Monday, 05/12/08
Posted 05/12/08,  7:47 pm ET

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Today's date:  Monday, 05/12/08

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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)

BBI

2.81

na

Blockbuster Inc. (BBI)

BBI -  There is a company that would be at $5 bucks right now, if it hadn't decided to get in bed with Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC) - (bear sound)... one of the dumbest things I've ever seen a major corporation do...  I was totally behind the BBI turn... it was a real turn...   It was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen... dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb!  And, if they drop it, and come to their senses, I will go back to BBI but, until then, I'm TIVO-ing...

CC

5.25

na

Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC)

See BBI comments above for:
CC

Another caller asked about CC, later in the Lightning Round.  See those comments below also...

CKH

87.58

na

Seacor Holdings Inc. (CKH)

CKH -  That's marine transport for oil... I like that company... that is a really, really good company.  It should be at the top... it should be at the 52-week-high.  I'm a buyer of that...

ISRG

00.00

na

Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG)

ISRG -  I called the top in that... I want you to ring the register...  You know, it had a quarter that was not as great as I had wanted...  My experience is, with Hansen Natural (HANS), with CROCS (CROX)...  with any of these real hot ones...  when you start getting that, you've got to start taking stuff off the table... I want you to ring the register... Now, look, I am not saying that it's all over for ISRG... I am saying that, in my experience, the moment you don't get the big number bump after they report, is the moment you've got to skee-daddle...  I know that's contrary.  I do not care...

GGB

44.96

na

Gerdau S.A. (GGB)

GGB -  Gerdau?... Oh man, that's from Brazil!... That stock goes higher!  I know it's at a 52-week high... I am such a backer of Brazil, it's unbelievable... I just thing that Brazil is so good... It's got credit ratings going up, unlike the U.S.... It's got fabulous natural resources...  GGB is a buy here!  I'd buy some more.

GEOY

19.09

na

GeoEye, Inc. (GEOY)

GEOY -  No... no.  It just blew up... it blew up.  We recommended to take profits... this one was dicey...  I am still kind of reeling by how bad it was... they reported... well... look at this... some insider buying today...  I think it's late... I didn't like the earnings.  Obviously, they're in trouble...  This is a company that does space satellites.  We had a nice little run.  We told you to take profits.  We were right.  I don't want to get back into it.

CLWR

12.75

na

Clearwire Corporation (CLWR)

CLWR -  No!...  Speculation!  C'mon man.  We don't want to be in that thing!  Everytime that thing spikes (i.e., the price goes up), I want you out of it.  And they'll be another spike, because everybody believes in this Wi-Fi that Sprint (S) does... (buzzer sounds)...  No... ix-nay.

MICC

119.19

na

Millicom International Cellular (MICC)

MICC -  This is one of my absolute favorite cellular telephone companies... and international cellular telephone... and the answer is... you let that one ride!...

CC

5.25

na

Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC)

CC -  You own CC?  Here's what I want you to do... I want you to ring the register nine ways to Sunday!  I want you to understand this...
Blockbuster (BBI) made this bid for CC.  CC would be at $2 bucks without that bid, and you need to be out of it... sell, sell, sell!  That's a trainwreck!  I want you out of it!...

CNQ

96.08

na

Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ)

CNQ -  We nailed this one.  This was one of our best calls... It is up so much, in the kind of anticipation that it can do kind of what EnCana Corp. (ECA) did today...  I can't take it anymore...  It would be a crime against humanity, if you lost that money.  I want you, tomorrow, to sell half that position, and then you can let the rest run... I can't have that on my conscience, if you give some of that gain back, it's so beautiful... I want you to sell some of that...

       

[ end of lightning round ]

   
 
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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.

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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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