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Wednesday, 08/20/08
Posted 08/21/08, 08:49
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Today's date:
Wednesday, 08/20/08 |
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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) |
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VMW |
38.01 |
na |
VMware (VMW)
VMW - I'm disappointed
in VMW, I'm disappointed in
management, I'm disappointed in
the spinoff... I'm disappointed
in every single thing about that
thing! That thing has just
been one disaster after another.
If you do want to own it, you
have to own EMC (EMC)
and I do like tech enough to say
that EMC fits the rubric, but I
don't want to own EMC, and sold
it for
my charitable trust. I don't
like how they're handling that
spinoff. It's been really
bad... and they probably
don't either. I think
they're embarrassed.
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EMC |
15.18 |
na |
EMC (EMC)
See VMW comments above for:
EMC
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SII |
73.90 |
na |
Smith International Inc.
(SII)
SII - You're a
winner!... SII has come down.
It's been hammered. It's a
cheap oil driller stock.
We are going to get offshore
drilling. Even Nancy
Pelosi (Speaker of the House),
who I at one time reviled as a
communist... like about 15
minutes ago... is on board with
offshore drilling. SII is
a winner, SII is a winner.
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BBT |
28.09 |
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BB & T Corp. (BBT)
BBT - Listen sport,
and listen good. That is
one of the few banks that was
conservative enough not to get
hurt. The stock is up and
it's going higher. And
I've got to tell you, everybody
that I've met with, whether it
be John, who's the sales guy
there, or whether it be Frank,
who covers the chemicals...
they're all winners! This
is a well-run bank. BBT
deserves a higher multiple and,
when the smoke clears, they're
going to be the best bank in
North Carolina, if not the
Southeast entirely!
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BP |
57.45 |
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BP plc (BP)
BP - There's a guy...
I am just aghast at what's going
on... BP, I believe, is
going to lose its whole Russian
operation. That said, it's
got a 5.8% yield. I still
believe that the yield's safe.
It is one of the most inept
managements I've ever seen...
Even though they're terrible, it
is oil and it's down and I'm a
buyer...
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HD |
25.97 |
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Home Depot (HD)
HD - I have to tell
you. I was impressed with
HD. I have not liked that
stock in a month of Sundays!
I don't even like the Home Depot
that I go to... but I think we
are in good shape with HD.
They delivered a good quarter.
That stock's down 40%, but the
earnings are only down 24%.
I think that they are making a
comeback. I am endorsing,
right here, right now, a buy...
buy, buy, buy!... of HD. I
thought I'd never say it...
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RDC |
37.18 |
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Rowan Companies Inc. (RDC)
RDC - They're going to
be drilling offshore, and RDC is
going to get its share.
Now, understand, these guys have
had two good days... We've
had two good days and then we've
always had a selloff...
But RDC is just too cheap...
these guys are just too cheap.
And we know that because Jim
Hackett (CEO) came on, from
Anadarko Petroleum
(APC)
and just basically said... he
was laughing at the
valuations... laughing...
They're worth two-thirds of what
they were worth 8 weeks ago?...
That's crazy!
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AFAM |
42.55 |
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Almost Family Inc. (AFAM)
AFAM - You mean the
nursing chain? Yeah, I
like home nursing. This is
a better one than
Amedisys Inc. (AMED),
which I don't like. I'm
going to bless that. A
nice part of the economy.
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AMED |
54.73 |
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Amedisys Inc. (AMED)
See AFAM comments above for:
AMED
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CMI |
67.51 |
na |
(before taking a caller from
Indiana, Jim stated... )
Cummins Inc. (CMI)
CMI - Let's go to the
home of Cummings Engine, which
is one dyno-mite stock...
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NOV* |
74.65 |
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National Oilwell Varco (NOV*)
NOV* - Did you see
that stock today? This
stock has been causing me
tremendous pain. I've been
trading it for
my charitable trust, saying it is
the absolute cheapest of all.
The order book is full.
They're benefitting from natural
gas orders... they're
benefitting from deep-sea...
The book is filled in 2011.
It will be filled in 2012, now
that (Speaker of the House)
Pelosi is caving (on allowing
offshore drilling)... I
stick by NOV* and say it's going
to $82. I say it's going
to $82 from $74. I've got
my
charitable money where my
mouth is!
Price target: $82.00
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CETV |
74.60 |
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Central European Media Ent. (CETV)
CETV - We're finally
getting over... I mean, this one
has been deeply hurt by
(Russia's) Putin. Putin is
just cancer on capitalism.
I have liked it, but I am
frightened... I will not
go near Russia. I won't
even go on the border of Russia
so, even though I've liked the
company historically, I'm going
to say don't buy, don't buy,
because Putin is out of control,
and we're all scared of him... I
mean, really... it's really
incredible. I can't touch
Russia. I can't touch his
environs... I wouldn't
stick with Russia..
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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
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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. |
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Definitions of key phrases
used by Jim, known as
"Cramerisms": |
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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... |
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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. |
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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). |
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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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