Buyers swoop in to help the S&P 500 shake off earlier losses — listen to the 'Homestretch'

>>> GOOD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,

EVERYBODY.

WELCOME TO “THE HOMESTRETCH.”

I’M JEFF MARKS, JOINED BY JIM

CRAMER.

AND JIM, WELL — TO OPEN LOWER

YESTERDAY WAS OFF THAT HOTTER

CPI NEWS TODAY WAS THE HOTTER

RETAIL SALES NUMBER.

BUT THE DIP BUYERS HAVE COME

BACK AND AFTER BEING DOWN MOST

OF THE MORNING THE S&P IS NOW UP

FOR THE DAY WITH THE NASDAQ

OUTPERFORMING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS HAPPENING

HERE, JIM?

>> WELL, OKAY.

I THINK THAT TODAY IS A DAY

WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO SELL THE

SOFT GOODS AND BUY THE

CATERPILLARS.

THAT’S BECAUSE WHAT WE’RE SEEING

IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE FED

DOES WE STILL HAVE SOME STRENGTH

IN THE ECONOMY.

NOW, WE WOULD LOVE FOR THE FED

TO BE ABLE TO DECLARE VICTORY

BUT WE KNOW FROM WHEN THE FED

SPOKE LAST TIME THAT YOU WON’T

DECLARE VICTORY.

THEY SAID AND COMMITTED TO AT

LEAST TWO QUARTERS.

WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW IS THE

PEOPLE WHO WERE MISTAKENLY

BELIEVING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO

BE THE END OR WE WERE GOING TO

GO INTO RECESSION — IN OTHER

WORDS, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE

BUYING THE TEN AND 20 YEAR AT A

MUCH LOWER RATE — THEY’RE

WRONG.

WE’VE BEEN SAYING THEY’RE WRONG.

WE ARE GETTING THE REASON WE’VE

BEEN BUYING STOCKS LIKE

CATERPILLAR IS WE’VE BEEN RIGHT

IN THERE ISN’T GOING TO BE A

RECESSION AND THE FED IS

ENGINEERING A SOFT LANDING TO

MAKE SURE THE COMPANIES THAT DO

WELL WHEN THE ECONOMY IS WELL,

PARTICULARLY THE ONES THAT HAVE

THE BACKING OF THE

INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY ARE THE

ONES TO BUY.

AND PEOPLE WANT TO SELL THE DRUG

STOCKS TODAY BECAUSE PEOPLE FEEL

WHY SHOULD WE BUY STOCKS GOING

INTO RECESSION.

THIS IS OUR TYPICAL SOME ARE

GOING TO BE UP, SOME ARE GOING

TO BE DOWN BECAUSE OF A

DIVERSIFIED FUND AND WE CAN PICK

AND CHOOSE TO BUY THE STOCKS

THAT ARE DOWN TODAY.

I THINK IT’S TOO EARLY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE’RE LEARNING MORE INTO THE

INFRASTRUCTURE WINNERS YOU

MENTIONED CATERPILLAR EARLIER,

WE BOUGHT YESTERDAY, AND TODAY

WE ADDED TO OUR POSITION IN

EMERSON ELECTRIC.

OF COURSE, THIS HAS BEEN — I’LL

CALL IT AN UGLY SITUATION SINCE

THEY ANNOUNCED THAT HOSTILE

TAKEOVER OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

BUT I THINK THERE ARE TWO WAYS

TO SEE THIS PLAYING OUT, ONE

THEY GET NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

FOR UNDER $60 IT’S A WIN.

BY THE WAY, NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

IS NOW TRADING BELOW EMERSON’S

OFFER OF $53, SLIGHTLY BELOW.

BUT THAT MAY IMPLY THERE’S NO

SECOND BUYER OUT THERE.

IF EMERSON DOES WITHDRAW THE BID

I THINK THE STOCK COULD RALLY

TOO BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN’T LIKE

IT.

A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY BUT THE

QUARTER WAS FINE.

ORDERS WERE STILL GOOD AND

MAINTAINED THE FULL YEAR GUIDE,

THE BACKLOG INCREASE, SO YEAH WE

PICKED UP SOME SHARES HERE.

>> LET’S TALK ABOUT EMERSON FOR

A SECOND.

HERE’S THE REASON WHY THE STOCK

WENT DOWN.

THE CEO — I APOLOGIZE FOR THE

ENDLESS SIRENS MIND ME.

THE CEO, CARSON BUY, PRETTY MUCH

GUARANTEED THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO

DO A DEAL.

THIS WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE

QUARTER.

HE PRETTY MUCH HAD AN AGREEMENT

AND THEN NATIONAL INSTRUMENT

DECIDED LISTEN, WE’RE GOING TO

RUN A PROCESS.

I THINK YOU’RE DEAD RIGHT, JEFF.

THEY’RE RUNNING THIS PROCESS.

IF THEY WERE RUNNING THE PROCESS

AND THERE WAS ANY SUCCESS, THE

STOCK WOULD BE 54, 55.

IT’S OBVIOUS THE PROCESS HAS

BEEN A FAILURE AND THE ONLY BID

OUT THERE IS EMERSON.

NOW EMERSON, AWAY FROM THE DEAL

WILL GO HIGHER BECAUSE THEY’LL

ANNOUNCE A BUYBACK.

EMERSON WITH THE DEAL WITH GO

HIGHER.

WE WAITED UNTIL IT GOT TO A

LEVEL WE FEEL IT FLUSHED OUT

SELLERS.

AT THIS POINT WE HAVE A COMPANY

LEVERED TO INFRASTRUCTURE,

THEY’RE WORKING ON THE GRID TO

MAKE IT SO IT CAN HANDLE SOLAR

AND ALSO HANDLE — IT CAN HANDLE

BATTERY.

ANYTHING THAT MAKES IT SO THAT

THE GRID IS UP TO DATE.

THEY DO THAT OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE

A LOT OF NUTS AND BOLTS FOR THE

ECONOMY.

I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU

NOW AT 85 — WELL, A LITTLE BIT

HIGHER NOW.

YOU FACTORED IN THE GOOD AND THE

BAD.

THAT’S WHY YOU HAVE TO BUY IT.

I THINK WE SHREWDLY WAITED UNTIL

THE SELLERS HAVE GOTTEN AWAY.

THE COMPANY ITSELF IS VERY GOOD.

SO I FEEL GREAT WE’RE GOING TO

SEE EITHER NTLI OR NO NTLI AND

AT 85 IT WORKS.

OBVIOUSLY AT 95 IT DIDN’T WORK.

95 YOU HAD TO HAVE EVERYTHING GO

RIGHT.

THAT’S A SHAME BECAUSE THE

COMPANY DID ASSURE PEOPLE THAT

EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO GO

RIGHT.

NOW WHAT YOU HAVE IS A STOCK

THAT I REGARD, I KNOW THIS IS A

DANGEROUS TERM, I’LL GO INTO IT

WHEN WE TALK OILS.

THAT IS DE-RISKED.

I LIKE A STOCK THAT’S DE-RISKED

WHICH IS WHY I THINK EMERSON IS

A GREAT BUY.

>> BEFORE WE GET TO THE OILS

LET’S TALK NEW NAMES.

WE INITIATED A POSITION IN PALO

ALTO, IN CYBER SECURITY.

THEY’RE A LEADER WITH

TECHNOLOGY, THE CEO HAS MADE

THAT PIVOT TOWARDS PROFITABILITY

CONTRIBUTED TO GROWING MARGINS

HIGHER AND GROWING FREE CASH

FLOW.

THEY EXPECT TO BE PROFITABLE

THIS YEAR IF THEY CAN DELIVER

FOUR QUARTERS OF PROFITABILITY

THIS COULD BE THE NEWEST NAME IN

THE S&P 500.

>> THAT’S A GREAT CALL.

OKAY.

SO LET ME GIVE YOU MY PERSON

POSITION.

NAKESH WAS THE FIRST PERSON WHO

REALIZED, AND CALLED ME ON THIS,

I UNDERSTAND THERE’S A BIG

CHANGE GOING ON WITH TECH.

YOU HAVE TO SHOW GAP

PROFITABILITY.

SO HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO

PIVOT.

NOW YOU’RE SEEING OTHER ONES

PIVOT, AIRBNB PIVOT.

SAW A PIVOT WITH MONDAY.COM.

WE SAW A PIVOT WITH FASTLY.

NOW SOME COMPANIES HAVE NOT BEEN

ABLE TO PIVOT, AND THOSE ARE THE

COMPANIES THAT ARE BEING LEFT

BEHIND.

LYFT HASN’T FIGURED OUT HOW TO

DO IT.

SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT ARE

PURE ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE,

UPSTART HASN’T FIRED OUT HOW TO

DO IT.

BUT PALO ALTO IS FIRST.

THEY’VE COME AS THE STAR FOR ON

PREMISES AND FOR CLOUD.

AND THAT’S NAKESH’S DEALINGS

WITH THE CLIENTS WHO HAVE BOTH

ON PREMISES AND ON CLOUD.

SO THIS IS, TO ME, THE ULTIMATE

ONE IN TERMS OF THE — THE

ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PROFIT IN

AN AREA WE KNOW CYBER SECURITY

IS A REAL PROBLEM.

BY THE WAY, NONE OF THE OTHER

CYBER SECURITIES ARE — I GUESS

YOU HAVE THE CYBER ARK IS GOING

TOWARDS THAT.

SAW IT A LITTLE BIT WITH

FORTINET SO NOT STABLE ENOUGH.

I THINK PALO ALTO IS GOING TO BE

A HUGE STOCK AGAIN FOR 2023 BUT

I DON’T LIKE TO BUY IT ALL AT

ONCE BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE A

FICKLE MARKET.

MAYBE GET A CHANCE TO BUY LOWER

BEFORE OUR BIG ANNUAL MEETING

WE’D BE THROWING.

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

IF WE SEE ANY WEAKNESS WHEN THE

COMPANY REPORTS NEXT WEEK I LOOK

TO THAT AS A LONG TERM BUYING

OPPORTUNITY.

JIM, YOU MENTIONED DEVON.

WE TALKED ABOUT ENERGY EARLIER.

DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY TODAY.

I HAVE SOME NOTES FROM THE

CONFERENCE CALL.

THEY DID SAY THEY EXPECT TO BE

MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THEIR

BUYBACK THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY ON

DAYS WHERE THEY’RE WEAKER

RELATIVE TO THEIR PEERS SO A DAY

LIKE TODAY THEY WOULD BE BUYING.

THEY HAVE A GREAT BALANCE SHEET

SO THEY DON’T HAVE TO SPEND TOO

MUCH CASH ON DEBT.

TEMPORARY ISSUES, Q1, THEY

EXPECT VOLUMES TO RECOVER,

INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

CAP X GUIDE HIGHER BECAUSE OLDER

CONTRACTS ARE RENEWED AT A

CURRENT RATE.

STOCK IS DOWN ABOUT 11% RIGHT

NOW.

I THINK IT’S OVERDONE.

JUST GIVEN THE QUALITY OF THE

COMPANY, $40 BREAK EVEN WTI, $40

PER BARREL.

BUT THERE’S DEFINITELY A FEAR

NOW CONSIDERING THAT WE’RE

SEEING THE REACTION COULD THIS

HAPPEN TO PIONEER, TO COTERRA

WHEN THEY REPORT.

AND THEIR DIVIDENDS ARE LIKELY

TO BE LOWER LIKE DEVON.

>> WHEN YOU SEE A STOCK DOWN

11%, THAT’S BIG INSTITUTIONS

PANICKING.

THEY ARE BASICALLY TELLING THE

TRADING DESKS RIGHT NOW, I DON’T

WANT ANY DEVON ON MY SHEETS.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, TOMORROW IS

A DOWN DAY, TOO.

BECAUSE THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO

FINISH SELLING.

DEVON WILL PROBABLY BE BUYING

BACK AGAIN TOMORROW.

THE NEW BASELINE WILL BE

TOMORROW NOT TODAY BECAUSE WHEN

PANICKED PEOPLE HAVE A MILLION

SHARES TO GO, THEY CAN’T SELL IT

ALL AT ONCE.

THEY WILL SELL PIONEER BECAUSE

THEY’LL FEEL SCOTT SHEFFIELD

WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

COTERRA IS A LOT OF NATURAL GAS.

IF YOU DON’T HAVE A LONG-TERM

VIEW ON THESE, I THINK WHAT

YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE IS — I

DON’T WANT YOU TO PANIC IS WHAT

I’M SAYING.

I THINK YOU’LL BE DISAPPOINTED.

I’M DISAPPOINTED THAT DEVON HAD

THIS PRODUCTION PROBLEM.

THESE STOCKS ARE GOING LOW

ENOUGH FOR ME TO SAY, OKAY,

LOOK, WE HAVE A BASELINE

OURSELVES THAT SAYS LISTEN WE DO

WANT TO HAVE SOME OIL, NATURAL

GAS IS VERY, VERY LOW I THINK

NATURAL GAS IS ABOUT TO HAVE A

VERY BIG RUN.

OIL — THAT’S CALLED THE

SHOULDER MONTHS THEY HAVE TO

START — THEY NEED TO START

FILLING UP, I KNOW IT SOUNDS

WEIRD FOR AIR CONDITIONING.

I FEEL LIKE COTERRA IS GOING TO

BOTTOM MAYBE 21, 22, PIONEER

GOES LOWER.

IF WE WERE TRADERS MAYBE WE’D BE

OUT IN IT, BUT WE’RE NOT

TRADERS.

AND I THINK WE WANT TO STAY THE

COURSE BUT WE PROBABLY WANT TO,

JEFF, CONSOLIDATE INTO TWO OF

THESE.

NO NEED TO HAVE THREE DIFFERENT

OILS.

>> RIGHT.

AND WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR ENERGY

EXPOSURE, KEEP THAT THE SAME

JUST BY CONSOLIDATING.

BUT DISTRIBUTING THAT CASH INTO

TWO OTHER ONES.

I THINK THAT’S A GOOD STRATEGY.

WE DON’T LIKE TO HAVE TOO MANY

NAMES IN THE PORTFOLIO.

YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE OF ALL

THE — ALL THE WORK THAT IT —

YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TO CONSTANTLY

KEEP UPDATES.

WE LIKE TO BE, YOU KNOW, LOW

30s, AROUND 30 — I BELIEVE 35

NOW.

AFTER THE PALO ALTO ADDITION.

SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IN THE

WEEKS AHEAD.

JIM, YESTERDAY THE CEO OF BAUSCH

AND LOMB, ANY THOUGHTS THERE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THIS IS ONE BECAUSE OF THE COURT

CASE WE COULDN’T GET ANYTHING

OUT OF THE COMPANY.

IT’S A SUBSIDIARY OF BAUSCH

HEALTH.

IT’S PROBABLY THE FOREMOST

MEDICAL AND NONMEDICAL EYE

MEDICINE COMPANY THERE IS, IF

ANYONE HAS CONTACT LENSES

THEY’RE MORE LIKELY TO BE BAUSCH

AND LOMB THAN ANYTHING ELSE,

THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS SHARE.

I KNOW BRENT FROM WHEN HE TOOK

ALLERGAN AND SOLD IT TO ABBVIE

FOR A BIG PREMIUM.

FIRST HE TRIED TO MERGE IT AND

IT FAILED.

HE HAS TWO CHOICES HE CAN MAKE

THIS COMPANY INTO THE COMPANY IT

SHOULD HAVE BEEN IF IT WAS RUN

JUST FOR BAUSCH AND NOT THE

DIFFERENT DRUGS THAT WERE A

DISTRACTION TO JOE.

SO HE CAN RUN IT LIKE THIS, GET

IT HIGHER BASED ON EARNINGS.

OR HE CAN SELL THE COMPANY AND

SELL THE COMPANY FAST WHICH

WOULD GIVE BAUSCH HEALTH A LOT

OF MONEY TO TIDE OVER WHEN THEY

WAIT FOR WHAT HAPPENED.

SO I’M NOT URGING PEOPLE TO BUY

BAUSCH HEALTH.

AGAIN, WE HAVE A COURT SUIT THAT

COULD COME IN — WE’LL TALK

ABOUT J&J IN A SECOND AND COURT

SUITS.

IT SAYS BLCO WAS SUPPOSED TO GO

TO 2024 BUT IT DIDN’T HAVE ANY

MANAGEMENT PER SE.

NOW IT HAS MANAGEMENT, BAUSCH,

THE BLCO KIND IS GOING TO START

GENERATING THE KIND OF EARNINGS

THAT BRENT SAUNDERS CREATED WHEN

HE RAN — HE’S RUN SEVERAL

COMPANIES.

SO THIS IS A SEASONED HAND WHO

REALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT TO DO.

I THINK IT’S VERY EXCITING.

I THINK THAT BAUSCH AND LOMB

COULD GO TO THE MID 20s.

AT THAT POINT IT’S A WINDFALL

FOR BAUSCH HEALTH.

SO WHY AREN’T YOU SAYING BUY

BAUSCH HEALTH?

I HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT IF THEY

LOSE THE APPEAL THE STOCK GOES

LOWER FROM HERE.

SO YOU KNOW THE UNCERTAINTY.

THE GOAL IN A PORTFOLIO MANAGER

IS TO HAVE AS LITTLE UNCERTAINTY

AS YOU CAN.

AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE OILS

ARE UNCERTAIN.

WE HAVE J&J THAT ARE UNCERTAIN

AND BAUSCH HEALTH.

I THINK BAUSCH HEALTH HAS DOWN

SIDE IF IT LOSES THE APPEAL BUT

BIG UPSIDE IF IT WINS THE

APPEAL.

ANY TIME WE LEFT THE PORTFOLIO

WHO LITIGATION, IT’S NOT BEEN A

GOOD STRATEGY BECAUSE WE CAN’T

TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.

I SAY WE — I KNOW WE’RE GOING

OVER HERE BUT I DIDN’T GET TO DO

THE MORNING MEETING.

I THINK WE HAVE TO WATCH IT.

BUT IT’S CERTAINLY VERY POSITIVE

BLCO IS NOW RUN BY A TERRIFIC

CEO.

>> I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.

LOVE BRENT.

THE ALLERGAN SALE WAS A WIN FOR

ALLERGAN AND ABBVIE

SHAREHOLDERS.

YOU MENTIONED J&J —

>> THE OTHER THING THAT’S GOOD,

BRENT WILL TAKE MY CALL.

I CAN GET BRENT ON “MAD MONEY”.

ONE THING THAT DISTRESSED ME I

COULDN’T GET A RETURN CALL FROM

EITHER COMPANY.

I’VE DONE A LOT OF CHARITY STUFF

WITH BRENT BECAUSE HE STEPPED

OUT, IT WAS OKAY FOR ME TO

START — TO BECOME HIS REAL

FRIEND.

SO I AM GOING TO HAVE A SOURCE

AT THIS COMPANY AND THAT’S GREAT

FOR US.

I WANT TO URGE EVERYBODY TO STAY

TUNED ON THIS.

BUT REMEMBER, WE DON’T OWN BLCO

BUT WE DO OWN THE COMPANY THAT

BENEFITS THE MOST IF BLCO GOES

HIGHER.

SORRY, I DIDN’T MEAN TO CUT YOU

OFF.

>> NO, NO, THAT WAS GREAT

INDIRECTLY.

WE MAY BE SHAREHOLDERS IF THEY

DO SPIN IT OFF LATER THIS YEAR.

I KNOW WE’VE RUN OVER A LITTLE

BIT ON TIME.

DO YOU WANT TO TALK J&J?

>> YEAH.

>> THEIR TALC LAWSUIT?

>> YEAH, THIS IS A TOUGH LAWSUIT

THEY’RE FACING.

IF THEY LOSE, THEY’LL APPEAL,

THEY’LL APPEAL, APPEAL.

THE PLAINTIFFS’ BAR OBVIOUSLY

KNOWS THEY HAVE A LOT RIDING ON

IT.

J&J ITSELF DOESN’T REALLY HAVE

ANY COMMENT TO SAY, OTHER THAN

THE FACT THAT WE’VE BEEN VERY

FORTHCOMING SAYING THERE’S A

HUGE NUMBER OF SUITS.

WE’VE WON SIX OUT OF EIGHT.

WE’RE GOING TO TAKE — MORE THAN

LIKELY GOING TO TAKE THE

BANKRUPTCY TWO STEP TO FILE

BANKRUPTCY AND CREATE AN ENTITY

TO PAYOFF CLAIMS.

THEY’LL GO TO THE SUPREME COURT

KNOWING THE SUPREME COURT IS

VERY PRO-CORPORATION RIGHT NOW.

IT’S A MESS, WHEN THEY HAD THE

PUBLICITY, STOCK DROPPED ABOUT

20 POINTS, ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS

WE’RE STILL NOT THERE YET.

I’M ON VACATION AND I’M SICKENED

BY THIS.

I GET UP AND I THINK ABOUT THIS.

IT’S VERY DISTRESSING TO ME, AS

IS DEVON.

I’M YOUR HELPER HERE, JEFF IS

YOUR HELPER HERE, AND WE

CAN’T — WE FAILED YOU IN SOME

WAYS.

AND I TAKE PERSONAL

RESPONSIBILITY.

I’M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT I

DIDN’T THINK THAT DEVON WOULD

HAVE A GREAT QUARTER.

I WAS SURPRISED THEY HAD A BAD

QUARTER.

I DO THINK THAT PIONEER AND TO A

MORE EXTENT COTERRA ARE MORE

HOSTAGE TO PRICES.

YOU COULD SAY WHY NOT BLOW THEM

OUT.

WE HAVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY

COMPANIES.

J&J IS A TRIPLE A — I NEVER

WANT TO LET YOU DOWN.

JEFF NEVER WANTS TO LET YOU

DOWN.

I’M HERE ON VACATION BECAUSE

IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW

HOW MUCH I CARE.

JEFF, SOMETIMES THINGS GO WRONG,

THEY GO AWRY AND THEY CAN BOUNCE

BACK.

WE’RE DOING OUR BEST WHEN WE BUY

CATERPILLAR YESTERDAY, A

TERRIFIC BUY.

EMERSON IS GOING TO BE A GREAT

BUY.

WE’LL HIT J&J WHEN IT’S

BOTTOMED.

SAME WAY I FEEL ABOUT PROCTOR

AND GAMBLE.

I’M GOING TO WORK MY BUTT OFF TO

MAKE SURE WE GET THINGS RIGHT

BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WE DO FOR

YOU CLUB MEMBERS.

JEFF, I DON’T KNOW HOW ELSE TO

PUT IT.

>> THAT’S A GREAT WAY TO END IT.

I WAS GOING TO SQUEEZE ONE MORE

THING IN THERE.

>> SURE.

>> LILLY WAS DOWNGRADED TODAY.

THEIR PRICE TARGET WAS 202

BEFORE THIS.

ELI LILLY HASN’T TRADED BELOW

200, SO IF YOU’RE SELLING

BECAUSE STOPGEN DOWNGRADED IT

TODAY, THEN YOU’RE JUST — THEY

HAVEN’T BEEN THE ONES TO FOLLOW

ON THE STORY.

SO I DISAGREE WITH THAT

DOWNGRADE DIRECTLY.

BUT THAT’S ALL I HAD, JIM,

THANKS FOR JOINING US —

>> LET ME ADD ON LILLY, OKAY —

>> PLEASE.

>> NO ONE ORDERS, THEY GO TO —

THERE’S NO MORE CAPACITY FOR

NORTIS.

NONE.

THAT MEANS GREEN FIELD FOR

LILLY.

I DON’T THINK ANYONE SHOULD SELL

THIS ON THE NOTION THAT THERE’S

AN ANALYST WHO MISSED THE WHOLE

THING IS SAYING SELLING.

WHAT I DO SAY IS, YOU CAN ACCEPT

THE FACT WHEN LILLY GETS

PRODUCTION UP THEY’LL BE ABLE TO

SELL MORE AND THE DEMAND WILL BE

TREMENDOUS WORLDWIDE.

I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE

THAT I THINK THIS GUY DOESN’T

UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A TIGER BY

THE TAIL AND HE’S MAKING A BIG

MISTAKE.

>> THAT’S GREAT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR TUNING IN

TO “THE HOMESTRETCH.”

WE’LL SEE YOU AT THE “MORNING

MEETING” TOMORROW.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.