You Ask, Cramer Answers

On Stockpickr Answers Tuesday and yesterday, Jim Cramer responded to a new batch of questions posed by members of the Stockpickr community.

Anybody can ask, respond or comment at Stockpickr Answers; the top responders get ranked in our "Top Analysts" section.

Here are a few of the questions to which Cramer recently responded:

• I've been doing some homework on Johnson Controls(JCI Quote) and believe it's a great company.
  Would you recommend starting a position here for the next 12 to 18 months?
• I think there's still $2.50 up with maybe $1 down in BEA Systems(BEAS Quote).
  Is it a buy again or should we walk away from it now?
• XTO(XTO Quote) and Chesapeake Energy(CHK Quote) have been strong and yet Nabors(NBR Quote) has been doing terribly. Many of the rigs are idle and rates are lower. If the natural gas business stocks are doing well, how can the natural gas drillers stocks be so weak?
• I am utterly stumped by Palomar Medical Technologies(PMTI Quote). I have held the stock for two years and took a little schnitzel when it rode up over $40. But the portion I kept is now back to where it started two years ago. ... Any thoughts?
• Does Cramer have a year-end target for the Nasdaq?
• Level 3(LVLT Quote) is down, but I'm not destroyed. Why? Because I got out right after its CFO was pushed out.
  That trade was straight out of the Cramer toolbox: If you hear of a problem with a CFO or accounting, exit.

For an archive of Jim Cramer's Stockpickr answers, go to www.stockpickr.com/answers/ and type "Jim Cramer" under "search for questions." Select "Username - Answered" from the dropdown menu at right, and click "search." The most recent questions will appear first.

(Editor's note: Cramer owns XTO Energy for his Action Alerts PLUS charitable trust.)