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A Boxmaker Bet

08/25/00 - 09:41 AM EDT

Jim Cramer

Personal computer day! People are talking up Apple (AAPL - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Gateway(GTW - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr). Compaq is (CPQ - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) on the cover of BusinessWeek and Intel (INTC - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) says business is strong.

It is, in short, the safest group out there and we are augmenting positions in the names. In fact, the only one that we aren't plunging into is Dell (DELL - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), but that's because the others have all been picking up new sponsorship and gaining steam. They aren't expensive, either.

It has been a while since we have made the boxmaker bet. Frankly, the group has been so in step with Dell for so long that we lost interest when the market lost interest in Dell. Now things have changed. Compaq may be emerging as the new leader and we think that its best days are still ahead of it.

Random musings: No Cookie-Puss Todd-o today, but I can convey his thinking. He likes them if they sell off ahead of a cash build in the mutual funds that will force them to come in when the dog days end. We agree!

James J. Cramer is manager of a hedge fund and co-founder of TheStreet.com. At time of publication, his fund was long Compaq, Apple, Gateway and Intel. His fund often buys and sells securities that are the subject of his columns, both before and after the columns are published, and the positions that his fund takes may change at any time. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. Cramer's writings provide insights into the dynamics of money management and are not a solicitation for transactions. While he cannot provide investment advice or recommendations, he invites you to comment on his column at jjcletters@thestreet.com.

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