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Windstream (WIN) — “I love a good dividend.”
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AT&T (T) — “I like it between $30 and $32.”
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Verizon (VZ) — “I like Verizon too.”
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3M (MMM) — “Pull the trigger.  Put in 25 here and another 25 at $65.  I am astonished the stock is down $30.”
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Honeywell (HON) — “This is a great American Company like United Technologies (UTX), Parker Hannifin (PH), and Eaton (ETN). They will be back.  They are well run, have great balance sheets and have great dividends.”
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Otter Tail (OTTR) — “An amazing stock. Why? Wind is rolling out.”
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Timken (TKR) — “This company had a better than expected quarter because of wind.
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Nexen (NXY) — “There has been a major overreaction in natural gas.  The stock is too cheap here not to buy but as they go up take profits.

Cramer said “It is time to throw nursing homes, or senior living communities, into his sell block,” calling them “serial destroyers of value.”  He singled out Brookdale Senior Living and Sunrise Senior Living as two of the worst offenders. Brookdale’s stock has fallen from $48 to $17 a share, while Sunrise has fallen from $41 to just $19 a share. Cramer said the stocks could rally from here and he wants to avoid investors thinking this is the bottom. Most investors see senior living as a play on demographics according to Cramer. Although it’s true the number of Americans 75 years and older will increase by 20% in the next 10 years, he said it’s a mistake to own shares of these nursing homes. He said nursing homes have made the same mistakes as homebuilders, building far too much capacity for now declining demand. According to Cramer, the occupancy rates at nursing homes are flat to down, as people postpone retirement to recover losses in the markets. Furthermore, many retirees must sell their homes in order to move into these facilities and find right now they can’t.  Despite this fact between 2004 and 2008, Brookdale increased capacity at their facilities by 50%, while Sunrise increased its capacity by 25%.  “Housing is housing,” said Cramer, as he reiterated his sell recommendation on the whole industry.

Speculation Friday (on Thursday) - Symmetry Medical (SMA), CR Bard (BCR)

Cramer moved Speculation Friday to Thursday in order to talk about Symmetry Medical, a stock that he said has been on his radar for awhile. With the economy looking more like it’s in a recession, Cramer reiterated that it’s the healthcare stocks that will prosper.

Symmetry is a supplier of orthopedic implants to many of Cramer’s larger healthcare favorites, including CR Bard, which is up 5.8% since Cramer’s recommendation just last week.  “Nobody stops getting hip replacements because the economy is bad,” said Cramer, who called Symmetry’s products necessities and not discretionary spending.

Cramer said that bigger healthcare companies come to Symmetry to help speed up production and lower costs.  He also noted that the company is not affected by rising raw costs since its main commodity is titanium. “Think of Symmetry as the arms dealer to the medical sector,” said Cramer.  Symmetry makes Cramer’s speculative list because of its run-in with the SEC earlier this year, which led to earnings restatements and a $2.2 million hit for accounting and legal costs.  The situation now behind them. Cramer called Symmetry a tarnished stock but not a tarnished company. Wall Street is expecting 8.5% revenue growth for Symmetry in 2008, but Cramer said that number could be almost double. He sees the $16 stock reaching $21 a share if that happens.

Nucor (NUE) CEO, Dan Dimicco

The steel sector has been crushed recently, and the trend continued Thursday after Nucor announced third quarter guidance below Wall Street expectations. Despite reporting strong Q2 earnings, Nucor lowered their guidance range to at least 10 cents below current analysts’ consensus. As a result, Nucor shares dropped more than $7, or 11%, by the end of trading Thursday.  Nucor Chairman, CEO and President Dan DiMicco told Cramer, “Our business is still very strong,” saying he is expecting the third quarter to be strong as well. DiMicco emphasized the fact that his firm is traditionally conservative, which accounts for the lower guidance.

DiMicco offered some numbers for those who doubt his company: $580 million in profit for the second quarter, a 68% increase of last year’s Q2 and a 42% increase of 2008’s Q1; and the first six months of 2008 are up 36% over the first six months of 2007.  “We are firing on all cylinders,” DiMicco said.  Not true is the talk of high commodity costs causing problems for Nucor.  “Since 2004 people have been saying that very thing,” the CEO said. “And since 2004 we’ve proven them wrong every quarter for the entire time period through this quarter.  Historically when raw materials costs go up, we make more money.”  Cramer said it’s been hard to own steel stocks over the past few weeks, but he’s not willing to give up on Nucor yet. He’s betting buyers of this stock will fare better than sellers over the long term.  Cramer said that while the markets have been punishing steel, he’s a buyer of Nucor.

“How did gas and oil go into an endless dive,” Jim Cramer asked viewers of his Mad Money TV show Thursday. He said the dramatic reversal was in part due to the demand dropping 2%.  With oil prices plummeting and bank stocks on the move to the upside, Jim Cramer asked, “How did the whole world turn upside down?” Cramer said some good things are happening in the markets, and investors need to change their strategies to capitalize on them. Cramer said he’s always believed that the rise in oil was due to supply and demand and not speculation. He said oil is “just too high” at $150 a barrel. He said consumers are finally starting to cut their usage, leading to the decline in oil prices. He predicted oil could fall as far at $110 a barrel before stabilizing. Gas will go down next week and that is incredibly bullish for the market.

Cramer mentioned that Wall of Shamer Hector Ruiz is out as CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Energy Conversion Devices (ENER) — “Take advantage of this company.  This is one of the absolute finest alternative energy plays.  It’s got some downside but I like it.”

AT&T (T) — “You have got to buy this stock.  It is preposterous that it is as low as 31.  I would not hesitate to buy it.  It has a 5% dividend.”

MetLife, Inc. (MET) — “This is a high quality insurer – the single besting life if not all insurance Chubb (CB) included. Take advantage of their decline and pull the trigger.”

Marathon Oil (MRO) — “This stock is an example of the lunacy of this market.  I would go buy the whole darn company. Buy! Buy! Buy!”

The Wind-ex - Trinity Industries (TRN), Thomas & Betts (TNB), Owens Corning (OC), Clipper Windpower (CRPWF), Kaydon Corp (KDEN), Broadwind Energy (BWND), Woodward Governor (WGOV), MasTec (MTZ), Vestas Wind Systems (VWDRY), Otter Tail (OTTR)

Cramer said there are only a handful of true wind plays.  He revisited his index of 10 wind power stocks levered to the growth of wind power. Since its creation, the “Wind-ex” is down 11.8% like the overall markets. But Cramer said after Thursday’s expected ruling, the wind story will get better than ever.

The Mad Money Wind-ex includes Trinity Industries, a stock which Jim owns for his charitable trust, which is down 19.7%; Thomas & Betts, also down 19%; Owens Corning, down 20%; Clipper Windpower, down 22%; Kaydon Corp, down 15.8%; Broadwind Energy, down 18%; Woodward Governor, down 11%; MasTec, down 1.6%; Vestas Wind Systems down 1.9%; and Otter Tail, the only one in the group with a gain of 15.8%. Cramer said the poor performance of the Wind-ex stocks has nothing to do with the wind power business, but rather with the industrial components of all of the companies. He reminded viewers that as wind power accounts for larger portions of their earnings, the other divisions will account for less.   In the future, Cramer says there will be “a chicken in every pot and a windmill in every backyard.”  With oil down today, Cramer says people are “selling these stocks like there is no tomorrow.  You need to buy these stocks when you can.”

Wind-ex List Expanded - Quanta Services (PWR)

While most stocks levered to wind were getting hit again today, Cramer said he’s still a buyer of Quanta Services (PWR), a stock which he’s adding to the Mad Money Wind-Ex. Quanta, a stock owned by Jim’s charitable trust, is up 6.3% since it was recommended on Nov. 15, 2007 at $27.28.  He said that Quanta, which builds and maintains energy infrastructure, is poised to take advantage of the coming boom in wind power.  According to Cramer, the U.S. will invest $1.5 trillion on energy infrastructure between now and 2030, and Quanta will be a beneficiary. The proposed initiative currently in front of the Texas Utility Commission alone could provide for $3 billion to $9 billion in new infrastructure investments. Cramer said electricity, which accounts for only 60% of Quanta’s business, is only part of its operations. He said that 17% of the company’s revenue comes from natural gas services and 17% comes from telecom and cable services, which is in the midst of a major upgrade cycle.  Quanta, which currently has $5.2 billion of work in its backlog, but only a $5 billion marketcap. Cramer said whenever a company’s backlog meets or exceeds its total marketcap, it’s worth a look. He said he’d be a buyer under $29 a share.

No Naked Shorts for Fannie and Freddie - Fannie Mae (FNM), Freddie Mac (FRE)

“Today we heard something good from the SEC but also something misguided,” Cramer told viewers.  He noted earlier today Chris Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said he’s banning naked shorting, the practice of shorting a stock without first borrowing shares from a broker, for shares of Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM). Cramer said the problem with Cox’s statement is that naked shorting is already illegal. The SEC just doesn’t enforce their own rules. Cramer, a long time opponent of hedge funds pummeling certain stocks through excessive shorting, said the agency needs to stop misleading the public and instead start enforcing the existing rules.

Cramer said the SEC has under regulated and failed to prosecute their own laws. He urged Cox and others at the SEC to start taking action to protect companies and small investors.

A Bear Hug for Eaton (ETN)

Shares of Eaton, a stock he’s championed in recent weeks, got pounded today after it lowered its annual guidance by 20 cents. He talked with Sandy Cutler, Eaton’s chairman, president and CEO, to find out what happened. Cutler defended Eaton’s performance, saying it delivered record revenues and profits in the recent quarter. Cutler said he lowered the company’s guidance in recognition of a potential global economic slowdown.

Cutler told Cramer that Tuesday’s stock drop was an overreaction by a jumpy market, and in fact the company is still projecting it will grow earnings next year.  He said he still sees overall strength in Eaton’s global electrical and hydraulics business. In his opinion, it was prudent to mention the slowing growth in Europe and elsewhere.

Cramer said he’d be a buyer of Eaton on days like this. “This is a great American company that’s here to stay,” he said.  Cramer reminded viewers that his “new-tech” stocks are performing 5.3% better than the overall S&P500. And he said he’s standing behind Eaton and agreed the declines today were just an over-reaction.

AerCap Holdings (AER) — “Airplane leasing is a terrible business.  These stocks are all bad.”

Transocean (RIG) — Today they announced a gigantic deal and went down anyway.  They are going to blow away the numbers.  Buy this one on the way down.  At $140 buy 25 shares.”

Apache (APA) — Apache is down huge, $7 today.  Start buying tomorrow.  Natural gas is here to stay.”

“It’s time to unlearn a common myth about investing,” Jim Cramer told viewers of his “Mad Money” TV show Monday. “The best way to invest is not to buy a bunch of stocks and just sit on them.”

Cramer said the arguments that frequent trading result in high commissions are just false. “Commissions have been dirt cheap for years,” he explained. He said that paying taxes on gains is a good thing, much better than posting a loss.  Instead of buy and hold, he said investors should buy and do the homework.

Cramer told viewers that they should spend at least an hour a week on a stock checking on the fundamentals of a company’s underlying business. When it’s time to sell, then sell and move on. “Sooner or later you always have to sell,” said Cramer.  Cramer called the strategy of buying more anytime a stock declines 50% or more wrong. If you had adopted that strategy and bought stocks such as Wachovia, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, General Motors, as well as the former Enron, you would have seen them plunging beyond 50%, many towards zero. He recommended mutual funds as great investment vehicles for those who don’t have the time to do the homework and manage their portfolios.  He urged investors to remain involved in their portfolios. “The results are completely worth the effort,” he said.

Downey Financial (DSL), Corus Bankshares (CORS), FirstFed Financial (FED), BankUnited (BKUNA), National City (NCC), Washington Mutual (WM), First Horizon (FHN), Citigroup (C), Wachovia (WB), Bank of America (BAC),  Lehman Brothers (LEH), Merrill Lynch (MER)

Cramer reminded viewers of another rule in book Real Money. Control your losses and the winners will take care of themselves, he said. He expects the IndyMac scenario to repeat itself. He then instituted a new rule for the financial stocks: If a bank stock falls below $5 a share, it’s time to sell.

Banks trade on earnings and dividends. And with millions of home loans in default, banks aren’t getting any of the former, so they’re slashing the latter. Therefore, these stocks cannot be owned.  Cramer made a clear distinction between the customers and depositors of the failed and nearly failed banks and the shareholders of these entities. He said he does not feel customers need to run out and withdraw their money in a panic. “Your deposits are safe,” he said.  However he went on to say that while deposits are fine, the stocks of the banks are not. And that’s the real “danger,” he said.

Cramer said he doesn’t believe anything remotely positive has happened yet for the banking industry. The many plans, frameworks and blueprints that have been espoused don’t change a thing.

Cramer is most worried about Downey Financial, Corus Bankshares, FirstFed Financial  and BankUnited.

He considers National City, Washington Mutual and First Horizon almost as bad as the worst.

Cramer said that Citigroup, Wachovia and Bank of America, and even brokers such as Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch should not be owned either.

Natural Gas is Back:  Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Spectra Energy (SE), Williams Brothers (WMB)

Cramer proclaimed his “year of natural gas is back!” highlighting the successful secondary offering of shares by Chesapeake Energy last week.  Cramer has talked endlessly about the sector for some time now, covering virtually every company that owns a drill.  On Monday, he said the next opportunity is the pipeline companies. Cramer believes in Spectra Energy but also feels that Williams Brothers is a great company to own. Cramer said it’s simple: The more gas that gets pumped, the more money these guys make.

Williams, he said, is expanding from the New York City area further in the mid-Atlantic region, where there are millions of potential customers. The company is also building pipelines to transport more gas from the Rocky Mountains. Cramer also finds Williams’ drilling operations attractive. With over 22 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves, the company is drilling as much as it can while remaining a low-cost producer. Williams also has 50% of its 2008 production un-hedged, allowing it to realize huge gains as the price of gas continues to rise. Williams is a realistic play in the oil and gas sector, he said.

Kinetic Concepts (KCI) CEO Catherine Burzik

In his quest to find stocks not levered to mortgages or the rising price of oil, Cramer talked with Catherine Burzik, President and CEO of Kinetic Concepts, for an update on her business. Burzik said Kinetic Concepts is a lot more than just wound care products. With the recent acquisition of LifeCell Corporation, Kinetic Concepts now has products to treat complex hernias as well as breast reconstructive surgery after mastectomies. She also touted the company’s hospital beds as the best in the industry for aiding in the treatment of ulcers and other conditions. Burzik said she feels the company’s stock is grossly undervalued, but hopes investors begin to see the synergies realized from the merger. Cramer said he likes the healthcare group, but wants to see one more quarter of results before recommending the stock.