Thursday, 06/05/08
Posted 06/05/08,  9:57 pm ET

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Today's date:  Thursday, 06/05/08

  Dow Jones: 12,604  + 214
  NASDAQ:   2,549   + 46
  S&P 500:   1,404   + 26
 
 
 
 
 
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On
the best China play...
JJC:    My China play remains, not LDK Solar Co.Ltd. (LDK), not China Tel (CHA), or China Aluminum, or China Construction Bank... but, no.... Yum! Brands (YUM), because that's Kentucky Fried Chicken... We are in a situation right now, that if you wanted good chicken that you're not worried about, because you like chicken, because your diet is now pro-protein, and you're in China, the good houskeeping seal of approval is Kentucky Fried Chicken... and YUM is moving big there. David Novak, the CEO, understands where the growth is. He is repairing Taco Bell in our country... of that, I am quite confident. But, in the interim, it's a China play. That's why YUM's closer to its 52-week high than low, even though it's got raw costs that are very high. YUM goes to $45... Oh yeah, I think that stock is going to blow through. I think that people continually think that, when gasoline goes up, people stop eating KFC. Well, maybe they do somewhat, but I think that, in China, it's not like that at all...

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On the best India play...
JJC:    We've got a great story here. Sterlite Industries India Ltd. (SLT) bought Asarco out of bankruptcy. Asarco, for anybody who traded long enough knows, was just a fabulous, very-high-profit-margin copper company. We need copper in this world, not just for current construction use, but because, when you're going to have batteries that are going to recharge... I know this is something that Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) has been very involved in... you'll need tons of copper. SLT is a very forward-thinking company that's well off its high. An Indian company that I would buy aggressively right here. This one should be bought... It's coming down, and that acquisition's going to prove to be a brilliant one.

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On two other emerging market plays, CVRD (RIO) and Monsanto (MON)...
JJC:    CVRD (RIO) is one of those stocks that deserves to be... it's been a paid member of the new-high list worldwide for a long time. It's come down a lot... it's come down 6 points off of its 52-week high. I don't get why this stock is in a situation where it sells off really big, given that it is, again, a China play... Even though it's in Brazil, it's a China play... I like RIO. When I see oil and gas flying, it means minerals are going to be flying... RIO's a buy here... going to $44. It's cheap... it is. And, look... I was a big buyer of Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR). That's not cheap anymore. RIO's still cheap.

Monsanto (MON) is a name that you and I have liked for a long time. It's basically like the old days when Dome Petroleum used to find new oil in Canada... They've got new seeds that could double production of corn and, when you read that, what you basically have to say is, okay, let's say they had 15 billion barrels of oil... Now they're going to have 30 billion barrels of oil... MON is not quitting here. 52-week high, and it's not quitting. There are very few companies that have just blown through right here... none of the fertilizer companies are, although they're all up... MON looks like $150 is the next target. 

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Stock Snapshots - Includes all stocks mentioned above

 

 

 

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)

YUM

39.48

39.16

Yum! Brands (YUM)

Price target:  $45.00

SLT

20.97

20.58

Sterlite Industries India Ltd. (SLT)

RIO

38.71

38.85

CVRD (RIO)

Price target:  $44.00

MON

138.51

138.25

Monsanto (MON)

Price target:  $150.00

   
 

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