Cramer's Take on Headline Stocks: April 6
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NEW YORK (
) -- Regardless of why a stock is in the news, it never hurts to hear what a professional investor has to say about it. The key is to gather as much information as you can in order to make the most informed investment decisions you can. As Jim Cramer (read an excerpt from his
) often reminds, investors must do their homework.
So what has Cramer had to say lately about today's headline-makers? At Stockpickr, we've combed through his recent
RealMoney
blog posts, "Mad Money" TV show recaps and "Stop Trading!" segments to find out
what he thinks about some of today's newsworthy stocks
.
Massey Energy
(MEE)
: At least 25 people died in a Monday afternoon
explosion at an underground coal mine
owned by Massey Energy.
Stockpickr Answers Is anyone buying MEE at these levels? |
In a post to his
RealMoney
blog yesterday, before the explosion,
that it was time to buy coal stocks:
"They are going to go much higher as steel demand increases and power-plant demand comes back.
Walter Energy
(WLT)
is my favorite China play, and it has moved up nicely.
Peabody
(BTU) - Get Report
is perfect for the moment. I also favor
Arch Coal
(ACI) - Get Report
and
Massey
(MEE)
, the latter especially after the Cumberland acquisition and subsequent stock offering."
DuPont
(DD) - Get Report
: Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
to neutral with a $40 price target based on improving fundamentals.
>> Who Owns Massey?: Atticus Capital
In a post to his blog yesterday,
oils and oil services one of the "worst groups":
"They are poor performers, perhaps because of the leverage to natural gas. The drillers levered to it show that, as do the main users, the utilities, and the plastic companies: DuPont,
Dow
(DOW) - Get Report
,
Eastman Chemical
(EMN) - Get Report
,
PPG
(PPG) - Get Report
and
Olin
(OLN) - Get Report
."
On his
segment last night, Cramer said that DuPont's CEO was "doing a monster good job."
In a March 24 blog post,
that previous recessions "saw companies strapped with so much debt that they were furiously cutting dividends and trying to get a lifeline out there." While there have been examples of that this time around, he said, "many companies -- the
3Ms
(MMM) - Get Report
and the DuPonts, the
Caterpillars
(CAT) - Get Report
and the
Emersons
(EMR) - Get Report
, the
Eatons
(ETN) - Get Report
and the
Nucors
(NUE) - Get Report
-- had no problem maintaining the dividends, and they came though this period with flying colors."
Apple
(AAPL) - Get Report
: Apple followed up its iPad launch by announcing that it will introduce its
this Thursday.
Yesterday, in a post to his blog,
:
"Today is a day for painful non-participants to rally. Have you noticed the sluggishness of the disk-drive companies? Nothing sluggish today. We don't even know why, of course. There is nothing new -- again the mindless pops -- and Apple isn't even using the drive.
Who Owns Apple?
Renaissance Technologies
Prince Al-Waleed
Ken Heebner
|
"I see movement in a bunch of tech stocks that are Apple-related, especially
Cirrus Logic
(CRUS) - Get Report
and
Broadcom
(BRCM)
. But
Adobe's
(ADBE) - Get Report
higher, too! And they are the biggest loser.
"I have people Twittering me furiously that
Dell
(DELL) - Get Report
is right and it is creeping up nicely. And of course the SOX is up 10.
"I can't stress enough how important it might be for tech to join this rally, and it has not participated.
"Even more confusing -- not troubling but confusing -- is the inability of the drillers to rally. We've had a colossal move in oil, and the group is basically done nothing, until today.
"These are welcome signs. Broader markets; more reasons to play and get off the sidelines."
For more of what Cramer's had to say lately about stocks in the news, check out the
portfolio.
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>>Jim Cramer's Portfolios of the Week
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(Editor's note: At the time of this publication, Cramer owned Apple and Nucor for his Action Alerts PLUS charitable trust.)