Jim Cramer's 'Stop Trading!': Buy Halliburton

Buy Halliburton (HAL Quote), Jim Cramer said on CNBC's "Stop Trading" segment Wednesday.

Noting solid performance in fellow energy stocks Apache (APA Quote) and BJ Services (BJS Quote), Cramer said, "Don't forget Halliburton, which is deeply connected to North American natural gas drilling." He called natural gas "the most abundant form of clean energy in our nation," and said, "this move makes sense."

Cramer decried ethanol as a "political boondoggle," echoing sentiments expressed by Anadarko Petroleum (APC Quote) CEO James Hackett in an interview on last night's "Mad Money" TV show.

Cramer also urged investors to look at U.S. Steel (X Quote). The company "does not get its due," he said. ...