Jim's
rating on
this stock

STOCK
SYMBOL

Closing
price that
day

Full Company Name & Jim's Comments:

PALM

16.44

Palm (PALM)

Jim:   I think you're okay.  There's a lot of dispute about whether Verizon (VZ) will support Palm.  I think they will.  Right now, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) supports Palm.  I think that once Palm gets applications, you're in good shape.  I mention in my new book, Getting Back To Even, which comes out next week, that I Palm is a long-term winner in the internet tsunami...  I bless it!  Now, let's be sure... you're out of the game... that's a speculative stock.  I don't want you to put all of your eggs in one basket.  That's important.

AXL

6.86

American Axle (AXL) 

Jim:   I've been buying Johnson Controls (JCI*), up a dollar today, for ActionAlertsPlus.com, my charitable trust, because I want to play the auto build.  I think mine is safer and better than yours.  I would be careful with yours, because I know a $6 stock is tempting, but...  don't buy, don't buy...

JCI*

26.18

Johnson Controls (JCI*)

See AXL comments above for:
JCI*

SWKS

12.01

Skyworks Solutions Inc. (SWKS) 

Jim:   I know the stock's acting doggy... it's bothering me... it's bothering you, I'm sure... internet tsunami... they make power amplifiers in all the little cell phones.  I have done my best to try to figure out what's dogging the stock, because they pre-announced better in September...  I say, we want to see what the quarter is... we'll see what David Aldrich (CEO) has to say.  In the interim, I don't like the way the stock acts.  I think it's okay.  My friend, Brian Ashenburg, who does "Breakout Stocks" at TheStreet.com... we both feel it's right.  But, you know what?  I don't think there's any harm at all in waiting to hear what David Aldrich has to say when they report.

ALE

32.76

Allete Inc. (ALE)

Jim:   I am familiar with them, and it's got a yield that is less than Kinder Morgan Partners (KMP), another utility that yields 7% and I think is much better than Allete...  I say no to that.  Sell, sell, sell...  I've got better ones.

KMP

54.62

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) 

See ALE comments above for:
KMP

AA

14.20

Alcoa, Inc. (AA)

Jim:   Alcoa just reported the first good quarter that I've seen in ages.  I think the stock's got upside.  It reminds me of International Paper (IP) when they turned around.  Alcoa, I think, can trade... yes... to the high teens.  I want to pull the trigger.  I've got to find out more, but that's my supposition right now.  I was wrong on Yum! Brands (YUM).  I didn't listen to the conference call, and I pre-judged.  I really need to listen to the conference call on Alcoa but, from the looks of things, I like what I see.

MED

21.71

Medifast Inc. (MED) 

Jim:   Medifast fits exactly the profile we want in Obamacare.  This is a company that can actually make, well... it's about obesity.  We know we want people thinner.  It is a point from its 52-week high.  I like it, because...  I'd like it to come down though... don't buy, don't buy... before I pull the trigger.