Jim Cramer's Mad Money Lightning Round, 3/31/08: We Don't Need No Education

Stocks discussed in the lightning round session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV program, Monday March 31. Click on a stock ticker for more analysis:

Bullish calls:

First Solar (FSLR): “I have been a backer of First Solar.”
Kinder Morgan (KMP):”That is a great natural gas play, I want to be in the pipeline business."
Kansas City Southern (KSU): "The rails are on fire.”
CSX Corp (CSX), Union Pacific (UNP)
Frontline (FRO): “It has a 17% yield and their yield should be solid for at least a few quarters."
AFLAC (AFL): "No sub-prime exposure, very solid company. I'm impressed. That company is one of great insurance companies out there and didn't shoot itself in the foot."
Arch Coal (ACI): “If a Democrat gets in the White House, you're finished, but if McCain gets in, then you can buy Arch and Peabody Energy.”
Peabody Energy (BTU)

Bearish calls:

Suntech Power (STP): “I’m not a fan of Suntech.”
ITT Educational (ESI): “ …anything to do with education, anything connected to education, you should sell.”
Wachovia (WB): “I like their management, but they bought Golden West at the top. That dividend worries me. I think you got to sell some of that stock."
Motorola (MOT): “I think the cellphone business is bad …They have Carl Icahn going for them, but that's about it."
Genco Shipping (GNK)
Transocean (RIG): “This company is still raising rates and still doing well, but I'm starting to like some others I'll talk about later."
Google (GOOG): “I think the numbers are too high. I think its still got some room to fall. I cannot endorse it here."

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Comments

[gebby]

i cant believe crammer doesnt like stp. it is on goldmans conviction buy list. it is the largest solar. it is moving towards thin film manufacturing.

i have noticed he is a good negative indicator so i thank him.