Friday, 03/28/08
Posted 03/28/08,  11:52 pm ET

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Today's date:  Friday, 03/28/08

  Dow Jones: 12,216    - 86
  NASDAQ:   2,261    - 19
  S&P 500:   1,315    - 10
 
 
 
 
     

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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)

PG

69.44

na

Procter & Gamble Co. (PG)

PG -  PG, which has the best single dividend record, in terms of putting a new dividend in... raising the dividend every year on the New York Stock Exchange is, without a doubt, one of my absolute favorite companies.  I urge people - if they want to find out how to read an annual report, and what is a great company in America - that they go to PG's annual report.  This company does not tolerate losing divisions and sheds them...  I think the quarter's going to be good.  I think this is a great entry point.  I want to pull the trigger on PG!

WFR

70.50

na

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (WFR)

WFR -  No!  I am telling you right now... that stock has peaked.  This is a new position for me.  Sell, sell, sell!... I am telling people they've got to get out of the WFR, which is for solar panels.  We're done... we're done with WFR.  We're done.  It needs to go.  I am ringing the bell, ringing the register, telling you that thing is no good.  Get out, before it's in the house of pain.


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CALM

37.83

na

Cal-Maine Foods Inc. (CALM)

CALM -  Cal-Maine is a very pro-shareholder company.  The stock got big today... This is an egg company... and when we go into a recession, or get people a little bit short (on cash)...  Let's say, they don't have as much money... people do eat eggs.  Now, more importantly, this is a company that is heavily shorted.  People bet against this company.  It has been confounding the shorts.  Why?  Because the business is darn good.  My take... is that you have a winner.  It's not trying to do anything other than make money for shareholders, and I like it.

CLWR

14.41

na

Clearwire Corporation (CLWR)

CLWR -  A very speculative stock that everybody's thinking that Sprint (S) is going to do a very big to-do with... there was some news on the tape about them building out a network.  Let me say unequivocally... I want you to sell this stock - sell, sell, sell - and anything that's affiliated with Sprint.   I don't think there's a "there" there.  CLWR needs to go, and I've been right on the stock.

S

6.41

na

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S)

See CLWR comments above for:
S

FDO

19.12

na

Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO)

FDO -  FDO, like Big Lots Inc. (BIG), like Dollar Tree (DLTR), like Wal-Mart (WMT)...  is where you shop, when you're getting the beatdown of a recession...  and that's why I like FDO here.  I will not like it, when the economy picks up speed.  I do like it now. 

F

5.59

na

Ford Motor Co. (F)

F -  No.  The only think we like in F is the preferred... it lets us sit and wait, while Alan Mullaley (CEO of Ford) turns the company around.  Now, I just want to be very honest about F here... I did not like the big sale they made this week.  They did not get enough money out of it... I'm talking about the (sale to) Tata (TTM) of the high-end products (e.g., Jaguar and Land Rover)...  I also feel like that the whole United States auto industry is just doing awfully, and F is part of it... and how does Chrysler make it?  I do not know.

F-PA

14.03

na

FORD Preferred (F-PA)

See F comments above for:
F-PA

KWK

35.38

na

Quicksilver Resources Inc. (KWK)

KWK -  You've got horsesense!  That is absolutely one of my favorite overlooked plays in the oil and gas patch.  They are probably maybe the most levered oil and gas plays to the higher prices...  KWK is terrific...  Quiksilver Inc. (ZQK), the apparel company, is an ix-nay (bear sound).  KWK, the oil and gas company (bull sound) does incredibly well at these prices...  I want you to stay in that stock and, if it drops to $32, I want you to buy more!

Price target to buy:  $32.00 

ZQK

9.77

na

Quiksilver Inc. (ZQK)

See KWK comments above for:
ZQK

MSFT

27.91

na

Microsoft (MSFT)

MSFT -  MSFT is run by my friend, Steve Ballmer (CEO), who was the business manager of the Harvard Crimson, when I was president... (buzzer sounds)...  It took Steve a little while to get his feet wet.  He's doing a fabulous job.  This Yahoo! (YHOO) acquisition...  Please don't raise your price Steve... don't outbid yourself, like so many of the analysts are saying... including that Citigroup guy...  I think it's going to be a powerful combination.  I think MSFT is not necessarily a runaway up stock.  I think it's a great place to be... and, I use this term very lightly, because it means that I don't know what I'm talking about near-term, and I actually do... it's a good situation longer term.   When that deal closes, MSFT goes higher.  I hope MSFT uses cash.  They have a lot of cash.  This is just a good company.  It is not - like I said - it is not one of those stocks that's going to be like the old days, but I am certainly not going to bet against it.

C

20.83

na

Citigroup (C)

C -  Bank of America (BAC) is going to get Countrywide Financial Corp. (CFC). Now, let me be very clear about Citigroup...  Vikram Pandit (CEO) is doing his review.  He needs to do that faster than he can... he needs to get rid of everything that Chuck Prince (former CEO) bought, including Nikko Cordial.  He needs to raise capital, by selling those divisions, and then he needs to teach the shorts a lesson, by sending the bad stuff to the Fed... raise the capital... then go back to work, and rebuild a great American bank... But, right now, my case is strictly bearish on Pandit... And, John Havens (?), come on the show please... Come on this show, and defend what's going on at Citigroup...

JCP

37.48

na

J. C. Penney (JCP)

JCP -  I don't want to sell JCP down here, but I've got to tell you...  JCP will see $32-33 I believe, before it sees $42 to $43... The execution has been sloppy.  The company does not seem to have a game plan, beyond the excellent Ralph Lauren line that it has and...  I don't like that part of the segment of retail.  I am going to stay away from JCP.  I think it goes lower.  I want you to stick with Costco (COST), if you want retail, and maybe some URBN...

COST

64.37

na

Costco (COST)

See JCP comments above for:
COST

URBN

30.27

na

Urban Outfitters (URBN)

See JCP comments above for:
URBN

 

       
       

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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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