Jim Cramer's Mad Money Review

Buy:

Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD)

BAIDU.COM, INC. (BIDU)

China Mobile Limited (CHL)

Focus Media Holding Ltd (FMCN)

Corning Inc (GLW)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS)

Hudson City Bancorp Inc (HCBK)

PetroChina Co Ltd (PTR)

Transocean Inc (RIG)

Siemens AG (SI)

Ultra Petroleum Corp (UPL)
Sell:

American International Group, Inc (AIG)

AXA (AXA)

Countrywide Financial Corp (CFC)

Capital One Financial Corp(COF)

Legg Mason Inc(LM)

Orion Energy Systems(OESX)

Qualcomm Inc (QCOM)

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On Tuesday's show, Cramer started by talking about the acquisition of Commerce Bank (CBH) by TD Bank, and how he feels that Canadian banks will buy more US regional banks because of the strength of the Canadian dollar. Cramer listed 9 other banks that he thinks could be takeover targets; National City (NCC), New York Community Bank (NYB), Comerica (CMA), KeyCorp (KEY), Hudson City Bank (HCBK), M&T Bank (MTB), BB&T (BBT), Fifth Third Bank (FITB), Capital One (COF)
CVS Caremark (CVS): Cramer thinks it was unfairly punished by Walgreen's (WAG) bad quarterly report yesterday. Cramer thinks that CVS will be able to profit for the same reason that Walgreen's had problems because of their merger with Caremark. CVS is now "best of breed" in the pharmacy sector.
Cramer then took a phone call about Wal-Mart (WMT) which he thinks is not a big factor in this sector.
After the lightning round, Cramer was looking for more overlooked IPOs. Today's pick was comScore (SCOR). This stock is the Nielsen of the web and gives companies data to help them advertise better. They are in the early stages of growth.
CEO of Perry Ellis (PERY) was on the show. Cramer thinks the stock is not for him, and asked the CEO some tough questions.
In the last segment, Cramer talked about Baidu.com (BIDU), which he said is up 136% since he recommended the stock. He "commands you" to take your cost basis out of the market to lock in profits.

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Bullish calls:
Herbalife (HLF): 'I have switched to Herbalife (HLF) and I am much thinner!' US Bancorp (USB): 'at 4.8% yield, USB... I'd pull the trigger right here! I think they're going to own the mortgage market.' Wells Fargo (WFC) Southern Copper (PCU): 'Skee Daddy likes PCU... no doubt about it.' Freeport McMoRan (FCX): ' if you want a cheaper stock that is off more, because the hedge funds kept dumping it all over the place... it is Freeport McMoRan, which is down a quick $15.' Novartis(NVS): 'Novartis is the play.' Cal-Maine Foods (CALM): 'Yeah, that stock is still cheap. And people don't understand... it's like the only egg producer around there.' Kraft Foods (KFT): 'That's the big dairy play that I like very much, and I'm reiterating that everybody's circling around KFT. Irene Rosenfeld's going to sell some brands. That stock goes from $32 to $35.' Dell(DELL):'It reports later this week. I think it's going to have an upside surprise … I think it reports $30 by the year's end.' Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) PepsiCo(PEP): 'PEP, at $68, has still got more upside. Great international growth. Frito Lay turned. Brand new sugar-free Gatorade coming, and great ads last night on Sunday Night Football on NBC.' Toll Brothers (TOL): 'I think is going to bottom, ahead of all the other homebuilders - the only area in this whole country with real estate that is not falling off a cliff.' CACI International (CAI) Raytheon (RTN): 'I like Raytheon more than CAI.' Lockheed Martin (LMT): ' … broke out today.' General Dynamics (GD) American Standard (ASD): 'ASD, in the end, is an inexpensive stock. You know I like the management. But it's got a new CEO. It's no longer going to be Fred Poses. I've got to stick by ASD!' Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK)
Bearish calls:
Blackstone Group (BX): 'I think BX is just the quintessential wrong stock to own.' Fortress Group (FIG) Alvarion (ALVR): 'It's an Israeli wireless company. I really like it…. Let it pull back under $10.' NutriSystem (NTRI):' It's controversial, because there's a very big short position … There are some people who think that NTRI's stuff is not that tasty.' Sanofi-Aventis (SNY) CPI (CPY) Pre-Paid Legal Services (PPD)

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Outsourcing Winners: Accenture (NYSE: ACN - News), Electronic Data Systems (NYSE: EDS - News), Infosys Technologies (NasdaqGS: INFY) and Wipro (NYSE: WIT - News)
Sporting a referee's uniform, Cramer placed four of the best outsourcing consulting firms in a competition to determine which is the best investment. In the right corner were U.S. companies ACN and EDS with a combined annual revenue of $39.5 billion, and in the left corner were Indian challengers INFY and WIT with a total yearly revenue of $5.6 billion. Putting the politics of outsourcing aside, Cramer says that these companies have a "huge market" since many new businesses are in need of original strategies. On the American team, Cramer thinks that ACN is best of breed because it has a top notch business, "record utilization levels" and strong growth to 12.9% from the 6.4% in the previous quarter. On the Indian team, Cramer likes Infosys, because it has "some baked-in underpromise, overdeliver Indian-style potential," has 10,000 hires completing training, and is getting its China business moving; Cramer calls this "a recipe for better-than-expected numbers." He likes Infosys' low 12% attrition rate, which is an important metric for an outsourcing firm. Wipro's attrition rate is higher, but he would still pay attention to its earnings on Wednesday. While Cramer prefers the Indian team for their "overall prospects," his favorite two companies are Accenture for its consulting business and Infosys for its growth.
Related: Hans E. Wagner expects continued growth for Accenture.
CEO Interview: Ronald Hermance Hudson City Bancorp (NasdaqGS: HCBK)
Cramer asked Ronald Hermance how his comany is thriving in spite of negativity surrounding banking. "Quite candidly, our model sets us apart," Hermance responded. "The reason we've outlasted in most credit cycles is that we're retaining all our mortgages and not selling them to the secondary market." The result has been solid credit quality in the third quarter, and he added that HCBK has not had a net charge off in seven years. Impressed by this statement, Cramer added that Hudson City is "basically only lending to people that don't need a loan but are taking one out for a mortgage deduction." He recommnended the stock to investors who want a no-risk banking play.
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