Thursday, 07/17/08
Posted 07/18/08,  08:51 am ET

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Today's date:  Thursday, 07/17/08

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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)

FGP

18.61

na

Ferrellgas Partners LP (FGP)

FGP - You know, this stock yields 10%... I have no idea what the heck is going on... How it could get down there so much... I think right now I think that that stock should be bought at 10% yield, propane producer... That's my kind of situation, I want to own it... Just a second, as I am speaking, it turns out that Wall of Shamer, Hector Ruiz is out at AMD because he's done a bad job... Once again, the Wall of Shame wins.

ENER

67.96

na

Energy Conversion Devices (ENER)

ENER - Take advantage of this company... That stock got hit for $3 because oil is coming down... You know I think oils is going down another $10-15... As that comes down ENER is one of the absolute finest alternative energy plays... The stock has got some downsides, but I like that company.

T

31.75

na

AT&T (T)

T - You've got to buy this stock... It is just preposterous that it's going to $31... I've got to tell you... I want to own this for my charitable trust and I said I'm frozen... If I mention a stock, I'm frozen... I can't buy it for five days... When this stock hit $31, I said, are you out of your minds?... They've got the iPhone, they've got a great plus-5% dividend... I won't even hesitate... I want to own T.

MET

51.97

na

MetLife (MET)

MET - Yeah, MET is a high-quality insurer... I know insurance rates are coming down, but you know what?... I've watched this stock go down, and I've got to tell you... I've always felt that MET is the single best in life insurance, if not insurance, company, I include Chubb (CB) in the world... I think you take advantage of MET's decline, you pull the trigger... There's so many stocks that are high quality, I understand it's going down, but I really like that one.

CB

47.49

na

Chubb (CB)

See MET comments above for:
CB

MRO

43.53

na

Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO)

MRO - Now this is an example of the lunacy of this market... This a company that, if I were in the oil business, I would just go buy the whole darn company... A premium refiner with great properties overseas at a 52-week low, that's a travesty... I want to buy, buy, buy MRO, that is ridiculous.

SONC

14.41

na

Sonic Corp. (SONC)

SONC - This stock has been annihilated... Once again, a high-quality company... After I listened to David Novak and Yum! Brands (YUM) today, the raw costs that this is an ethanol play, meaning they've been slaughtered by ethanol because 30% of our corn crops go into 3% of gasoline... Companies like SONC have had to pay a fortune for raw costs... 52-week low... I see a director just bought 60,000 shares... I want to buy this company, but I am very afraid that until we scrap the ethanol mandate we can own no restaurants other than a very handful group of fast food restaurants, and SONC isn't one of them.

       

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Symbol keys:

A Charitable Trust stock. - An asterisk next to a stock symbol indicates that Jim mentioned it is a stock that he manages within
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Thumbs up - indicates he would buy the stock or, at the very least, not sell the stock.  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 comments to decide for yourself.

Thumbs down - indicates he has said not to 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 comments to decide for 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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