On Stockpickr Answers Thursday and yesterday, Jim Cramer responded to a new batch of questions posed by members of the Stockpickr community. Anybody can ask, respond or comment at Stockpickr Answers; the top responders get ranked in our "Top Analysts" section. Here are a few of the questions to which Cramer recently responded:NYSE Euronext's revenue estimates seem to low. Does anyone know why revenue estimates on Yahoo! Finance are $2.7 billion for 2007 and $3.49 billion for 2008?What are your thoughts on Under Armour?Thanks for the research on dry shipping stocks as safe dividend plays for retirees likeme (Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Bulk Up on Dry Bulk Shippers). I'm thinking of swapping out electric utilitie...
Speech recognition is the understanding of the spoken word by technology, and the implementation of various actions based on the understood words. There aren't that many speech recognition companies out there, and many of the the ones that do trade publicly are not generating positive earnings. Many of them are very low cap and should therefore be considered very speculative.Here are some worth hearing about:Nuance Communications, Inc. (NUAN) is a Massachusetts based company which is a provider of speech and imaging solutions, including voice-activated services, transformation of speech into written words and controlling devices and applications by speaking. They purchased SpeechWorks, which worked closely with America Online, i...
On Stockpickr Answers Wednesday and yesterday, Jim Cramer responded to a new batch of questions posed by members of the Stockpickr community. Anybody can ask, respond or comment at Stockpickr Answers; the top responders get ranked in our "Top Analysts" section. Here are a few of the questions to which Cramer recently responded:What do you think about Intel?Regarding EMC's November 22.5 puts: Is the strategy the same as stocks -- buy as it goes down?What do you think:Is Baidu a good bet off the Yahoo! numbers?Agrium wasn't doing much and Monsanto was down, and yet Bunge broke out Tuesday. Why?Plus two questions on Citigroup:Eddie Lampert has been steadily increasing his stake in Citi, which is constan...
On Stockpickr Answers Tuesday and yesterday, Jim Cramer responded to a new batch of questions posed by members of the Stockpickr community. Anybody can ask, respond or comment at Stockpickr Answers; the top responders get ranked in our "Top Analysts" section. Here are a few of the questions to which Cramer recently responded:Last week in the lightning round you once again reinforced that you were bullish on E*Trade. Has your opinion changed since Schwab posted a sixfold increase in net income? With shares of E*Trade trading lower, should we be worried about the financials or is this a good time to back the truck up?Where would we be without that CEO Hall of Shame? The Chuck Prince situation at Citigroup and the Ed ...
On Stockpickr Answers Monday and over the weekend, Jim Cramer responded to a new batch of questions posed by members of the Stockpickr community. Anybody can ask, respond or comment at Stockpickr Answers; the top responders get ranked in our "Top Analysts" section. Here are a few of the questions to which Cramer recently responded:Quick question on Research In Motion: Any concerns about the sequential rise in Blackberries activated vs. shipped over the last few quarters?You may be perfectly right about Bank of America in the long run (six to nine months), but I think losses related to its two most recent acquisitions, MBNA and LaSalle, will hit BofA's earnings for the next two quarters, making the stock a big short f...
George Putnam III: Barron's had an interesting interview with George Putnam III who is the grandson of the founder of Putnam Investments. Putnam is the author of the Turnaround Letter. Putnam was bullish on names like JDS Uniphase (JDSU) and Conexant Systems (CNXT) and bearish Washington Mutual (WM) and FirstFed Financial (FED). Top Insider Purchases of the Week: Insider purchases are a lot more predictive than insider selling. Barron's list the top purchases and we take it one step further by telling you who is purchasing. Some interesting insider activity in stocks like IMAX, CPRT and THO.Barron’s Summaries: Each week Barron's has bullish and bearish stories on a variety of stocks. We present the summaries in this portfoli...
Some interesting trivia about cigarettes and tobacco:1. The Maya and the Aztecs were first smokers of cigarettes in Central America during the ninth century, using reeds stuffed with tobacco.2. During the mid-1800's in the Ottoman Empire, smokers rolled tobacco in newspaper.3. The title character Carmen in the opera of the same name was a worker in a cigarette factory in the 1830s in Seville.4. The average cigarette has over one hundred ingredients.5. The minimum age to buy cigarettes is 19 in Alabama, Alaska, New Jersey, Utah, several counties in New York, and most of Canada.6. More than 1/6 of the world's total population smoke.7. John Rolfe was the the first person to successfully raise tobacco for commercial use at Ja...
On Stockpickr Answers Friday and yesterday, Jim Cramer responded to a new batch of questions posed by members of the Stockpickr community. Anybody can ask, respond or comment at Stockpickr Answers; the top responders get ranked in our "Top Analysts" section. Here are a few of the questions to which Cramer recently responded:With all of the consolidation going on among the exchanges, what is Nymex Holdings waiting for? It should merge with NYSE Euronext. Could NMX be holding out for CME?I notice Research In Motion had a nice pullback. Is this a good time to get into it?Is it time to buy VMware?Any chance that you will shoot your show from Shortsville, N.Y. (Zip Code 14548) when the Dow reaches 14,548?And ...
On Stockpickr Answers Thursday and yesterday, Jim Cramer responded to a new batch of questions posed by members of the Stockpickr community. Anybody can ask, respond or comment at Stockpickr Answers; the top responders get ranked in our "Top Analysts" section. Here are a few of the questions to which Cramer recently responded:Can Yum! Brands' and McDonald's large, overseas same-store sales gains be extrapolated into potentially big numbers for Coca-Cola and Pepsi? I don't think folks wash down that food with milk. Thoughts?Cramer recently mentioned that Rite Aid and Walgreen were at a disadvantage compared to CVS because CVS has Caremark...When Rite Aid integrates its recent acquisition, how far behind will it be on ...
On Stockpickr Answers Wednesday and yesterday, Jim Cramer responded to a new batch of questions posed by members of the Stockpickr community. Anybody can ask, respond or comment at Stockpickr Answers; the top responders get ranked in our "Top Analysts" section. Here are a few of the questions to which Cramer recently responded:You recently recommended Bank of America because you believe it will take over the mortgage market and buy Countrywide...Would you buy call options on it?I bought Cleveland-Cliffs in mid-August. Do I sell it now? Does it go to $120 in the first quarter next year?I'm thinking about adding more Nova Chemicals at these levels. Is a takeover the only way to win or are you expecting big numbers ...
Some interesting trivia about the Philippines:1. It is the 12th largest country in the world by population.2. It is ranked 25th by Gross Domestic Product by purchasing power parity3. It was a founding member of the United Nations.4. In 2005, the Philippine peso was considered to be Asia's best-performing currency, according the the CIA World Factbook.5. Their economy grew at a rate of 5.4% in 2006.6. Its two biggest trading partners are the U.S. and Japan.7. It is a member of the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, the the International Monetary Fund, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the World Trade Organization.8. More than 180 languages and dialects are spoken in the country.Here are the Philippines stocks...
On Stockpickr Answers Tuesday and yesterday, Jim Cramer responded to a new batch of questions posed by members of the Stockpickr community. Anybody can ask, respond or comment at Stockpickr Answers; the top responders get ranked in our "Top Analysts" section. Here are a few of the questions to which Cramer recently responded:I noticed Hilton Hotels was north of $47. Since it's being acquired for that much would you wait for the buyout or sell now?I saw that November $30 options for EMC are starting to be bought. Is this realistic for a company that seems stuck in the market tar pits?I had an idea for a seemingly fail-safe way to play the Transocean-GlobalSantaFe merger...Do you see a flaw in my reasoning?Cel...
If you are looking for high income, monthly dividend payments, possible partial tax sheltering of income, and a hedge against higher oil prices, you should consider Canadian Energy Royalty Trusts, also known as Canadian Oil Income Trusts, Canadian Royalty Trusts, and Canadian Oil Royalty Trusts. The trusts pass through all their earnings generated from oil and gas wells to the trust holders, similar to the way that real estate investment trusts payouts are handled, without double taxation. Because the entity is set up as a trust instead of a corporation, there is no taxation at the corporate level. In addition, part of the dividends may be non-taxable due to depletion and depreciation deductions.Investors are also looking at these tr...
On Stockpickr Answers Monday and over the weekend, Jim Cramer responded to a new batch of questions posed by members of the Stockpickr community. Anybody can ask, respond or comment at Stockpickr Answers; the top responders get ranked in our "Top Analysts" section. Here are a few of the questions to which Cramer recently responded:My portfolio needs an oil stock and I know you recommended ConocoPhillips on a video for TheStreet.com TV. Should I wait for a pullback or should I pull the trigger?I have a question about your $80-to-$120 stocks theory. On Friday's "Mad Money" you mentioned that the theory only works in a bull market. Do you mean a sector bull market or an all-market bull run?What do you thi...
