anthony and all those folks where i want to go. >> i'm melissa lee, see you tomorrow for squawk on the street and more fast money. don't go anywhere. "mad money" starts now. i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world. you need to get in the game. firms are going to go out of business and he is nuts! they're nuts! they know nothing. i always like to say there is a bull market somewhere. "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to save you a little money. my job is not just to entertain, but i'm trying to educate and teach here. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. have we become too fix excavated on the great man or woman theory of investing? on a day where the averages got smacked around, the dow sinking 83 points, is s&p giving up

0.4%, the nasdaq off only 3.7%, i found myself noodling over whether we're expecting too much in person atta helm, and not enough in the whole team, not to mention the enterprise and what it might be worth. of course it's warren buffett ink, aka berkshire hathaway, which trigger mid quandary over the value of the influence of the ceo versus the value of the enterprise. buffett's disclosure of his illness caused an immediate decline in berkshire hathaway because alas, for many people he is berkshire hathaway. you know i think that's just not true. the man has built up a huge series of assets, and you're buying the stewardship of those assets when you buy the stock. for many, it's inconceivable that anybody could steer berkshire like buffett has. of course, that's a theoretical question because berkshire has made it clear his illness is not life threat engine. i for one believe as important as warren buffett is to the

organization, the truth is the oracle of omaha has accumulated the kind of assets that haven't performed all that well. i know that's harsh, but it's possible he will pick someone that will possibly bring out more value. buffett has been hands off for ages. that's the way he runs things. with the expansion into dozens of disparate businesses, some of them should have been trimmed. some should be. maybe some aren't good enough to be in the company. a fresh air of buffett-trained eyes might be a positive. more important, there is a real cyclical bent to what buffett owns, a bent that needs housing and construction to do better. if these sectors recover, then berkshire might do better regardless who have is running it. it is a business. it's unquestionable that a buffettless berkshire will not get the same deals with bank of america, goldman sachs that made him so much money. made the company so much money, not him. all right. here is the is up text about

buffett that tends to make berkshire hathaway a much harder stock to own. well can't figure out how to value the darn thing. who know what's the price the earnings multiple should be. how does he decide to pay for this disjointed and hodgepodge group of companies? how can we tell if it's cheap or expensive? is it cheap because buffett says it's cheap? he says we should look at book value, but the book value means nothing unless berkshire is taken over or broken up. or to put it another way, you don't need to view this company as buffett inc. it's really hard to figure ow what to pay for berkshire either way. that's a big reason why it's gone from seeming like a focused yet undervalued company to an unfocused undervalued company. so as hard as this seems, the emotion should be more mixed about the possibility of leadership down the road. he wants you to buy the stock when he is not there. it's a reality. this company needs more focus than its creator is giving it. but it's still very undervalued.

i want to stay with this great man theory for a moment, though. how about the zukerberg inc.? soon zuckerberg inc. will be coming public a billion dollars buying instagram, the photo company, the uplink photos and he didn't tell anyone on the board of directors. does that make you nervous about buying facebook? don't we want an active board to check the authority of a 27-year-old ceo? again, i'm going to give you a little heresy on the issue. if instagram is good for facebook, who cares? it's a private company anyhow, at least for now. however, i have no desire to serve on a board where i wouldn't be consulted. in the end, though, it's always about price for me. if facebook's priced low relative to its earnings, i want to be in on the ipo. if it's high, i don't. end of story. i actually could care less, far less about the board if zuckerberg is great. we know that power can corrupt, or at least let a ceo go more

wayward than he should. which brings me to chesapeake energy, which you know i think is the most forward-pushing natural gas company on earth, and you know how important i think natural gas is to the country. we learned from reuters story that chesapeake has borrowed $1.1 billion to finance the purchase of those stakes to which i say huh? after mclendon gambled when he went on margin to buy chesapeake stock in 2008 and then came on "mad money" on the set and said how sorry he was for doing that, for margining up when he lost the stock because it plummeted in price? i figured he was kind of dumb with the aggressive bowe borrowing against assets that could decline in wealth like nat gas, which it has. but here he is again borrowing big to maintain a stake in another corporate asset from the company. the margin to a broker. i don't know, it's personal. i didn't even know he had these stakes. and if i were a board member

there, i would be against it. i don't know how it furthers the interests of shareholders to make these deals. and although both chesapeake and mclendon were quick to say that they don't represent a conflict of interest, i can't see how they're good for shareholders. and obviously people agree with me. the stock got hammered today. it makes me more reluctant to recommend chesapeake, and i'm clearly not alone. looks like the great man theory is not panning out there, even if aubrey is a visionary about natural gas. as long as these things are transparent, i'm cool with it. you own berkshire hathaway, you know the ceo does matter and you accept that risk you. get into a facebook deal, you know you're getting into a company where the ceo has raw unchecked power. you can buy it today knowing the ceo is an extremely wildcatting, some say gambling mind-set and the board seems to be looking the other way. unlike berkshire, you didn't know if you owned the stock last night. call me a mercenary, but i'm willing to tolerate an awful lot more of the great man as asset theory if it makes you money

rather than if it loses you money. if chesapeake were going up, i don't know how much i care about mcclendon's stake in their wells. maybe i wouldn't care at all. but the stock is down 44% year-over-year. so it's bad. berkshire hathaway has done nothing year-over-year. but it's been fabulous over the eons of buffett's tenure. facebook? you get in on the ipo and it makes you money, then zuckerberg, keep making the fast-moving deals. it's pretty imempirical. apple. he left the company thriving in his absence. whether it's because of the stewardship or ideas on the board, it's working. and if it's working, got my blessing. bottom line, let's not forget what this business is about. it's not about corporate governance per se. it's not about rules per se. it's about making money and losing money. it's about finding victims that work, as long as the ceos are

honest and doing a good job and are not looting the company, which by the way i do not think aubrey mcclendon is doing, then i'm square with it. if they're making money for you. and i'm not square with it if they're losing money for you. the stock goes higher? good. stock goes lower, bad. simple litmus test, one that has made me a ton of money over the years, and it's one that i think can work for you too. alex in florida, alex? >> caller: big boo-yah from tallahassee, jim. >> hey, sunshine. how you doing? >> caller: pretty good. and you? >> i love tea house. what's going on? >> how based on their earnings report that came out today? >> let me tell you about halliburton. i was going to do a piece about it but i got caught up in other things. when you have no expectations of a stock doing well and it does okay, that stock goes higher, no one expected halliburton to be able to offset that natural gas weakness, but they almost did it with oil.

halliburton, i'm saying it, i think it's in the clear, provided that brent doesn't plummet to 90, and i don't think it will. brenda in illinois, brenda? >> caller: hello, jim, i love your show. >> well, thank you, brenda. wow, i love fired up callers. what's going on? >> caller: i bought 282 shares of sxc health solutions a year ago. it went back up nicely. and today i see it went up 8%. i'm wondering if i should sell or hold? >> well you know, this is the greatest performing stock since we started "mad money" eight years ago. and i would tell you that i think you should hold it because this combination is so fabulous, this catalyst sxc that they will complete against cramer favorite express scripts. without a doubt you want the hold on this. i want to go to reed in north carolina, reed? >> caller: boo-yah, jim, from wake forest university. >> oh, man, the demon 'diques, how are you doing? ooms. >> caller: i'm doing great. how are you? >> i got a call from someone

from lake forest. >> caller: i hold transcanada. with the starts, stops about, and redirection of keystone, transcanada a buy, a sell or hold? >> i think it's gravy. keystone is gravy. transcanada is a company that knows not to rely on american politicians to make money. you know what i got to say than? i think they got horse sense. i want to own the stock. follow the leader. hey, listen, if you're making your money, i say -- >> hallelujah! >> and if they're not, it's -- [ booing ] >> it's as simple that. "mad money" will be right back. >> coming up, retail returns? dividends and development have made federal realty a win for shareholders. but should you be laying down cash for this thing, or could its retail portfolio fall out of style? cramer is taking a pulse of the consumer when he talks to the ceo, next. and later, accelerated revenue. polaris industries kicked it into high gear this morning, plowing interview earnings estimates and speeding up guidance.

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shopping centers of the world, how is frt able to raise rents last year which happens to be much higher than the peers for which is 1.9%? plus, federal is a sear dividend raiser. stock only yields 2.8% at these levels, because the share price is going up so much. when you include reinvested dividends, frt is given a double since i first got behind it in may of 2009. that's why i'm thrilled to have don wood, the president of frt tonight to talk about the amazoning of america. mr. wood, welcome back to "mad money." >> hey, jim. thanks for having me on. appreciate that. >> first on, happy 50th birthday. >> well, thank you so much. that's the company. personally, i'm past it. but the company sat 50. >> obviously, if you're 50 years old, you've been able to deal with lat of different traumas, not just what is happening with amazon and bricks and mortars. >> it's funny. when you started that segment and started talking about best buy, i think it would have been three years ago and the conversation would have been circuit city or linens and

things. you've got to be diversified. it's why you have to be in the right places. i think the demise of best buy, that notion is a little bit exaggerated too. hey, i do want to say one thing and tell you than if you don't mind, though. it is time for sales tax to be collected on online retailers. >> yes. >> by online retailers. >> your tenants do not have equity in their favor. it just is outrageous. >> that's not a right thing. but nonetheless, that will take care of itself in time. >> at the same time, if anyone goes through the 50th anniversary fabulous transparent, you've always been the most transparent of any real estate investment trust, a fabulous transparent report, you'll see that not only is your demographic better, but a lot of your company, a lot of your tenants, you're not going to buy what they have on amazon. >> well, it's a couple of things. you're right. i will tell you when it comes to online shopping, i think it's got a great place. >> right. >> in everything that we do. i absolutely believe, though, you know, you don't want

commodity-based retail. you do want an experience for consumers to come and shop, for them to eat. having restaurants are a big part of the business. to be in place where you also live, where you also work. the mixed use component is a big part of our business. >> now there has been some talk, for instance, that bed bath, which is anchor tenant for a lot of your places. >> true. >> could be the opposite of amazon. a clever retailer can beat amazon. >> these are individual businesses. >> right. >> and that particularly is one that is run as good as anybody out there. >> now, there have been very few new shopping centers built. that has got to make it so that even if you lose a tenant, the next tenant may have to pay more than the old tenant. >> that's part. it is a supply and demand game. it's not brain surgery in terms of what we're doing. i have to tell you, i haven't felt as optimistic about the future than i do right now in years, quite frankly. and a lot of that has to do with not only improving consumer

sentiment, which is absolutely there, but we've got more transparency in terms of how we're going to grow over the next five and seven years than we've had in a long time. >> but this is really important, don. you've been here many times and you've talked conservatively about how you're able to stay in place and still raise. i have never heard you talk about the notion of a visible expansion path. you have never talked about that here. >> it's always been there. i will tell you there is nothing better in business than being able to raise rents year in and year out and create value that way. that absolutely is harder to do post-2007 than it is today. but what we have in addition to that, jim, is a billion dollars, $1 billion in our $8 billion company of committed capital over the next three years, half of which which has been spent already in the form of two great acquisitions that we made just at the end of last year that will be helping us for years to come. and the other half of that are in two big new mixed use development projects, one in

rockville, maryland, one in somerville, massachusetts, just outside of boston that are both under way this year, assembly, outside of boston we broke ground on last month. >> at one point you told me you felt things were so tough in this economy that without federal money it would be difficult. we're to the point where projects make sense without federal money. >> well, listen, it depends on the project. certainly federal money has not been a big contributor to what is happening in the development world. but you need the right marketplace where demand exceeds supply. >> talk about those two developments. why are those areas able to support all new expansion of retailers? because a lot of areas across the country we wouldn't think they can support. >> a lot of the areas of the country are not. there hasn't been a time when i can remember that there has been such a bifurcation of opportunity and no opportunity. if you're talking about the suburbs outside of washington,

d.c., which we are incredibly concentrated in, we own -- we own on rockville pike, which is the prime shopping area over a million square feet within a mile in four different shopping centers. and the development that we're doing will be completely different type of product, residential over retail with a little bit of office too. so the mixed use as well will play a bigger part in our future. >> but at the same time, 1/5 of the country, california, you're seeing opportunity there. that was not the case a couple of years ago when you came here and didn't feel like california is the land of the future. >> it's so funny you say that i was just talking to somebody on capitol hill last night about the regulations and the issues in california. you can do nothing to california to not make it look good in terms of the future. it really -- especially northern california where the tech sector. it's booming, and it looks like it will be for years to come. >> and obviously because we care passionate as you do about the dividend, a lot of the guys in

your industry got rid of the dividend. what you're talking about if you feel you have a five-year plan of visibility. i have to presume that interest there could be five more years of dividend growth. >> listen, 44 years in a row, jim. that's the softball you've given me. 44 years in a row since '67. it is our most valuable asset. we're running this company to be able to do that for many, many years into the future. hopefully we can. there is nothing i see that would change the trend at this point. >> that's why we like federal realty and i keep sticking by and defending it. oh, look, brian sullivan made a good point because people are worried. they should be less worried. >> three best buys. that's all we got out of that sentence. >> that's great. you volunteered it. that's don wood, president and ceo of federal realty investment trust, frt. look, it's been the best of them. i think it's going to stay the best of them. thank you, don. >> thank you, jim. >> great to see you. polaris industries wrapped up its industry by selling toys like these. after beating the streets this morning, i'm speaking to the ceo

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ranger rzrxp, four-seat offroad vehicle. let me tell you why. people ask how is it i'm so confident that the u.s. economy is in much, much better shape than anybody even thought possible, say, six months ago? for starters, every day we get more evidence that discretionary spending is back and back with a vengeance. consumers aren't just buying the simple bare necessities of life anymore. they're spending money on stuff they really want, stuff that nobody could ever need. and that in itself is a terrific sight. back at the end of january, we ran a whole week-long series on big ticket discretionary items that at the time seemed to be flying off the shelves. no one believed. and now the earnings season has arrived, the ultra discretionary trade is paying off big time. take polaris, pii, a leading maker of snowmobiles, all terrain vehicles, here we go, as well as motorcycles, ultra light vehicles for the military.

i initially recommended pii because the last time it reported in january rather than getting crushed, the stock actually rallied the next day. hey, you know what that is? that's a classic sign that the market believes the numbers are way too conservative. i told you to buy it on january 31st. two days later polaris announced a 64% dividend boost which at its current levels gives the stock a 1.8% yield. that's another terrific tell that the future could be much brighter than the past. sure enough, last night the company knocked it out of the park. polaris earned 85 cents a share. that's 8 cents better on much stronger than expected revenues versus 25.4% over year-over-year. some of the highest revenue growth i've seen. the numbers are so good that of course the stock took off. it catapulted 10%. did you have this one? and remember, management's guidance for this quarter was really conservative. talk about underpromise and overdeliver. so this stock polaris has now given you a 25% gain since i got

behind it at the end of january. but i bet this high-end discretionary story has real hi just begun. the company has a bunch of major new product launches this year. it's expanding aggressively overseas and has shown itself to be a phenomenal executioner. but do not take this one from me, all right. what i got to do is i want to head back into the studio, leave this beautiful vehicle, the dual overhead cam that is so cramer and talk to scott wine. he is the ceo of polaris industries to find out more about the company's quarter. mr. wine, welcome to "mad money." thank you so much for coming on the show. >> thanks for having me, jim. >> all right. i got to get right to this. look, scott, we believed in the high-end discretionary business, but frankly didn't believe in it enough. how are you able to get this power sports business up double-digits in an environment where everybody's got a woe is me attitude? >> you've got part of the story there in your studio today with that xp-4.

innovation has really been the main driver of our success. and really, i think you're talking about discretionary products. there is a whole lot of our customers that will speak to their spouses about the work utility value in these things. really, it's a good mix of the hardest working, smoothest riding ranger customers. as well as our sport recreation customers with the razor xp-4 there. we cut across a broad range of pricing structures and hit more of the economy than you think. >> now, scott, a lot of people feel here we don't make anything. i'm tired hearing that. we make, you make these vehicles better than anyone in the world, don't you? >> we do. we're very proud of our team. well started in minnesota 54 years ago. we're proud to employee almost 1500 employee there's today. we've got great products, and that's really a key part of what we do. >> now you also have -- i would call it a classified business in some parts. you have a big business with the military. what does the military want with these vehicles?

>> well, it's big, and it's getting bigger. it's not nearly as big as we would like it to be. but the same as our consumers that find that we can innovate and give them the solutions that they need, our military customers find the same thing. they can use our products to stay off the main roads where typically they'll find ieds and can really get places just like our consumers can here in the u.s. the military can use our products to get places in afghanistan and iraq that they can't otherwise be. >> in that sense it made me feel like the general purpose vehicle, the jeep of world war ii comes out and takes america by storm for the next 50 years. could polaris be much, much bigger than it currently is? >> oh, our goal right now -- i'll call it fairly aggressive to get to $5 million over the next four or five years. we're well on the way to getting there. we had 25% revenue growth in the first quarter. we're forecasting to be up 20 to 25% for the full year. we're well on our way, and way

think -- our real focus is on profitable growth. it's not just becoming bigger. and with the military and our other consumers, we think we can deliver on that promise. >> just like american car manufactures that initially had tremendous luck overseas, now in the case of general motors is doing really well in china, i have to believe that your current international business could be far bigger than it is right now. >> you know, you've got that one right, jim. we've got about a 15% of our business outside of north america right now. we've got a really strong business in europe where we're number one. we had 20% growth in our international business in the first quarter. but we've got small but very fast-growing businesses not only in china, but also in india and brazil. and we're very optimistic about what we can do long-term in those markets. >> now you were able to do this quarter despite what looks to be an inventory glut in -- in snowmobiles, some weather perhaps. how were you able to do it? and what is going to happen to

the snowmobile market, because i think there is a lot of snowmobiles at this just didn't get caught. >> actually, there was a dichotomy somewhat. our snowmobiles are the best mountain sleds in the industry. we had very good sells in the mountain region. for the season which really runs october through march, we retailed more snowmobiles this year than we did last year. so we had morsel through than anybody else in the industry. while there are certain dealers across the country that have more inventory than we or they they would like, overall we're feeling very good about where our snowmobile business is in spite of the weak snow conditions this year. >> you know, i was tempted to also say because i know it's been a big thing for others, other brands, you got a power business going. >> a thing of what? i'm sorry. i didn't hear that. >> you have an apparel business going. >>. >> we do. actually we're really excited. we call it our parts, garments and accessories division. about $450 million this year,

and we think it has the potential to reach a billion dollars over the next four or five years. we just brought in an executive from target, steve eastman a few months ago. he brings tremendous retail experience to us. and we're quite bullish on what we can do not only with garments, but parts and accessories as well. >> how about motorcycles? it seems you had a high-end business, something you could really be doing internationally too. but it's not a big part of your business yet. >> not yet. but we are very bullish on our motorcycle business. steve mineta, who runs the division for us is doing a great job with our victory motorcycles. the performance enthusiast sector, it is a great performing, great-riding bike. and we recently acquired the indian brand last year, and we're very excited to now have that iconic brand to build upon as well. >> are you worried about being taken over? did you see that ducati acquisition last night? someone could be opportunistic and go buy polaris. >> you know, they could. and our board and shareholders would have to agree that's the

right thing to do. but looking at at the future that we've got as a stand-alone company, i think we're going to do just fine. >> all right. one last question. in 2008 you told people that you had 15% international and you wanted to get to 30%. you're certainly not there yet. are you one, disappointed, or is that because domestic has grown so much? and two, when will you hit that target? >> i am disappointed. we set targets not just because we think they're good goals, but we expect to hit them. but on the other hand our north american business has grown so fast over the last three years, we're not going to really complain if that's the reason we missed our international percentage increase target. our international business in dollar terms has grown quite significantly. you know, a very strong team in europe and a very strong team in the developing world, we're quite bullish on our ability to get to 30% over the next four to five years. >> well, scott wine, you are a great american success story. polaris is terrific. and i thank you so much for coming on "mad money."

>> jim, thanks for having us on. >> okay that is scott wine, ceo of polaris industries, pii. guys, i got to tell you, the future here, this is one of the companyious might not know about, you might think it's just a little small thing. this is a company that could be taking over the world in a category that's got the highest growth of any vehicle on earth. i think it still goes higher. stay with cramer. coming up, ride the lightning. take a nonstop thrill ride as cramer goes stock after stock. all your calls taken rapid-fire on the "lightning round." and later, whether the dow soars or hits the floor, jim tries to help you stay on steady ground with "am i diversified?" all company on "mad money." zap technology. arrival.

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>> caller: hey, jim, how are you? thank you for taking my call. >> my pleasure, ryan. what's going on? >> caller: is a long-term and defensive play, what do you think about awk, american waterworks? >> well, it does fit. look, as long as you realize that's what it is, because i'm not crazy about how little it gives to yield. i would much rather be in a utility, like a coned than that. but if you bless it -- >> buy, buy, buy! >> that's okay. ken in florida? >> caller: ba-ba-boo-yah. >> all right, sunshine, what do you got? >> caller: orb bitz worldwide. >> uneven earnings, uneven revenues. a told spec and no more than that. i will like it if you keep it as a spec and not an investment. let's go to jimmy in tennessee. jimmy? >> caller: hey, mr. jimmy. >> yo yo. >> caller: i wish you would come to the university of memphis and

do a show this fall. >> i agree. i love memphis. what's up? >> caller: what about ocn? >> you know, it's a -- let's call it a predator of assets. it's been very, very good at managing a book of business. it's a very, very well-run company. boy, i wish they would come on the air. i like it. let's go to david in new jersey. david? yo david? >> caller: david here. >> hit me, david. >> caller: new jersey boo-yah to you. >> i love jersey. what's on your mind? north, south, i'm indifferent. >> caller: westport. >> here is the problem with westport. we were waste management yesterday. cummings and westport have now become frenemies. let's call them frenemies. and i don't want to go against cummings, because it's one of the greatest manufacturers in the world. so right now i have no opinion on westport. because i don't like this duel

between the two. [ gunshot ] . how about hall from nevada? >> caller: how is the presidente? a million boo-yahs. >> boo-yah, boo-yah, boo-yah. >> caller: look, i've got a thousand shares of las vegas sands. i want to sell and buy 100 shares of share s of apple. >> why do you hurt me like this? the news about wynn casino is good too. i'm not going to advice you to sell and buy apple. i like them both. i'm not footing that baby. let's go to rose in pennsylvania. rose? >> caller: hey, jim, how are you doing? >> good. how are you? >> caller: good. >> klit. >> i'm from the willow grove area. they have always been able to consistently deliver earnings, but never blown them out. i would tell you this is not my favorite semiconductor stock, but the semiconductor equipment is in sync, so there are kulycky

is fine. howard in west virginia. >> caller: hey, jim. >> slow and steady wins the race. >> buy, buy, buy! buy, buy, buy! buy, buy, buy! >> i like it very much. todd in wisconsin. >> caller: booia. i'm upside down in fro front line. >> not it's not fine. if you want to own that business, go to north american tanker. could get bigger. how about linda -- [ buzzer ] >> uh-oh. how about linda in connecticut, linda? >> caller: hi, jim. i'm calling in about solar capital, slrc? >> i think the yield is fine. it's not really doing anything great right now, but it's safe. i think the company is going to do an okay job. but it just there. and you're getting the yield. that's what it is. it's a little bit like annaly.

you're just getting the yield. but i do think annaly slightly better yield so slightly better stock. wayne in new york, please. wayne? >> caller: hi there, jim. jim, it doesn't get any better. i'm sitting here with my 14-month grandson trying to teach him boo-yah! >> it's even better if he has apple that he bought at 30. but go ahead. >> caller: jim, several months ago you sang the praises of mits technology. >> yes. >> caller: i'm curious if you still feel the same way. we're in earnings season now. >> i said they camed on and told a story that did not come true. take today was on takeover talk. and i continue to think -- >> >> sell, sell, sell! >> they came on air, talked a big game and failed to deliver. when you fail to deliver, you do not get any endorsement. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round"! [ buzzer ]

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get a little wacky these days. one day we're up. the next day we're down. i know the seesawing market has been frustrating if not torture for you home gamers since april gone. but i always say you got to take the good with the bad. find the bull markets no matter where they are. how do you find them? we're finding real sustainable growth. we're looking at the top performing sectors and we're picking the best of breed stocks. now let's see how much homework we have done. let's play "am i diversified?." this is where you call me and tell me your top five holdings and i tell you if your portfolio is diversified enough. maybe you need to mix it up a little bit. it's more about being in the different sector than it is about the quality. that's okay. last week we got a tweeter in

the game. i get great response from people @jim cramer. jim callan tweeted at "am i diversified?." he has hewlett-packard, red happen, starbucks, sba communications, which is the tower company, and cisco. so let's go to work on this tweet. all right. starbucks just a phenomenally performing growth. that's our growth stock. sba terrific. a cell phone tower and we've got a restaurant, all right. uh-oh, we have hewlett-packard, tech. we have red hat tech, and cisco tech. that's no good. we're going to get rid of cisco and go buy verizon. we still get the teleco exposure. well still can't by verizon because of sba. abbott labs, we like that. and we're going to get rid of hewlett-packard and instead what we will do is we will buy -- let's by ensco, esv, get a

little oil service going. those are charitable action travelers trust.com. that is three in tech. twitter or not. wayne in texas, wayne? >> caller: hey, jim cramer from aggieland. >> oh, man, thing a guys. >> caller: i have abbott, kraft, conocophillips, win stream and mattel. and if you can, make a comment on mattel's nice run-up and dividend since 2008. >> okay. let me look at this. mattel missed the quarter really badly, but it might note crucial quarter. kraft, both parts we like. we like both parts of abbott. mattel does have the good deal. they did miss a quarter. toy company, food, drug. i'm willing to forgive it because it has yield support. conoco is splitting into two also. i think people are too negative on the refining point. oil, telco, food, toy, drug, bingo! let's go to caroline in washington. caroline?

>> caller: hi, cramer. it's so great to talk to you. >> same. >> caller: i'm in my mid-70s. i manage my own portfolio. >> okay. >> caller: and i've been watching you and learning from you for the past two years. >> thank you. >> caller: thank you for your brilliance. >> thank you. i hope i deliver for you. thank you very much. >> caller: i've been following five stocks. am i diversified? and should i hold on to them for growth, especially for oil and gas. first one devon. dvn. eog resources, las vegas sands, lds, suntrust bank, sgi, and stout oil, sto. am i diversified? >> let me go to work here. las vegas sands, an incredibly well run company. i like the casino buzz. suntrust, i've been buying it for my charitable trust. why? i think it's going to succeed next time. i love devon. owned that for the trust too. here is the problem. devon, eog, and statoil, they are all in the oil and gas business. devon and eog have a very

similar product portfolio. at least statoil has the dividend. it doesn't have the growth. we're going get rid of statoil. unfortunately, i think devon is now cheaper because it's really fallen. and now we're going to buy verizon, get that yield. and we're going to go back and get the abbott labs for the yield and growth. you got to make the changes because you've got way too much oil and gas, way too much. john in washington. john? >> caller: good afternoon, mr. jim. a big boo-yah from federal way. >> beautiful. >> caller: the following five stocks for about a year. >> okay. >> caller: cop, conocophillips. ep, el paso operation. procter & gamble, unh, united health care, and wm, waste management. >> all right. we'll go to work here. by the way, united health reports tomorrow. i expect this is going to be a great quarter. procter & gamble just boosted the dividend, even though it's just been ho-hum. conoco splitting. waste management. yes, it's terrific. and what does this leave us? we cannot own el paso and

conocophillips. so we're also going to buy verizon and get that terrific yield. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of "am i diversified?" "mad money" is back after the break. they say money never sleeps. neither does jim cramer. follow at jim cramer on twitter. everyone in the nicu, all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days.

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what does a company have to do to get the benefit of the doubt around here?

last night ibm and intel, two tech companies about as tried and true as it gets explained why you shouldn't panic and dump their shares, even though they both seem to have anemic growth. that didn't stop both stocks taking it on the chin today. i think they both deserve your benefit of the doubt simply because over the last few years they've done a terrific job of making good on the targets, defying the skeptics. sure ibm didn't deliver the growth we'd like. there were some big orders that didn't get filled and there were some real weaknesses. that said i believe ibm should be given slack here, even with the new ceo virginia remetty at the helm. ibm is not expensive on the $15 in earnings aexpect it to generate this year. most important, the company continues to transition to a hardware light model. and that's going to produce some hiccups. the fact that the business was strong in the uk and spain -- spain of all places! makes me feel like the product ibm offers is in need no matter what. just $7 million shy of 2%. so they called it 1%.

it should start climbing soon. that's what we told my charitable truth. you have a discharge because the manufacturers couldn't make enough pcs to meet demand because of a shortage. huge windows 8 cycles product. that's always been terrific for intel and a reason to buy. at the same time you have 'nam of new plants opening up for ivy bridge, which will knock down margins crearly, qe2 no doubt because of new chips as so many have to be thrown out. that always happens. this amazing new romley chip that will be so crucial for overheating data forms. most important of all, you have people i trust. pull out a lease the ceo saying the transition will be completed this quarter and the rest of the year will pretend an increase in gross margins. that's terrific because gross margins drive earnings that drive cash that can return

earnings to you, the shareholder. a major catalyst for the stock's performance down the road. when a company reportious want to see it fire on all cylinders, a la united rentals. in wall street bald is beautiful and hair means props. so when you see some follicles, it might not be the end of the bad news. still, one of the benefits being in this business for as long as have i been in it is ages, i can sense corporate cultures and what they're about. and i know intel and ibm are about adjusting to get it right. these companies are experts at underpromising and overdelivering. of course as i said at the top he 'm acutely aware that it's difficult to ever make a solid judgment on character. but like people before the docket and court, intel and ibm, they are innocent until proven guilty, despite what the market says. their long-term performance gives them that edge over so many other companies i follow. they're among the rare few that actually deserve your benefit of the doubt. stick with cramer.

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