Jim Cramer Blog

Bullish:
Global Industries (GLBL) – Cramer will not walk away from.
Transocean (RIG) – Is really behind.
Trico Marine (TRMA) – Is not bad.
Core Labs (CLB) – Nothing is better.
FMC (FMC) – Likes as well.
Compellent Tech (CML) – Reminds Cramer of a “mini- VMware.
VMWare (VMW)
Oilsands Quest (BQI) – With the right tax regime in Alberta, there would be some pin action up there.
Novagold (NG) – Could become the depositor of an incredible amount of cheap gold.

Bearish:
Jones Soda (JSDA)- Says no. Sell Jones.
Jamba (JMBA) - Sell
Hansen (HANS) - Sell
Radian Group (RDN) – Does not believe they can raise the capital they need.
Fannie Mae (FNM) – Cramer can not get behind.
Rediff.com (REDF) – Another Baidu.
Countrywide (CFC) – Does not like. Would buy Wells Fargo.
AIG (AIG) – Sell sell sell.
Home Depot (HD) – Rather be in Lowes.
Level 3 (LVLT) – Can’t get CEO on the show.
Old National Bank (ONB) – People are not buying these banks right now.
Superior Offshore (DEEP) – Sticking with Transocean.

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Internet network operator Level 3 Communications Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter loss widened as the company struggled to integrate six businesses it acquired in recent periods.
The Broomfield, Colo., company, which sells wholesale broadband and dial-up Internet services, also lowered its full-year adjusted earnings targets.
In the third quarter, Level 3 reported a loss of $174 million versus a loss of $138 million in the year-ago period. The per-share loss of 11 cents was narrower than the 12 cents reported last year because Level 3's share count used in calculating the result rose sharply.
Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected a loss of 12 cents per share.

Labels: Level 3 Communications Inc., LVLT

On Wednesday, Cramer said, "For everyone who missed out on the 400-point rally yesterday and today, I have one thing to say: It's not too late, you've barely missed a thing." Proof: Cramer said when the Fed realized the extent of its problems back in 1990, it was a great time to get into the market. Since then: Dow Jones up 10,000 points. People shouldn't pay attention to the "negative Nancies" that have been scared out of the market. Cramer says the rate cut has been great for so many stocks. Including: Kohl's (KSS), Target (TGT), as well as the banks. Also: Wachovia (WB), Downey Financial (DSL), and FirstFed Financial (FED). Cramer is still in the middle on homebuilders. He wouldn't touch Lennars (LEN) or KB Homeses (KBH), but wouldn't short them anymore.
AT&T (T): Cramer spent the next segment telling why AT&T is a good buy. It has a good dividend and has "totally reinvented itself as a growth company" by investing in telco companies. AT&T CFO Rick Linder was welcomed to the show and said the telco industry is resurging. Their wireless data, broadband, and video division are all taking off as well. Their acquisition of Apple's iPhone has been largely successful, especially since its price drop to $200.
Mad Mail: writer commented on Cisco's (CSCO) recent acquisition of wireless solutions company Cognio and asked if all WiFi companies are headed down the bandwidth road to the extent that Level 3 Communications (LVLT) will soon experience explosive revenue and profit growth.
Am I Diversified? Cramer's first caller asked if he was diversified with the following five stocks: Apple, Noble (NE), Potash (POT), Research In Motion (RIMM) and Schlumberger (SLB). Cramer pointed out two pairs with Apple and RIMM, and Noble and Schlumberger. Throw out Noble and Apple and add a defense play like Northrop Grumman (NOC) and a financial like Wachovia. Separately, Cramer said he prefers Deere (DE), Monsanto (MON) and Bunge (BG) to Potash.
His second caller named these five picks: Genentech (DNA), Fuel-Tech (FTEK), NightHawk Radiology (NHWK), L-1 Identity Solutions (ID) and US Gold (UXG). Cramer told the caller she had too much of a gambling portfolio with too many speculative stocks like ID, FTEK and UXG. He suggested getting out of those and into less speculative names.

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Bullish Calls:
Aecom Technology (NYSE: ACM - News): 'This may be the cheapest of the infrastructure plays.'Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC - News): ' ... at $61, should have been bought today... buy, buy, buy! Infrastructure rocks, as does agriculture!'Wachovia (NYSE: WB - News): 'They just raised the dividend, and they said that the bad loans are under control.'Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB - News): 'SLB, to me, is the cheapest. It went down today, along with the whole group. I feel like you can trade up to quality... you can trade up to SLB.'Transocean (NYSE: RIG - News)Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM - News): 'I think, at $15, TTM makes a huge amount of sense.'E*Trade Financial (NasdaqGS: ETFC - News): 'I would buy some here, and let it come down a bit ... There are many companies that have really bad exposure to this mortgage stuff. ETFC is not one of them.'American Capital Strategies (NasdaqGS: ACAS - News): 'I think that this company is a survivor... a lot of people have tried to call it out a lot of times. They're not going to be successful.'Hudson City Bancorp (NasdaqGS: HCBK - News): 'I think we're in dangerous territory with FSLR. Don't buy, don't buy.'Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT - News): 'I like LVLT for one reason... because I believe there's going to be a bandwidth shortage ... I am picking this as a long-term speculation and, when we run out of bandwidth, I'm not backing away.'Tessera Technologies (NasdaqGS: TSRA - News): 'I thought the quarter was going to be good. I got the quarter wrong. I like the story longer term. now, in the low $30s, I would definitely buy it.'Principal Financial Group (NYSE: PFG - News): 'A very cheap stock ... I really like this stock. I was going to buy it for my charitable trust... I didn't get a chance.'LCA-Vision (NasdaqGS: LCAV - News): 'Upgraded today by Raymond James... a big buyback coming... just finished a buyback. I like it.'IBM (NYSE: IBM - News)
Neutral calls:
Dean Foods (NYSE: DF - News): 'This has become a very problematic story and I've got to tell you something... don't buy, don't buy... I don't think it's over, and the company doesn't think the pain's over too.'Banco Popular (NasdaqGS: BPOP - News)Parker Drilling (NYSE: PKD - News)Foster Wheeler (NasdaqGS: FWLT - News): 'On a day like today, up $7, sell, sell, sell... on the conference call, they made it very clear that contracts were lumpy...every time the stock runs a little, I think it's going to run into selling pressure.'First Solar (FSLS)
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Wall Street Casino: Cisco (NasdaqGS: CSCO - News), Under Armour (NYSE: UA - News), Coke (NYSE: K - News), Pepsi (NYSE: PEP - News), Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT - News)
Cramer compared the stock market to a poker table at the Fed's casino where Ben Bernanke can change the rules at will. Everyone thought John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, was bluffing when he said networking was strong and announced a big buyback five days before the end of the quarter, but it turned out he was holding a full house. Cramer doesn't think Cisco's luck has run out yet, and thinks LVLT also has a "hot" hand. Under Armour had a poker face all quarter and showed a straight flush. Everyone sees Coke and Pepsi's hand, comments Cramer, and they will always have three of a kind, which is good in the current environment. However, financials have such "crummy" hands that they don't even try to fake it anymore.

CEO Interview: Mackey McDonald, VF Corp. (NYSE: VFC - News)
Cramer praised VFC for focusing on its brands and for expanding overseas while the domestic retail sector has been challenged lately. McDonald said the consumer is still buying, but is concentrating on high-quality products. "having a portfolio of strong brands is extremely important," he added, "We're always looking for additional brands. We establish a target list of areas we're not strong in that we want to be strong in. We find the best brands to fit those needs and try to make the best acquisitions we can." Cramer says VFC doesn't need the American consumer to thrive.
Mad Mail: Hitting Home
When a viewer asked Cramer if a cut in interest rates will be bad for the dollar and harm investor holdings relative to the rest of the world, he said he doesn't care about dollars and tariffs, but is concerned about millions of Americans who are faced with the prospect of losing their homes.
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Bullish Calls:
Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK - News): 'The whole complex of natural gas is so ridiculously too low. Just because we had a couple of months stored... CHK is a great driller. It's got great assets. I believe that natural gas will come back in vogue.'Wynn Resorts (NasdaqGS: WYNN - News): 'Look, Macau gambling is for real! I've been behind the Macau gambling... I still like Wynn.'Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS - News)Apache (NYSE: APA - News): 'I like APA. It has oil, it has gas, and it's right. It's beaten down, and I would pull the trigger today! 'Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB - News): 'Do you know that Schlumberger is selling at 17x next year's earnings?... This is just a very inexpensive stock... how could I not recommend that unbelievable best-of-breed?...'Helix Energy (NYSE: HLX - News): ' ... as much as I like the HLX... If SLB's selling at 17x earnings, I mean, how could I not recommend that unbelievable best-of-breed?... 'Shaw Group (NYSE: SGR - News): ' ... don't hold me to it, but I think that's going to be good. And SGR is on a remarkable run!... Now, look, understand... We had that horrible bridge tragedy, but all of us know the infrastructure is woefully needing repair. It's SGR. The infrastructure bull market is probably the strongest market on earth!'Fluor (NYSE: FLR - News)McDermott (NYSE: MDR - News)DaimlerChrysler (NYSE: DCX - News)Boeing (NYSE: BA - News): ' ... but I am reiterating absolutely that Boeing is a buy, and the orders will trickle down. It's just that we don't have them right now.'Cisco (NasdaqGS: CSCO - News): ' ... reported a blowout quarter tonight - as we've been predicting endlessly, and finally it happened... Remember, he did announce the $5 billion buyback at the end of his last quarter... buy, buy, buy - CSCO, even above $31. 'Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT - News)Garmin (NasdaqGS: GRMN - News): ' ... conference call for GRMN was amazing. The guide up was huge... GRMN's a keeper! Stay with GRMN - buy, buy, buy! 'Crocs (NasdaqGS: CROX - News)Under Armour (NYSE: UA - News)Temple Inland (NYSE: TIN - News): ' ... Temple Inland remains my favorite, courtesy of Carl Icaan and his restructuring. '
Bearish calls:
Zebra Technologies (NasdaqGS: ZBRA - News): 'I personally think that the bar code business has peaked. It's just not exciting to me. I don't want to be in it. Don't buy, don't buy.'Haynes International (NasdaqGM: HAYN - News): '... didn't report a good quarter..., is the aerospace bull market caput?... I think that there's a big lag between when the (Boeing) Dreamliner gets built, and all of these stocks blow away their numbers... Now it's still painful ... I think this group is going to be on hold, and the better side is the defense stocks right now..'.Starbucks (NasdaqGS: SBUX - News): ' ... I want good, solid growth... and consistent growth... and SBUX can no longer give that to me. Don't buy, don't buy. At $23, I'll pull the trigger.'Juniper Networks (NasdaqGS: JNPR - News): 'I believe that CSCO is better than JNPR. I am telling you - sell, sell, sell - JNPR.'Weyerhauser (NYSE: WY - News): 'They can't deliver.'
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Bullish calls:
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT - News): 'I wish I hadn't talked about it, so I could have bought more... I urge you to buy that. I see an upside surprise.'Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT - News): 'We caught it at $3. It went to $6. It's pulled back. I don't know when the (bandwidth) shortage is going to flash, 'Shortage! Shortage! Shortage!,' but when it does, you can't wait and then buy it! You have to keep it now.'Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NasdaqGS: MDRX - News): 'Hey, anything that does healthcare cost containment like Medco Health is just fantastic in this market. It's a triple buy!'Cheesecake Factory (NasdaqGS: CAKE - News): ' ... they have to put up more stores. I think it's a decent buy right here. It's come down a lot. Let's pull the trigger on some CAKE... even though the bears would say that no one is ever going to have cheesecake, because they can't afford it anymore...'Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI - News): ' ... the lead just killed them! I think the lead price is coming down... I think JCI is going back up. I like the stock. This is a classic example of what you should be buying right now...'Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NasdaqGS: AMLN - News): 'I think biotech is precisely right going into the fall. AMLN is good ... new position. I have not liked that stock... 'Amgen (NasdaqGS: AMGN - News): 'Amgen is good...'Ladish (NasdaqGM: LDSH - News): 'I think that LDSH is a great buy, but the one thing I'd caution... How many stocks can say this?... 52-week high... but again, jet engines. That's a keeper.'Woodward Governor (NasdaqGS: WGOV - News)Sun Microsystems (NasdaqGS: SUNW - News): 'Unbelievable quarter ... This is a company I have hated for a decade! I got bullish on it about a quarter ago ... Don't run from SUNW. Run to it! Buy, buy, buy!'Ryerson (NYSE: RYI - News)Reliance Steel (NYSE: RS - News): ' ... as good as RYI is, Reliance Steel is even better!'Google (NasdaqGS: GOOG - News): ' GOOG's done going down. The bears are going to be trapped ... I think GOOG's going back to its high ... No one thinks that except for me... Buy, buy, buy!'Continental Resources (NYSE: CLR - News): 'I think you can stick with CLR.'XTO Energy (NYSE: XTO - News): 'I am sticking with, and buying for my charitable trust, XTO Energy, which is now the cheapest oil and gas company in the world!'
Bearish calls:
Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR - News): 'That was a bad quarter ... It wasn't saved by Brazil. I've got to give you a don't buy.'
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Level 3 Communications Inc., on Thursday reported a sharply reduced loss in the second quarter from the previous three-month period, but the loss was about level with Q2 2006 results.
The Broomfield-based communications and information services company (Nasdaq: LVLT), reported a loss of $202 million, or minus 13 cents a share, which was down from a loss of $647 million, or minus 44 cents a share, in the first quarter. In the second quarter of 2006, its net loss was reported as $201 million.
Analysts' estimates predicted an EPS of minus 12 cents per share in the second quarter of 2007.
Level 3 reported little change in consolidated revenue between the first and second quarters of 2007: $1.052 billion in Q2, down slightly from $1.056 in Q1. In the second quarter of 2006, revenue was $835 million.
The company has been hit with costs associated with integrating several recent acquisitions, and in the first quarter was hit with a one-time refinancing charge of nearly $3 billion.
Since 2005, Level 3 spent more than $2 billion to acquire WilTel Communications Group, TelCove Inc., Looking Glass Networks Inc., ICG Communications Inc., Progress Telecom and Broadwing Corp.
On July 11, it announced it would buy Servecast Ltd., an Irish online video management service.
"While we have a great deal of work remaining, we made good progress on our overall integration of acquired companies," CEO James Crowe said in a statement.
In the third quarter, Level 3 expects "accelerated growth in core communications services revenue and expect to have some of the operational challenges that damped ... revenue growth in the 2nd quarter," Level 3 CFO Sunit Patel said.
As of 9:59 a.m. MDT, Level 3's stock price stood at $4.99 a share, down nearly 13 percent on the day.
Published July 26, 2007 by The Denver Business Journal

Labels: Level 3 Communications Inc., LVLT

Bullish Calls:
Allergan (NYSE: AGN - News)LifeCell (NasdaqGS: LIFC - News): 'I'm not going to run away from MRX now. I think Jonas Shaknai can deliver. I think you've got a good one in LIFC.'Synchronoss Technologies (NasdaqGM: SNCR - News): 'This is just the kind of consistent service business I like ... I think Goldman gave it away.'Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT - News)Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT - News): ' ... the turn is at hand and, if Lee Scott leaves... plus 5... 'Time Warner (NYSE: TWX - News): 'They're going to break the company up, because it's too difficult to understand... I told my friend, Regis Philbin, recently to please not give up on TWX.'Tellabs (NasdaqGS: TLAB - News): 'Someone has to acquire them ... I am going to violate my rules... and I am going to say ... own TLAB... I hope that I don't have to pay for that one.'Celgene (NasdaqGS: CELG - News): 'I am reiterating that, if you want regular bio, you go with Celgene.'Nastech Pharmaceutical (NasdaqGM: NSTK - News): ' ... if you want a little speculative, you go with Nastech.'
Bearish calls:
Target (NYSE: TGT - News): 'I would ring the register for TGT...'Ryanair Holdings (NasdaqGS: RYAAY - News): 'I think that oil's going to $80 a barrel ... I think this group is just really bad. Sell, sell, sell!...'Genentech (NYSE: DNA - News): ' I am saying ix-nay on your DNA, unfortunately... Sell, sell, sell!... '
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Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC), Gilead (NasdaqGS: GILD), Hologics (NasdaqGS: HOLX), Medco Health (NYSE: MHS), Cisco (NasdaqGS: CSCO), Level 3 (NasdaqGS: LVLT), Garmin (NasdaqGS: GRMN), Ciena (NasdaqGS: CIEN), Chicago Bridge and Iron (NYSE: CBI), Allegheny Tech (NYSE: ATI)
Cramer called LEH, GS and BSC "premium franchises" and would "load the boat up." He feels LEH has been given unfair estimate cuts and GS trades at a price-to-earnings multiple not worthy of even a "crummy plastics company." He also likes Gilead, Hologics, which he recently purchased, and Medco Health, which rose $3 on a federal contract and dropped down again. Other picks include Cisco, "the biggest percentage gainer in the S&P," LVLT, a "speculative fave," Ciena and Garmin. Finally, Cramer added CBI and ATI, his 2006 stock of the year, to the list. However, he would buy none of these picks if the four-and-a-halfs of 5/17 or the Bellweather bond continues its descent. It moved down from $100 to $94 on Thursday, and a lower price means a higher yield and a more attractive bond market. However, if it increases to $96-$97, Cramer would still be bullish on the above-mentioned stocks.
The Soda Ash Wars: FMC Corp. (NYSE: FMC)
Rumors the Chinese government is considering an end to tax rebates for their soda ash exporters is good news for FMC, which is the second largest producer of soda ash, a substance used to make such diverse items as glass, cleansers, film and bricks. However, Cramer emphasizes this is just a rumor, and would buy the stock down, since it has dipped since its recent spike. FMC uses a cheaper production process than that of the Chinese, it has pricing power because it is part of a cartel, and its agricultural chemical business is "incredibly strong," says Cramer.
Major Miner: Sterlite Industries
Sterlite, which will trade under the symbol SLT, is India's largest mining company, has "steroidal growth," and has China close by as a huge consumer. Sterlite has a 42% market share in copper, along with some aluminum, and is part of an "unfair" zinc duopoly. Cramer likes privatized companies like Sterlite because the government doesn't want "the deal to blow up in their voters' faces, so they're all priced below what they should be." He suggests buying the stock at a discount, since he expects it to go up, and sets the maximum entry point at $14 with an exit point at $20.
CEO Interview: Gary Butler, Automatic Data Processing (NYSE: ADP)
Gary Butler discussed ADP's the recent $2 billion spinoff of its brokerage business which leaves "a faster growth business, which is very focused and which we think will give us a tremendous return on management." He added; "We operate in a huge market where there is $80 billion of opportunity between the U.S. and globally, so we think the appreciation for our shareholders will be much stronger." With its consistent cash surplus, ADP will continue its buybacks and dividend increases, said Butler and when Cramer asked if ADP would go private, Butler said he would prefer to return value to shareholders rather than to private equity firms; "When you have a company that grew EPS 25% last year and will be over 20% this year ... and you can continue to grow the share price, I think we can deliver more long-term value by staying the course," Butler said.
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Bullish:
Networks (NasdaqGM: ARUN): 'Blowout quarter last week ... How about we wait for a pullback, before we back up the truck... If it goes below $20, you've got to be willing to pull the trigger.'Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER): ' MER is not going to have any problem going over $100.00 ... Because MER is incredibly well-run. The sub-prime problems are in the past ... That stock needs to go higher right now. Buy, buy, buy!'Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT): 'I think this stock is going to finish the year - yes, and if I may be so bold... - at between $7 and $8. So any one of these declines is just another opportunity to load the boat up with LVLT.'Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT): 'I got behind WMT in the mid-$40s, and I am not backing away now at $50. It's got much more upside.'Alcoa (NYSE: AA): ' I think Alcoa and Alcan are going to merge... You know I think that AA is not going to be public in a year if they don't get that deal...'Alcan (NYSE: AL)Dominion Resources (NYSE: D): 'I think that one may be a better diversified utility company than yours (Targa Resources). So let's make that switch.'Research In Motion (NasdaqGS: RIMM): 'That has the better fundamentals (than Palm.)'Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX)Qualcomm (NasdaqGS: QCOM): 'If you want to be in a semiconductor play that has to do with cell, I will send you to QualComm.'BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) CVRD (NYSE: RIO): ' ... among the cheapest mineral stocks ... It's just too darn cheap, too well-run and, ever since they were able to buy the largest nickel company ... this thing wreaks of monopoly!'Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS): 'I actually like very much the Barnes & Noble quarter, and they're buying back a lot of stock.'
Bearish calls:
Target (NYSE: TGT): ' ... sell, sell, sell... let's take a little off the table, and go into Wal-Mart.Aluminum Corp. of China (NYSE: ACH) 'The Chinese market is overheated. I liked this stock initially as a dividend play. Now that it only yields 2%.'Targa Resources (NasdaqGM: NGLS)Palm (NasdaqGS: PALM): 'You got lucky. I need you out of PALM. I would rather see you in Research In Motion ... You just lucky with that Elevation bid... I want to head to the hills, PALM. Sell, sell, sell!'Scholastic (NasdaqGS: SCHL): 'Oh, way too inconsistent. It's really hurt a lot of people.'Tesoro (NYSE: TSO): 'I want you to sell that. That move has peaked. Those margins cannot be sustained ... 'Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO): 'I want TSO and VLO sold.'RF Micro Devices (NasdaqGS: RFMD): 'I am not going to bless RFMD. Not on this show. No way ... I understand the speculative desire for RFMD, but I am not going to tell you to stay with it.'

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Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC): 'I like APC. They loaded the boat up with properties. They still have to pay down some things.'XTO Energy (NYSE: XTO): 'I think APC is good, but I think that XTO rocks the boat, and will beat APC - in the long term race - to $100.'URS (NYSE: URS): 'They finally did something. They bought Washington Group. They got it cheaply, and the stock is, at last, on the move ... Buy, buy, buy! ... Washington is historically not a great operator. But at least there is a pulse at URS.'Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT): 'LVLT is going to sink or swim on the fundies. I think the fundies are good. I want to back up the truck in the mid $5s... 'Olin (NYSE: OLN): ' OLN did not buy Pioneer, they stole Pioneer! ... OLN's on the move... They suddenly have religion. Buy, buy, buy!'Carmike Cinemas (CKE): 'This is the one to play. I would sell the others and buy that one, and that's new information from me.'General Maritime (NYSE: GMR): 'Peter Georgiopolous, CEO and founder of GMR is the guy we back... He spent a lot of money buying back stock. He's got the safest yield. That's who we're going with.'Edison International (NYSE: EIX): 'EIX is one of the great... The utilities had an unbelievable bull market, but that's just one of the effects of the utilities... they're reorganized, they're terrific.'Consolidated Edison (NYSE: ED)Dominion (NYSE: D)Cisco (NasdaqGS: CSCO): 'This is a stock that is growing at 15% that has a 20x multiple ... It just didn't say the right things on the conference call ... Let's buy some CSCO here.'Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM): 'The only stock I'm recommending over there [Japanese Market] is Toyota Motor, and even that's stalledthat's stalled. Although I do like that, and I own it for my charitable trust, and I continue to buy that stock.'Vodafone (NYSE: VOD): 'I'm going to send you to Vodafone after that beautiful quarter. VOD's got growth.'Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ): 'You know I'm a backer of WMT down here... Good article about China and WMT in The Wall Street Journal.'
Bearish calls:
Stratasys (NasdaqGS: SSYS): 'Computer-aided design and automation for semiconductors. No thank you. I want you to take your money and run there. Sell, sell, sell!'Ultra Clean Holdings (NasdaqGS: UCTT): 'No ... if the semiconductor capital equipment business is in bear market mode, I don't want to touch it.'DivX (NasdaqGM: DIVX): 'We are not going back to DIVX. Sell, sell, sell! 'American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO): 'AEO is too hard for me, my friend ... I am strictly going to put it in the 'don't buy' category.'Cinemark (NYSE: CNK - News)Regal Entertainment (NYSE: RGC)Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NYSE: NTT): 'I don't like the Japanese market at all... NTT does not have growth.'

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Sole Survivor: Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM), Ford (NYSE: F), General Motors (NYSE: GM) and DaimlerChrysler (NYSE: DCX)
While Ford and General Motors are declining and Cerberus' acquisition of DCX should shrink it into a "teeny weeny auto company," Toyota will be the last big car company left, says Cramer. Although the stock is down after reporting disappointing numbers, Cramer believes TM will keep "growing and improving." Its decline in operating profit was the result of investing resources for growth, and Cramer notes TM is expanding while its competitors are shrinking. Cramer would buy TM while it is cheap.
Sweet as Honeywell (NYSE: HON)
Cramer continued his series on "transformational CEOs" with Dave Cote of Honeywell, who took the reins from "despised figure," Michael Bonsignore. The company was buried in asbestos problems, but since Dave Cote has taken over, the company has improved sales and cash flow. Athough it is up 10 points, Cramer is still bullish on HON.
Mad Mail: Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT), Syneron Medical (NasdaqGS: ELOS)
Cramer says LVLT is a good bandwith shortage play, and says CEO James Crowe is "bankable." While there is some concern over management change at ELOS, Cramer likes the company's recent numbers and says it is a "product story."

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Cramer’s Top 10 Stock Picks:

1. Halliburton (HAL)
   
2. Caterpillar (CAT)
   
3. Transocean Drilling (RIG)
   
4. Clorox (CLX)
   
5. Altria (MO)
   
6. Hewlett Packard (HPQ)
   
7. Goldman Sachs (GS)
   
8. Sears Holdings (SHLD)
   
9. Fannie Mae (FNM)
   
10. Level 3 Communications (LVLT)

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Celgene (NasdaqGS: CELG): 'I want the money shifted over to CELG.'Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT): 'I want to pull the trigger on this. This stock has had a tremendous run. When stocks have tremendous runs, of course they come in ... It's one of these stocks that is using the incredibly low rates - 4.67% on the 10-year today... And they are refinancing, they are issuing equity instead of debt... I'm telling you to back up the truck at $6 smackers.'First Solar (NasdaqGM: FSLR): 'It's the hottest, it's the best, and it's FSLR, because it does not need a handout from the great United States of America, in order to make the numbers.'Saks (NYSE: SKS - News): 'even though they lost their CFO, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt! I would buy the stock.'VF Corp. (NYSE: VFC - News)J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP - News)Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL - News)Inergy (NasdaqGS: NRGY): 'This is one of those very high-yielding ... propane wholesale distribution business, which is a fabulous business, and generates a huge amount of cash flow... 'American Tower (NYSE: AMT - News): 'The tower industry is in bull-market mode for so long - longer than this show's been on. I reiterate my buy on AMT. And everybody who wants to see a great cashflow business, look at the cell phone tower business.'Vaalco Energy (NYSE: EGY - News): 'It's pulled back to $5. I think people feel it's too risky. At $5 bucks, I like it. This is speculative ... I want to be very careful.'Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM - News):Transocean (NYSE: RIG - News):GlobalSantaFe (NYSE: GSF - News)ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP - News): 'I haven't liked it, but versus the others, it's got to be bought right here. Buy, buy, buy!'Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q - News): 'Dick Notebart is doing an unbelievable job. That stock just blew through $9. They got the gigantic federal contract. I think Q is going to $10, not in a heartbeat, but pretty darn soon.'American Ecology (NasdaqGM: ECOL): 'We've liked that stock very much. I like the dividend too. I want to stick with that.'
Bearish calls:
Geron (NasdaqGM: GERN): 'No, no. Way too speculative for me. Why buy a risky stock like GERN, when CELG has got less risk and more reward?...'FuelCell Energy (NasdaqGM: FCEL): 'You know I'm not a fan.'Acadia Pharmaceuticals (NasdaqGM: ACAD): 'This is one of those - they already priced the deal.'Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG - News): 'I am concerned. Don't buy, don't buy. I've got to do more work. Maybe I am wrong, and that HOG could go still lower.'Walgreen (NYSE: WAG - News): 'WAG is a consistent, slow-grower ... 'don't buy, don't buy' until I see whether WAG does indeed pull the trigger on Express Scripts.'Energy Partners (NYSE: EPL - News):: 'I am strictly in the sell, sell, sell mode.'Monster Worldwide (NasdaqGS: MNST): 'I was very let down by the MNST numbers. That was a clear and utter miss!'

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