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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)
ESLR - No thank you... The
only one that I have been
staying with is
First Solar (FSLR)...
I now feel like I've understood
the insider selling, which was
bad... I am working on a series
of ideas that have to do with
it... If Obama gets in, you know
that solar will be his key,
nuclear is Shaw group for
McCain... But I am not ready yet
to pull the trigger, and I
certainly do not recommend
ESLR... It is way too
speculative for this guy.
JCI - What we call JCI is
the best house in a horrible
neighborhood... Now, let me
explain that... One of the
things we learn as portfolio
managers, when I used to run my
hedge fund is I would have
portfolio managers, my research
people come to me and they would
say, I want to buy JCI... I say,
you know that JCI is the best
play in automotive, but I can't
stand automotive, so I can't
recommend JCI... And that is
absolutely right... Don't buy,
Don't buy... I will not buy a
stock that has connections with
the airlines or connections with
the autos.
GTE - Boy, I miss the old
GTE, which that very
conservative lighting company...
Alright, this GTE, I like
energy... Remember what I said
last Wednesday... I said energy
was going take it, that you were
going to get pummeled, that the
griddle had gotten too hot... We
are still on a too high griddle
energy... I bet you, GTE in a
couple of days we can recommend,
but right now, natural gas is
now huge since last Wednesday,
oil is down huge since last
Wednesday... It's too early, not
yet... Don't buy... I've picking
at energy for my charitable
trust, it's not been a good
idea... I like to buy on the
down... The griddle is still too
hot... It's to be a stay tuned
situation.
ODP - I always think
of ODP, I think of Carl Edwards,
that's one of his sponsors along
with Aflac, which is one of my
favorite stocks... You might see
that... We talked about that
with Carl Edwards on Sunday on
NBC at 7 o'clock, my special
"The American Dream, with Jim
Cramer", comes from NASCAR... I
do not like retail... I have
said over and over again, I
don't want anyone who watches
Mad Money to own a retailer... I
have been adamant, I even
insisted that Sears wouldn't
work anymore... There's only a
handful of discount retailers
that I want to own...
Principally, I want to own
Costco (COST)...
I can not own an ODP, it is just
too hard.... I will not
recommend retailers... I will
not recommend autos... I will
not recommend airlines... That's
been my standard, and I'm
sticking by it.
MLM - I like crushed rock...
When we first started the show
there was a nice move in crushed
rock because of big highway
bills... Ever since then, it's
been too linked to residential
housing... Oh my, look at
this... I don't recommend
banks... I don't recommend
housing... I don't recommend
autos... I don't recommend
airlines... I don't recommend
retail... You'd think I like
nothing, but we are in a bear
market for most of the market,
and that includes MLM... I don't
want to own it.
XOM - Okay, XOM, here's my
take... Buy, buy, buy... I am
still a buyer of XOM, but
remember again, my cautionary
comments from last Wednesday
when I said the momentum stocks
are about to get hammered...
That included everything in the
oil patch... I've made that
point, I've said it about 9
times... A lot of people said,
how could you do that, how could
you change your view... I just
said, I'd like to avoid a
beating... Remember the term
that I used... I said that if
you don't want to take the
Novocain, then that's fine...
But if you want to take the
Novocain, take some profits... I
am about to re-recommend XOM...
I can not do it yet, but I
certainly like XOM most that I
heard... Most of the stocks in a
very difficult down 200 point
lightning round.
[
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Thumbs up - indicates
he would buy the stock or,
at the very least, not sell
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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 -
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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
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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
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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"Cramerisms" & other
financial phrases
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