Friday, 01/25/08
Posted 01/25/08,  12:22 am ET

(Scroll down to see Jim's comments below)

 
 
Today's date:  Friday, 01/25/08

  Dow Jones: 12,207   - 171
  NASDAQ:   2,326     - 34
  S&P 500:   1,330     - 21
 
 
 
 
 
First Segment
 
 
Opening Segment 1 Title: 'Sirius Growth'

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Featured Stock(s): Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (SIRI)


See Opening Segment 2, below...

        

JJC:   On this Speculative Friday, we're making a bet that a terrible miscarriage of justice will be righted...

We're buying Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (SIRI)... because we believe the government, which has been dragging its feet on the merger with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR), will be forced to stop stalling, and let this deal happen...


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The Bottom Line!:     If this merger goes through, SIRI could make you a fortune and, even if it doesn't, I think SIRI is the satellite radio player you want to own. At under $3, this stock won't go much lower. If the deal gets approved - which is it must!... C'mon, federal government! Stop it!   Show some teeth for heaven's sake! Don't let the shareholders give up... I think it goes through. I think you make money. 

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Stock Snapshots - Includes all stocks mentioned above

 

 

Jim
Cramer's
rating on
this stock

STOCK
SYMBOL

Closing
price
that
day

Opening
price
next
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Full Company Name/Comments
(see comments above for each)


SIRI

2.89

3.11

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (SIRI)

         

 

 

 



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Second Segment
 
 
 
Final Segment 2 Title: 'On The Line'....

'Mutual Admiration'

CEO Interview
Thomas W. McDowell, CEO

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Featured Stock(s): Rice Hall James Micro Cap (RHJSX)

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Stock Snapshots - Includes all stocks mentioned above

 

 

Jim
Cramer's
rating on
this stock

STOCK
SYMBOL

Closing
price
that
day

Opening
price
next
day

Full Company Name/Comments
(see comments above for each)


RHJSX

15.26

15.26

CEO Interview
Thomas W. McDowell, CEO
Rice Hall James Micro Cap (RHJSX)


Jim's comments BEFORE interview:  
 
All week, on the Barnes & Noble.com website, I've been chatting, and people say the same thing over and over again... They're not asking for stocks... they want mutual funds.  They particularly want mutual funds that I would describe as different strategies...  

They don't want to own small-cap, for instance... They want a mutual fund for small-cap...

In Stay Mad For Life, I put together a list of my top mutual fund managers.  I gave special weight to performance in the down years... not bad for 2008, right?... from 2000, 2001, and 2002.  Why?... Because an actively-managed fund can make you money, while protecting your portfolio, and your sanity from serious downside.

Tonight, we have one of my top mutual fund managers from
the book...  His name is Tom McDowell, who runs the Rice Hall James Micro Cap.... It's RHJSX.

Please listen to me carefully...

This is a company that deals with micro-cap stocks... companies this small can make you a lot of money, but it's important to realize that there's more risk involved.  RHJSX has been a hit, more often than a miss, so let's see how he does with this tough market.  

Mr. McDowell, welcome to Mad Money...       

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Jim's comments AFTER interview:    
Those of you who want to run a diversified portfolio, and you're afraid to do micro-cap analysis, let Tom McDowell, from the Rice Hall James Micro Cap mutual fund do it. 




         

[ end of final segment ]

   
 

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Symbol keys:

A Charitable Trust stock. - An asterisk next to a stock symbol indicates that Jim mentioned it is a stock that he manages within
his charitable trust portfolio.  You can see the complete portfolio
of stocks here >>

Thumbs up - indicates he would buy the stock or, at the very least, not sell the stock.  We do our best to interpret Jim's opinion on stocks, as we think it is indicated by his comments during the show.  Please read his comments to decide for yourself.

Thumbs down - indicates he has said not to buy or to sell the stock, based on his comments  We do our best to interpret Jim's opinion on stocks, as we think it is indicated by his comments during the show.  Please read his comments to decide for yourself.

Back up the truck - indicated by Jim, when he says the stock is so good, that he would do a 'mon-back' on the stock... In other words, this is the sound someone would say to a truck driver, "Come on back... " as he is "backing up the truck" to load up on his cargo.  Translation for buying stocks:  This recommendation by Jim indicates that, after you do your own homework on the stock, you should feel comfortable loading up on it, as it is in a good position to be bought at this point.

Stumped. - Of the 2,000+ stocks that Jim Cramer has in his head, for which he has an informed opinion, he sometimes comes across a caller with a stock he does not know well enough to opine on...  He then indicates he is stumped and will have to come back to it, after he does some homework of his own on the stock.  This usually occurs during the Lightning Round, when Jim does not know in advance who is calling, or what their stock question is about.
 

 
Definitions of key phrases used by Jim, known as "Cramerisms":

Definition:   'Pull the trigger' is Jim's phrase for making the decision at that point to trade - either to 'buy' or to 'sell' (although he usually uses the phrase for buying), as if to say you should feel comfortable enough to make the final decision without looking back...

Definition:   'Ring the Register' is Jim's phrase for selling a stock, and making it a final sale, that you should not look back on.  Put it behind you.

Definition:  'Let It Come In' indicates how you may wait for it to pull back, or have the stock price come down briefly, as your chance (after letting it come in) to buy the rest of your position (i.e., total number of shares you own in that stock).

Definition:  'backing it up' or 'doing a 'mon-back' is Jim's phrase for the metaphor of backing up a truck to load up on a stock by buying it.  'Mon-back is short for the imaginary worker saying, 'Come on back...' as the truck is backing up to receive its load... Notice that we use the little truck icon to indicate where Jim has mentioned this.  Translation for buying stocks:  This recommendation by Jim indicates that, after you do your own homework on the stock, you should feel comfortable loading up on it, as it is in a good position to be bought at this point.