Cramer's 'Mad Money Lightning Round': CarMax Looks Buff

09/07/05 - 07:19 PM EDT

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Valero(VLO - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr): "That's the No. 1 name in the S&P this year."

Sierra Pacific(SRP - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr): "A lot of people feel it's gone up too much and they are wrong!"

Smith International(SII - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr): "You got a winner there."

Alllied Waste(AW - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr): We don't like this theme (waste management)."

Vimpel-Communcations(VIP - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr): "How do I know he (Putin) doesn't wake up tomorrow and say, 'You know what, the Kremlin owns Vimpel'?" Cramer said of the Moscow-based telco.

CarMax(KMX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr): "A blowaway quarter. They shocked me. ... Two thumbs way up for CarMax!"

Lightning Round

Bullish

Cramer was bullish on Schering-Plough (SGP - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Transocean (RIG - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Schlumberger (SLB - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Chevron(CVX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Coventry Health Care(CVH - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Centex(CTX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), National Fuel Gas(NFG - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Energy Conversion Devices(ENER - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Principal Financial Group(PFG - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Prudential Financial(PRU - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), MetLife(MET - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), BE Aerospace(BEAV - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Polaris Industries(PII - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Sierra Pacific Resources(SRP - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Smith International(SII - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), CarMax (KMX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Sirius Satellite Radio(SIRI - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), XM Satellite Radio(XMSR - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Weatherford International (WFT - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Chesapeake Energy (CHK - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Noble Energy(NBL - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Commerce Bancorp(CBH - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Borders Group(BGP - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Barnes & Noble(BKS - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Genentech (DNA - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr). Bearish

Cramer was bearish on Merck(MRK - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Parker Drilling (PKD - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Toll Brothers(TOL - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Exxon Mobil (XOM - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Sepracor (SEPR - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Accenture (ACN - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Pulte(PHM - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), PetMed Express(PETS - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Salesforce.com(CRM - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Usana Health Sciences(USNA - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), A.S.V. (ASVI - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Allied Waste Industries (AW - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Vimpel-Communications(VIP - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Citizens Communications(CZN - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Citigroup (C - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).

*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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