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  Tuesday, 05/27/08
 Posted 05/27/08,  8:43 pm ET

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Today's date:  Tuesday, 05/27/08
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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)

CT

29.20

29.28

Capital Trust, Inc. (CT)

CT -  And also American Capital Strategies (ACAS)...  I'm not against these companies.  What they do require is a massive amount of homework to feel comfortable.  Why?  Because the media is relentless in writing negative stories about these mezzanine lenders.  I think they have a place in a portfolio.  I have not been able to pull the trigger  personally, ever, because I worry about that I don't know the companies and what they own well enough...  If you've done the homework, then I bless the transaction.

LDK

44.49

43.64

LDK Solar Co.Ltd. (LDK)

LDK -  LDK has done well... it's done it without me.  I have been liking First Solar (FSLR).  That has stalled.  And I like Applied Materials (AMAT) as a hybrid tech play.  I'm sticking with those two, and have not wanted to go down the food path to the Chinese names, but you're doing with that, and bless you for it.

FSLR

265.16

261.50

First Solar (FSLR)

See LDK comments above for:
FSLR

AMAT

19.56

19.62

Applied Materials (AMAT)

See LDK comments above for:
AMAT

DSX

32.98

34.34

Diana Shipping (DSX)

DSX -   I happen to like the shipping industry, because I think it's making a very big comeback.  Let me just say that I have been only been recommending - of the larger ones, there are smaller ones that I like, but let's stick with the larger ones...  I like Nordic American Tanker (NAT).  I think that's a winner.  And I have been blessing Frontline Ltd. (FRO), which is actually down a dollar today, and it's off $5 from its high.  Those are the two I'm using... and I don't want to go down deeper in the food chain.

NAT

38.31

38.80

Nordic American Tanker (NAT)

See DSX comments above for:
NAT

FRO

63.43

63.15

Frontline Ltd. (FRO)

See DSX comments above for:
FRO

NM

12.67

12.87

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NM)

NM -  I'll tell you the truth... That's one where I'm not going to stick my neck out for fear of this... (sound of getting head chopped off)...  I want to see the numbers.  Again, with the shipping business is rolling, everything seems to work, but I've been sticking with the ones that brought me... and everybody knows this Frontline Ltd. (FRO) has been the biggest winner in the group... so that's what I'm going with... and don't forget Nordic American Tanker (NAT).

FRO

63.43

63.15

Frontline Ltd. (FRO)

See NM comments above for:
FRO

NAT

38.31

38.80

Nordic American Tanker (NAT)

See NM comments above for:
NAT

PG

65.07

65.32

Procter & Gamble (PG)

PG -  Okay... I have puzzled mightily over the decline in PG... to the point where I said, all right... let me look at the chart... is there some sort of reverse head and shoulders thing going on?... PG has got raw cost problems.  There's no doubt about it, but this is a superior technology company... Let's do this... Those who are not in the performance business... those who don't care about the next six months... I think you take... (buzzer sounds)...  I think you take a position in PG.  It's gone down enough.  It's gone down in a straight line.  The two that I have marveled on... that I cannot believe are going down like this... are PG and Pepsi (PEP) which, by the way, is a snack food company, with a very good soda business.  I think PG and PEP are right to buy here.  It's time to pull the trigger!

PEP

69.01

69.00

Pepsi (PEP)

See PG comments above for:
PEP

CPST

3.57

3.55

Capstone Turbine Corp. (CPST)

CPST -  No.  Too speculative for this guy.  It's had a nice run.  It's back from the brink.  When I first started the show, I liked it.  It's a turbine company.  If I want turbines, I'm going to Caterpillar Inc. (CAT).  I hate to be so big, when CPST's been such a great spec, but I can't get behind that spec, after it's doubled... 

CAT

81.95

82.33

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

See CPST comments above for:
CAT

PBR

70.32

70.65

Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR)

PBR -  PBR is good.  But it got to be so big, that it started to dwarf all the rest of the world.  My advice is to wait until that stock falls 10% from its high (i.e., $73.15). We're almost there... In two points (i.e., down to $68.32), when oil goes back to $125, PBR is right, because of the gigantic buyback.  I like PBR.  Why am I price-sensitive?  Because I think the oil futures hit a high for a while...  Slink back to $125... been selling oil stocks for... my charitable trust...  I can't, therefore, recommend them right here.  If PBR comes down, then you do some buying... because, in general, I like PBR... I like Brazil...

       

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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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