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short week though. >> but tremendous work you do. has nothing to do with tim or karen but schlumberger it's breaking to the upside. >> thauz did it for us fae you at 5:00 for more "st money. "mad money" starts right now 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 cr call me at 1800-843-cnbc the big story today, the dow dipping 28 points, analynasdaq ,
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it cast a puall over a host of stocks amazon is indeed the death star and not just when it comes to retail anymore at this point the question isn't what amazon disrupts you have to ask what can't they disrupt. any company with a consumer product could potentially end up in their crosshairs and that's a very dangerous place to be today the death star opened fire on spotify and it's worth taking a moment to walk you through what is happening here amazon has become an unstoppable force and this won't be the last target i like spotify, have been a fan since it started trading a year ago. music streaming is the chance to become the next netflix and understands what you want before you want it thanks to artificial intelligence that they use to predict your taste in music. i love their premium business model where you can listen to songs for free or you can pay up
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for an ad-free experience. we use spotify at home and our two restaurants. our kids love it we pay for it regularly without thinking about it. plus i like the company's recent acquisitions in the podcast business as of yesterday it seemed like it was well on its way to having a huge competitive mode with the technology necessary to keep you hooked then this very morning we learned that amazon is thinking about rolling out a similar service, boom. spotify plummets six points today. i have no idea how real amazon's streaming music might be but maybe they're just floating it now that we know that they're interested, spotify stock will never trade the same way again can you imagine, never again amazon has a huge install base
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of 100 million devices that could make the service work, destroying spotify every time this stock goes higher from now on you're going to hear that amazon is about to crush it just like that. i've told you before that amazon can't devastate an entire business overnight but it can lay the competition to waste any time it wants to remember tower records how about borders? shop there that's what i thought. this kind of assault has become an almost daily occurrence slowly but surely the death star is conquering the galaxy a couple weeks ago they had a dismal quarter, simply awful with weakness in the front of the store and the pharmacy the margins are being eaten alive by amazon. if you look at pill pack, they're offering a cheaper, more convenient way to get drugs.
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walgreens, it simply isn't ready. maybe it doesn't even matter how ready you are. cvs now gives you the same day delivery via shipped for 799 yet the stock is being crushed like walgreens and spotify for that matter. i've been dead wrong in part because of drug reimbursement but also in part because of amazon then there's fedex amazon is using its delivery service to keep prices down. that's a different story it's a threat to anyone in the parcel industry. fedex's ceo, fred smith, came right here, well, satellite, and told us these images haven't heard his company one bit. i believe, fred, but people keep fear mongering about this great company and keep telling you how vulnerable it is to amazon, even though it's not.
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the pockessibilities are endles. what happens if they go up against grub hub or uber eats for that matter? how about this upcoming pinterest idea last week bed, bath and beyond got crushed because the company is trying to compete online. i don't see how they can compete with amazon at its own game. if you read through the annual letter from jeff bezos you know that amazon web services could pose a threat to all the companies that find patterns and data or help you harness the power of the web of course, not everyone is in danger some companies immunized themselves to the death star best buy announced the changing of the guard with the ceo stepping down to be replaced by corey barry, the cfo, wildly
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credited with creating a culture of service but a lot of this stuff is complicated. we know that the auto parts space was supposed to be run by amazon but once that view is discredited, including auto zone that took off, home depot and lowes, they sell bulky items sysco was supposed to be in danger when we heard amazon was making routers and switches. turns out that's not happening chuck robins is trying to make it more of a software network. ollie's bargain immune because they sell closeout purchase. dollar store is too low price point. amazon keeps cutting its prices to knock them out of the fight honestly, i think amazon could do just about anything it sets its mind to right now. it could create a stock market.e
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kohl's amazon toilet paper, bleach, pet food, the most trusted name in pedestri pet food and it isn't even out yet. it's hard to imagine something they can't do. who knows with what amazon will do with jpmorgan and berkshire hathaway they could have the same bargaining power as health care. why can't amazon be your bank, your online credit card, doctor? amazon can be whatever it wants. next time you think about buying a stock you need to ask yourself a question, add this to your homework checklist, could amazon come in and destroy the company's margins? if so, lower your expectations
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some thought bezos was driven to distraction but he's more driven than ever and nothing can stand in the way of this company's wrath. let's go to wesley in texas. >> caller: jim, thanks for taking my call in light of everything that's been going on with boeing, would now be a good time to consider lockheed martin with a good dvd, i belie -- dividend, 3%. >> i like lockheed martin but people feel that this stock can't come back because the democrats won the house so i'm not going to recommend it to you. randy in california. >> booyah, jim, and much gratitude from long beach. i'm looking at the whole buildout and your guidance on
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sysco, looking for something a little more risky and looking at nok, nokia do you think it's bottomed and do you think this is a good place to enter for a subset of this market? they appeal at a lower price point and in a different marketplace than their competitors, apple and samsung. >> yes, they're going up against eriksson and huawei. goldman took it to a sell today. i did not like the tone of the call it was very important and i urge you to be careful. jason in ohio. >> caller: what's going on, jim. >> not much, how about you >> caller: doing great i want to thank you for giving the recommendation of disney last wednesday friday morning i made some mad money. >> fabulous, thank you
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we hit that disney well. i'm glad we did that one. >> caller: yes my question is about cloud-based security, the okt. with all this news that we're hearing regarding the trade talks with china and also the chinese being accused of identity theft, intellectual property theft -- >> all true. >> caller: this stocking up over 300% in the past two years do you think there's room for growth or should i cash in and get out? >> what was the stock? oh, okta i like them very much. my problem with them by the way is exactly what you said if it starts going down people are going to panic at this price let it come in a little bit on a market-wide selloff. i can't advise you to buy it it's just too high and i like the okta guys. ann in indiana. >> caller: jim, thank you for
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taking my call i'm calling about amn services is this pullback a buying opportunity because of the health care sector being down, or is there a problem with all that insider selling >> i found this all odd because we've been big fans of susan saka, the ceo. we have to have her back on to explain rather than try and say something articulate about it. i can't. i'm taking my breath away. i think it's inexpensive but let's ask ms. saka before you think about buying consumer stock, you must consider, is that company vulnerable to amazon there's only a few names that haven't been crushed by the death star that's all an "mad money" tonight, snack pack, slim jims and jiffy pop, from snacks to healthy choices, con agra's food is behind some of america's
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if we've learned anything over the last six months it's that we should be willing to give good ceos the benefit of the doubt when they're honest with us. conag conagra, the package food company reported a strong quarter but ceo shawn connolly also tells us that his recent acquisition of pinnacle foods had unanticipated issues so it
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might take him longer to hit his synergy markets. it quickly fall within a matter of weeks but the company reported an excellent quarter last month and they told us the integration of pinnacle foods is back on track. wall street has warmed to the food industry again and told a very bullish story no wonder the stock has surged back to 30 bucks giving you a nearly 50% gain from its lows does this have more room to run? let's check in with shawn connolly mr. connolly, welcome back to "mad money." good to see you. >> glad to be here. >> great that year here. first, because your meeting was so important and set the tone, i'm going to ask what you put to everybody, why are you more excited about conagra than ever? >> we have a great portfolio, we have the right people, culture, processes and the right capabilities to continue growth and continue expanding our
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margins. we have built significant innovation capability over the last four years. you can see a lot of it here and it's really exciting. >> any problems with pinnacle? >> they're executional in nature folks weren't accustomed to pinnacle running into challenges but no brand is exempt from challenges you have to innovate and execute every year these were challenges from the beginning that we could deal with and had the capabilities to deal with it and i think we have a positive feedback from our investors. >> i know there's a ton of things here but you've got three key brands birds eye which we all use i thought this was interesting, chip ahoy is not your brand but you decided to do something for them duncan hines, turn that around it seems like it's in motion. >> pinnacle's challenges have been largely confined to three big businesses, the ones you point out. birds eye is a jewelul juggernat
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needed to ramp up innovation and we have innovation coming out that the pinnacle team previously didn't have access to we're excited to bring that to our customers and we're sharing that right now. >> one of the greatest lines is when you guys were talking about the notion and this is slighting my own cohort, look, look at our stuff. this is so funny, i love it. it says, ask yourself do you still think this is a boomer brand? you literally said, listen, we're not the baby boomer brand that you think we are. >> brands are evergreen but only if you infuse them attributes for the last four years we've taken a large portfolio and modernized it across the board and our focus is making sure these brands resonate with young consumers, millennials everything you see fits what they're looking for. >> they like bowls. >> they like bowls, plant-based nutrition. one of the great things is access to birds eye and gar din
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now we've got some of these assets to bring this tohem. >> this is just a great category. >> angie's boom chick apop has been a home run for us it is the fastest growing ready to eat popcorn out there we've done similar things in meat snacks with dukes we already had slim jim but dukes has been a home run. >> one of the things you teach -- there's a lot of teaching which i love. you talk about the conagra way but you talk about the old way you do tv and even some bus -- what did you say >> bus shelters. >> you said that's how it used to be done. >> everything that i learned when i started out is basically obsolete now. >> how were you able to switch most people can't switch. >> you got to be a lifelong learner and for us it's pragmatic. we got to deliver profits. if we spend money to build a relationship between our consumer and our brands and it doesn't work we're the first
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ones to pull that money and try something new. two-thirds of what we do now marketing-wise is digital, social, personalizing our content, especially for younger consumers and it's working. >> i think you need to tell younger consumers, it got lost in the pinnacle thing, why they like the frozen food aisle so much. >> they like three things that we're doing, frozen, they love condiments because they love bold flavor, and they love snacking frozen, condiments and snacking are our priorities i think frozen is the perfect food form for today's consumers, especially millennials it's super convenient, they have no culinary skills and they're making less money than their parents. >> they have no culinary skills. i never thought of that. >> they love good food one millennial said when i get home i'm tired but my taste buds are not. they don't want to eat lousy food they want great food one of the things we're doing is making the food great again. for years the industry got away
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from great food and i think you'll see that changing. >> also your packaging, there was an old way for wish bone and it looked like our grandparents' wish bone. it does matter, right? >> that's an interesting one because that's one of the businesses that struggled after we made the acquisition. when people shop salad dressing they're looking for variety. there was an issue with the label change that the team had made the variety was hidden that's an easy fix. >> i was going over these with my wife, wasn't telling her which ones but i named some of the old ones and then i said boom chick a pop and she said those are good brands, that must be a different company you have to work to try to make it so -- i know you love the old brands legacy did well. >> we like incrementalty when we take a brand like healthy choice and modernize it we get big-time velocities when we can add a modern brand to that we might be able to access incremental consumers put it together and end up with
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a higher overall household penetration than you would have had. >> how much promotion are you doing in store >> we do a tremendous amount of partnering with our customers right now and it's getting access to their dataso we can tailor or content to consumers it's sampling in store because these products are great to eat. it's things like getting merchandising at the end of an aisle when an item is new on shelves so consumers can find it. >> they're always -- >> they're brand new. >> i always pick them up. >> i want to thank shawn connolly look what's been accomplished. we want the people who are lifelong in their 20s and 30s. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much "mad money" is back after the break.
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forget "game of thrones. yesterday we got the world's biggest twist in the king of games, golf. after spending years in the dog house tiger woods made a remarkable comeback at the ripe old age of 43. he's young enough to be my son first major championship victory in more than a decade. it was a monumental moment for golf i watched it, so did you tiger is back on track to achieve greatest of all time status but i think it can have a huge impact on the golf industry tiger woods may be a deeply flawed character but there's no denying that the guy is a superstar and superstars are great at selling merchandise merchandise. now, i've been a big fan of golf stocks for roughly two and a half years and many of these names have been terrific
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long-term winners. still, a lot has changed recently and now that the sport once again has a truly iconic player who can actually win, i think it's worth going back over the golf plays to figure out which have the best prospects going forward. for those of you who know nothing about golf you have to understand that the sport was already on the road to recovery thanks to a major transformation in how they play the game. playing 18 holes of golf, that doesn't do it for the younger generati generation this is a par 3. but in recent years we've seen the rise of a new approach to the game, so-called course concepts like top golf we've talked to you about this it's the interactive driving range chain. you put him at targets in an outfield and they can score every shot for accuracy and distance going to the driving range can become a lot more competitive and entertaining it is fun. they conducted a survey of 17 to
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34-year-old kids with at least one top golf location and found that these off-course concepts are bringing lots of young people into the sport. at the same time, only about half of my baby boomers have retired. golf is absolutely also the sport of retirees. the numbers of new players have been steadily rising and you better believe those viewership numbers are going to get better now that tiger woods is back at the top of his game. how would he do with this one? this is the way i play look at this this is how you do it. hole in one. a recommend a pair of stocks we've highlighted before a curb net holdings which is the parent company of titleist and foot joy and also pushes
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calloway for home gamers they make everything from equipment to apparel are these two worth owning we started recommending calloway back in september of 2016 at $11.50 at this point they hadn't become public yet and it was the only player on the golf course. the next two years they climbed to 24 and change last september. then calloway got obliterated by the market in the fourth quarter it punched to 14 and change it hasn't really gotten its groove back rebounding just a couple of bucks. while you still have a 47% gain, you would have had a double if you had sold it last september bulls make money, bears make money, hogs get slaughtered. at the end of november we learned that they're borrowing
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$476 million in order to acquire a german company that makes outdoor equipment. unfortunately it looks like the deal won't be added to earnings until the second full year and even then slightly so. wall street's reaction was extremely negative and calloway punching 9% on the news. that's why this got hammered in december calloway reported in early february the company delivered terrific results revenue forecast was fabulous but guidance disappointed inve t investors. i'm not thrilled about this deal i wouldn't have liked it even if the numbers were better because the whole point of owning calloway was it was a pure play on golf. that's it. callow calloway has a great track record when it comes to acquiring businesses but what about the tepid earnings
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they've underpromised and overdelivered in 2017, 2018. i suspect they're sand bagging again this year. it's got a 30% long term growth rate and i think calloway is a bargain. by the time the masters rolled around i recommended 23 and change after a couple of amazing quarters i thought it looked good, initially rallied last august, 18% gain also like calloway it broke down during the fourth quarter. stock has been able to rebound to nearly 24 today. it's up less than a buck since i got behind it last year but with tiger winning the championship i think the bulls have a case that's much stronger 70% market share on the highest
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end balls. the titleist brand is taking share and taking names aku akushnet has equally robust guy ans. this is unexpensive, less than 15 times less. nike basically got a four-hour commercial yesterday with the final grouping of tiger woods, molinari and finau, all of whom are nike golf athletes those tiger woods mock neck golf shirts are already sold out in several colors on nike's website. how about cbs, could be a tasty takeover morsel in a year where everyone is desperate for more content. discovery has a multi-year partnership with tiger woods to make their own content and comcast also owns the golf
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channel. here's the bottom line, the golf renaissance is about to blow up thanks in part to tiger woods. right now the best pure play in the industry is a kushnet. if you prefer something more beaten down, i like calloway i think it's just more risky eric in arizona, eric. >> caller: hey jim, i just want to say my favorite part of the day is your morning rundown from the new york stock exchange with katherine ross it gives me content on what the market is doing and what to watch. >> thank you katherine is fabulous and we have a lot of fun and i'm glad you recognize the videos and i appreciate you're saying that. what's up? >> caller: my question is about camping world. i initiated a position in january because it has a nice dividend marcus lemonis bought it at a higher price but should i
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violate my basis and buy more? >> this is a tough one they got to put up some numbers. they have to they have to put up some numbers before i can recommend it. it's just not been doing well. it is up 28% this year from the bottom so i'm sure you can say it's doing well but it really isn't because it's been cut in half i have to wait for some good numbers, penalty box sorry. paul in connecticut, paul. >> caller: booyah, cramer. >> booyah. >> caller: my question is about caesar's, czr. how will the direction of the stock be influenced by anthony rudeo as a potential ceo and possible sale to eldorado resorts or golden nugget >> it's up 38% people keep talking about it i like las vegas sands i think caesar's can make money but lvs has a good balance sheet and could be worth a lot of money. with tiger woods sparking a
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renaissance in the golf industry, potential winners are emerging more "mad money. chevron just stepped on the gas on friday but the stock tumbled. what does it mean for the sector i'm talking to the ceo. why worries about the fed tightening are unwarranted and tonight's lightning round. stick with cramer.
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i've been waiting for consolidation in the oil industry there are just too many good ones and stocks are so cheap i figured a deal has to be
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inevitable finally we got the big one chevron is buying a major exploration company for $33 billion. i think it's a very smart deal, a game changer don't take it from me. let's get a closer look with mike wirth, the chairman and ceo of chevron who's here to tell us about this acquisition welcome to "mad money. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> i have long loved them from the days of mr. hackett because i thought they had unbelievable properties i was shocked that it never recovered even from when they won the colorado ballot. how come it was so cheap and how did you know it was the right time to go >> i'm not sure i can tell you exactly why it was the right time and why they have traded the way they have. they're a very good company. they've done a nice job hydrating their portfolio. they have good management and we like everything about it it's a good company, good assets, good people and a good deal.
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>> you're number one best area maybe in the country if not the world. >> we really like our position and we like it even better now that we've been able to combine with or when we combine and it is a great resource for our country and our company. >> some people have been telling me the permian is almost tapped out and others say with the new techniques and science we have there's years. >> years or decades. we're drilling hundreds of wells. we see thousands and thousands of locations and the technology does continue to get better, the practices get better and we see a lot of room for permian. >> international has always been your specialty but you're all over the world this mozambique facility, i love it but there are insurgents there. there is worry how can you make it so that that's safe because that's one of the great -- you're getting a
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gift. >> it's a beautiful gas resource and we've operated in africa for 100 years. we're not unfamiliar with some of the challenges that go with working in that part of the world. we've been in nigeria, angola, republic of congo, south africa. we know africa we know the precautions we need to take to keep ourpeople and operations safe. they've done a nice job developing this project and we're highly supportive of them advancing it here and we look forward to a successful project. >> you were able to get this some people are saying there was a mid 70s bid. you can't tell me why anadarko chose you. your offer was one that they seemed to think was more compelling than another offer that was higher priced why did they like chevron, if you can give me any hint at all. >> i can't really speak on behalf of their board. i can tell you that we put together what we think is a full
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and compelling offer there's a beautiful strategic fit between our companies. we have a complimentary position in the permian, deep water, mozambique it's baseball season, it's a grand slam it doesn't get any better than that >> it's rather amazing how contiguous you are. >> we have a very contiguous blocked up area that we can develop it with great efficiency and create real value for the shareholders of both companies. >> i was surprised to hear you're talking about maybe shedding $20 billion of assets go you really have that much that you're willing to sell? >> we have a global portfoli and a lot of value in really good assets from chevron, really good assets that will come in from anadarko and we're going to operate in a disciplined capital regime and we won't be able to fund everything that we have what we've learned is there are projects that meet our economic
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thresholds but they're not as strong as others in our inventory, and oftentimes those projects are a better fit for someone else so we'll move assets out that aren't the strongest assets that might be very good for others to operate and invest in. >> did you know that ox dental was on the verge of making a bid on the same day? >> we didn't know anything other than our negotiations and discussions with anadarko. >> were you surprised to know that they were about to make a move >> i can't comment on that we've made a full and compelling offer. it's a certain offer and we intend to close. >> the third largest u.s. processor of heavy sulfur is a whaling crude. it looks like venezuela crude is not coming so what will you do with that facility >> you can run a variety of crudes one of the challenges is more
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will be exported the u.s. refining system is built to run different grades but those grades are available in the world and we're efficient at optimizing feed stocks with shipping into refineries and arnold t around the world. >> one last question anadar anadarko's stock wasn't up was there anything about that quarter that gave you any trepidation about this >> no. we looked through any quarterly effects. this is a long-term business. >> this is what happens, they have one bad quarter you and i both know that's a great company. i was in shock that it was hit so hard given the reputation how good they are, how good the properties are that was a fabulous opportunity for you. >> it's a long-term business, great assets, great people we're looking forward to creating value for the shareholder. >> you upped the buyback the
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same day you did it. "mad money" is back after the break.
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it is time are you ready? lightning round. let's go to andrea in ohio. >> caller: booyah, jim >> booyah. >> caller: i'm 20 years old and i'm looking to invest in some speculative stocks and i was just wondering what you think of cpnl. >> that's about as speculative as it gets that's a niche payment processor. you said it's speculative so i say bye-bye. >> caller: hey jim, from boston, massachusetts. my question is this, now that they've been dropped from the bidding on the pentagon's jedi cloud contract should oracle be
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considered second class -- >> no, it's fine it's an inexpensive stock that needs a catalyst this didn't shock me they have a cloud business, larry talks about it a lot but it's not like amazon's phil in new jersey. >> caller: booyah, dr. cramer. walmart looks like it's getting ready to go to a 52-week high. is this a good buy >> yes it's inexpensive and no one is championing it except for me brad in michigan, brad >> caller: jim, thanks for taking my call what do you think about nectar therapeutic. >> not a great company maybe they get a bid because of oncolo oncology don't buy. christine in florida, christine. >> caller: how are you doing i'm in central florida >> excellent >> caller: nice and sunny here >> that's good
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how are you are we doing stock-wise >> caller: what do you think of the home builder brothers? >> i like the home builders. i think horton is a little better than toll and so is len nor but toll is good david in virginia. >> caller: booyah, professor cramer norwegian cruise lines reached a 52-week high today is it time to ring the register? do you think it's going to keep cruising higher? >> i think frank del rio has told us a compelling story from day one and i would stick with frank. stick with norwegian jayden in illinois, jayden >> caller: jim, how about tiger woods yesterday. >> it was something, wasn't it i enjoyed that. >> caller: is it a good time to buy stock ticker blue. >> that's always a ridesmaid,
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never a braid. it's a great speck and i'll leave it as a speck. how about we go to david in kansas, david. >> caller: yes, sir. go eagles, go chiefs >> go birdies. >> caller: my stock is broad com. >> i wanted to buy it. we never got the chance. one more, patrick in iowa, patrick. >> caller: hey jim, patrick. shoutout from omaha, nebraska. my stock is cadence design system >> design automation software. i once had this stock and i like it very much and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the is the conclusion of the lightning round. ed at chart patterns. i've even built my own historic trading model. and you're still not sure if you want to make the trade? exactly. sounds like a case of analysis paralysis.
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every night when i explain why we're not going no recession i get pushback from people who argue if the economy is doing as well as i'm claiming doesn't that mean it's time for the federal reserve fo start tightening again if i can come up with examples of how things are better than expected, aren't we sowing the seeds of our destruction the last time the fed raised interest rates and the economy hit a wall, so if things are good, what's stopping the fed chief from tightening again aside from president trump's
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increasingly irrational taxes on our central bank take yes for an answer but to get back on track, this hole idea that either the economy is bad or good enough for the fed to tighten is a false dichotomy. it's not either/or i don't know where people are getting the idea that when the economy is healthy the fed needs to switch directions and start hiking rates again there's a middle ground where business is better but there's not enough inflation to warrant more tightening. i'm not saying the economy's in great shape. the point i'm making is that it's foolish to in -- the fed knows the situation is fragile so i think they'll stay on hold. why i am confident we don't have any more rate hikes in the future, what's that about? first retail if your store is going to succeed you need to offer value,
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experience and a great online presence unless you're selling incredibly cheap merchandise any retailer that doesn't have the strategy isn't doing that well what is the weakness in nearly every department store chain aside from kohl's. no reason for the fed to get more hawkish second, banking, when you see the profits the companies are putting up, it's easy to wonder if the economy might be more overheated they're saving money by replacing human workers with machines it's not great what else? most of what's working in tech revolves around the cloud and the cloud isn't cyclical the big numbers we keep seeing at companies like sysco or salesforce.com are all about helping their clients save money by embracing the power of the w web. while the stocks are doing well, the actual companies aren't. housing, major home builders have managed to corner the market on the best real estate
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while hurting their little guy competitors. plus the zoning laws are so difficult that smaller builders often have to give up and sell terrific properties. don't presume housing is on fire they're in two different directions there's been no real pick-up in auto sales, although i didn't hear good things about the mix at ford. finally, there's the rest of the world. china has stimulus that seems to be working there's no getting around it, europe is weaker than it was so to me, we're pretty much in the middle of the road where no tightening is needed but if things slip we have plenty of room for the fed to cut rates. that's what i'd be focusing on here, not the possibility of another tightening jay powell learned his lesson from what we went through in that miserable fourth quarter. stick with cramer.
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yes! that's why i wear skechers slip-ons. they're effortless. just slip them right on and off. skechers slip-ons, with air-cooled memory foam. 529 plan? a 10-k? what's an etf? an ipo? 401(k)? where do i start? empower yourself with the free tools and resources on investor.gov. before you invest, investor.gov. goldman, people think it was bad. remember i said it was coming in too hot? it's fine. partnerships historically has let people sell the next couple days pressure today, pressure tomorrow and pressure wednesday. wednesday's the day you probably want to do some buying there's always a bull market somewhere and i'll find it right here for you on "mad money." i'm jim cramer and i will see you tomorrow
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