Friday, 02/01/08
Posted 02/03/08,  11:57 pm ET

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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)

HAR

48.00

48.04

Harman International Industries Inc. (HAR)

HAR -  At this point in the cycle, I still don't want to own it.  It's a discretionary item... Don't buy, don't buy...  I know that that deal broke down, but I can't pull the trigger... I've got... like Best Buy (BBY)...  I should have pulled the trigger on Dhabi (?), but I've already done it once before...  but I'm not going to get behind HAR.  It's just too tough a story right here.
 

VISN

6.88

6.95

VisionChina Media Inc. (VISN)

VISN -  A Chinese ad play... You know our favorite is Focus Media (FMCN)...  We have very few Chinese plays we like right now, but we do like FMCN... 
 

FMCN

49.87

50.00

Focus Media (FMCN)

See VISN comments above for:
FMCN
 

MGI

6.32

6.40

Moneygram International Inc. (MGI)

MGI -  That one like a... accounting problems... This thing is just a nightmare.  Now, that doesn't mean it can't come back.  It could be some amazing story, but it feels like... honestly, I can't get my arms around what happened to MGI...  and I haven't wanted to look at it, because it's too darned convoluted... I'm a smart guy, and I don't understand it.  I welcome MGI's management coming on the show...
 

N

27.15

26.01

NetSuite, Inc. (N)

N -  No.  This is another one... I mean, unless Oracle (ORCL) is going to buy them, I don't have a single reason in the world to recommend this stock... Don't buy, don't buy... I just don't find anything compelling about that kind of software... nothing... (buzzer sounds)...
 

         

 

BRCD

7.01

7.01

Brocade Communications (BRCD)

BRCD -  I know... I blew BRCD... I thought the quarter was going to be good, and people would like it.  Boo Cramer... I think it's an inexpensive stock, but I don't have a catalyst, and I'm not that crazy about tech.  I just want to say for the record, I got BRCD wrong.  It was my bad.  I thought that they'd have an upside surprise.  They didn't.  And I've got to go my merry way on it, and I feel that I really did screw it up, and I'm sorry.  I am sorry that I did that.
 

SCG

38.08

38.08

SCANA Corp. (SCG)

SCG -  That's just a classic, great utility.  Buy more.  One day they... you know, in 1986, Goldman (Sachs) said that it would be taken over.  Here we are, in 2008, and it still hasn't been taken over, but it is a good utility...  I do like, just so we know, PPL (PPL) more... and I like Exelon (EXC) more... but yours is okay... I would stick with it... 
 

PPL

49.41

49.42

PPL Corporation (PPL)

See SCG comments above for:
PPL
 

EXC

77.42

77.39

Exelon Corp. (EXC)

See SCG comments above for:
EXC
 

CFC

7.60

7.50

Countrywide Financial Corp. (CFC)

CFC -  Look, I think there's going to be a higher bid for it... I think Bank of America (BAC) is going to have to raise its bid to get CFC.  The preferred are signaling it's an up market.  It's amazing.  That's what happens, when the Fed cuts and cuts and cuts... You get stocks like CFC being real good...
 

NOV

62.69

63.67

National Oilwell Varco (NOV)

NOV -  It's actually the only driller I want to buy right now... I think that the cycle is a little bit long in the tooth, but they make stuff, they have strong demand...  NOV, I think, goes back to $75.  You have my strongest endorsement of any of the oils or oil service.  I was actually going to buy that for my charitable trust, it's that good.  I want you to stick with NOV.
 

         
       

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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.
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