Jim Cramer's Mad Money Review

Aruba Networks (NasdaqGM: ARUN - News): 'Blowout quarter last week ... How about we wait for a pullback, before we back up the truck... If it goes below $20, you've got to be willing to pull the trigger.'Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER - News): ' MER is not going to have any problem going over $100.00 ... Because MER is incredibly well-run. The sub-prime problems are in the past ... That stock needs to go higher right now. Buy, buy, buy!'Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT - News): 'I think this stock is going to finish the year - yes, and if I may be so bold... - at between $7 and $8. So any one of these declines is just another opportunity to load the boat up with LVLT.'Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT - News): 'I got behind WMT in the mid-$40s, and I am not backing away now at $50. It's got much more upside.'Alcoa (NYSE: AA - News): ' I think Alcoa and Alcan are going to merge... You know I think that AA is not going to be public in a year if they don't get that deal...'Alcan (NYSE: AL - News)Dominion Resources (NYSE: D - News): 'I think that one may be a better diversified utility company than yours (Targa Resources). So let's make that switch.'Research In Motion (NasdaqGS: RIMM - News): 'That has the better fundamentals (than Palm.)'Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX - News)Qualcomm (NasdaqGS: QCOM - News): 'If you want to be in a semiconductor play that has to do with cell, I will send you to QualComm.'BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP - News) CVRD (NYSE: RIO - News): ' ... among the cheapest mineral stocks ... It's just too darn cheap, too well-run and, ever since they were able to buy the largest nickel company ... this thing wreaks of monopoly!'Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS - News): 'I actually like very much the Barnes & Noble quarter, and they're buying back a lot of stock.'
Bearish calls:
Target (NYSE: TGT - News): ' ... sell, sell, sell... let's take a little off the table, and go into Wal-Mart.Aluminum Corp. of China (NYSE: ACH - News) 'The Chinese market is overheated. I liked this stock initially as a dividend play. Now that it only yields 2%.'Targa Resources (NasdaqGM: NGLS - News)Palm (NasdaqGS: PALM - News): 'You got lucky. I need you out of PALM. I would rather see you in Research In Motion ... You just lucky with that Elevation bid... I want to head to the hills, PALM. Sell, sell, sell!'Scholastic (NasdaqGS: SCHL - News): 'Oh, way too inconsistent. It's really hurt a lot of people.'Tesoro (NYSE: TSO - News): 'I want you to sell that. That move has peaked. Those margins cannot be sustained ... 'Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO - News): 'I want TSO and VLO sold.'RF Micro Devices (NasdaqGS: RFMD - News): 'I am not going to bless RFMD. Not on this show. No way ... I understand the speculative desire for RFMD, but I am not going to tell you to stay with it.'
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Out in the Open: Daktronics (NASDAQ: DAKT - News), Lamar (NASDAQ: LAMR - News), Clear Channel (NYSE: CCO - News) and CBS (NYSE: CBS - News)
Although Cramer has often said that old media is dying, the oldest advertisements, billboards, are " coming back with a vengeance," because they are on the street where they cannot be avoided and are going digital. Daktronics is up 165%, but Cramer recommends buying it because the company "owns the market" in digital billboards, which he believes is the fastest growing form of advertising after the internet. The company also produces scoreboards for sports events. Cramer thinks Lamar is a better acquisition than CBS and Clear Channel, " because it is a pure play and is "going digital faster than any other company."
Safeway's Secret (NYSE: SWY - News)
Since many of the obvious holiday stocks are "played out" Cramer suggested a good oblique strategy for benefitting from the season by investing in Safeway which, in addition to running great stores, owns the $4-5 billion greeting card business, Blackhawk, whose products are sold by Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS - News), Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL - News) iTunes, MasterCard (NYSE: MA - News), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN - News), Home Depot (NYSE: HD - News) and Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD - News). Not many people are aware that Safeway owns Blackhawk, but when this is no longer a secret, the stock should rise, comments Cramer. In addition, Safeway's supermarkets are "financially sound enough to add a half-billion dollars to its buyback program last Friday and offer a dividend," and he would get into the stock before its analyst meeting on Tuesday.
CEO Interview: David Pyott of Allergan (NYSE: AGN - News)
David Pyott discussed the company's developing program for neuropathic pain and its rapid growth in the opthalmology sector. "The great position we have is that Allergan is the largest company in the world in the medical aesthetics space," he said, noting the popularity of breast implants, Botox and Juviderm among plastic surgery customers. Pyott also mentioned an upcoming trial between Juviderm and Medicis' Restylane to see which treatment customers like better and lasts longer. After the interview, Cramer commented that Thomas Weisel Partners' downgrade of Allergan was unfair, and that he would back up the truck as soon as the stock's price dips.
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