big jim, calling from upstate new york, booyah >> booyah. 76er >> caller: i'm calling for my girlfriend, stephanie, jim >> indeed. >> caller: i'm calling about the stock, royal dutch shell >> everyone it has the oils because that means it's time to buy the oils going from 70 to 80. ron in new jersey. ron. >> caller: how are you doing, jim? >> okay. how about you? >> caller: good. i have to ask you a question i've owned landry a couple times and made a lot of money with them now, i see what's going on in the market with the tech, okay >> caller: right i see the lam is bouncing around and around i'm not too sure >> it is a fabulous company. take what i'm says with a grain of salt. they are caught with what their customers want i think the same thing with lamb, a glitch in time and i don't want to recommend lamb right now. to tom in texas. >> caller: hey, jim, greetings in austin home of your super bowl quarterback >> yes indeed. westlake you went to westlake high? >> caller: yes >> great people. what's up? >> caller: here's my question. what i

>> big eagles fly booyah >> go birds. >> caller: go ahead.our webinar with mark chalkin yesterday and i was very impressed with all your stock picks. >> which stock >> caller: my question concerns a stock y'all were high on but a little cooling off now i took a position in cnc and not sure if i should add more. >> i should tell you that webinar is available online if you go to the street both he and i felt it was a great stock and may have run too much too fast. i would hold on and then pull back otherwise, no. >> caller: booyah. figure symbol dske >> transportation. i think xpo is a much better buy. larry in new york. >> caller: hi, jim thanks for taking my call. the stock i want to ask you ability is briggs and stratton >> si that quarter they put together good numbers, the first of many. let's go to jim in california. jim! >> caller: hello there this is jim. >> okay. go ahead, you're up. >> caller: i've had oracle for over a decade and it was one of the greats >> oracle. oracle is an inexpensive stock i am in search of a catalyst salesforc

. >> caller: booyah, jim thanks for all you do. thank you. >> caller: my stock is trxc. in 2017 the fda granted marketing clearance of the surgical robotic system to expand education in june, they were added to the russell 2000 and recently reported second quarter earnings down nearly 12%. year-over-year, 145%, what is your take on the stock >> i like the surgical let the others come out to be. i don't want to try a new one because they're too hard i say stick with it. ed in pennsylvania ed >> caller: thank you for taking my call. you bring the right mix of entertainment along with investing knowledge. >> thank you very much >> caller: my company i want your general thoughts on, duke energy, symbol duk >> i don't want to be in duke right now. i want to be in american western power and con ed please be careful with southern, the nuclear plants, no, not for me hunter in connecticut, hunter. >> caller: i love your show, a first time caller, calling to ask about green dot corporation, an online bank >> it's actually more of an internet -- i would call it a financial tech pla

>> caller: i will give you a big avington high school booyah.an take the boy or girl out of philly but can't take the philly out of the girl >> particularly the accent what's going on. >> caller: i want to ask you about exact sciences symbol exas they reported yesterday with mixed news but revenue was up 78% year-over-year the stock was down 22% after hours and i bought some. it's back quite a bit. what do you say about it >> i'm not going to be against the buy. the stock was down hideously earlier today but they did have to spend more money to get those sales in that's the problem it's the additional expense structure that has to be put on. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round"! >> the "lightning round," sponsored by td ameritrade well sure, at first, but jj can help you with that. jj, will you break it down for this gentleman? hey, ian. you know, at td ameritrade, we can walk you through your options trades step by step until you're comfortable. i could be up for that. that's taking options trading from wal

. >> caller: bountiful booyah, mr. k. >> okay. >> caller: my question is i have a 401 fairly substantial, would it be advisable for me to change that to a self-drerirected ira? >> what matters is the match if the employer is maxing, no. you want the max match so to speak and after that, yes. six or one-half dozen of the other and the funds aren't that good you're allowed to be in your 401(k), yes, i want you to choose the self-directed ira >>> let me help you take control of your financial future, when it comes to retirement if your company matches your contribution to the 401(k) match that out that's important if you don't get employer match, go straight to the ira on mda tonight, you just got your diploma, don't miss my advice to college grads. investing in stocks alternative? that's okay and let's chart your course to retirement stick with cramer. >>> don't miss a second of "mad money. follow @jimcramer on twitter have a question, tweet cramer, #madtweets send jim an e-mail to "mad money"@cnbc. give us a call at 1-8