Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Hog Wild for Hormel

03/12/08 - 07:45 PM EDT

TheStreet.com Staff

Cramer called Darling a cheap "green play" and recommended investors buy the stock on any weakness.

Am I Diversified?

Cramer played "Am I Diversified" with callers to see if their portfolios are safe for this volatile market.

The first caller's portfolio included: CVS (CVS Quote - Cramer on CVS - Stock Picks), Procter & Gamble (PG Quote - Cramer on PG - Stock Picks), Yamana Gold (AUY Quote - Cramer on AUY - Stock Picks), Sirius Satellite (SIRI Quote - Cramer on SIRI - Stock Picks) and Chesapeake Energy (CHK Quote - Cramer on CHK - Stock Picks).

Cramer said this portfolio was "totally diversified."

The second caller had Under Armour (UA Quote - Cramer on UA - Stock Picks), NetSuite (N Quote - Cramer on N - Stock Picks), EMC (EMC Quote - Cramer on EMC - Stock Picks), VMware (VMW Quote - Cramer on VMW - Stock Picks) and Lockheed Martin (LMT Quote - Cramer on LMT - Stock Picks) as his top holdings and was down 40%.

Cramer said this portfolio was definitely not diversified. He called NetSuite, EMC and VMware three of a kind.

He suggested adding Altria (MO Quote - Cramer on MO - Stock Picks) or Verizon (VZ Quote - Cramer on VZ - Stock Picks) or possibly Schering-Plough (SGP Quote - Cramer on SGP - Stock Picks) to help diversify.

The third caller's portfolio included Alcoa (AA Quote - Cramer on AA - Stock Picks), Dow Chemical (DOW Quote - Cramer on DOW - Stock Picks), Halliburton (HAL Quote - Cramer on HAL - Stock Picks), Altria (MO Quote - Cramer on MO - Stock Picks) and Exelon (EXC Quote - Cramer on EXC - Stock Picks).

Cramer said this was a safe, good, spread-out portfolio with two great dividend stocks.

Lightning Round

In the Lightning Round, Cramer was bullish on Berry Petroleum (BRY Quote - Cramer on BRY - Stock Picks), Flextronics (FLEX Quote - Cramer on FLEX - Stock Picks), United States Steel (X Quote - Cramer on X - Stock Picks), EMC (EMC Quote - Cramer on EMC - Stock Picks), Altria (MO Quote - Cramer on MO - Stock Picks) and Cimarex Energy (XEC Quote - Cramer on XEC - Stock Picks).

Cramer was bearish on Goldman Sachs (GS Quote - Cramer on GS - Stock Picks), Cisco Systems (CSCO Quote - Cramer on CSCO - Stock Picks), CIENA Corp (CIEN Quote - Cramer on CIEN - Stock Picks), Allegheny Technologies (ATI Quote - Cramer on ATI - Stock Picks), Omniture (OMTR Quote - Cramer on OMTR - Stock Picks), VMware (VMW Quote - Cramer on VMW - Stock Picks), Delta Air Lines (DAL Quote - Cramer on DAL - Stock Picks), VeriFone (PAY Quote - Cramer on PAY - Stock Picks), Service Corp Int'l (SCI Quote - Cramer on SCI - Stock Picks) and Nuance Communications (NUAN Quote - Cramer on NUAN - Stock Picks).

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At the time of publication, Cramer was long Goldman Sachs, EMC, Yamana Gold, Schering-Plough and Altria.

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