Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Teva's Empathy Pangs

Shopping Finds in Canada

While "Mad Money" is not a political show, Cramer told viewers that they need to start strategizing should conservative candidate Stephen Harper win the prime minister's seat in Canada.

The Canadian dollar will strengthen, he said. And there's a good chance that Harper and the conservatives could eliminate the national sales tax.

That would make major Canadian department store Hudson's Bay Company a buy, he said, telling viewers to pick it up on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

U.S.-based financier Jerry Zucker has been trying to buy Hudson's Bay, but the company had enough confidence "to tell him to get lost or pay more," Cramer said. He sees more offers down the road and believes that the company knows its worth and will say no.

But every time it gets another bid, the stock will go up, he said.

Joe Granville Redux?

In a Jan. 12 piece on TheStreet.com titled Granville, Cramer and the Second Coming, Seabreeze Partners President and Street Insight contributor Doug Kass compared Cramer to Joe Granville, a stock big shot who faded into obscurity by the mid-1980s.

Cramer, who responded to Kass in a column of his own, welcomed Kass to the show to ask him why he made the comparison.

Kass said that while both Granville and Cramer are market gurus of sorts noted for their wild antics, Granville was a "one-trick pony" while Cramer has professional accomplishments at Goldman Sachs to back up his Street savvy claims.

But Kass said that the most worrisome similarity was that between Granville's zealous following and investors' response to Cramer's live stock recommendations on "Mad Money." Also, Kass pointed to the way the market used to instantaneously respond to Granville's cries to sell.

His worry is that unthinking investors who take Cramer's ideas as gospel could be a microcosm of a market that has driven fear and doubt away and may not be ready for a decline.

So, Kass warned viewers, don't get too giddy.

To view Cramer's interview with Kass, click here.

Lightning Round

Cramer was bullish on Motorola(MOT), Qualcomm(QCOM), Finish Line(FINL), ZymoGenetics(ZGEN), Hansen Natural(HANS), Birch Mountain Resources(BMD), Range Resources(RRC), Southwestern Energy(SWN), Devon Energy(DVN), Anadarko(APC), Terex(TEX), Aon(AOC), Schering-Plough(SGP), MEMC Electronic Materials(WFR), Whole Foods(WFMI), Micron Technology(MU), Intuitive Surgical(ISRG) and El Paso(EP).

Cramer was bearish on DSW(DSW), Top Tankers(TOPT), Trimble Navigation(TRMB), JLG Industries(JLG), Sify(SIFY), RSA Security(RSAS), Martek Biosciences(MATK), Wild Oats(OATS) and Elan(ELN).

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

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