Jim Cramer's Lightning Round Picks 7/18

Stocks discussed in the lightning round session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV program, Tuesday, July 18. Click on a stock ticker for more analysis:

Bullish calls:

Rentech (RTK): 'Rentech goes to 6. In Wall Street parlance, I'm raising my price target right here, right now.'
Coca-Cola (KO):'Pepsi and Coke … are in major bull market mode.'
PepsiCo (PEP): 'Pepsi and Coke … are in major bull market mode.'
Oracle (ORCL): 'This is one of the names that is actually in bull mode on the Nasdaq ... You can stick with it.'
Target (TGT)
Halliburton (HAL): 'The bears have this stock ... in their paws. ... I'm not backing away from my charitable trust. ... But understand the forecast is still pain.'
EuroZinc Mining (EZM): 'I am encouraged by the action today in Freeport. ... EuroZinc Mining is a call option ... on zinc and copper. ... You stay long EuroZinc.
Peabody Energy (BTU): '... If you want to own coal, you have to own BTU.'
Intel (INTC)
Starbucks (SBUX) : 'I want to stay in Starbucks because of China .... you will be rewarded.'

Bearish calls:

Travelzoo (TZOO): 'I say ... stay away from the ... train wreck.'
National Beverage (FIZ)
EnCana (ECA): 'If natural gas doesn't start heading up, EnCana is going to 43. I would ring the register and not wait for that happen.'
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT): 'You saw that big downgrade today of the whole [retail] group."
RTI International Metals (RTI): 'I am freeing you from that. ... I wouldn't sell it all it once. But that stock is finito. I no longer want to like the titanium group.'
Alvarion (ALVR): 'I would let a little go because Alvarion will not go up ... until the whole cell-phone morass clears.'
Massey Energy (MEE): 'I cannot bless Massey.'
Nortel (NT)
Microsoft (MSFT)

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