Cramer’s 4th Favorite International Stock Pick (RIO)

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On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC Cramer discussed listening about how so many investors don’t want to be 100% invested in America.  Even though America is 100% pro-corporations, Cramer said he has increased his foreign exposure tolerance to up to 20% from 10%.  He has tonight the BEST 4 FOREIGN stocks.  This will get you in emerging markets and away from the Fed and rates.

Cramer first reviewed in Brazil as his 4th best international pick: He likes CVRD-Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO) which he likes better than Rio Tinto (RTP).  He likes that it bought Inco in a robbed deal.  It used to be a provincial iron ore company but is now diversified and global, and is thought of as a lowest cost producer that is essentially a Canadian-Latin player and has huge reserves.  He thinks the stock is dirt cheap and the investment expectations are too low for the forward year.  Now that Brazil is cutting corporate taxes, he likes it even better.  The country is also allowing the stripping of the rain forest to stabilize the country and make it energy self-sufficient, and he reminds you the show is about money more than social issues.

As a reminder, Cramer has picked this one before and please note the $74 Billion market cap.  RIO closed up 1.6% at $30.62 in normal trading and shares rose 1.5% to $31.10 in after-hours trading.

Jon C. Ogg
January 22, 2007

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

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McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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