Jim Cramer's Mad Money Lightning Round Picks, Nov. 21

Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed in the lightning round session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV program, Tuesday November 21. Click on a stock ticker for more analysis:

Bullish calls:

Best Buy (BBY): 'If you want to buy big box, you go to BBY. That's where people are shopping for Christmas.'
Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI): ' I can't believe this stock is back under $4 bucks ... Meanwhile, XMSR is just percolating along. I reiterate that I think that SIRI is the buy in the group. I am not backing away just because the stock acts bad; that's what sissies do!'
L-1 Identity (ID): ' I like FLR; you know that I like NICE; and I like ID.'
Fluor Inc. (FLR)
Nice Systems (NICE)
New York Stock Exchange (NYX): 'The right horse - even at these rarified levels where you can't borrow a share - and people are paying people 15% to be able to borrow it - is NYX! John Thane rocks!'
Amer Cap Strategies (ACAS): ' Historically, people have been worried about this kind of mezzanine financing. Those people are worry warts. They're wrong. I say boo to them. This is a good company with a 7% yield.'
Mastercard (MA)
Goldman Sachs (GS)
Google (GOOG): ' ... the unbelievable GOOG story - buy, buy, buy!
IBM (IBM): 'You need to go to IBM.'
J.C. Penney: (JCP): 'We're going to the guys who people go to for aspirational shopping... We are going to JCP.'

Bearish calls:

Arch Chemicals (ARJ): 'Between PPG and GGC, let alone the downgrade of DOW today, I am in total 'don't touch' mode! Sell, sell, sell! I don't want you anywhere near them. The pin action is just terrible!'
PPG Ind. (PPG)
Georgia Gulf Gp (GGC)
Dow Chemical (DOW)
Haverty Furniture (HVT): 'What? Do you like the furniture game? The furniture game's a bad game, my friend.'
Nordic Am Tanker Ship (NAT)
Vasco Data Security (VDSI): 'I like ID [and FLR and NICE] More - all of them more than your play, my friend.'
Nasdaq (NDAQ): 'I have nothing against NDAQ. It's just that that's the wrong horse, my friend!'
Tyco Intl (TYC): 'I don't know. It seems like it's just a creepin' stock. Maybe it goes to $32, $33. There are so many explosive stocks out there.'
Intermec Inc (IN):'I don't know. It seems like it's just a creepin' stock. Maybe it goes to $32, $33. There are so many explosive stocks out there.'
Dollar General (DG): 'Both DG and FDO, no! NO!'
Family Dollar (FDO)
Wal-Mart (WMT): 'And no to WMT too!'

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Comments

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Can someone please explain the price behavior of NAT? It goes up after Cramer's bullish call, drops dramatically thereafter, and is listed as bearish
on Nov. 21!

2008 Nov 22 09:56 PM