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Monday, December 10, 2007

Jim Cramer's Mad Money Stock Recap Dec. 7th

The Fuel is Greener: Deere (DE), Monsanto (MON), Bunge (BG), Mosaic (MOS), Agrium (AGU), Potash (POT)
When looking at the agriculture bull market, Cramer urged investors to think energy and not food. As oil prices rise, the pressure to develop alternative fuels from soybeans and corn will increase. This has been good news for farming stocks such as Deere, Bunge and Monsanto and especially fertilizer companies, Agrium, Potash and Mosaic. "All of these gains have been driven by demand," Cramer said and sees years of upside in this sector. However, since many agriculture stocks have already increased substantially, Cramer would wait for a decline before buying many of them.
Still Time for NYSE Euronext (NYX)
While NYX has been the worst performing stock Cramer has seen in 26 years in the business, he would stay with it. His thesis for owning the stock is unchanged and the only reason NYX went down is because "it was just going down…. Even though you hate owning it, nothing fundamental has changed for the company underneath it." In fact, NYX keeps beating estimates, its fundamentals are better than they were at the beginning of the year, and Cramer thinks this bear raid on NYX can't last forever.
Sitting on the Fed Fence: Kroger (KR), Costco (COST)
Cramer advised a wait and see strategy concerning the Fed meeting on Tuesday. A quarter point cut in rates could lead to recession fears and may bring some stocks down. On the other hand, a half a point cut could be a buying opportunity for banks tech and industrials. If it weren’t for the meeting, Cramer would suggest buying Costco and Kroger ahead of their earnings reports, but now he recommends waiting before making a move.
Meet the Mutual Fund Manager: Ron Muhlenkamp of Muhlenkamp (MUHLX) with stocks: Altria (MO), Devon Energy (DVN), Cemex (CX)
Cramer said investing in a mutual fund is really an investment in the fund’s manager, and invited Ron Muhlenkamp to discuss his strategy of finding good companies at low prices, particularly names others don’t recognize yet or like. He discussed MO, one of the fund’s holdings and said there is room to grow for DVN and CX.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

CNBC's Fast Money Recap Oct. 9th

Technology
Stocks like Apple (AAPL) and Research In Motion (RIMM) are hitting new highs daily but the semiconductor stocks are not. Carter Worth, chief market technician at Oppenheimer found an incredible divergence with the semis declining by 30% against the S&P 500 tech stocks. Macke agrees and would play this divergence by going long Intel (INTC). Worth also noted that investment banks like Goldman Sachs (GS) were flying, but money central banks like Citigroup (C) were doing nothing.
Super Market
Firms like Coke (KO), Pepsi (PEP), Proctor & Gamble (PG) and Colgate (CL) will get to show investors how good business is. Macke thinks PG is doing the best and also favors Molson Coors (TAP) and Pepsi (PEP). Macke isn't positive on Clorox (CX).
Oil Trade
Oil rebounded back to over $80 on Tuesday and the Oil Services HOLDRs (OIH) followed the commodity to the upside. Seymour: play it by buying oil service companies with exposure to regions like Russia and the Caspian Sea, such as Halliburton (HAL) and Baker-Hughes (BHI). Najarian would avoid the Oil Services HOLDRs because it is over weighted with Schlumberger (SLB).
Word on the StreetMosaic (MOS) reported monster earnings on Tuesday and the stock soared. Najarian points out that there are buyers of the October $90 calls on Monsanto (MON) which operates in the same space as Mosaic.
SABMiller and Molson Coors (
TAP) announced plans to combine U.S. operations in a new firm to be named MillerCoors. Macke suggests they combined so they can go after Anheuser-Busch (BUD), which the hidden winner is Altria (MO), which has a 28% stake in SABMiller. Seymour favors international beverage plays Companhia de Bebidas (ABV) and Fomento (FMX).
Alcoa (AA) falls short of Wall Street's estimates.
Macke warns investors to expect a lot of misses like the one on Tuesday from Childrens Place (
PLCE).
Worth recommends shorting Nordstrom (
JWN), Tiffany (TIF) and Coach (COH).
Pops & Drops
Pops- Yum! Brands (
YUM) traded up 5%
ValueClick (VCLK) traded up 10%
Miramar Mining (MNG) popped 24% after Newmont Mining (NEM) bought the firm for $1.5 billion.
Altair Nanotechnologies (ALTI) exploded higher by 31% after the firm demonstrated its battery pack in an electric car.
California Pizza Kitchen (CPKI) traded up 5%.
Drops- Coach (COH) fell 3% off a bearish Bloomberg report.
Face2Face
Nokia (VCLK): Writer asked does it still have upside potential or should I cut my losses? Najarian: wait till the takeover of NAVTEQ (NVT) is digested, and then it will move higher.
Next writer made a good profit in XM Radio (XMSR), buying in at $8 and $9. Should they sell some XM and then buy some Sirius (SIRI)? Make says yes.
Final Trade
Macke recommends Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).
Worth: short Black & Decker (BDK).
Najarian: Cypress (CY).
Seymour: play international oil services with Integra Group.
Ned Riley, the CEO of Riley Asset Management says stay long PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQQ).

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Friday, July 13, 2007

Jim Cramer's Mad Money Stock Recap July 13th

Avoid Private Equity: Blackstone (NYSE: BX - News)
Cramer would not buy private equity firms and suggests staying away from the Apollo and KKR IPOs. A former hedge fund manager, Cramer says he knows a thing or two about private equity. He believes the stocks are too expensive and investors would be catching these names at the end of the trend. In addition, if a Democrat wins the White House, he or she will propose taxing "the heck out" of private equity and squeezing the firms dry. Cramer added there are "too many people with too much money trying to get a piece of the action." Finally, companies are taken public at the end of a cycle, and "coming public means they're selling, not buying," Cramer said.
That 80s Show: Apache (NYSE: APA - News)
This week, Cramer has been discussing his theory that once the $80 threshold is broken, a stock becomes "annointed," rises to $100 and eventually reaches $120. He added once a stock hits $100 it will only go down again if it splits. Apache is a name Cramer believes will provide support for this theory because "people will keep buying it." Oil is one of the sectors driving the market, and Apache's advantage over other oil companies is its ability to thrive in challenging areas because of its low production costs and to improve on cheap products it purchases from its rivals. Cramer adds APA is trading at only 1o times earnings; "This stock is mispriced!" Most of APA's oil reserves are in the U.S., and the company has raised its product guidance. "I would buy APA before it gets away from you," Cramer said.
Overcoming Soros: Bon-Ton (NasdaqGS: BONT - News), CVS (NYSE: CVS - News), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD - News), Qualcomm (NasdaqGS: QCOM - News), Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN - News), Gen-Probe (NasdaqGS: GPRO - News)
Cramer says he doesn't want people to invest like George Soros, "I want to be better than Soros!" For instance, Soros owns BONT which Cramer thinks is alright for the long term, but "short term it really stinks." Although Cramer likes Soros pick CVS after its Caremark acquisition, he prefers RAD. He would also swap Soros' QCOM for his choice, TXN. However, Cramer agrees with Soros about buying GPRO because the stock is "instant growth" with 40% market share for blood screening tests and 58% market share for chlamydia and gonorrhea tests. The company is also making deals with industry leaders such as General Electric, 3M and Millipore.
Mad Mail: Manitowoc (NYSE: MTW - News), Costco (NasdaqGS: COST - News), Casey's (NasdaqGS: CASY - News), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD - News), Cemex (NYSE: CX - News)
Cramer agreed with a viewer that MTW fits his $80-$100-$120 theory. Since COST is a gas station as well as a retailer, he considers it a viable alternative to CASY. Cramer added he isn't concerned about RAD after the Medicaid ruling, but would let the "good times roll." Being locked in by the housing cycle is not a bad thing for those who hold CX, he said, because the company is "growing like a weed."
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Jim Cramer's Mad Money Lightning Round April 17

Amgen (NasdaqGS: AMGN): 'Worst is over ... we've seen the stock go from 55 to 60 ... Let's buy some Amgen.'GOL Linhas Areas Inteligentes (NYSE: GOL - News): 'At 28, we got a gift here. ... Brazil is up 28% for the year. We had a little profit-taking. Pull the trigger. Make your move.'Bank of America (NYSE: BAC - News): 'Feels real good to me here. ... at 51 with a 4.3% yield, you are going to make money.'Jones Soda (NasdaqCM: JSDA): 'We have seen the stock triple. ... 20 it goes to 30. Down 4, do we start buying it again? Yeah, I would buy Jones Soda down here.'American International Group (NYSE: AIG - News): 'I own AIG, up nicely but not enough. Every day I go home and curse Hank Greenberg ... because he's constantly selling the stock. ... if he would ever stop selling, the stock would go to 75.'Flowserve (NYSE: FLS - News)Rigel Pharmaceuticals (NasdaqGM: RIGL)Nastech Pharmaceutical (NasdaqGM: NSTK): 'I would rather do Nastech.'Cemex (NYSE: CX - News): 'Cemex is going to have a monopoly on cement by the time they're done.'Homex Development (NYSE: HXM - News)PDL BioPharma (NasdaqGS: PDLI)United Online (NasdaqGS: UNTD)Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NasdaqGS: VRTX)Lundin Mining (AMEX: LMC - News): 'When that stock got to 10, once again the hate mail so thick that I was just swimming in it. ... I am just one first-class masochist. I backed the truck up to that name. And that's why it's at a 52-week high.'
Bearish calls:
First Marblehead (NYSE: FMD - News): 'Up 2 bucks in reaction to the big selloff yesterday, but SellSellSell.'Optium (NasdaqGM: OPTM): 'Like the high bandwidth, optical networking, but Don'tBuy. This group is too hard for me.'Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU - News): 'Just went from 38 to 48. ... I think that BPU pulls back to 45, and that's where you do it .'
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Friday, February 02, 2007

Jim Cramer's Mad Money Lightning Round Feb. 1

Bullish calls:
Yamana Gold (NYSE: AUY - News)Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX - News): 'I'm endorsing it. Let's buy some.'Cemex (NYSE: CX - News): 'They want to be a monopolist when it comes to cement. They want to own North America, and you know what? They're going to do it. Cemex even right here still goes higher.'Microsoft (NasdaqGS: MSFT): ' I have morphed into a Steve Ballmer fan. ... The stock is going to be stalled right here, but I do like it.'Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ - News)Comcast (NasdaqGS: CMCSA): 'I'm going to send you to Brian Roberts at Comcast.'Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT)Adobe Systems (NasdaqGS: ADBE): 'People think I'm wrong on Adobe. ... Adobe is stalled; that was a great quarter. ... I just know that it is biding time; 38 is a way station going to 45.'Halliburton (NYSE: HAL - News): 'Halliburton's quarter was good. They're buying back a huge amount of stock. 'mon back [buy]'Volcano (NasdaqGM: VOLC): 'Medical devices rock.'United Technologies (NYSE: UTX - News): '...back and bigger than ever. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning.'American Standard (NYSE: ASD - News)
Bearish calls:
American Oriental Bioengineering (NYSE: AOB - News): '...this stock is running too far. I want to do a Don'tBuy. Maybe if it comes down...'Anixter International (NYSE: AXE - News)Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK - News): 'Problematic ... every time it goes up to 32, 33, we get that inevitable selling.'Mannatech (NasdaqGS: MTEX)AnnTaylor Stores (NYSE: ANN - News)

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Jim Cramer's Mad Money Lightning Round Dec. 19

Bullish calls:
Cemex (NYSE: CX - News): 'CX is one of the best stocks out there. ... CX - the Mexican cement company that's buying American companies... that one's for me. I'm giving it two thumbs up.'BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS - News): 'They are saying this BEAS hasn't taken off since Cramer recommended it. So, therefore, it must have no mojo, and they could not be more wrong. If you look at the Oracle quarter, after that disappointment, you can see it cries out for an acquisition. It needs China play. You know what that spells: BEAS.'Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO - News)Allegheny Technologies (NYSE: ATI - News): 'I say you should only playing with the house's money right now. This company produces stainless steel - but much more important - it makes titanium for BA. It makes airplane titanium, therefore, it is still too cheap. I bless it, anytime it's under $90.'Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY - News): I think OXY's good. There's like a scale here, of which are the companies most levered to crude: The company that should go up or down with the crude is OXY. The least levered is XOM. I like to have a little bit of both.'Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM - News): 'I don't like to be unlevered like XOM, although I know it's going higher. 'Chevron (NYSE: CVX - News): 'So I settle on CVX, which is my fave, for those of you who want steady income. It yields 2.75%, and it just seems to always have a bid underneath, but it doesn't go down.'Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN - News): 'And, for those who want to roll the dice, I talk about the stock that got downgraded today, criminally and wrong, which is DVN. DVN's good.'
Bearish calls:
Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC - News): 'I don't like the stock. SWHC was one we nailed in the $5-6 range. When it got to $14, we said we be hogs.'JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU - News): 'JDSU - I have been over that quarter with a fine-tooth comb... I think that JDSU - and let me roll up in CIEN - these I call - these are 'too hard' because they're too likely to give you (an electric shock sound).'Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN - News): 'I feel very strongly that anybody who calls me with the JDSU or the CIEN... I would tell you that they should buy CSCO.'Allied Waste (NYSE: AW - News): 'You know, I was going to recommend this stock. I feel like this is the best one of the waste removal companies, but here's your problem: It grows at 13%, and it sells at 24x earnings. On Jim Cramer's Mad Money, the upper limit is 26x. So, if I told you to buy this at $12, I'd have to tell you to ring the register at $14. So, the answer is 'don't buy, don't buy.'

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