Jim Cramer's Mad Money Review

Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC): 'I like APC. They loaded the boat up with properties. They still have to pay down some things.'XTO Energy (NYSE: XTO): 'I think APC is good, but I think that XTO rocks the boat, and will beat APC - in the long term race - to $100.'URS (NYSE: URS): 'They finally did something. They bought Washington Group. They got it cheaply, and the stock is, at last, on the move ... Buy, buy, buy! ... Washington is historically not a great operator. But at least there is a pulse at URS.'Level 3 Communications (NasdaqGS: LVLT): 'LVLT is going to sink or swim on the fundies. I think the fundies are good. I want to back up the truck in the mid $5s... 'Olin (NYSE: OLN): ' OLN did not buy Pioneer, they stole Pioneer! ... OLN's on the move... They suddenly have religion. Buy, buy, buy!'Carmike Cinemas (CKE): 'This is the one to play. I would sell the others and buy that one, and that's new information from me.'General Maritime (NYSE: GMR): 'Peter Georgiopolous, CEO and founder of GMR is the guy we back... He spent a lot of money buying back stock. He's got the safest yield. That's who we're going with.'Edison International (NYSE: EIX): 'EIX is one of the great... The utilities had an unbelievable bull market, but that's just one of the effects of the utilities... they're reorganized, they're terrific.'Consolidated Edison (NYSE: ED)Dominion (NYSE: D)Cisco (NasdaqGS: CSCO): 'This is a stock that is growing at 15% that has a 20x multiple ... It just didn't say the right things on the conference call ... Let's buy some CSCO here.'Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM): 'The only stock I'm recommending over there [Japanese Market] is Toyota Motor, and even that's stalledthat's stalled. Although I do like that, and I own it for my charitable trust, and I continue to buy that stock.'Vodafone (NYSE: VOD): 'I'm going to send you to Vodafone after that beautiful quarter. VOD's got growth.'Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ): 'You know I'm a backer of WMT down here... Good article about China and WMT in The Wall Street Journal.'Bearish calls:Stratasys (NasdaqGS: SSYS): 'Computer-aided design and automation for semiconductors. No thank you. I want you to take your money and run there. Sell, sell, sell!'Ultra Clean Holdings (NasdaqGS: UCTT): 'No ... if the semiconductor capital equipment business is in bear market mode, I don't want to touch it.'DivX (NasdaqGM: DIVX): 'We are not going back to DIVX. Sell, sell, sell! 'American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO): 'AEO is too hard for me, my friend ... I am strictly going to put it in the 'don't buy' category.'Cinemark (NYSE: CNK - News)Regal Entertainment (NYSE: RGC)Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NYSE: NTT): 'I don't like the Japanese market at all... NTT does not have growth.'
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Wall Street eked out a modest gain Tuesday as investors, wary about the upcoming release of the Federal Reserve minutes, bought cautiously amid a series of new takeover deals and upbeat consumer confidence figures.
Stocks drew support from news that a consortium of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC said it will bid 71.1 billion euros, or $95.5 billion, for the Netherlands' ABN Amro, besting an offer from Barclays PLC. Other takeover news included an announcement that Tishman Speyer Properties and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. are buying Archstone-Smith Trust for at least $13.5 billion.
But trading was erratic with the minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting scheduled to be released Wednesday. The minutes could provide some insight into future interest rate moves. Wall Street also digested strong consumer confidence data, and a report on housing prices. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 14.06, or 0.10 percent, to 13,521.34.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.38, or 0.16 percent, to 1,518.11, while the Nasdaq composite index gained 14.87, or 0.58 percent, to 2,572.06.

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Wall Street backtracked Tuesday to trade mixed, after excitement waned over new takeover deals and resilient consumer confidence and investors decided to play it safe ahead of upcoming data.
A sharp decline in oil prices also dampened energy company stocks and weighed on the Dow Jones industrial average, which had risen more than 50 points early in the day and later turned lower.
Initially, stocks rose after a consortium of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC said it will bid 71.1 billion euros, or $95.5 billion, for the Netherlands' ABN Amro, besting an offer from Barclays PLC. Other takeover news included an announcement that Tishman Speyer Properties and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. are buying Archstone-Smith Trust for at least $13.5 billion.
But with the minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting scheduled to be released Wednesday, a report that could provide some insight into future interest rate moves, investors pulled back. Wall Street also digested strong consumer confidence data, and a report on housing prices. By midafternoon trading, the Dow slipped 18.37, or 0.14 percent, to 13,488.91. The blue-chip index has fallen for the fifth time in six sessions.
Broader stock indicators were mixed. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 0.76, or 0.05 percent, to 1,514.97, while the Nasdaq composite index added 7.32, or 0.29 percent, to 2,564.51.
Bonds fell after the consumer confidence data, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rising to 4.88 percent from 4.86 percent late Friday. Yields have remained higher in recent sessions as fixed-income investors bet the Fed won't lower rates in the near future. On Tuesday, the consumer appeared strong; the Conference Board said its Consumer Confidence Index rose to 108.0 in May, up from a revised 106.3 in April and above the average analyst estimate. Also, the Dallas and Chicago Federal Reserves both reported expansions in regional manufacturing activity.
But the housing sector looked weak after the Standard & Poor's housing index indicated that U.S. home prices declined 1.4 percent in the first quarter compared to a year ago, the first time since 1991 that prices posted a quarterly drop. U.S. retail gasoline prices have eased slightly from their record high of $3.227 a gallon, on average, but remained high Tuesday at $3.201, according to AAA. Crude oil futures plunged $2.05 to $63.15 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
In response, Exxon Mobil Corp., one of the 30 Dow components, fell $1.33, or 1.6 percent, to $82.18.
After it was reported that Archstone was being bought, the stock rose $5.60, or 10 percent, to $60.83.
In other takeover news, The Wall Street Journal said technology retailer CDW Corp. and telecommunications equipment company Avaya Inc. are private equity takeover targets. Avaya rose $1.99, or 14.5 percent, to $15.66, and CDW rose $7.17, or 9.5 percent, to $82.73.
And late Monday, engineering and construction company URS Corp. said it will buy competitor Washington Group International for $2.6 billion. Washington Group rose $11.93, or 17 percent, to $81.90, and URS rose $2.41, or 5.1 percent, to $49.30.
The technology sector, which has been weaker than the rest of the stock market in recent months, got a boost Tuesday after Vodafone Group PLC said it narrowed its full-year loss. U.S. shares of the world's biggest mobile phone company rose $1.10, or 3.7 percent, to $31.66.
Bookseller Borders Group Inc. is scheduled to release first-quarter results Tuesday after the markets close. Borders fell 15 cents to $23.26.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by about 3 to 2 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.11 billion shares.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies was up 5.30, or 0.64 percent, at 835.23.
The dollar slipped against other major currencies, and gold prices climbed.
Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.48 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.55 percent, Germany's DAX index was up 0.54 percent, and France's CAC-40 was down 0.25 percent.

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