Nothing There for Bear - Cramer's Lightning Round (5/2/08)

Stocks discussed in the lightning round session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV program, Friday May 2. Click on a stock ticker for more analysis:

Bullish calls:

Illinois Tool Works (ITW): “ITW is a great company. It is really one of the great American manufacturing companies and I would recommend you buy it right here in the $50s... buy, buy, buy! It's a steal.”
Applied Materials (AMAT): “I like it for the solar … it doesn't cost you a thing.”
DaVita (DVA): “DVA does kidney failure machines. I think they're absolutely terrific.... I think DVA saves the system money.”
Kinder Morgan (KMP): “ It’s at a 52-week high, it's still got a great yield, and I still want to buy it. It pays a huge, huge, dividend...”

Bearish calls:

Bear Stearns (BSC): “You sell it, there is nothing there...” Taser International (TASR): “It's yesterday's story. It already had its move.”
Conceptus (CPTS)
Synchross Technologies (SNCR): “ I got too fired up about it. I made a mistake. I don't want to buy it in the $20s... Don't buy, don't buy.”
St. Joe (JOE): “I say stay on the sidelines...”
Tenet Healthcare (THC): “I had such a big gain in THC... sell, sell, sell! … I don't trust those stocks ahead of an election.”
Garmin(GRMN): “I don't want you anywhere near GRMN... I want you to sell GRMN.”

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