grasso >> alibaba final trade. >> erin? >> xrt >> i'm a buyer >> e.? >> i'm melissa lee thanks for watching. see you back here tomorrow at 5:00 for more "fast money. in the meantime, "mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. "mad money" with jim cramer starts right now my mission is simple to make you money. i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere, and i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money. welcome to cramerica other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to make you some money. my job is not just to entertain but to educate and teach you so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc or tweet me @jimcramer. does anyone mind if we give some top notch ceos the benefit of the doubt in tonight's show?

look, you need a healthy amount of skepticism to be a good investor, no denying that. but it's important to know when to believe i'm talking about buying the stocks of companies that have been left for dead, because of a single bad quarter, when the executives have proven time and time and time again that they can navigate rougher waters and right the ship on another record breaking day for the averages, dow gain 1g00 points, the s&p 500 advancing, nasdaq up, some stocks have been left behind by this juggernaut of a bull market and in many cases, i think the sellers are making a big mistake. [ buzzer ] before i get into these situations, though, let me come to praise the companies that provided the impetus behind today's rally. caterpillar and mcdonald's talk about faith people have totally lost faith in caterpillar during the downturn

i remember seeing a sell call on january 25 of 2016, when the stock was at 57, going to 51 cat closed at 114. what happened? end markets did get a little better but caterpillar took tough action after took action to cut its costs. so when they got even a smidge of recovery in resources and small bumps in road building orders, the earnings have started soaring. here you have to thank not only the ceo, but also the former ceo, who, after initially not seeing the downturn coming, really figured out what was happening. and he took costs out like the grim reaper. this is really the first good quarter caterpillar has had in years. so there's no reason to think this is one-time only and i bet it has more room to run. maybe much more.

so ring the register no then there's mcdonald's. what is it about steve easterbrook, the ceo, that people don't understand? it seems like other than me, he's been doubted every quarter since he took over when the stock was in the 90s mocking him as a one-time winner hardly they didn't believe it would matter that he simplified the menu or he came up with new and good tasting sandwiches. came up with some new ideas for the rest of the business worldwide. but despite the skeptics, everything has worked, and the franchisees have bought in that's how you get a mega cap skok going from 90 to $159 everything has worked at

mcdonald's, and easterbrook is far from finished, even after the stock's 4.8% move today. i can't wait to speak to him on squawk on the street tomorrow. last time i asked him why is it going to well? he said, jim, mojo let's talk about the stocks that aren't getting the benefit of the doubt today even though they deserve it let's start with this ceo of 3-m, whose stock got chainsawed today, losing 5% after the company delivered a good but not great quarter after so many terrific ones. honestly, i couldn't believe 3-m could decline that hard when it had 4% organic growth. there's so much going right here, including continued growth from new products. the culprit on the selloff

i think he spoiled investors by giving them quarter after quarter of margin expansion. so this time when they didn't get that, they missed the earnings by a penny, the damn thing -- excuse me, darn thing got sent right to the slaughterhou slaughterhouse >> sell sell sell sell >> once it mistranslates into a ten-point decline, does that make sense to you? personally i think it's nuts so i suggest you use this opportunity to buy some shares in one of the highest quality companies out there. next, oh, boy, here's one that you were tweeting me and doing all sorts of stuff so, you're all nervous about it but wait, let's get to the bottom of it domino's pizza investors just got spoiled, when domino's reported this time around, it delivered 9% same store sales growth, people were looking for 7.9% that's nice. but the international number,

hmmm up 2.7%. many people expected double that, some expected almost triple hence why the stock tumbled more than $21, or 10% today >> the house of pain >> i acknowledge that an international slowdown is troubling. domino's business in britain was very weak and i put on my detective's hat and i went through the conference call and mcdonald's had the best results in britain in 43 years so it's not like the uk has turned against fast food however, i think long-time ceo patty doyle deserves the benefit of the doubt here. after everything he's done right here, our sales performance is soft and below what we've come to expect. with this foundation, a diverse portfolio, and issues easily categorized as correctible, i am confident we can get top line performance in this business to levels we are used to.

he then came back with this promise. the slowdown in same store sales was driven by the european region, where the issues in a few select markets are known, and fixable. fixable! you really want to bet against him? be my guest. i've been recommending domino's since doyle came on the show seven years ago, when the stock was at $10 even after today's hideous decline, it's $192 we heard from the ceo of hasbro that was on the show, the stock fell 11 points over the rest of 2017, i think the company's numbers will jump thanks to the new "star wars" movie and a hasbro production of "my little pony" and it was such a big part of season one i think he's champing at the bit ahead of hasbro's analyst

meeting next thursday, august 3, where he'll lay out a timeline for what i expect will be an amazing holiday season plus, this quarter caused the stock to get hammered last year. you know what that happened to be a terrific buying opportunity. maybe it will be different this time finally, oh, boy, here's one took my breath away. alphabet alphabet, where the parent of google showed cracks in its advertising model, as it can't make as much as it did on desk top. that's why it shed 30 points they got so many ways to monetize the other parting of the business, like youtube, maybe i'm just not as concerned as others. it's incredible when selling began, nobody thought about wamo, or its data centers. was it a perfect conference call

no but has the cfo suddenly become untrustworthy? are you kidding me i know the sellers aren't done they always come back the next day, because they couldn't get their selling done today but there's too much going right at this company to abandon it right now. more on that later in the show you need to have some faith in company's manage teams that have delivered endlessly, or you'll never be able to buy stocks at a discount these four are giving you bargains i think all four are worth buying into weakness, starting in tomorrow's session. i'm going to dennis in michigan. dennis >> caller: jim, this is dennis calling. got a question for you i'm looking at the airline stocks, and the last month they've been down over 5%

roughly. but the oil prices are low and the capacity seems to be pretty well off what are your thoughts on the airline stocks like delta? >> all right, look, listen and listen good. there's only one that's going to come out on top. even that's going to report and people won't like it, because they're in the down mode that's southwest air, when they report on the 27th my charitable trust owns it. here's the problem with this group. it went out of favor real fast and now because a couple didn't report good numbers, it will be difficult for the group to turn around right now we have to wait until we see new numbers for this month then they start turning around can we go to kumar in florida, please >> caller: hi, jim, thanks for your book, i appreciate your support for the community. >> thank you >> caller: my question is on tesla. i see tesla, the number of cars, they're selling close to 420,

430 by the end of 2018 so i'm predicting it's going to close to $500 a share. so what is your take on it >> tesla is a -- there's probably about a thousand stocks i can opine on tesla is the toughest one. it's the one i always punt on, because if you like the car, you buy the stock. as my friend jim stewart said once when he was on "squawk on the street." people who like the car own the stock. you can't shake them, because the car is great so if you want to take a fly on tesla, be my guest miles in ohio, miles >> caller: cramer, how are you doing, man >> i'm doing real good, how about you, partner >> caller: i'm doing good. i'm wondering about ibm today. these guys are trading at a low right now, but there is sectors such as cloud, a.i., you turn on

the tv and you see it all the time can they stay competitive when you look at google and amazon getting into their markets >> ain't that the problem, miles. you're up against google, a wounded google woooo. you're up against amazon i mean, these are guys who are really amazing, and you're up against microsoft. so you have a 4% yield they can get it together, but it's not going to happen overnight or this quarter either you have to believe in company managements and get in on the discounts when you believe. mccormick just sent $4.2 billion on mustard i'm sitting down with the ceo if wall street is looking at the deal all wrong and fang is back, but it's not the fun you're thinking about. and general motors just defied the gloomy numbers and the u.s.

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the spices in french's mustard with the best thing that's happened since the sandwich >> when it comes to making deals, wall street is no fan of mustard. pantry player mccormick paid over $4 billion for french's and frank's. is there a secret ingredient the market is missing? >> one of the things that have gotten very difficult is the supermarket industry lately. in order to make it through this period, i think the packaged food companies need to merm, geo they'll have more bargaining power. but is that enough to make them worth owning consider mccormick and company, the world leading maker of spices and seasons for years, the stock has worked its way higher however, in the past couple of months, it seems to have gone out of style even though the company reported a nice top and bottom line the stock is down $11 from its

recent high. inthe question is, can mccormick banish the doom and gloom? i think it's a natural fit and like i said, the package food companies need to merge to stay competitive mccormi so should we be giving the spice maker more credit? let's take a closer look with the chairman and ceo of mccormick. welcome to "mad money. good to see you, sir thank you for coming on. >> great to be here. >> i know you're a fan of the show, which is fantastic i'm a fan of what you thought, because i'm from philadelphia. we only use french's red hot cause, it's the natural thing that i happen to love to put on things, because it doesn't put weight on. that's what you have to do these

days but here we go, jpmorgan said you paid more than 50% more. so tell us why you did it and why it's going to work for you what is we're doubling down on is growth and flavor we're a flavor company our brands are all about flavor. the seasoning, the wonderful foods that people today want to cook from scratch. we're one of the last growth stories left in food and these brands match up perfectly and in many ways they're like liquid spice. >> what i think people misinterpret, particularly the older people, is that this is the fastest grower this that whole aisle. >> that is frank's red hot is the real gem in the portfolio brands that we bought this is a brand that was launched in 1920, so it's almost 120 years old, but it's really 120 years young.

millennials use this brand on everything >> don't you think they use it because you can eat as much as you want and it doesn't put on weight so you still look okay in the selfies? >> that's a good point i think that might be part of it >> instead of mayo, i switched to hot sauce i'm on tv and i don't want to look fat this is the way that you avoid it >> beyond the idea of fat, these products have simple, clean ingredients. if you look on the back, frank's has five ingredients red hot cayenne pepper, vinegar, water, garlic, and salt. that's it. >> mccormick, doctors always tell you to use mccormick, because it's nothing but the spice. >> there's a bigger trend at work here. younger consumers want to cook from scratch and they're more adventurous in the kitchen and

want to make foods from the raw ingredients. and in addition to cooking from scratch, they want more flavor if you look age group by age group, as you get younger with the consumer, they have a higher desire for spicy, flavorful flavors. that is worldwide, not just the u.s. >> there's just these trends that occur, but that wasn't my generation what changed >> this has been a long time coming but generation by generation, it was still true, even in the past our generation, spicy was -- italian was considered spicy yet today, consumers are challenging them severals with all kinds of spicy cuisines, and the younger consumer is the most adventurous of all >> we used tobasco when i was

younger. >> in market share, frank's is about twice the size of tobasco. the difference is, you can really use frank's, because put it on thick. tobasco, you can use a few drops at a time. >> frank's on twitter, they use a curse word you can put it on -- your company is a company that -- i guess everybody is -- >> hot sauce -- one of the things about hot sauce is it's always associated with excitement and fun times and maybe a little bit of irreverence. >> the idea that there's other brands that come on amazon that don't have any store presence and suddenly come out of nowhere and do well. >> amazon's a tremendous

customer of ours we have a strong presence on amazon we have a great relationship with them. we believe that consumers aren't going to be any different about shopping for food than other things, online, it's a reality it's going to grow, and we're committed to being part of it. so this is something we're really confident we can do well in this area >> so let's go back to the original jpmorgan said they priced this out at $2.8 billion and you came in much, much higher were there just many other bidders you had to do that were you close to other bidders? who else was involved and why did you choose to pay so much? >> i wish i could have bought my house for a discount, but if i tried to, somebody else would be living in it same with this this is a quality asset, they have strong growth characteristics, they're on trend and tremendously profitable a lot of other companies saw value in this. this has been at the top of our

strategic plans for over a decade when they decided they were going to sell it, they knew we wanted it. but there were others who did, as well. >> i always loved your balance sheet, sir but now it's not the best balance sheet. >> this is one of the things we've been conservative with, to give us the firepower to step up leverage more than we normally are and buy the strategic asset that's going to grow the company for the long-term. we did it when we bought lowery's, and today that is a great buy. and nobody asks today what those brands cost. >> that's a great look i've been a backer of your company forever. i believe that millennials like certain brands and they hlove your brands. you've won me over on this >> we're going create a lot of shareholders >> that's the chairman and

president and ceo of mccormick you heard about the price and how they've been waiting for this deal. they were obviously ready. and you know what? i can tell you this is what the younger people "mad money" is back after the break.

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fang that's right, we're witnessing a rotation as money flows out of the highest growth stocks courtesy of the resource stocks. stocks like diamondback energy symbol fang. the irony is incredible. alphabet, the parent of google, the "g" in fang, got hammered because it's not making as much off mobile ads as it does desk top. the staggering amount of hours people spent watching youtube, 1.5 billion people watch an hour a day, so it alphabet's stock is going to get pounded like facebook did meanwhile, as the tech fang languishes, the oil fang, diamondback energy, went higher. >> buy buy buy >> because of a phenomena,

they're starting to cut back on the capital expenditures, because they're not making enough money to cover the costs. if you recall, as i said last night, slumberger, oil prices are lower, because wall street has gotten less willing to give these companies money. 8% of the world's oil capacity that comes from the u.s., peaking. if that's the case, the traders who dominate the futures bit will switch direction and go long oil because of u.s. supply cutbacks oil jumped today and seems to be headed back to $50 sense the gain in diamondback sto stock. it's entirely possible that the

growth in the core business is slowing. but alphabet has $94.7 billion in cash that it can use to make acquisitions or buy back stock in order to past the earnings per chaishare. not to mention virtually a monopoly business called search. that's it. i do believe that alphabet stock is going to have to spend some time in purgatory while people reassess what it's worth versus other hot stocks in the market despite everything alphabet is going for, it will become a source of funds, meaning money managers will sell it. like the other fang. do i think anything has changed at diamondback or alphabet no when we get to $50, you'll have to sell diamondback.

alphabet, most analysts praised it and raised the performance. wait until the hot money comes out and make your stance, which i believe will not be too far down from these levels we're going to mike in florida mike >> caller: jim, let me give you a retired u.s. army boo-boo-boo-yah! >> thanks for serving. what's up? >> caller: i heard they have a -- should i hold or should i -- i'm trying to figure out -- >> jp is good. i am an alibaba guy. but jd is very good.

and baba is best in show bob in california, please, bob >> caller: you sure can. oil dutch shell, is the dividend safe should i buy more or get rid of it >> i think they report tomorrow, the 27th you know what? i think royal dutch cess a hold. i have learned from the price of oil, you should never say a dividend in the oil group is safe, but they have enough money to cover for a while but i would like to see them either cut back their spending or indeed see oil go up a little bit. ruben in california, please, ruben. >> caller: hey, mr. cramer i'm curious about your view on sid bit, their stock plummeted $35, but they just cut an nba

partnership. >> it's a $5 call option but that's all it is i don't even regard it as a stock anymore. it's just the hope of a possibility of an optimist view. i don't think much has changed in fang or alphabet. when oil gets $50, sell fang much more "mad money" ahead, including a look at the auto sector with one of the largest suppliers in north america, first time on our show and what should you expect from general motors when it reports and rapid fire, tonight the lightning round. so stick with cramer

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that's why i want to get a read on the industry from a company that's totally plugged in. magna international, mga they make car parts, and complex portions of the aubl that we have to talk about while magna's stock is not far from its 52 week high, should we beconce be concerned about a second half slowdown let's check in with the ceo donald walker. welcome to "mad money. good to see you, sir have a seat. thank you to much. >> thanks for having me on >> i said boy, am i glad i have magna, because i really felt they were saying it's over it's peaking, but second half is going to be very tough is that your read of the situation? >> well, it's a global industry, so we always look at globally. china, pretty steady a huge, huge industry, and it

keeps on going strong. europe has continued to go up a little bit so i wouldn't be surprised if there's a slowdown in north america. a lot of factors there, but the industry goes up and down. we've had a good run for a long time but if you look over a three or five-year horizon, there's still good demand. >> should we think that magna would be hostile to the stocks of gm and ford over time >> it depends. we sell globally, so gm, ford, and chrysler are important to us bmw, mercedes. so it depends on what's going to happen in the world, but there is some trends in the industry for a global supplier that we believe will allow us to continue to grow faster. >> let me talk about le

electrificatoin. those are great secular growth stories that aren't part of the cycle, right >> there's a lot of things going on in the industry and it's going to continue to be big. pure electric vehicles is coming, and autonomous driving vehicles are way out there, but the features are penetrating very quickly >> you have made your company at the forefront of getting into -- of making these things, opposed to we hear nvidia chips, but that's technology. someone has to put it together that's you >> we have a combination one of the unique things about magna, we can decide and build and understand vehicles. so we're looking at how to make a vehicle an autonomous driving vehicle, you can take the technologies, but there's a lot of different technologies, but somebody has to take that and

put it together and sell that to the car companies in a system. >> are you neutral like switzerland? would you work with a wamo which got a deal with chrysler would you work with nvidia chips or are you wed into any particular -- >> we're open. so we develop technology internally we work with various customers we work with partners. we also have been investing a lot in start-up companies. so wherever we get the best technology, we want to pack it up and get it to our customers it's fully tested. it's going to work and it will grow the business. >> now, a new wrinkle here we have president trump, and he's concerned about nafta you're a canadian company, so jees, u.s. companies are having trouble going to mexico. but then again, the president is trying to reconfigure nafta. are you ready for the political turmoil that could be ahead of us >> i think one of the reasons our stock price is underpriced right now is because there is

concern with nafta we're canadian based, but we have 25,000 employees in the u.s. and more in canada and we're big in mexico. but i look at nafta as a trading partner. we need to keep it solid and competitive, because it's asia, it's europe that are really competing, and nafta has to be competitive. so fair trade is good. from what i have seen, it works pretty efficiently we just need to make sure they don't do something to damage the effectiveness of all three countries working together >> previous presidential r regimes, i would have said donald walker has a voice in the white house. is this white house just not talking to any people not american business leaders? >> i think there's been a very good cooperation of the whole auto motive industry and they're having close discussions with people in washington, canada, mexico is involved, as well.

there's a good understanding how important it is we work together we don't want to damage the industry so there's been good cooperation and good discussion and wilbur ross knows the industry very well >> i would say that had not -- seven months ago i would be concerned that is too much of a polyannish view. but wilbur ross stands for getting the best for the less. he has a very good worldwide outlook. so you're confident he has magna in mind, because magna has been a low-cost producer for as long as i've been alive >> we don't really care from a shareholder stand point where we're located. i would like to see canada remain competitive obviously but as long as nafta is there, the auto parts business is a $1 trillion business. we're about 35 billion going to 43 billion by 2019 if we're competitive, that's huge growth opportunities. i just want to make sure that

nafta maintains its competitive and we have that as an industry in north america >> i used to like it when i was at goldman sachs, because you've always been consistent with a great growth story it's really great to have you on first time on our show that's donald walker, the ceo of magna international. a very good, and i have to tell you, very inexpensive stock. "mad money" is back after the break. for your heart...

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daniel in california, daniel >> caller: hi, my question is about hertz rental car >> very interesting. the stock has come back without the company coming back. somehow the price of used cars has gone up. i'm looking at car max that's my thesis eric in minnesota. >> caller: eric in minnesota here with an increase in sales, margin and earnings, tesla has been trending downward until today. >> what was the stock? >> caller: fastenal. >> it's a cheap stock. if you went industrial, go to honeywell. allen in texas, allen? >> caller: hello, mr. cramer, how are you today? >> good. how about you partner? >> caller: doing well. [ no audio ] >> okay.

is allen still with us sounds like i should move on to alex alex in florida. alex >> caller: boo-yah, cramer from the swamps of south florida, i'm a huge fan of your book, and a huge fan of the philadelphia eagles! >> yes, man, we need that. it's never too late. and this was not deshawn by the way. let's go >> caller: all right with great dividends, and green energy, can i continue to hold aes? >> it's fine you get the 4% yield that kind of does nothing. you didn't give me a catalyst. let's go to vincent. thank you for the nice words about the eagles vincent in new york, vincent >> caller: jim, my stock is ptc therapeutics with their recent fda advisory committee coming up on october 24, i wonder what your thoughts are about the stock? >> you have a binary situation there. we stop recommending these we stopped after the biotech

we decided the two aren't for us how about dave in wisconsin, dave >> caller: hey, cramer, boo-yah. >> boo-yah back. >> caller: hey, i own some pet medic express. >> you're a genius it only has a couple of players. i'm not backing away, even up here steve in california, steve >> caller: yes, jim, thank you first of all for your education and inspiration and helping us out. >> thank you >> caller: my question is macy's, jim, macy's. >> i think the whole group is -- nordstrom is going to get a deal, macy's is probably done going down when you walk to february, you'll see better numbers. but i suggest buy pdh, even up here i'm going to jim in ohio jim? yo, yo, jim?

>> caller: big ohio boo-yah. >> what's up, what's going on there? >> caller: calling about cutera. >> yes i'm going to go to the king of esthetics, i own it for my charitable trust man, i've been chowing down over the weekends, because lisa is making some darn good meals of late. travis in iowa travis >> caller: hi, cramer. is it time to buy? >> i think that he's paid down enough debt to have the stock go higher i think it can go to $20 i'm going to peter in connecticut. peter? >> caller: boo-yah, jim.

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now that we're in the height of earning season, we're been flooded with numbers i need to remind you of something, i don't want you to overthink the market that's why tonight we're going off the charts with tim collins, my colleague at realmoney.com and a friend, to give you a better sense of what i'm talking

about. cramer fave united technologies, we went up there to see pratt and whitney, reported a strong quarter. even though i liked the stock, it's ended up going lower. while nobody likes it when the market behaves irrationally. if a company reports a good company, and the stock goes down, we call that a buying opportunity. we're not being glib there's guys opportunities i thengs ementioned united tech, because we could be seeing something very similar to general dynamics after it reports tomorrow if general dynamics gives you a nice beat and maintains guidance, and the stock goes down, you might be getting a wonderful gift regular viewers know i am a huge fan of defense contractors one thing the trump white house

and the republican congress really wanted to do is spend money on the military. that means buying new hardware at the same time, our allies around the world are beefing up their own defense spending, because we live in an insecure world, and the united states has stepped back from being the world's policemen. but why does collins like general dynamics let's start with this daily chart. at least until today, the stock has been dragged down by a selloff. jean dynamics looked like it was on the verge of making a major break out. currently the stock is trading at 230 and change. if the stock can rally up $1.50 from here, it will have broken out the ceiling of resistance. if that happens, collins would be a strong buyer.

second, you see the colored in area above and below where the stock's been trading you see this kind of thing these are known as bullinger bands. they're a tool that measures the volatility in a given stock in a given time general dynamics has pushed above the upper bullinger band, and that's a very bullish sign look how things played out the last time the stock played out in late april, and in late may look at that each time general dynamics roared higher. those are big moves. we want to catch those general dynamics made a double top pattern. peaking right around where the stock is currently trading if we get the breakout that collins is looking for, general dynamic also have moved past that double top pattern, and i think it will make a lot of people cover their short if they're shorting general dynamics earnings season is crazy, so

let's say general dynamics does go lower even if the report is a good quarter, what's collins take then if the stock breakout fails, he expects it to stay stuck in the current trading range. he's looking at one at 200, and one at 196 in his view, those are your potential downside targets if something goes wrong, he predicts $3 to $7 worth of downside if general dynamics can break out above the resistance, the stock could go to $215 that's up 11 and change. may not sound super amazing, but an 11 up, 4 to 8 down scenario, that's something a trader should be dying for if general dynamics wasn't about

to report earnings, this would be the only picture that collins would focus on this is a thing of beauty, isn't it textbook example of a bullish chart. collins points out going to last december, we see a very clear positive trading channel traders who bought general dynamics when it's pulled back and sold it every time it brushed up against the ceiling of resistance, have made good money. on the weekly chart, general dynamics has a floor of around $ $200 right there, should hold then at $196, another floor. courtesy of what's known as the chandelier exit. the purple area on the chart, technical tool that tells

charters when to give up on a stock. in short, collins says as long as the stock continues to hold above $196, there's no reason not to own general dynamics beyond the price action. let's look at some of the other things that's the of the lascillator, s out that this is about to make a bullish crossover right here black line goes above the blue line, we'll have a reliable signal to cement the story, he wants to see this, that tells you when a stock is overbought or oversold. put it all together and he thinks it could trade up to, here we go, $230 within the next 12 months. here's the bottom line in this crazy week, i find these charts to be good touchstones to help you navigate your way we're going to hear fromged

tomorrow and the charts suggest this defense stock couch more room to run with minimal down side so if general dynamics reports a good quarter and the stock gets slammed any way, all the more reason to treat the weakness as a buying opportunity for this, the highest quality defense stock there is stick with cramer.

congratulations to holders of amd for a blowout quarter don't forget nvidia. i like to say there's always a bull market somewhere, and i promise to find it for you right here on "mad money." i'm jim cramer, and i will see tomorrow investment will face these sharks. if they hear a great idea, they'll invest their own money or fight each other for a deal. this is "shark tank." ♪ jared joyce, a serial inventor who's hoping to sell the sharks on one of his many ideas. this is going to be fun. my name is jared joyce. i'm an inventor/entrepreneur, and today, in exchange for $250,000, i'm offering you 25% equity