Entries for November, 2005

20 minute Relief

OraSure Technologies (OSUR), maker of an at home 20-minute HIV test that could become available over the counter within 12 months, may benefited greatly from a Sunday New York Times article. People trade on buzz and you should buy this stock before the buzz starts on this stock.

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South Korea

Bullish on South Korea giving the following plays:

Shinhan Financial Group (SHG) - Korea’s 2nd largest bank benefiting from a strong economy and “massive deregulation” coming in banking.
FormFactor (FORM) - Semiconductor tool based in the U.S. DRAM business is growing at 25% and these products account for 75% of the FORM sales. Flash memory is […]

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Web Watchers

Websense (WBSN) is software that “improves employee productivity and optimizes IT resources.” In short for those bosses that don’t want employees surfing online while at work, especially during holiday shopping months, this is the perfect solution to them stealing away hours at work online. WBSN has been profitable since Sept. 2001 with 26 quarters of […]

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Lighting Round

BullishWhole Foods Market (WFMI), J.C. Penney (JCP), Weyerhaeuser (WY), NitroMed (NTMD), Lucent Technologies (LU), Syneron Medical (ELOS), IBM (IBM), Kansas City Southern (KSU), Union Pacific (UNP), Apple Computer (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), General Maritime (GMR), Headwaters (HW) and TALX (TALX).BearishUSG (USG), Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO), Gasco Energy […]

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Black Hole

Cramer was out with bearish comments on Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD). Cramer doesn’t like the restructuring the company is going through and the fact that one of KKD’s larger franchises filed for bankruptcy last month and sued KKD for fraudulently billing it and trying to force the franchise into bankruptcy. “A company like this lives […]

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Herb Greenberg

Herb Greenberg joined Cramer tonight to discuss J2 Global Communications (JCOM). The FCC wants to add $1 tax to every phone line and JCOM doesn’t think this will hurt the company. Greenberg mentioned that JCOM is telling the FCC that the tax will screw them big time. Cramer asked Greenberg about Bankrate (RATE) which Cramer […]

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College Plays

Congress may possibly repeal a rule that requires for-profit colleges to teach 50% of their classes in buildings. Cramer is bullish on ITT Educational Services (ESI) on this possibility. Cramer likes ITT because it is best of breed. All of the four publicly traded for-profit colleges, Apollo Group (APOL), Corinthian Colleges (COCO), Career Education […]

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The Best Buy

Cramer started off the show extremely bullish on Best Buy (BBY). Cramer thinks that electronic gadgets like the Xbox 360, Sony PSP, and the iPod will spur sales at BBY. Adults want high-end TVs, which have come down in price to the point where they’re “almost affordable for regular people,” said Cramer. Cramer said a […]

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Lightning Round

Bullish
Tiffany (TIF), Syneron Medical (ELOS), Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), Thornburg Mortgage (TMA), Cendant (CD), Activision (ATVI), Google (GOOG), Altria (MO), Commerce Bancorp (CBH), Wells Fargo […]

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Women’s Aisle

Coldwater Creek (CWTR) may be downgraded on the basis that their good quarter wasn’t good enough. If this happens Cramer is ready to “pounce.” The company has transitioned from a purely direct retailer with catalog and Internet aspects to both the direct retailer side along with actual stores. The company is far from the saturation […]

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