic. The stock is up 10% from when I recommended it... ACI is not done going up!'Peabody (NYSE: BTU - News): 'I also like BTU.'General Maritime (NYSE: GMR - News): 'I have been telling people that, if you have to own a tanker stock - if you just insist on owning one - own GMR. GMR had a really beautiful quarter. They've returned unbelivable amounts of money to their shareholders. That is one of the great companies. Buy, buy, buy!'Prudential (NYSE: PRU - News): ' Stick with it. It goes to $100.'Toyota (NYSE: TM - News): 'TM will be the largest hirer and major company in this country over the next five years. There will be no backlash. I remain a buyer of TM.'Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX - News): 'People think the margins are bad ... The quarter is going to be good! The margins are good! The stock is cheap! I would buy, buy, buy DGX!'
Bearish calls:
Oilsands Quest (AMEX: BQI - News): 'No, c'mon!... If you want to be tar sands, oil sands, you're going to have to go with SU or ECA.'Cellcom Israel (NYSE: CEL - News): ' Way too dicey ... Just pull the trigger to exit.'Sprint (NYSE: S - News): 'Stay away from Sprint.'Petrohawk Energy (NasdaqGS: HAWK): 'It's been a punching bag, because of that natural gas exposure ... I would swap out of the HAWK, and move into DVN.'Frontline (NYSE: FRO - News): 'I say ix-nay on the FRO.'Tronox (NYSE: TRX - News): '... I don't like TiO2. It's too commoditized.'
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