Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Making Gold From Steel

Stock quotes in this article: X , CBT , ISE , MC , JDSU , OXY , CMGI , MATR  

Mad Mail

Reaching into the "Mad Money" mailbag, Cramer answered a viewer who asked why JDSU(JDSU Quote) is trading higher than CMGI(CMGI Quote).

Cramer said it's because CMGI hasn't turned around, while JDSU has improved dramatically and diversified.

He agreed with a viewer who noted that Occidental Petroleum(OXY Quote) is very cheap, adding that he owns it for his Action Alerts PLUS charitable trust.

But he said to stay away from Guangshen Railway(GSH Quote) because he would stay away from the Chinese equity market altogether.

He commended a viewer for pointing out home health care company Matria Healthcare's(MATR Quote) potential upside given the fact that chronic illnesses such as diabetes are on the rise.

And finally, he said that there's still money to be made in Under Armour(UARM Quote).

Lightning Round

Cramer was bullish on Peabody Energy(BTU Quote), Google(GOOG Quote), T. Rowe Price(TROW Quote), Continental(CAL Quote), GOL Linhas(GOL Quote), Dynegy(DYN Quote), Chesapeake Energy(CHK Quote), Cooper Cameron(CAM Quote), TradeStation(TRAD Quote), Reynolds & Reynolds(REY Quote), Johnson Controls(JCI Quote), Polaris(PII Quote), Hewlett-Packard(HPQ Quote), Todco(THE Quote), GlobalSantaFe(GSF Quote), Transocean(RIG Quote), ENGlobal(ENG Quote) and Aqua America(WTR Quote).

Cramer was bearish on SulphCo(SUF Quote), Sonic(SONC Quote), JetBlue Airways(JBLU Quote), Dell(DELL Quote), Steelcase(SCS Quote), ASV(ASVI Quote), Quiksilver(ZQK Quote), Engelhard(EC Quote) and Suntech Power(STP Quote).

For more of Cramer's insights during the Lightning Round, click here.

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At the time of publication, Cramer was long Aqua America and Occidental Petroleum.

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