Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Lightning Round Review
On a special edition of "Mad Money" on CNBC Friday, Jim Cramer offered an all-lightning round hour in which he recapped some of the buy and sell ideas he provided to callers during the show in recent weeks.
Getting positive remarks from Cramer were Lennar (LEN), Boeing (BA), Inland Real Estate (IRC), Dean Foods (DF), Zenith National Insurance (ZNT), Nike (NKE), Reebok (RBK), Wolverine World Wide (WWW), Stride Rite (SRR), SL Green (SLG), Eagle Materials (EXP) and Allstate (ALL). He also had upbeat views on AIG (AIG), CMGI (CMGI), GameStop (GME), Sirius (SIRI), Dover (DOV), Yahoo! (YHOO), Papa John's (PZZA), Genentech (DNA), Aramark (RMK), Offshore Logistics (OLG), J.P. Morgan (JPM), San Juan Basin (SJT), Toll Brothers (TOL) and Chattem (CHTT). Also receiving Cramer's endorsement were WellPoint (WLP), Skyworks (SWKS), Corning (GLW), Shaw Group (SGR), Engineered Support (EASI), General Dynamics (GD), Sonic Corp. (SONC), Disney (DIS), Ross Stores (ROST), Engelhard (EC), Prudential (PRU), Metris (MXT), Adobe (ADBE), Equity Office (EOP), UPS (UPS), ConocoPhillips (COP), Duke Energy (DUK), Intel (INTC), KB Home (KBH) and ITT Industries (ITT). Odyssey Re (ORH), XTO Energy (XTO), Timberland (TBL), Nike (NKE), Novatel (NVTL), TurboChef (OVEN) and Lucent (LU) were viewed with optimism, along with McAfee (MFE), Deere (DE), Bowater (BOW), Calpine (CPN), Disney (DIS), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Broadcom (BRCM), Texas Instruments (TXN), National Semiconductor (NSM), Tesoro (TSO), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Alliant Techsystems (ATK), Enterra Energy (EENC) and Sears Holdings (SHLD).
Cramer also had plenty of bearish calls recently, including Netflix (NFLX), Able Labs (ABRX), Maxtor (MXO), International Securities Exchange (ISE), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Nastech Pharmaceutical (NSTK), Heinz (HNZ), Geron (GERN), Mattel (MAT), Magna Entertainment (MECA), Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), Bank of America (BAC), Nokia (NOK), Biogen Idec (BIIB) and Hot Topic (HOTT).
He also said investors should avoid Earthlink (ELNK), Friedman Billings Ramsey (FBR), Frontline (FRO), Checkfree (CKFR), International Game Technology (IGT), Callaway Golf (ELY), Health Net (HNT), CarMax (KMX), Zebra (ZBRA), Leucadia National (LUK), Krispy Kreme (KKD), Synopsys (SNPS), Ballard Power (BLDP), Oracle (ORCL) and Fuelcell (FCEL)
More words of caution were offered on Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), NitroMed (NTMD), Powerwave Technologies (PWAV), Cognos (COGN), Audible (ADBL), Wind River (WIND), Presstek (PRST), Johnson Controls (JCI), Orbital Sciences (ORB), Verizon (VZ), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Dreamworks (DWA), Nordic American Tanker (NAT), Aspect Communications (ASPT), Redback (RBAK), Kana (KANAE) and Ameritrade (AMTD).
Interested in more Cramer? Check out Jim's rules and commandments for investing from his latest book by clicking here. It's a series of articles from Cramer on how to become a better investor. The following table lists some of the rules that Cramer dissects.
| 1. | Pigs Get Slaughtered | 2. | It's OK to Pay the Taxes | ||
| 3. | Don't Buy All at Once | 4. | Buy Damaged Stocks | ||
| 5. | Diversify to Control Risk | 6. | Do Your Homework | ||
| 7. | Don't Panic | 8. | Buy Best-of-Breed | ||
| 9. | Defend Some Stocks | 10. | Don't Bet on Bad Stocks | ||
| 11. | Own Fewer Names | 12. | Cash Is for Winners | ||
| 13. | No Regrets | 14. | Expect Corrections | ||
| 15. | Know Bonds | 16. | Don't Subsidize Losers | ||
| 17. | No Room for Hope | 18. | Be Flexible | ||
| 19. | Quit When Execs Do | 20. | Patience Is a Virtue | ||
| 21. | Be a TV Critic | 22. | When to Wait 30 Days | ||
| 23. | Beware the Hype | 24. | Explain Your Picks | ||
| 25. | Find the Bull Market | ||||
| Check back for more of Cramer's Rules | |||||
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