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Thursday, 05/15/08
Posted 05/15/08, 10:03
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(Scroll down to see Jim's
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Today's date:
Thursday, 05/15/08 |
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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) |
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MRK |
40.00 |
na |
Merck (MRK)
MRK - We're stuck at
$40. Tomorrow is options
expiration day. MRK almost
always goes out at strike.
If you guys don't understand
"option pinning," I wrote a book
about it. It's a very
complicated thing... It's in
Jim Cramer's Real Money...
It's the handbook I wrote for my
hedge fund. MRK is going
to be stuck at $40. That
said, I think MRK is cheap.
I think MRK is going to surprise
to the upside, because of
Vytorin scripts, which is why
I've been recommending endlessly
Schering-Plough (SGP*),
which I've been buying and
buying and buying for
my charitable trust... Now,
here's the deal... MRK's got a
better yield than SGP*, but SGP*
has a more explosive situation
to the upside...
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SGP* |
19.42 |
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Schering-Plough (SGP*)
See MRK comments above for:
SGP*
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WFMI |
29.12 |
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Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI)
WFMI - This is a tough
one... I think a lot of us... I
think I speak for a lot of us
when I say that there is rarely
something more fun than shopping
at Whole Foods... I love it.
I like to look at new foods... I
like natural foods. I
think it's terrific. But,
you know what? Shopping
there, and buying the stock, are
two different things. The
company's got decelerating
growth rates... You know
the supermarket business is hurt
by both
Costco (COST)
and
Wal-Mart (WMT)...
The bottom line here is, it's a
great place to shop, but it
continues to miss the quarter,
and I am going to have to tell
you - even down here at $28-29,
don't buy, don't buy...
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CNX |
96.02 |
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CONSOL Energy Inc. (CNX)
CNX - This is one I'm
so proud I recommended... I
don't know if I can still buy
this thing at $97. This
stock is up so much on a
spike... and I have been very
greedy in coal. Everyone
knows I like this
Arch Coal (ACI)...
I've been so greedy in it.
Let me do this... let me try
to... let me come out against
greed here... right here... and
say that CNX... I want people to
ring the register a little, because
it is up so much, it would just
make me feel terrible, if I gave
up that gain. So, ring the
register a little CNX...
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ABMD |
13.87 |
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Abiomed Inc. (ABMD)
ABMD - No, no, no...
It's way too speculative.
I have never been a fan... I
remember when this thing came
public... Don't buy, don't
buy... I've got so many
situations that are not
speculative, that are going to
have more upside. Forget
that one.
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TIN |
14.52 |
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Temple-Inland Inc. (TIN)
TIN - This is one I
recommended at $11 bucks, and
everyone said, Jim, it's just
got all this debt... you don't
know what you're talking
about... I understand the
packaging business. My
dad's been in the packaging
business for 67 years, for
heaven's sake. This is my
game! I know this company.
I know TIN... I recommended it.
It's at $14 now. Somebody
else finally got on the
bandwagon. I am telling
you, this company is going to
$16, and it is not too late!
TIN is my kind of stock, and I
know packaging.
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CHDX |
25.45 |
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Chindex International Inc.
(CHDX)
CHDX - This is one, up
very big... medical equipment...
Come on... another one where I
want to do a little register
ringing. You got a 12%
gain today... we're not going to
give that back. I want
some taken off the table.
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PCG |
40.61 |
na |
PG&E Corp. (PCG)
PCG - The only reason
I don't want to recommend PCG is
that I believe they will place
big orders with
First Solar (FSLR)...
because the public utilities
commission in California is
incredibly pro-solar...
That's the only reason. I
don't want to own that company
otherwise. It's had a big
run, and I don't think it
deserves anything.
California is slowing down, but
we like a FSLR from them, or
from SoCal Ed, for that
matter...
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FSLR |
306.78 |
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First Solar (FSLR)
See PCG comments above for:
FSLR
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FMCN |
41.77 |
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Focus Media (FMCN)
FMCN - Tough...
tough... because I've been
recommending it as a China
Olympics play... and it hasn't
really worked out...
(buzzer sounds)... but everybody
really kind of knows that story
now. I haven't been
recommending a lot of Chinese
stocks. Thank God we got
out very close... thank heaven's
we got out very close to the
top. I'm not a buyer of
FMCN.
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EGY |
7.31 |
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Vaalco Energy Inc. (EGY)
EGY - EGY is a very
interesting company because,
while it is located in Texas,
it's an African oil company.
I've looked at the Gabon tracts
that they have, and a lot of
people tell me that, if you can
really start drilling in Gabon,
it's going to be big. This
is a $7 number. I think it
can go to $10.
Price target: $10.00
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CENT |
6.79 |
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Central Garden & Pet Co.
(CENT)
CENT - No. You
can shop there, my friend, but
that is a big part of retail
that's not working. If you
have to own something like that
- and I'm not going to recommend
it - I'd rather go to
Lowe's (LOW)...
I cannot recommend CENT...
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LOW |
25.14 |
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Lowe's (LOW)
See CENT comments above for:
LOW
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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
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your own
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loading up on it, as it is
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Stumped. - Of the
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Cramer has in his head, for
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to opine on... He then
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will have to come back to
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homework of his own on
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Definitions of key phrases
used by Jim, known as
"Cramerisms": |
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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... |
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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. |
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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). |
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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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