'Mad Money Lightning Round': Sirius Merger Is Stuck in the Mud
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Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some stocks that callers offered up during the "Mad Money Lightning Round" Wednesday evening:
Sirius Satellite Radio
(SIRI) - Get Report
: "How many more days for this merger with
XM Satellite Radio
(XMSR)
? Write the FCC and tell them it's ridiculous. "
Cal-Maine Foods
(CALM) - Get Report
: "This is a stock with a heavy short position. If I'm going to recommend food, I'm going with
PepsiCo
(PEP) - Get Report
,
Coca-Cola
(KO) - Get Report
,
General Mills
(GIS) - Get Report
,
Kellogg
(K) - Get Report
and
HJ Heinz
(HNZ)
."
Consolidated Edison
(ED) - Get Report
: "This is a travesty or a mockery or a sham that this stock keeps going down. You're going to look back and say how did I get this stock this cheap?"
Time Warner
(TWX)
: "Problematic. I just don't think business is good over there. The CEO is always welcome, but it's not as good as
Verizon
(VZ) - Get Report
."
Gushan Energy
(GU)
: "One of the few Chinese stocks that I actually like. I like it."
Harley Davidson
(HOG) - Get Report
: "This is a discretionary income stock. You don't buy this one during a recession. I want to own their bikes, but not their stock."
Intuitive Surgical
(ISRG) - Get Report
: "I still think they've got a good quarter coming. I think this one still goes higher."
AstraZeneca
(AZN) - Get Report
: "I think that's one of the few big-cap pharmaceutical stocks that I can recommend here."
Zimmer Holdings
(ZMH)
: "I was just looking at this one. I don't like the competition and the stock is expensive. Likewise with
Stryker
(SYK) - Get Report
."
Rite Aid
(RAD) - Get Report
: "Very difficult. I like the CEO, but I want to see two good quarters in a row. She's guilty until proven innocent."
Capital One Financial
(COF) - Get Report
: "The credit card business is not as bad as people think, but the only financials I can recommend are
Hudson City Bancorp
(HCBK)
,
JPMorgan Chase
(JPM) - Get Report
and
Goldman Sachs
(GS) - Get Report
."
Onyx Pharmaceuticals
(ONXX)
: "It's worrisome to me. I can't go for it right now. It's a Don'tBuy."
YRC Worldwide
(YRCW) - Get Report
: "No, I'm not going to go there. I'm still a rail guy. Go with
CSX Corp
(CSX) - Get Report
."
Ford Motor
(F) - Get Report
: "I only like the preferred shares, not the common. I need to get paid to wait."
Triple-S Management
(GTS) - Get Report
: "I want to buy that one. It's cheap right now and I like it."
Genesis Lease
(GLS)
: "This is a business that's really capital sensitive and the commercial lending market is horrible. I said last week I got this one wrong."
*For all you home-gamers, a 'mon-back' opportunity means Cramer would back up the figurative truck and load up on a stock.
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At the time of publication, Cramer was long Goldman Sachs.
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