Date updated:04-06-2009
On Friday, stocks for the most part closed higher, marking the fourth consecutive week of overall gains. Not even the worst unemployment number in 25 years could keep the market down.
Banks enjoyed a late-day rally on Friday after falling earlier in the day, including Bank of America (BAC), which closed up 5% to $7.60; Citigroup (C), which closed up 4% at $2.85; and JPMorgan (JPM), up 4% at $29.28.
In commodity news, oil and gold were down on Friday, but agricultural commodities such as wheat and cocoa were generally higher.
With this in mind, we thought we'd take a look at some of the stocks making headlines on Friday and see what Jim Cramer's had to say about them lately.

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RIMM
Research In Motio - $59.53
- -0.78%
- $59.86
"This Nasdaq just won't lie. It is the ultimate tell -- better than the futures, better than anything in Europe, better than any upgrades or downgrades. "It could not have been more right today when the world thought we would roll over. It has been right since the rally began. Its strength cannot be denied. I can't recall a two-day stretch during this record rally where you could buy them, particularly the tech part, the bigger, the better. "You can even boil it down. You have Apple (AAPL) as the bellwether ,with Research In Motion (RIMM), Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOG) taking you everywhere like old times." ("The Nazz Tells No Lies," 4-3-09)

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AAPL
Apple Inc. - $204.44
- -0.70%
- $205.21
"This Nasdaq just won't lie. It is the ultimate tell -- better than the futures, better than anything in Europe, better than any upgrades or downgrades. "It could not have been more right today when the world thought we would roll over. It has been right since the rally began. Its strength cannot be denied. I can't recall a two-day stretch during this record rally where you could buy them, particularly the tech part, the bigger, the better. "You can even boil it down. You have Apple (AAPL) as the bellwether ,with Research In Motion (RIMM), Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOG) taking you everywhere like old times." ("The Nazz Tells No Lies," 4-3-09)

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AMZN
Amazon.com - $132.94
- -0.05%
- $133.64
"This Nasdaq just won't lie. It is the ultimate tell -- better than the futures, better than anything in Europe, better than any upgrades or downgrades. "It could not have been more right today when the world thought we would roll over. It has been right since the rally began. Its strength cannot be denied. I can't recall a two-day stretch during this record rally where you could buy them, particularly the tech part, the bigger, the better. "You can even boil it down. You have Apple (AAPL) as the bellwether ,with Research In Motion (RIMM), Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOG) taking you everywhere like old times." ("The Nazz Tells No Lies," 4-3-09)

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GOOG
Google Inc. - $583.09
- +0.13%
- $582.50
"This Nasdaq just won't lie. It is the ultimate tell -- better than the futures, better than anything in Europe, better than any upgrades or downgrades. "It could not have been more right today when the world thought we would roll over. It has been right since the rally began. Its strength cannot be denied. I can't recall a two-day stretch during this record rally where you could buy them, particularly the tech part, the bigger, the better. "You can even boil it down. You have Apple (AAPL) as the bellwether ,with Research In Motion (RIMM), Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOG) taking you everywhere like old times." ("The Nazz Tells No Lies," 4-3-09)

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GOOG
Google Inc. - $583.09
- +0.13%
- $582.50
"This Nasdaq just won't lie. It is the ultimate tell -- better than the futures, better than anything in Europe, better than any upgrades or downgrades. "It could not have been more right today when the world thought we would roll over. It has been right since the rally began. Its strength cannot be denied. I can't recall a two-day stretch during this record rally where you could buy them, particularly the tech part, the bigger, the better. "You can even boil it down. You have Apple (AAPL) as the bellwether ,with Research In Motion (RIMM), Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOG) taking you everywhere like old times." ("The Nazz Tells No Lies," 4-3-09)

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AMAT
Applied Materials - $12.35
- -0.40%
- $12.39
"Then you have the semiconductor stocks and the semi equipment stocks, which are totally annoying because there is nothing really good happening with Applied Materials (AMAT) and KLA Tencor (KLAC), but the buyers don't even seem to care. Maybe they are just buying an ETF or HOLDR." ("The Nazz Tells No Lies," 4-3-09)

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KLAC
Kla-tencor Corpor - $32.27
- +0.34%
- $32.01
"Then you have the semiconductor stocks and the semi equipment stocks, which are totally annoying because there is nothing really good happening with Applied Materials (AMAT) and KLA Tencor (KLAC), but the buyers don't even seem to care. Maybe they are just buying an ETF or HOLDR." ("The Nazz Tells No Lies," 4-3-09)

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VMW
Vmware - $42.11
- 0.00%
- $N/A
"Of course, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), VM Ware (VMW) and Cisco (CSCO) have crept up and give you a broad sense of the depth of the rally." ("The Nazz Tells No Lies," 4-3-09)
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