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

09/07/05 - 07:19 PM EDT

TheStreet.com Staff

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.

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
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At the time of publication, Cramer was long Commerce Bancorp.

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