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SYMBOL

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HPY

14.08

Heartland Payment Systems Inc. (HPY)

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HPY

VZ

na

Verizon (VZ)

Q:         Dear Jim,
You always seem bullish on Verizon. I know it has a good dividend, but the stock value never seems to move much. I have owned it for several years and am hoping it may claw its way back up. Do you think it has much hope, or should I just sell and buy something else with more tsunami potential?
- Martin in Massachusetts

Jim:      Martin, if you want tsunami potential, it is not the stock to own. I admit to that. Apple (AAPL) is a better stock to own in this situation. You know I had Tessera Technologies Inc. (TSRA)... that's a better way. What I like about Verizon is I do like the yield. They're paying you to wait for when the corporate business turns around. In the meantime, I think it's well run. I've been saying either Verizon or AT&T (T) for that good yield. And, when things get better in the economy, they will go up. But neither is a good tsunami play versus Apple. But everybody keeps raising their earnings estimates, as predicted.

AAPL

na

Apple (AAPL)

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AAPL

TSRA

na

Tessera Technologies Inc. (TSRA)

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TSRA

T

na

AT&T (T)


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T

FCX

na

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX)

Q:         Hi Jim,
My question is about metals. Gold is crazy high while silver is on the rise. If you believe analyst projections, copper is the next hidden gem in metals. But they've been wrong before. So what do you think about investing in copper, and how should we do it? Thank you for all your insightfulness and looking forward to hearing your response!
- Carolyn in Boston

Jim:      Alright, Carolyn... I want to distinguish that silver and gold are precious metals... silver's got some industrial uses... gold, obviously, has jewelry uses. But those are not commonplace uses, in the sense they're not building blocks for houses or building blocks for buildings. That's what copper is. Copper is purely an economic play, particularly a Chinese play. 30% of the copper in this world is used by China... only 10% by the United States. So I regard it as a China play. If you think China is going to continue to be strong, then you should own FCX... Freeport... that's the best copper play. I don't, at this level, want to own it. I'd like to wait for a pullback.

STD

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Banco Santander SA (STD)

Q:         Cramer,
In Watch TV and Get Rich, you stated how Latin America is always a trade because that's how the big guys view it. Does that still hold true? Thanks and keep up the energy!
- Mark

Jim:      Mark, it sure did... Once again, Latin America got much harder hit than the rest of the world. It bounced back faster, which is terrific... one of the reasons I've been saying Banco Santander is good. But, most important, thank you so much for the kind words. In the next book, Getting Back To Even, I show you everything I did at my hedge fund. I've never revealed most of the stuff... It's harder, but it's what you need if you want to get back to even.