Cramer's Mad Money Lightning Round': Profit Quest

09/22/06 - 07:43 PM EDT

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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" Friday evening:

ZymoGenetics(ZGEN Quote): "Nobody's focused on it. ... Let's start to buy."

Pier 1(PIR Quote): "There is talk that there's a buyer of it ... I believe that you should sell the stock. ... The fundamentals are in decline. Take the money and run."

Intrawest(IDR Quote): "I still recommend Four Seasons(FS Quote)."

B/E Aerospace(BEAV Quote): "This is a great play on the cycle ... the aerospace cycles. ... should be bought ... Boeing(BA Quote) will take BEA along with it."

Hewlett-Packard(HPQ Quote): "Patricia Dunn is done. ... I think that Mark Hurd will be exonerated. ... I think the stock is just a huge buy. I think it's much ado about nothing."

J Crew(JCG Quote): "At 28 bucks, goes to 34. I like the stock."

Packeteer(PKTR Quote): "Worried about ... competition from Cisco(CSCO Quote). I'm doing a sell."

Bear Stearns(BSC Quote): "One of the greatest stocks around ... Swap out of Bear and go into Goldman Sachs," which Cramer owns for his Action Alerts PLUS charitable trust .

Landstar System(LSTR Quote): "If you like the trucking business my friend, I send you to Federal Express(FDX Quote)."

Quest Diagnostics(DGX Quote): "That stock won't quit. ... All the money from Medco(MHS Quote) ... the Cardinal Health (CAH Quote) is going to Quest Diagnostics. "

Nordson(NDSN Quote): "It's adhesives, it's sealants, it's coatings."

JDSU(JDSU Quote): "Your time has come and gone. ... I'm giving you the giant sell."

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At the time of publication, Cramer was long Goldman Sachs.

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