Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: A Soviet Food and Beverage Treat

04/08/08 - 07:18 PM EDT

TheStreet.com Staff

Cramer called Farris one of only a handful of "bankable" CEOs that he's behind 100%. He called Apache a "master at finding new oil and gas."

Mad Mail

Cramer told a viewer in this segment that while he recommended taking profits in Omniture (OMTR Quote - Cramer on OMTR - Stock Picks) when the stock hit almost $30 a share, he wishes now that he'd recommended selling all of the company's shares.

When another viewer asked for a recommendation between US Steel (X Quote - Cramer on X - Stock Picks), Nucor (NUE Quote - Cramer on NUE - Stock Picks) and Steel Dynamics (STLD Quote - Cramer on STLD - Stock Picks), Cramer said that while all three were too expensive, he prefers US Steel of the three.

Sudden Death

Cramer was bullish on Medco Health (MHS Quote - Cramer on MHS - Stock Picks).

Cramer was bearish on Lundin Mining (LMC Quote - Cramer on LMC - Stock Picks), Western Digital (WDC Quote - Cramer on WDC - Stock Picks), McKesson (MCK Quote - Cramer on MCK - Stock Picks) and American Capital Strategies (ACAS Quote - Cramer on ACAS - Stock Picks).

Lightning Round

Cramer was bullish on Qualcomm (QCOM Quote - Cramer on QCOM - Stock Picks), John Deere (DE Quote - Cramer on DE - Stock Picks), El Paso (EP Quote - Cramer on EP - Stock Picks), Gentex Corp (GNTX Quote - Cramer on GNTX - Stock Picks), Johnson Controls (JCI Quote - Cramer on JCI - Stock Picks), Mercadolibre (MELI Quote - Cramer on MELI - Stock Picks), XTO Energy (XTO Quote - Cramer on XTO - Stock Picks), Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM Quote - Cramer on AEM - Stock Picks), Syngenta (SYT Quote - Cramer on SYT - Stock Picks) and Temple-Inland (TIN Quote - Cramer on TIN - Stock Picks).

Cramer was bearish on Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB Quote - Cramer on FITB - Stock Picks), Visteon (VC Quote - Cramer on VC - Stock Picks), International Paper (IP Quote - Cramer on IP - Stock Picks) and Marvell Technology (MRVL Quote - Cramer on MRVL - Stock Picks).

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

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At the time of publication, Cramer was long El Paso and XTO Energy.

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