Jim Cramer's Lightning Round, 4/1/08: Con Ed's Decline Is Criminal

Stocks discussed in the lightning round session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV program, Tuesday April 1. Click on a stock ticker for more analysis:

Bullish calls:

Pepsico (PEP), Coca-Cola (KO), General Mills (GIS), Kellogg (K), HJ Heinz (HNZ)

Consolidated Edison (ED): “This is a travesty or a mockery or a sham that this stock keeps going down. You're going to look back and say how did I get this stock this cheap?"
Verizon (VZ)
Gushan Energy (GU): “One of the few Chinese stocks that I actually like.”
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG): “I still think they've got a good quarter coming. I think this one still goes higher."
AstraZeneca (AZN): “I think that's one of the few big-cap pharmaceutical stocks that I can recommend here."
Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK): the only financials I can recommend are Hudson City Bancorp, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs.”
JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Goldman Sachs (GS)
Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI): “How many more days for this merger with XM Satellite Radio? Write the FCC and tell them it's ridiculous.” - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), CSX Corp (CSX)
Triple-S Management (GTS): “ I want to buy that one. It's cheap right now and I like it."

Bearish calls:

Cal-Maine Foods (CALM): “This is a stock with a heavy short position.”
Time Warner (TWX): “Problematic. I just don't think business is good over there.”
Harley Davidson (HOG): “This is a discretionary income stock. You don't buy this one during a recession.”
Zimmer Holdings (ZMH): “I was just looking at this one. I don't like the competition and the stock is expensive. Likewise with Stryker.”
Stryker (SYK)
Rite Aid (RAD): Very difficult. I like the CEO, but I want to see two good quarters in a row. She's guilty until proven innocent."
Capital One Financial (COF)
Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX): “It's worrisome to me. I can't go for it right now. It's a Don'tBuy."
YRC Worldwide (YRCW): I’m not going to go there.
Ford Motor (F): I only like the preferred shares, not the common. I need to get paid to wait."
Genesis Lease (GLS): “This is a business that's really capital sensitive and the commercial lending market is

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Comments

[User 168418:]

The DOJ got it right now it's time for the FCC to get it right. Time have change the playing field and the merger is the right thing to do and FCC needs to step up. here is the FCC E-mail info. E-mail them until they get the message. GO CRAMER !!!!!

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2008 Apr 02 11:59 AM