MAD MONEY RECAP | LIGHTNING ROUND | Monday, 05/19/08

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	Monday, 05/19/08 Posted 05/19/08, 9:01 pm ET	(Scroll down to see Jim's comments below)



Today's date: Monday, 05/19/08

	Dow Jones:	13,028		+ 41
	NASDAQ:		2,516	- 12
	S&P 500:		1,426	+ 1


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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)

27.59

Kroger Co. (KR)

KR - I'm concerned about the supermarkets. The margins are thin. They're getting squeezed. I have not like Safeway Inc. (SWY), even though they boosted the dividend and had announced a bigger buyback. I have not like KR, and I have not liked Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI)... Don't buy, don't buy... So, I've got to tell you, I cannot endorse that group.

SWY

31.30

Safeway Inc. (SWY)

See KR comments above for:
SWY

WFMI

28.85

Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI)

See KR comments above for:
WFMI

FSLR

295.90

First Solar (FSLR)

FSLR - Now, I want to see crude down a couple of days, before I go back in. Actually, Sanford Bernstein put out a very good piece last week that stacked the things up... FSLR remains the least expensive way to play solar, in terms of the actual product. It is an expensive stock. It's at $24 billion in market cap, but I am a huge believer that the next quarter is going to be great, and the way these stocks work - it's a momentum stock - is that, if that quarter is great, that stock's going to run, so I want you to stay in, but I want you to buy more lower (in price, from where it is now).

IMAX

7.38

IMAX Corporation (IMAX)

IMAX - I have been wrong on IMAX. I'm surprised to see that stock be moving so well... I continue to think don't buy. A lot of people are playing this as a better way to play movie theater companies, because the movie theater companies are being squeezed at the one place they make the most money... which is at the concession stand. A very good article about popcorn prices... Oh man, Ad Age?... USA Today? I read a lot of publications on Monday, but there was a good popcorn piece... Don't buy, don't buy...

SINA

53.59

Sina Corp. (SINA)

SINA - Now I've got to admit... that's a good one. I have been staying away from China, because it's too volatile. I had liked SINA... I had liked Baidu.com (BIDU)... but, right now... don't buy, don't buy... you're going to have to do it without me, because I don't want to get back into China. It's too explosive, it's too crazy, and I am afraid that I will cost people money. It's too speculative for me.

FLR

192.60

Fluor Corporation (FLR)

FLR - The stock exploded! It exploded last week, and then tacked on more points today. At this point, we've got to say, don't buy... Because bulls make money, bears make money and hogs get slaughtered. Don't buy, don't buy... I would say, ring the register on FLR, and cycle back into Foster Wheeler (FWLT*), under $70... and I think you'll do better than just holding onto FLR here. It's too hot for me... it's parabolic.

28.29

International Paper (IP)

IP - No, no... I like Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) more... I like more... I like Temple-Inland Inc. (TIN) more... and I like Packaging Corp. of America (PKG) more... I looked at all of these stocks before I pulled the trigger on those three... IP is just not that good. It's not that well-run... It keeps doing a lot of silly things. It just bought WY's commodity business. Ix-nay IP... Definitely not!

66.88

Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY)

See IP comments above for:
WY

TIN

14.84

Temple-Inland Inc. (TIN)

See IP comments above for:
TIN

PKG

25.45

Packaging Corp. of America (PKG)

See IP comments above for:
PKG

THOR

15.79

Thoratec Corp. (THOR)

THOR - I do not know THOR. What I will do is now open the research file... I will now read the research... I will now read the Qs... I will read the stories, and then I will come back... Memo to staff... THOR...

EMKR

8.38

EMCORE Corp. (EMKR)

EMKR - A fiber optic play... Uh... middling, middling... don't want to go... Don't buy, don't buy... I just feel like it's an overcrowded segment... (buzzer sounds)... The only one I like of the telco suppliers right now is ADC Telecommunications Inc. (ADCT). I liked it here before they did a convert deal (i.e., a convertible bond offering). It crushed the stock. Now the stock is back. My recommendation is ADCT.

ADCT

15.32

ADC Telecommunications Inc. (ADCT)

See EMKR comments above for:
ADCT

RRI

24.30

Reliant Energy Inc. (RRI)

RRI - I don't know... a merchant of power. Not my favorite... I like Mirant Corp. (MIR) more than I like RRI. But I would steer you toward DYN, which is a company we've liked for a long time. Every time it goes below $8, we recommend it. It's above $9 now. It's got a very interesting situation with natural gas, where it's cheaper than the rest. Don't go with RRI... go with DYN.

MIR

39.96

Mirant Corp. (MIR)

See RRI comments above for:
MIR

DYN

9.38

Dynegy Inc. (DYN)

See RRI comments above for:
DYN

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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