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Cramer believes one of the fund's names, Nokia (NOK), is underrated. "Nokia just went down ... under a misperception that it was getting killed. Nokia is the winner."
Cramer added that search behemoth Google (GOOG) is "just resting" ahead of its earnings report.
Of Corning (GLW), Cramer said "Everyone is panicking." Cramer owns Corning for his charitable trust, Action Alerts PLUS.
Cramer couldn't get behind all of Magellan's names, however. "The one that is the true glass-half-full for him and half-empty for me is Staples (SPLS). I just don't like retail at all."
To conclude, Cramer reaffirmed his belief in energy and agriculture plays, saying that Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) was "so right." He added that Mosaic (MOS), John Deere (DE), Agrium (AGU) and Monsanto (MON) are still solid stocks.
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Buy:

Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD)

BAIDU.COM, INC. (BIDU)

China Mobile Limited (CHL)

Focus Media Holding Ltd (FMCN)

Corning Inc (GLW)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS)

Hudson City Bancorp Inc (HCBK)

PetroChina Co Ltd (PTR)

Transocean Inc (RIG)

Siemens AG (SI)

Ultra Petroleum Corp (UPL)
Sell:

American International Group, Inc (AIG)

AXA (AXA)

Countrywide Financial Corp (CFC)

Capital One Financial Corp(COF)

Legg Mason Inc(LM)

Orion Energy Systems(OESX)

Qualcomm Inc (QCOM)

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Cramer began Wednesday's show talking about Wal-Mart's (WMT) good quarter and investment ideas from its conference call. Cramer remarked how well GameStop will do during the holidays and how other consumer electronics will continue to be strong. Cramer disagrees on digital cameras because they're made in China making them hard to buy right now. He does not like Garmin (GRMN) either. In computers, Cramer supports Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which Wal-Mart is not a big carrier of. They do sell Dell but Cramer prefers HP. He mentioned Activision as a possible investment for video games, but prefers GameStop.
TV's: Cramer considered Corning (GLW), who are involved in liquid crystal display televisions. It is not trading as high as it should be, but has a raised outlook in pricing. It has bendable fiber not priced in the stock and is heading much higher.
Am I Diversified?
The first caller had Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), Ford (F), AT&T (T), McDonald's (MCD) and Human Genome Sciences (HGSI). Cramer called HGSI too speculative and said he'd rather see the caller in a stock like Celgene (CELG) instead.
Another caller held Daimler (DAI), Coca-Cola (KO), Google (GOOG), Celgene and CVRD (RIO). Cramer blessed the portfolio.
The final caller asked if he was diversified with Apple (AAPL), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), MetLife (MET), Cisco (CSCO) and Yum! Brands (YUM). Cramer suggested the caller swap out of MetLife and into Prudential (PRU).
Tetra Tech (TTEK) CEO Dan Batrack joined Cramer on the show, where he said his company beat fourth-quarter expectations due to increased margins. He said they had a great performance on earnings.

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Cramer began Tuesday's show by talking about investing opportunities in Brazil. Cramer believes that Brazil is a good place to invest because it will profit from lowered interest rates in the US and improving investment conditions. His top Brazil play is Banco Bradesco (BBD). Cramer had recommended this stock earlier this year, and then told people to switch into Banco Itau (ITU). Now he wants you to go back to Bradesco because it is cheaper and has better growth prospects.
Southern Copper (PCU): Cramer took a call asking if PCU would react to the falling dollar, and Cramer said not to worry about the US economy much when investing in Brazil. Next Cramer talked about an FCC ruling that is expected tomorrow which will eliminate agreements between cable companies and apartment owners. Cramer also thinks that Corning (GLW) will profit from the removal of these contracts, since Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) will move into apartments, and they will need to lay fiber to do so. Cramer also thinks that the company is too cheap considering its growth rate.
Noah Education (NED): This stock stumped Cramer yesterday, and since he thinks the Chinese education market is growing and he is bullish on the stock. He also mentioned that now is the chance to buy more dry bulk shipping stocks.
Cramer returned from the lightning round talking about a $64 per share bid that Kirk Kerkorian made for Tesoro (TSO). He thinks you can profit from some pin action from this offer by looking at other refiners. His recommendation is Marathon Oil (MRO), which would go up 18% if it was given the same valuation as Tesoro. Cramer thinks that refiners have bottomed, and that Marathon has given investors a good entry point, along with exposure to markets with better margins and the fact that they do some exploration as well.
Cramer then read an email thanking him for his stock picks and answered a question about merger arbitrage.
Sudden Death. Cramer is bearish on Palm (PALM) and Coach (COH), and he is bullish on Diana Shipping (DSX) along with other dry bulk shippers.

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Bullish Calls:
FMC Technologies (NYSE: FTI - News): 'It's pulled back a dollar. I like the group. I like FTI'.Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD - News): 'I want to pull the trigger right there! I think that's a great situation!'EMC (NYSE: EMC - News): 'The stock just takes off, and now it seems the stock is at $19.05. I think it goes to $23. It's not too late to pull the trigger on EMC.'TJX (NYSE: TJX - News): 'I think TJX is one you want to own after the quarter.' Costco (COST - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr - Rating), Costco (NasdaqGS: COST - News): 'Can I also point out that Costco was down today, and I think COST is just a classic situation.'Siemens (NYSE: SI - News): 'I'm surprised the stock was down badly... I like that stock. I like the German market. It's the strongest in the world among developed countries... I want to buy some.'Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB - News): 'But SLB, at 17x earnings, is way too cheap.'Conco Philip (NYSE: COP - News): 'I've been buying that one for my charitable trust... I think, down below $80, that's perfect.'Corning (NYSE: GLW - News)First Solar (NasdaqGM: FSLR - News): 'Nice pullback after a really good quarter. With oil staying high, that's the one I want to be in. 'Arris Group (NasdaqGS: ARRS - News): 'That was terrific. I think ARRS is a good place to be. I don't want you to leave it. I want to stick with that.'ABB (NYSE: ABB - News): 'They're the best in that business.'Gentiva Health Services (NasdaqGS: GTIV - News): 'This is the home healthcare story that I like very much.'Sears Holdings (NasdaqGS: SHLD - News): 'I say, you know I'm sticking with Eddie. I own it for my charitable trust... I refuse to quit on it. I refuse to quit, because he's a winner, and he's made me money.'TBS International (NasdaqGM: TBSI - News): 'I like Expeditors in that category. I think that's a better one... 'Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS - News): 'Everybody hates Lloyd Blankfein. They think he's an idiot. They think my alma mater's moronic... I don't know. I'd like to buy the stock here.'
Bearish calls:
Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG - News): 'This stock has finally broken down from that $60 level... I think it's headed lower. I don't want to be there... Sell, sell, sell... I think you should sell it.'Optium (NasdaqGM: OPTM - News): ' ... that has been a tough one.'Evergreen Solar (NasdaqGM: ESLR - News): ' I'm going to have nix that one. Sell, sell, sell!... 'USEC (NYSE: USU - News): 'I don't want to own uranium. I think uranium is too far out in the future.'WCI Communities (NYSE: WCI - News): 'I looked at the balance sheet and I don't like it. Why don't I leave it at that. Sell, sell, sell....'
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Corning (NYSE: GLW - News): ' ... you want fiber... if you want voice, video... you have to go with Corning ... they're talking about the venerable fiber that Verizon is going to be using from GLW to snake in and out of apartments...'Microsoft (NasdaqGS: MSFT - News)Oracle (NasdaqGS: ORCL - News)Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB - News): 'If anybody is possible to get a takeover bid, then CPB could do it. On the fundamentals, it's okay.'Invitrogen (NasdaqGS: IVGN - News): 'A very hot stock. Nucleic acids, enzymes. It does some pretty cool stuff...'Nastech Pharmaceutical (NasdaqGM: NSTK - News): 'I took a lot of heat from the shorts, telling me that I was dead wrong... and they're wrong. NSTK is your speculative play. It has obesity. It has autism. It's got the special nasal way to get delivery for these things... It's got diabetes.'Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB - News): ' ... when they put Schlumberger on sale... when they make SLB 17x earnings, I'm going to send you to best of breed. That's my predilection.'Cameron International (NYSE: CAM - News): 'This stock was down 4. I like it.'Expeditors International (NasdaqGS: EXPD - News): 'It hit a 52-week high today. People always think about freight. They should be worried about logistics and freight. That's what EXPD does.'Allegheny Tech (NYSE: ATI - News): 'I need you to be in ATI under $100.'Progressive (NYSE: PGR - News): 'They're buying these high-quality pieces of paper that are yielding great. The earnings are going to explode for PGR!'Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU - News)MetLife (NYSE: MET - News)AllState (NYSE: ALL - News)Bearish calls:Synopsys (NasdaqGS: SNPS - News): 'Look, it's tech, so my bias is to like it but, if I'm going to be in software, I want to go into the biggest possible names, with the best balance sheets.'CommScope (NYSE: CTV - News)Southern Copper (NYSE: PCU - News): '... $90 before I would buy it, and the reason why is the holders are so bad... But this one has a 6% dividend. When it gets down to my level ... that's your chance to pull the trigger.'Coach (NYSE: COH - News):'COH has come down a lot, but I want to be careful. I'm not going to pull the trigger.'Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO - News): 'The FDO numbers were so bad that I'm making a prediction right here, right now, that Dollar General will be the first private equity deal to go bust.'Tribune (NYSE: TRB - News)Titanium Metals (NYSE: TIE - News): 'I don't want you messing with TIE.'
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Corning (NYSE: GLW - News): ' ... you should be buying Corning (NYSE: GLW - News), which was unceremoniously dumped after a good quarter.'Lundin Mining (AMEX: LMC - News): 'All mineral stocks are getting hammered here... every single one of them ... There was just a huge amount of takeovers in this industry. Now they're dying down... You accumulate LMC... We like the combination copper, the lead... We like their product portfolio ... We have been right to buy. It will be no different this time.'NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX - News): 'I have been wrong so far... I believe fundamentally in the story. I can't change my view, because the fundamentals have borne me out... I am sorry, and I too am in the house of pain. I still believe though.'Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU - News): 'They knocked it down $3 bucks... There were some concentrated raids on all the insurers ... they've got a gigantic portfolio... PRU is a great company. And it will not founder on subprime... one of the few financials I want to own!'Honeywell (NYSE: HON - News): 'There's a guy who runs that company... his name is Dave Cote. That man inspires a tremendous amount of confidence ... He's a transforming manager. He's generating a huge amount of cash... His order book is full. And I want to buy that stock right here.'Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (NYSE: RIO - News): 'This is a company that has a hammerlock on all the nickel in the world! I would not give up on these guys... As a matter of fact, any weakness ... Stocks that are up huge are getting register rung. It's the summer. That's what happens every year.'BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP - News)Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL - News): 'I think the raids are over. I think it's ready to resume its climb. I am not backing away from AAPL at $135. Now, when it got back to $145, please, let's do some schnitzelling (i.e., sell some).'Reliance Steel (NYSE: RS - News): 'I have been recommending Reliance Steel, which had a better quarter (than Nucor.'Chordiant Software (NasdaqGM: CHRD - News): 'They just reported a great quarter yesterday. It was great ... Let's ride that one a little bit more.'
Bearish calls:
Syntax-Brillian (NasdaqGM: BRLC - News): 'No, no! Don't buy, don't buy. Keep looking ... you should be buying Corning.'Kroger (NYSE: KR - News): 'Safeway, Kroger... They've not been recording good quarters. They've been hurt by food inflation... If it lifts, sell, sell, sell... I would trim it back.'Nucor (NYSE: NUE - News): 'I cannot get behind NUE. There are too many flies in the steel story now, with the potential slowdown in commercial real estate, if we don't get a Fed rate cut. 'Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NasdaqGM: GLDD - News): ' ... that's one I can't go back to. That was a trade.'
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Honeywell (NYSE: HON - News), Corning (NYSE: GLW - News), Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB - News), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX - News) and Boeing (NYSE: BA - News): After Friday's selloff which was sparked by a trading glitch, Cramer took another look at companies with outstanding earnings reports, and concluded HON, GLW and SLB are buys as well as UTX and BA which benefitted from overseas exposure. Cramer believes if the glitch had not happened, there might have been a rally on Friday instead of a selloff.

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Stocks went on a roller-coaster ride today but finished the session higher. Strong earnings reports from several companies contributed to early morning gains, but worrisome deal-financing issues sent the markets lower mid-day. The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P all ended with modest gains. Oil prices rose sharply following a report showing that inventory levels fell. Crude ended the day higher by $2.32, closing at $75.88 a barrel.
In economic news, The National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes in the U.S. fell more than forecasts last month. Purchases declined -3.8% to an annual rate of 5.75 million, the slowest pace since late 2002. However, the supply of homes dropped for the first time this year, while the median household price rose for the first time in 11 months.
In earnings news, aerospace giant Boeing (NYSE: BA - News) reported net earnings of $1.1 billion, or $1.35 a share. Revenues rose 14% to $17 billion in the period just ended. Analysts were looking for a profit of $1.16 a share. It also increased its full-year 2007 profit projections to $4.80-4.95 a share, up from $4.55-4.75 a share. Shares rose 3.3% on the day.
Specialty glass maker Corning (NYSE: GLW - News) said second-quarter earnings came in at $489 million, or 30 cents a share, down from $514 million, or 32 cents in the year-ago period. Sales rose 13% to $1.42 billion. On an adjusted basis excluding charges, it reported earnings of $546 million, or 34 cents a share. For the third quarter, it expects to earn 34-37 cents a share on sales of $1.525-1.575 billion.
Oil giant ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP - News) said earnings excluding extraordinary items fell -7.5% to $4.8 billion, or $2.90 a share, down from earnings of $5.2 billion, or $3.09 a share a year ago. Sales came in at $47.4 billion in the second quarter, essentially flat from the same period a year ago. Analysts were expecting earnings of $2.68 a share. Its refinery business contributed to strong results, as profits from the segment roes 38%. Shares rose 2.4% on the trading session.
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Options volume in materials maker Corning (NYSE: GLW - News) is resoundingly higher this morning, on news that it is closing in on a breakthrough development in fiber-optic nanotechnology for mobile communications provider Verizon (NYSE: VZ - News). Corning’s innovation allows cabled fibers to be bent around very tight corners without incurring signal loss. According to a Corning press release, these bendable fibers will allow carriers to offer high-speed Internet, voice telecommunications and HDTV services to customers in apartments and condominiums, where high-speed services of this nature have traditionally been spotty and inefficient. Corning shares are up about half a percentage point in early trading, at $26.67, well within a dollar of its 52-week high.
Options traders have rewarded the innovation by putting 54,250 of its option contracts in play. Calls are currently outmoving puts by a factor of nearly 3.5. More than 13,650 contracts have moved at the August 30.0 call, which presupposes a nearly $4 rise in Corning share prices within the next month. Nearly 2,000 contracts have gone through at the January ‘08 35.0 strike. Implied volatility on Corning options stands at 35 percent – a significant elevation from the 20.8 percent historic variability in Corning share prices.

Labels: Corning Inc., GLW, Verizon Communications Inc., VZ

Greed is Bad: Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT - News), Google (NasdaqGS: GOOG - News), Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN - News), NVidia (NasdaqGS: NVDA - News), Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD - News), Corning (NYSE: GLW - News), Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL - News), Bunge (NYSE: BG - News), Celgene (NasdaqGS: CELG - News), Cummins (NYSE: CMI - News),Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT - News), Chevron (NYSE: CVX - News) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM - News), Countrywide Financial (NYSE: CFC - News), Amazon (NasdaqGS: AMZN - News), Boeing (NYSE: BA - News), Colgate (NYSE: CL - News), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP - News),
Cramer's said his Game Plan is a bit different this week; he is listing stocks reporting next week, but wants viewers to buy only one (Corning) before its report. While he is bullish in general and still believes the Dow will hit 14,500 by the end of the year, he admits things have been a bit precarious with the disappointing Google and CAT quarters, and suggests taking some profits to avoid being dangerously greedy. Cramer calls Google a "show me" company which has to prove that it can monetize its new hires, or face a decline. While he had faith in CAT for its international exposure, the culprit was "housing, which is so horrible that it brings down anything it touches." However, he thinks the stock will regain its momentum and eventually reach $120. Cramer discussed next week's earnings reports:
Monday: Cramer would buy TXN, his favorite semiconductor, if there is a decline after the report. He suggests selling some NVDA, which is up 6 points, and would buy some back if it gets knocked down by AMD's analyst meeting.
Tuesday: CFC is "the biggest and best view" of how housing really is .... "its really bad," and remarked that the Fed will only notice when a bank, broker or major homebuilder goes under. "Hobbled horseman" Amazon will be viewed negatively no matter what it says, so Cramer would buy on a decline.
Wednesday: BA's consistency during the selloff was impressive, said Cramer who predicts the stock is going to 120. He added if it drops to below $100 before its report, he might buy. While CL is a "classic weak dollar" play, it is a bit high. While COP may face a downgrade, Cramer would buy it on a decline because he predicts it will reach $120. Cramer called GLW "the gold star" and said it is the only stock he would buy ahead of its quarter next week, because doesn't think the company would raise its dividend and buy back stock right before a major disappointment. Cramer would sell some Apple since "hogs get slaughtered."
Thursday: Since Bunge rose after last quarter's decline, Cramer predicts a repeat performance and would buy Bunge when it drops. Cramer likes Celgene long-term and recommends picking some up when it declines. Although he thinks Cummins is not finished with its run, he would take some profits, especially after CAT's upset. No one will like Level 3 Communciation's quarter, said Cramer, and he would buy this stock which is a great play on internet video.
Friday: "Wake up and smell the gasoline!" said Cramer, remarking it is greedy to stay in CVX and XOM without selling a little.
French Foreign Legion of Oil Companies: Total S.A. (NYSE: TOT - News)
Cramer continued his series on European stocks with Total, a massive integrated oil with strong production and refining assets in 27 countries. He thinks TOT is as good as Exxon, better than Chevron, and is cheaper than other major oil companies. He also thinks TOT is better and cheaper than European oils BP and Shell. TOT has a 13% stake in Sanofi Aventis, the French drug company, and Cramer hopes TOT will sell some and use the cash for "oil-related activity."
On Speculation: Tessera Technologies Inc. (NasdaqGS: TSRA - News)Cramers speculative pick for Friday is TSRA, which specializes in miniature technologies, which is a hot area since 80% of the Dram memory industry uses TSRA's technology. TSRA licenses its technology, so it has no inventory to move, and since Microsoft's Vista will be memory-intensive, there will be more demand for TSRA's technology. While the company is involved in a lot of lawsuits, TSRA is winning the cases and protecting its intellectual property. Finally, the 20x multiple is cheap considering its 31% growth rate.
CEO Interview: CEO T.J. Rodgers Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE: CY - News) and SunPower (NasdaqGM: SPWR - News)
Cramer congratulated Rodgers on a "magnificent quarter" and added that CY would be undervalued at $800 million if it spun off its power systems and services company, SunPower. Rodgers responded that while investors sometimes give him "heat" about holding on to SPWR, "the overall value of the company is reasonable." Cramer called Rodgers a visionary and a moneymaker.
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Breaking Up is Good to Do: Citigroup (NYSE: C - News)
The best thing C could do, according to Cramer, other than ridding itself of "Clown Prince" [CEO Chuck Prince] is to split itself up; "I think the one-stop shop for everything financial doesn't work." Cramer predicts if C breaks up into five businesses, the stock will jump from from $54 to $63. However, since such a move is not definite, Cramer warns investors of the "calculated risk" involved in buying C.
CEO Interview, Mary Sammons of Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD - News)
Cramer observed the company is 50% up from last year, expects more upside on the close of its Eckerd deal, and says it is "striking distance" from Walgreen. When he asked Mary Sammons about the benefits of the acquisition, she replied, "We believe there are even greater margin and revenue opportunities not included in our forecast." On the subject of the company's debt, Sammons commented cash flow created by the purchase of new stores will help RAD balance its budget. Cramer is still bullish on RAD and predicts it will reach $8 or $9.
Sparkling Clean Ingredients: Colgate - Palmolive (NYSE: CL - News) and Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG - News)
In Latin America, Chinese-produced toothpaste was found to have DEG, a chemical used in antifreeze which should not be consumed even in trace amounts, according to the FDA. This is good news for CL, which Cramer preferst to PG because CL has a larger international presence. In addition, Cramer comments CL is a "leaner, meaner company" which should grab substantial market share from "lumbering giant" PG.
Mad Mail: aQuantive (NasdaqGS: AQNT - News), Raser Technologies (NYSEArca: RZ), Corning (NYSE: GLW - News)
Cramer told a viewer he would sell AQNT since it has been taken over. Responding to another question, he said RZ is too speculative and he would buy GLW instead.
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Bullish:

Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM): ' This one's going back to its high. India has been the swing factor.'Ciena (NasdaqGS: CIEN)Corning (NYSE: GLW)Stryker (NYSE: SYK): 'Stryker is fabulous! Orthopedic implants'Zimmer (NYSE: ZMH)'Let's not forget though... As good as SYK is, you know what's even better? Zimmer! What a quarter from the Zim machine!... As of yesterday, up $3. That's okay.'Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS): 'If you want to own an investment firm, I'm going to send you to the one that sells at 10x earnings, which has been a continual theme on this show that I have been dead right on... I am talking about Goldman Sachs and I think GS is going to $325.'FuelCell Energy (NasdaqGM: FCEL): 'Okay, this is what I call an 'optionality play'... If oil spikes this weekend - up $5, or spikes... - your $7 stock will go up 3-4 points. I am not going to bless this stock as an investment. I will bless it as a speculative play - buy, buy, buy!'Yamana Gold (NYSE: AUY): 'AUY grows and grows and grows! And we want growth from a gold stock. We are not getting off the AUY horse!'Kinross Gold (NYSE: KGC)
Bearish calls:
JDS Uniphase (NasdaqGS: JDSU): 'I remain skeptical, because I have been burned so many times by this company, but I have to be honest, it does act well. I'm keeping it in the 'don't buy' but I can't blame anyone who wants to speculate...'DreamWorks (NYSE: DWA): 'I missed it! I missed it! It bottomed and I missed it, and I am angry at myself for missing it, but I can't recommend it up here. It's had too big a move. Don't buy, don't buy.'U.S. Global Investors (NasdaqCM: GROW): 'No. This is an investment advisory firm. C'mon man. Don't buy, don't buy. 'Quiksilver (NYSE: ZQK): 'Everyone tells me that they're bottomed... I went out the other day and said I was negative on it. I didn't like the acquisition they made. People have been telling me that I'm dead wrong about that... That stock is a house of pain, and I'm staying away from it!'Micron Technology (NYSE: MU): 'Let me tell you something, that's a loser! ' (buzzer sounds)

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Amazon (NasdaqGS: AMZN), Corning (NYSE: GLW), Costco (NasdaqGS: COST),Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), AU Optronics (NYSE: AUO), and Syntax-Brillian (NasdaqGM: BRLC)
Amazon and GLW's surprising performances show that FD or Fair Disclosure is making companies more tight-lipped, Cramer noted. For instance, analysts had no idea AMZN was going to cut spending, so Amazon's sudden 20% surge was a big surprise; 'No companies are talking," Cramer said. "This is the new world that we are in. They are not helping the analysts." Cramer believes GLW sandbagged analysts when it discussed a slowing demand for LCDs and fiber; "This again is misdirection by a company that's doing much better than expected," Cramer said. "I don't see why anybody should have gotten Corning right." While COST and BBY won't enjoy pin-action off of GLW because the issue concerns volume rather than price, Cramer expects to see a rise for AUO and BRLC.

Labels: AMZN, AUO, BBY, BRLC, COST, GLW, Jim Cramer, Wall Street Confidential

Black & Decker (NYSE: BDK ), Eastman Chemical (NYSE: EMN), Monsanto (NYSE: MON), Dupont (NYSE: DD), Nova Chemicals (NYSE: NCX), Amazon (NasdaqGS: AMZN), Corning (NYSE: GLW), EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC), Sepracor (NasdaqGS: SEPR) and Amazon (NasdaqGS: AMZN): Cramer predicted "we will be up 1,000 points by the end of this summer" and called this his "conservative forecast." The reason is that stock supply has "all been sucked up" while demand is sending stocks like BDK up ten points from $82 to $92. Cramer commented on NCX's 12% rise, and said even EMN, a sluggish company, is up, although he wouldn't buy it. He observes DuPont's Pioneer Hybrid purchase is finally paying off, and GLW, which was pessimistic, is increasing supply. Other stocks on a "breakout" included EMC Corp, Sepracor and Amazon; "Do you know that there are hedge funds being put out of business today, because of AMZN?" Cramer said, and suggested that short-sellers "Jump out the window."

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A bevy of better-than-expected earnings reports from companies with strong sales overseas inspired a broad stock market advance today. The world's best-known market indicator, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, steamed past the 13,000 point mark for the first time in its history, while the Nasdaq composite and the S&P 500 also notched solid gains. Crude oil prices continued to move like a yo-yo, gaining over $1 a barrel to reverse a similar-sized drop yesterday. The 10-year Treasury note eased today.
Pacing today's gain was aircraft maker Boeing (NYSE: BA - News), which posted a 27% increase in its Q1 profit. Revenue rose 8% to $15.4 billion, outpacing the expectations of Wall Street. Growth was driven by strong orders for commercial airliners along with defense-related orders. Alcoa (NYSE: AA - News), another Dow component, added 5.3% after revealing that it is exploring the spin-off or sale of its packaging business, which is home to the Reynolds brand of aluminum and plastic wraps.
Defense contractors Raytheon (NYSE: RTN - News) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD - News) managed more modest increases in their quarterly results. General Dynamics posted a 16% increase in its earnings for the quarter ended March 31, while Raytheon achieved a 21% gain. Analysts said that while spending on defense by the U.S. government is still robust, the battle between the Democratic Congress and the White House over a timetable for pulling out of Iraq clouds the picture somewhat for these companies.
Snack and soft drink maker PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP - News) said strong international sales and a good performance out of its Frito-Lay snack division propelled the company to a 16% Q1 earnings gain. CEO Indra Nooyi said investors can expect the company to remain in the acquisition market to supplement earlier moves into brands perceived as more "healthy." Recent acquisitions include Izze Beverage, Naked Juice, and Bluebird Foods.
On the tech front, online retailer Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN - News) leapt 27.0% to its highest price in about two years after announcing that profits more than doubled from the corresponding quarter a year ago. Amazon's profits grew to $111 million, or 26 cents a share, from $51 million, or 12 cents a share. Specialty glass maker Corning (NYSE: GLW - News) added 5.3% after reporting a 27% increase in Q1 net income and issuing an optimistic forecast for the current quarter. The company said sales to the telecom sector were driving growth.
In M&A activity, a consortium of banks led by Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland stepped up with new bid for ABN Amro (NYSE: ABN - News). Fortis Ltd. and Banco Santander Central Hispano (NYSE: STD - News) joined RBS in submitting a bid for the Danish bank that tops the offer announced by Barclay's (NYSE: BCS - News). Amro's shares jumped 5.2% on the news. The key to the deal is Amro's LaSalle Bank subsidiary, which RBS wants in order to cement its toehold in the U.S. market. Barclay's said it would sell LaSalle to Bank of America (NYSE: BAC - News). Amro's board earlier endorsed Barclay's bid, and analysts wondered whether the side deal for LaSalle could be undone.
By the BullMarket.com Staff

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Glass, fiber optics and specialty materials company Corning Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter profit rose 27 percent, exceeding Wall Street's expectations despite a slowdown in demand for liquid-crystal-display glass.
Corning earned $327 million, or 20 cents a share in the January-March period, up from $257 million, or 16 cents a share, in last year's first quarter.
Excluding asbestos litigation and other one-time charges of $125 million, or 8 cents a share, earnings totaled $452 million, or 28 cents a share, in the latest period.
Sales rose 4 percent to $1.307 billion from $1.26 billion a year ago.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had forecast earnings of 26 cents a share on sales of $1.296 billion.

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