Don't sell
Apple Computer
(AAPL) - Get Report
, Jim Cramer told a caller to his
"RealMoney" radio show Thursday.
Apple's stock has no debt, and the company has a plethora of new products coming out before Christmas, he said.
Because
Advanced Micro Devices
(AMD) - Get Report
is locked in a price war with
Intel
(INTC) - Get Report
, Cramer believes that Apple is the better buy, especially for the next three months.
When a caller asked Cramer's opinion on
Southern Copper
(PCU)
, the largest copper mine in Peru, he said he never recommends a stock that has been up four points in one day.
Cramer advised the caller to allow the stock to go down a couple of points before buying.
Although Cramer likes Southern Copper, he likes
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
(FCX) - Get Report
even more, he said, calling Freeport his play in the copper world.
The stock for
Hansen Natural
(HANS)
is up 300% from last year and 100% this year alone.
"This is a company that makes iced tea and energy drinks," Cramer said. "It will go down after it splits. I think people will sell."
Cramer told the caller wait until three days after the split to buy any of Hansen's stock.
In addition, Cramer said he'd rather see the caller in a safer beverage stock, such as
Pepsico
(PEP) - Get Report
, in this type of market environment.
For those who need to be in the food business, Cramer said he likes
Whole Foods
(WFMI)
and
Panera Bread
(PNRA)
.
"I like Panera better than
Starbucks
(SBUX) - Get Report
right now," he said.
Merck
(MRK) - Get Report
recently received a Food and Drug Administration approval for its new drug to fight the human papillomavirus.
Although Cramer said he is thrilled that the pharmaceutical company has found a cervical cancer vaccine, he believes that medical discoveries don't necessarily translate into definite positive point for that company's stocks.
Currently Merck is in the midst of litigation over one of its drugs that is allegedly causing heart attacks.
"Merck is in the hands of the lawyers, not its scientists," Cramer said. It is not a buy, he said.
Schering-Plough
(SGP)
, which Cramer owns for his charitable trust,
Action Alerts PLUS, is a better play with no litigation risk, he said.
Cramer gave one caller the thumbs up to buy
Lowe's
(LOW) - Get Report
and told a separate caller to unload on
Wells Fargo
(WFC) - Get Report
, saying he likes many other stocks better than bank stocks.
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At the time of publication, Cramer was long Schering-Plough.
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