Cramer's 'Mad Money Lightning Round': Simon Sizzles

01/03/07 - 07:17 PM EST

TheStreet.com Staff

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Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks that callers offered up during the "Mad Money Lightning Round" Wednesday evening:

Exxon Mobil (XOM Quote - Cramer on XOM - Stock Picks): "I don't want to own Exxon. If I have to own an oil stock ... Chevron(CVX Quote - Cramer on CVX - Stock Picks) because it has a better dividend."

NYSE Group(NYX Quote - Cramer on NYX - Stock Picks): "It's a 'mon back* situation. The New York Stock Exchange is cheap, cheap, cheap. I don't want you to lose stock of that. I like the stock very much."

Motorola(MOT Quote - Cramer on MOT - Stock Picks): "The cell-phone business is just too hard. There's too much enfilading fire ... I say no, and I include no for Nokia(NOK Quote - Cramer on NOK - Stock Picks)." Conversely, Cramer said Apple's(AAPL Quote - Cramer on AAPL - Stock Picks) "taking no prisoners."

eBay(EBAY Quote - Cramer on EBAY - Stock Picks): "A lot of people doubt me on this positive call. ... It's a TripleBuy."

Simon Property Group(SPG Quote - Cramer on SPG - Stock Picks): "I think you got a great gain. I want to do a little schnitzel[sale], not a lot. ... And I still like real estate investment trusts that are in commercial."

Northgate Minerals(NXG Quote - Cramer on NXG - Stock Picks): "Good speculation, but Yamana(AUY Quote - Cramer on AUY - Stock Picks) is the cream of the crop for gold."

Hershey Foods(HSY Quote - Cramer on HSY - Stock Picks): "Not gonna help ya, not gonna hurt ya."

Dell(DELL Quote - Cramer on DELL - Stock Picks): "I think the rally in personal computers is going to be so big, it's going to encompass even ne'er-do-well Dell."

Wells Fargo(WFC Quote - Cramer on WFC - Stock Picks): "Best-in-show regional bank. ... Wells Fargo rocks, they know how to integrate, they know how to cross-sell."

*For all you home-gamers, a 'mon-back opportunity means Cramer would back up the figurative truck and load up on a stock.

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At the time of publication, Cramer was long NYSE Group.

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