Jim Cramer's Mad Money Lightning Round
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Lightning Round Stock Picks and Comments for:
Monday, May 26th, 2008
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Lightning Round Stock Picks and Comments for:
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
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Jim
Cramer's
rating on
this stock

STOCK
SYMBOL

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price
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day

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price
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day

Full Company Name/Comments
(see comments above for each)

CT

29.20

na

Capital Trust, Inc. (CT)

CT -  And also American Capital Strategies (ACAS)...  I'm not against these companies.  What they do require is a massive amount of homework to feel comfortable.  Why?  Because the media is relentless in writing negative stories about these mezzanine lenders.  I think they have a place in a portfolio.  I have not been able to pull the trigger  personally, ever, because I worry about that I don't know the companies and what they own well enough...  If you've done the homework, then I bless the transaction.

LDK

44.49

na

LDK Solar Co.Ltd. (LDK)

LDK -  LDK has done well... it's done it without me.  I have been liking First Solar (FSLR).  That has stalled.  And I like Applied Materials (AMAT) as a hybrid tech play.  I'm sticking with those two, and have not wanted to go down the food path to the Chinese names, but you're doing with that, and bless you for it.

FSLR

265.16

na

First Solar (FSLR)

See LDK comments above for:
FSLR

AMAT

19.56

na

Applied Materials (AMAT)

See LDK comments above for:
AMAT

DSX

32.98

na

Diana Shipping (DSX)

DSX -   I happen to like the shipping industry, because I think it's making a very big comeback.  Let me just say that I have been only been recommending - of the larger ones, there are smaller ones that I like, but let's stick with the larger ones...  I like Nordic American Tanker (NAT).  I think that's a winner.  And I have been blessing Frontline Ltd. (FRO), which is actually down a dollar today, and it's off $5 from its high.  Those are the two I'm using... and I don't want to go down deeper in the food chain.

NAT

38.31

na

Nordic American Tanker (NAT)

See DSX comments above for:
NAT

FRO

63.43

na

Frontline Ltd. (FRO)

See DSX comments above for:
FRO

NM

12.67

na

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NM)

NM -  I'll tell you the truth... That's one where I'm not going to stick my neck out for fear of this... (sound of getting head chopped off)...  I want to see the numbers.  Again, with the shipping business is rolling, everything seems to work, but I've been sticking with the ones that brought me... and everybody knows this Frontline Ltd. (FRO) has been the biggest winner in the group... so that's what I'm going with... and don't forget Nordic American Tanker (NAT).

FRO

63.43

na

Frontline Ltd. (FRO)

See NM comments above for:
FRO

NAT

38.31

na

Nordic American Tanker (NAT)

See NM comments above for:
NAT

PG

65.07

na

Procter & Gamble (PG)

PG -  Okay... I have puzzled mightily over the decline in PG... to the point where I said, all right... let me look at the chart... is there some sort of reverse head and shoulders thing going on?... PG has got raw cost problems.  There's no doubt about it, but this is a superior technology company... Let's do this... Those who are not in the performance business... those who don't care about the next six months... I think you take... (buzzer sounds)...  I think you take a position in PG.  It's gone down enough.  It's gone down in a straight line.  The two that I have marveled on... that I cannot believe are going down like this... are PG and Pepsi (PEP) which, by the way, is a snack food company, with a very good soda business.  I think PG and PEP are right to buy here.  It's time to pull the trigger!

PEP

69.01

na

Pepsi (PEP)

See PG comments above for:
PEP

CPST

3.57

na

Capstone Turbine Corp. (CPST)

CPST -  No.  Too speculative for this guy.  It's had a nice run.  It's back from the brink.  When I first started the show, I liked it.  It's a turbine company.  If I want turbines, I'm going to Caterpillar Inc. (CAT).  I hate to be so big, when CPST's been such a great spec, but I can't get behind that spec, after it's doubled... 

CAT

81.95

na

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

See CPST comments above for:
CAT

PBR

70.32

na

Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR)

PBR -  PBR is good.  But it got to be so big, that it started to dwarf all the rest of the world.  My advice is to wait until that stock falls 10% from its high (i.e., $73.15). We're almost there... In two points (i.e., down to $68.32), when oil goes back to $125, PBR is right, because of the gigantic buyback.  I like PBR.  Why am I price-sensitive?  Because I think the oil futures hit a high for a while...  Slink back to $125... been selling oil stocks for... my charitable trust...  I can't, therefore, recommend them right here.  If PBR comes down, then you do some buying... because, in general, I like PBR... I like Brazil...

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Lightning Round Stock Picks and Comments for:
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
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Jim
Cramer's
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SYMBOL

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price
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Full Company Name/Comments
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CHD

57.03

na

Church & Dwight Co. Inc. (CHD)

CHD -  It's a winner... This has obviously produced consistent, great earnings.  It's a company that I've been behind for a very long time... I like the kind of quiet, in the supermarket, kind of names... where they bought a lot of brands from others.  People may not know it, but CHD... you're talking about companies like, you know, Arm and Hammer... great toothpaste... and I think there's a lot there.  Those that don't know it... ChurchDwight.com.  You go right to the site...  You'll see all the things...

SOLF

21.88

na

Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (SOLF)

SOLF -  I think people know that I have been too conservative perhaps, in talking about Chinese stocks.  I will tell you that LDK Solar Co.Ltd. (LDK), SOLF... These are the big solar plays.  I'm not going to fight anybody who wants to put one-fifth of their Mad Money... after they've put away their S&P Index money... into a speculative name, of which this is just as good as any.

LDK

44.35

na

LDK Solar Co.Ltd. (LDK)

See SOLF comments above for:
LDK

HEV

5.98

na

Ener1 Inc. (HEV)

HEV -  This is fuel cells and batteries, and remember what we said... We like EnerSys (ENS).  We cannot get behind any other in that category yet that we've been able to find.  So that one I cannot endorse.  I'm sorry.

ENS

31.00

na

EnerSys (ENS)

See HEV comments above for:
ENS

ATVI

32.99

na

Activision Inc. (ATVI)

ATVI -  I think it's had a big run.  I want to take profits on ATVI... Sell, sell, sell!...  It's had a very big run.  We do not believe that, at this level, it's sustainable...   (buzzer sounds)...  I have been on a jihad... that I'm not seeing enough people taking profits here in their winners.  I've been accosted by people lately, who liked the oils... they've taken nothing off.  I rang the register on ConocoPhillips (COP) for my trust today [Note:  Jim also just bought Wal-Mart (WMT*) today, although he is restricted from mentioning it yet.  See the entire list of stocks in his charitable trust here.]... I feel that some of these stocks, like ATVI, have had too much of a run, and I fear people giving back gains.  So let's ring the register, and be thrilled that we got that gain.

COP

92.56

na

ConocoPhillips (COP)

See ATVI comments above for:
COP

STO

39.17

na

StatoilHydro ASA (STO)

STO -  STO has a checkered career, in terms of finding more oil, after a multiple-year run.  It is not my favorite oil.  I'd prefer you to invest domestically in natural gas.  I have to be very honest...  STO has not been a big finder and replacer of oil, which is what we look for with oil.  That's why we like our natural gas companies...  They keep finding more natural gas... As they price goes up, they get worth more and more...  This one, STO, feels to me like a wasting asset.  I can't get behind it, even as I like the oils, because it doesn't replace enough.

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Lightning Round Stock Picks and Comments for:
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
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Jim
Cramer's
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SYMBOL

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price
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price
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Full Company Name/Comments
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RIG

152.08

na<