Cramer's 'Mad Money Lightning Round': Bully for BHP Billiton

 

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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" Thursday evening:

Applied Materials: "I think Applied Materials is not where you should be. ... It's too levered to the big semiconductor companies," which, he says, aren't participating in his Cramer Tech Rally.

Brocade: "I think that stock's in the sweet spot."

Legg Mason: "I think Legg Mason is a buy. ... I'd bet my bottom dollar on Legg Mason. It's going to be a House of Pleasure."

FreightCar America: "RAIL is not best of breed. I prefer Trinity."

BHP Billiton: "What could be better than a 52-week high (for a stock Cramer owns for his ActionAlerts PLUS charitable trust)? ... I think it goes higher."

Lightning Round

Cramer was bullish on Cedar Fair(FUN Quote), Ceradyne(CRDN Quote), Hewlett-Packard(HPQ Quote), Cardinal Health(CAH Quote), UnitedHealth Group(UNH Quote), Agilent(A Quote), AK Steel(AKS Quote), United States Steel(X Quote), Oregon Steel(OS Quote), Wheeling-Pittsburgh(WPSC Quote), International Game Technology(IGT Quote), Vulcan Materials(VMC Quote), Martin Marietta Materials(MLM Quote), Eagle Materials(EXP Quote), Brocade(BRCD Quote), Conexant(CNXT Quote), Legg Mason(LM Quote), Trinity Industries(TRN Quote) and BHP Billiton(BHP Quote).

Cramer was bearish on Six Flags(PKS Quote), Tidewater(TDW Quote), Applied Materials(AMAT Quote), Amkor Technology(AMKR Quote), Mikohn Gaming(PGIC Quote), Encysive Pharmaceuticals(ENCY Quote), Exploration Co. of Delaware(TXCO Quote) and FreightCar America(RAIL Quote).

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At the time of publication, Cramer was long UnitedHealth Group and BHP Billiton.

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