Friday November 24 2006 Recap of Mad Money with Jim Cramer

Show Theme: The Retail Game: Best of Breed Names in Retail.

Flexibility and Evaulation: when you see these stocks go down you need to pick them up. Mon Back. Growth Guys.

1.) BBY. Best Buy. The best hard good retailer in the United States. Dominant player when it comes to Technology, big screen T.V.s and Music. Geek Squad. Bearish on Circuit City.

Best Buy Co., Inc.

(Public, NYSE:BBY)

2.) LOW. Home Depot is the King. Lowe's may be smaller but that means they have room to grow. Only if you can get it at a discount.

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

(Public, NYSE:LOW)

Caller: Is On Demand going to hurt Best Buy.
Cramer: What TV did you watch it on and where did you get it?

Caller: Does a slow housing market hurt or help Lowe's?
Cramer: Remolding market when housing slows is the bread and butter.

Commercial Break:

Best of Breed ussually makes you the most money with the least risk.
At best these stocks can only take up 20% of your portfolio.
An hour of homework per stock per week.

3.) COST. Costco cheapest and best run of the warehouse stores. Better run and most growth potential over Walmart. As of 2/06 42.6 million card holders.

Costco Wholesale Corporation

(Public, NASDAQ:COST)

4.) MW. Mens Warehouse. Most creative retailers.

The Men's Wearhouse, Inc.

(Public, NYSE:MW)

Caller: Best Buy. Area of consumer electronics is Costco taking share away from Best Buy?
Cramer: Something about warranties with club memberships at Costco could be problems for Best Buy if Costco starts selling more and more electronics.

Caller: Casual Male for big and tall people undercutting Men's Warehouse?
Cramer: Not worried

Caller: Gas prices in the consumer market.
Cramer: Costco has been caught in squeezes because of Gas Prices. Margin issue? Any weakness BUY!

Commercial Break:
This show is a HUNTING LIST not a Grocery List.

5.) FD. Macy's, Bloomingdales, Lord and Taylor, May. High End.

Federated Department Str.

(Public, NYSE:FD)

6.) SHLD. Eddie Lampert. Cramer's Darling. Every show he mentions SHLD at least 2.5 times. Buy on weakness. Low End.

Sears Holdings Corporation

(Public, NASDAQ:SHLD)

Caller: FD should be flying? Why do the analysts not like it?
Cramer: Something Something. Stick with FD.

Caller: From Upper Darby. FD and SHLD are they online plays.
Cramer: No they are not online plays. You buy SHLD for the turn around potential and the Land Sales.

Commercial Break:
Trendy can make you some money but they are unstable to earn best of breed.

7.) JCP. Nobody cares about them. Why is JCP going higher. They have great managment, consistency and all the brands you want.

J.C. Penney Company, Inc.

(Public, NYSE:JCP)

8.) CWTR. Regional to national story. Has the growth. 175 stores.

Coldwater Creek Inc.

(Public, NASDAQ:CWTR)

Commercial Break:
Buy only if the price is right.

9.) SBUX. Nice work force. Yuppie heaven. Also branching out into selling Music. Done growing in America? But growth in China. Starbucks wants to have 20% of sales pouring out of China two years from now