Monday, 06/30/08
Posted 07/01/08,  08:19 am ET

(Scroll down to see Jim's comments below)

 
 
Today's date:  Monday, 06/30/08

  Dow Jones: 11,350    + 3
  NASDAQ:   2,292    - 22
  S&P 500:   1,280    + 1
 
 
 
 
 
Final Segment 1
 
 
Final Segment 1 Title: 'Bond Bullies'

.  .  .  .  .

Featured Stock(s): Ford (F)
General Motors (GM)


See Opening Segment 2, below...
 
After this segment, you can see Jim's Sudden:Death picks here...

 

JJC:   

[Complete comments are being recapped and prepared for you now.  See bottom line below.]

.  .  .  .  .


More comments will continue here...

  Note:   We had a problem with these transcripts on our server, but they will be posted here as soon as they are completed.  Thank you. 

.  .  .  .  .

The Bottom Line!:      Don't be seduced by the single-digit (stock price of) Ford (F)... by the low double-digit of General Motors (GM)...   by the supposed cheapness of a stock... when the company it represents is so heavily in debt, that the bond bullies could be coming to tear your common stock to pieces.  I firmly believe that is the case for both GM and for Ford.

.  .  .  .  .

 

   
 

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)


F

4.81

na

Ford (F)


GM

11.50

na

General Motors (GM)

 

 

 



See all of tonight's stocks' latest quotes on Yahoo! Finance



Most popular
investing books ordered:
(click any book to see at Amazon.com)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 


  We need your help! 
If you find our service valuable, your donation is critically helpful to support
our operating costs and is MUCH appreciated!
(click below to donate)

We are serving thousands of new visitors every day and our costs are growing as well.  Thank you for your support & generosity!


 

 

 

 
 
 
 
Final Segment 2
 
Opening Segment 2 Title:

'CEO Interview'

Interview with
Glen Post, CEO

.  .  .  .  .

Featured Stock(s): Centurytel Inc. (CTL)

 
After this segment, you can see Jim's Lightning Round picks here...


Jim's comments BEFORE the interview:      There are some CEOs that we want to put our money with...  Why?  Because they care more about us than other CEOs... they care about us as shareholders.  They want to return profits to shareholders.   I can't stress this enough...

Most CEOs don't care about you...

Glen Post, Chairman and CEO of Centurytel (CTL), who just announced a magnificent dividend boost, does care...

Mr. Post, welcome to Mad Money...

.  .  .  .  .

Jim's comments AFTER the interview:      I hear all the moaning...  Oh, I can't find a stock that gives me a big enough dividend... and can make me stay in the game.   Why should I stay in this game?...  I'm a loser, I can't make money...  Centurytel Inc. (CTL)...  Big dividend, buyback, growth...  Stop moaning!  Start buying!  Buy, buy, buy!... 

 

.  .  .  .  .

 

   
 

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)


CTL

35.59

na

Centurytel Inc. (CTL)

         
 

 

[ end of final segment ]

   
 

Go to the SUDDEN:DEATH SEGMENT from tonight's show here >>

See current quotes on Yahoo! Finance from tonight's show stocks here >>

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.
  See more