they don't want you to buy generic products. they want you to buy their product. they need to get people thinking separately, to buy something specific to their company. think of packaging. coca-cola bottle is a famous example, it was trademarked so early. if you want them to recognize products by what they look like -- here is the thing, americans don't want to do it at first. they are suspicious of packaged goods. they think it is more untrustworthy that stuff in the barrel. they would rather go in with their own container and scoop out what they want and fill it rather than buying something in a package. in packaging, they can't see it or smell it or tasted. that is what they are used to, they are accustomed to having a way that to make sure what they are buying is in the package. the specific kind of shopping that a lot of us do today. so somehow, the advertisers have to get them to change their behavior and start preferring prepackaged goods rather than stuff they have been accustomed to, a choice of their own. they have to make people think that the boxes ar

when you had your mac at home and you were afraid to buy anything else. you had your itunes account. and you were so afraid to disconnect. now you have streaming services. no one is worried about their music anymore. >> it is a screen. >> i think the major issue that you can still have a little bit of a run higher is still going to be that money offshore and what happens. china are use apple. >> 200 million offshore. they bring stock back? make the assumption they have 40% of the sales in the u.s. you're talking about maybe. they'll make up 10% of the hit like that or most of the hit like that. >> i think that's the most interest thing. the ability to the repatriation thing for apple is huge. if they can get even just a quarter of that money back and then put to it work. that's a monster thing. i think that was the all time high. in the spring of last year. could i see that. the only thing that concerns me is apple is next company in the trump cross hairs. it would seem rather logical to me. i have no idea. i don't think he probably knows. >> they're tryi

i tell you to buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell.e'll play this sound -- [ buzzer ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." start with michael in oregon, michael. >> caller: hey, jim cramer. booyah, jim cramer. >> booyah. >> thank you for all your help in the stock market. >> thank you. >> caller: i worked on harley-davidsons for a living, and i want your opinion of should i short harley-davidson? >> here's the problem with it. i don't know how the quarter is going. i think the brand is terrific, it has great brand equity. i do feel you can own it for the long term, but the short term, it has been a rocky performer. let's go to rupert in new mexico, rupert. >> caller: booyah, jim. >> booyah. >> caller: i'm asking about acadia health, achc. buy, sell, or hold? >> behavioral health centers, yeah. let me do some more work on that because that group is so in flux because of the -- >> trump stock. >> not a trump stock. >> i'm not going to opine until i

i tell you to buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell. we'll play this sound -- [ buzzer ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." we'll start with kim in new jersey, kim. >> caller: hi, jim. i want to give you a big booyah from new jersey. thanks for taking my school. >> booyah back at you. what's up? >> caller: i'm long on yahoo, and i don't know how to evaluate it given that it's being split apart. >> well, it's done. it's done. we're just going to take the cash and we're going to do some better things with it. even an index fund over that one. let me tell you, you're done there. let's go to joseph in connecticut, joseph. >> caller: jim, thanks for taking my phone call. >> of course. >> caller: long time listener, first-time caller. >> all right. >> caller: the stock i'm interested in is srtt. >> no. again, this one has already made its move. i think that the easy money has been made. i'm not going to get you in there for the tough money. how about b

i tell you to buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell. we'll play this sound -- [ buzzer ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." we'll start with william in louisiana, william. >> caller: hi, jim. thank you. my wife and i came up with a great name for you. we call you the expert's experts. my question is i brought bookshire hathaway b in 2010. should i hold? >> absolutely. if anything, buy more. i think the stock is incredibly undervalued. dennis in kansas, dennis. >> caller: thank you for taking my call, jim. my question is about west star energy. >> a good utility company. i happen to favor dominion and american electric power. rita in new york, rita. >> caller: yes. i bought wisconsin energy 5 1/2 years ago on your recommendation. i did very well with it. i basically get a 6.5% dividend on it, but it has not been doing well lately, and i'm not sure what to do. >> well, rita, we're in one of those markets now that likes the super juiced industrials.

i tell you to buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell.ll play this sound -- [ buzzer ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." let's start with ike in new york, ike. >> caller: hi, jim. thanks for taking my call. >> of course, ike. >> caller: okay. i own activision blizzard which seems to run into resistance at around 39. i'd like your general feelgs about the company and where you think it's wise to hold it. >> my favorite has always been take two. i've been with take two the whole way. it's certainly got more mojo. another, omar in texas, omar. >> caller: a big howdy from the great state of texas. >> fantastic. >> caller: i want to thank you for your market insight over the years. >> all right, thank you very much. thank you. stock? >> caller: hey, i bought a array at 550. >> that's a speculative stock. you have got a chance right now to play with the house's money. take off half and you'll be a winner. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusio

jim, you you buy it?ooe woo weiss, you hold it. >> i think at 31 times earnings, if you want to be in this space this is a price at which you can buy it. 31 times is really cheap for this stock. >> go, please. >> i actually like it. i like the space. you know, it's -- my view is this company, like amazon, is just unanalyzable. >> facebook is unanalyzable? >> sure. how do you predict the earnings? my point is that i like them because i like management. i like the market share they have. i like their business model. i can't go out with some other companies and do channel checks, see what they have. so it's somewhat of a leap of faith. >> so i own facebook and we've owned it for a while. i haven't bought it in the last couple of weeks. nice run-up from 112. i think you look at facebook and you look at google and i've said this before. two companies that i want to own. great cash flow. i understand about the channel checks but you can look at most of the advertising online is concentrated between these two. >

, buy, buy! sell, sell, sell! >> steve smith sr. he's unbelievable. all right. it is time! it is time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." that's where i take your calls rapid fire. you tell me the name of the stock. i tell you to buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell. we'll play this sound -- [ buzzer ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." let's start with dave in florida, dave. >> caller: hey, jim, a big booyah to you. >> what's happening? the golden great 98. i used to live down there in t-hassee. >> caller: i've been following one for about a year, jim. about halfway through i bailed out. then i got back in it because it seemed like they got their act back together. it's called cvs health corp. >> it's a very good company. my charitable trust owns walgreens. otherwise, we would not own it because brick and mortar retail is -- james in west virginia, james. >> caller: hey, jim. booyah. >> booyah.

buy futures for those who can. >> buy more weatherford.t's it. >> well prepared here. >> and i like the retailers. i think that affordability is not going to be around. big benefit. >> we'll see you soon. thanks for watching. "power" starts now. >> i'm brian sullivan. here is your power menu today. four years, cnbc has been taken you insight mind of one donald trump. ahead of his inauguration, we dug through our archives to bring you the president-elect in his own words. >>> also ahead, the real view from switzerland and the makers of swiss miss, among a ton of other products, conagra ceo is here. >>> giant cover-up in d.c. going on ahead of the inauguration but, trust us, it is not what you think. we'll explain as "power lunch"

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are there name you can still buy, absolutely. >> should we be worried that buying at the tops? >> what is exciting, it is happening at a time when i think we're getting global synchronized growth. i talked about the pmis that have been extraordinary. a country like germany, i know this is about our stock market but if the rest of the world is happening at the same time, it will go higher. the banks have led us. you had a pullback, at least a sideways move in banks. they can go higher. and then you get back to, value has been worth buying. i think you stay in the places that still offer value. we talked about the autos, the airlines. i think those places can still be bought. >> i would add a big part of value over growth. what has been leading? if you look at a dow stock. look at apple. that's still 9% from its high. >> they buy back a lot of zpok it is a product driven story. if the dow will continue to eek higher, the dow could get back. >> we had financials lead, industrials lead, we've been waiting for this moment for 20,000 for about a month now. >> this is what it was like

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buying things that are pretty safe. here in the u.s. what you're going to have is idiosyncratic type of opportunities where there's always companies that are in trouble. there's always situations. by the way, now is a phenomenal time for one simple reason, because you've got positive gdp growth. where you like to be able to invest where you're investing in a company that's got an issue and it's more because it's highly levered as opposed to anything else in a rising economy. all right. so you're not going to see as many opportunities but the ones you do see you'll be able to do pretty well. >> as long as you're looking in the right places. >> hopefully, yes. >> dominic chu, you have a market flash for us? s >> i do. retail stocks today because you have the spider retail etf up more than 2% on pace for best days since early december. gap shares among the leaders so far in that etf. the stock is up 5% so far. adding to its 9 'gain so far this week. shares are there on track for best week since mid november. other top gainer, abercrombie w

coming up, buying american.t of you, perhaps, most americans think it's a good thing, but it's not. but you better not say that to the mob. >> you should go away, i think you should go away. [ sirens ] . >> john: americans prefer products that are supposedly made here. opel found a majority are willing to pay more for that. and we are told we should buy things made in america. i think as a country we shall focus to buy american. >> by american made products to put other americans to work. >> scott paul says absolutely a puts americans to work. president for the alliance of american a manufacturing. hopes whole but some say by american campaigns are stupid. it doesn't raise american wages. >> that doesn't make sense. then i give somebody a job. >> but they buy things from the americans but do they held the americans which create jobs in american wages. john: by allowing free trade everybody gets the best price period we can specialize then we let the world specialize what they do best. john: i would say most econ

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now do i buy those names? even though i know there is a good chance that a lot of these names will go higher. there's a good chance. >> how much fear is there in you look at the markets and say s&p nerngs 2017. probably 17, 18 times? not overly expensive. next year, $136 in earnings. roughly -- >> but saying we're going to be at $136 is something that we have not been able to do. >> my point is that's without trump initiatives. add that into the mix. >> but your base case -- >> no. that's just sort of the street. >> you're saying that trump and ryan are not in this stock market rally. of course they are. >> the sectors have proven to rally appropriately. the financials have rallied appropriately. >> but here's the part. they've rallied fast. they've rallied really fiercely. >> what's your bottom line? >> people want to buy this market. they want to establish full positions. >> but they don't have it yet. it's a name that we've been long. she's still long in the name. right out of trump. it was $78. ran up to m

i tell you to buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell.we'll play this sound -- [ buzzer ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." we'll start with scott in florida, scott. >> caller: baba booyah. coming from hollywood, florida. >> i love hollywood. lived there for a little bit. what's going on? >> caller: my stock is vz. >> it's run a lot. the problem is that there's been upgrade, upgrade, upgrade. you got to let it come down a little, and then you can pull the trigger. not yet. let's go to mark in michigan, mark. >> caller: hey, how you doing, jimmy? booyah. my question is about a stock that i've owned for a while. american power, symbol amp. they seemed to have fallen out of favor lately. >> it has because there's a lot of talk of mergers in the business. i would say american tower is the best in the business. it's worth owning. i think the stock if you can get it under 100 is terrific. let's go to terry in west virginia, terry. >> caller: hello, jim.

i would not be buying it as a tech play. buy it for what it is.vidend yield if you like it. >> adco. big momentum. that's for you, josh. >> final comment? thank you for being with us. >> economic growth is accelerating at the fastest pace since 2010. equities are expensive. if you can find cheap ones exposed to economic growth that's where you want to be. tech, industrials, media. >> pleasure. thank you. also buying calls on target. that does it for "halftime." an awesome "power lunch" begins right now. >> it sure does, brian. thank you. we'll see brian in a few minutes. i'm michelle caruso-cabrera. big three automakers topping the big three things we're watching this hour. president meeting them today at the white house. ripple effects and more straight ahead. we're also waiting a white house press briefing set to begin in less than half an hour from now. we'll bring it to you live. and busy day of earnings, five dow components out with results. latest market reaction from wall street coming up. "power lunch" starts

if this stock comes down as a sell off, i want you to. >> buy, buy, buy.ew jersey. >> caller: hi, listen, number one, you and your family have a happy healthy new year. >> thank you very much. same. >> caller: all right. number two, serl. >> that's the lowest quality of the drillers. i prefer schlumberger. you can read about it. we like it very much. i think that that's a much better way. they do report later this week. we want to go high quality and thank you for the nice words. michael in new jersey, michael. >> caller: jim, how are you doing? >> good, how about you? >> caller: great, thanks for taking my call. i'm interested in hiiq. >> go high quality. united health reported a great quarter. what happens when that company puts a great quarter and stock goes down? does that mean? you do some buying when the stock -- you don't chase it, it comes to you. let's go to corey in new york, corey? >> caller: how is it going, jim, great to be on the show. >> how are you? >> caller: i've been day trading for about a year. messed around with one stock last year, i

prices going higher or buy those oil economies.hose things at $60 oil, make a lot of sense. >> are any stocks a lot of energy? >> if that happens, they're exporters, that would be great. i'm skeptical that it happens. >> you have to stay with the a.p. space. then they're not producing here because there are cheaper prices abroad. so stay away from refiners. it has the best acre average in the sector. >> coming up, the one tech stock that can see $20 billion shift in market capital when it reports earnings. we'll tell you why. take one. directv now. stream all your entertainment! anywhere! anytime! can we lose the 'all'. there's no cbs and we don't have a ton of sports. anywhere, any... let's lose the 'anywhere, anytime' too. you can't download on-the-go, there's no dvr, yada yada yada. stream some stuff! somewhere! sometimes! you totally nailed that buddy. simple. don't let directv now limit your entertainment. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. >>> apple down slightly today ahead of its report tomorrow. what can

i tell you to buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell.e'll play this sound -- [ buzzer ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." going to start with bernie in new jersey, bernie. >> caller: hey, jim, booyah. >> booyah. >> caller: first of all, as a college professor, i would just like to compliment you on your terrific communication and teaching skills. >> thank you. that's what i try to do. that's what i try to do every night. thank you for recognizing what the show is about. i really appreciate it, sir. how can i help? oh, did we lose him? certainly nice to hear, right? all right. let's go to sujit in washington. >> caller: booyah, jim. >> booyah. >> caller: hey, love your show. >> thank you. >> caller: i wanted to know should i hold or should i sell my position on fitbit? >> i expect nothing good to come of fitbit. it turned out to be a commodity. that's all it really was. it's a shame because it had such a great concept, but there's just too many of

i tell you to buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell.we'll play this sound -- [ buzzer ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." i'm going to start with jason in new jersey, jason. >> caller: jim, welcome back. >> thank you. >> caller: you're welcome. advanced micro was trading like someone knows something. what are you thinking? >> no, i don't think anyone knows something other than the fact that the company is doing much better than people think. it does have kind of a difficult agreement that may cause some profit taking, but i will tell you that amd is back, and i think it can still go higher. i'd like to go to laura in new york, laura. >> caller: speaking. >> there you go. >> caller: hi. i'd like to know i've had merck for quite a well. should i hold it or sell it? >> merck, i think, is a hold. i believe in the work that ken frazier is doing, and i would not sell the stock. don't forget it also yields 3%. how about adrian in alabama, adrian. >>. >

those are the names you want to buy.ou want a pull back in crude to buy. >> finals to buy them lower based on earnings, earnings could never validate what we've seen in the market thus far. but i believe they are going to be a buy once we get past the first week or two of earnings. if you look at energy the real buying opportunity isn't in the a and p space. it's in the services space. that's where it will happen in the services. >> tesla, i think it was january 3rd we were sitting around here came out with their deliveries. they were light by 11%, 12%, initial reaction was to sell off the stock. look what it's done since then and we've talked about tesla. the fact that -- i don't think there's the incremental seller to get it down to that 180 level and tesla does a levytation act now 231. people upgrade namg. guggenheim put a price target. >> etf, identify been bearish. continues to go lower. neiman pulled their ipo. i've been saying this for a while. much fewer department stores. more devastation to go. more store clos

would you buy it or not? >> no, i wouldn't buy it. it's been negative quite some time because it's been -- it's been overvalued for quite some time and it overvalued company with graet rate is continuing to decline and management misses their own guidance continues to be a recipe for disaster. so i went through the earnings release. i went through the guidance and the prior quarters and the growth from the sales are active. if you compare part of this, such as connected to fitness and where their initiatives are to what we saw with fitbit you come to a conclusion that it's a fad. so they're a high-priced company -- >> wait a minute, you can -- you're not saying that under armour is a fad? is that -- >> no, i'm not saying under armour is a fad. some of the products that they're trying to go into are a bit faddish. so when you're taking a look at -- and expensive. so when you take a look at what they're trying to do in terms of measuring your performance through clothing, through shoes, that's been tried -- nike has been trying to do th

i tell you to buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell. we'll play this sound -- [ buzzer ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." we'll start with debbie in new york, debbie. >> caller: hey, jim. i absolutely love watching you. i think you're wonderful and you're helping me out a lot. >> thank you. >> caller: i was wondering if you could give me your opinion on western digital. >> $70. i think it goes to $85. they made me feel even better about the stock because i like flash memory. i like the san disk acquisition. i like them. mark in indiana, mark. >> caller: hello, jim. i'm a daily listener, first time caller. love your show. >> thank you. >> caller: i bought farrell gas on the way down. in the past week or two, it's raised quite a bit. do you think it's getting ready to take off? >> there are forces going on in the propane business right now that trade day to day. rusty brazil has a tutorial. it is too hard. i would not sell it down here. the cross

i would buy more.ike to not buy it on a day like today, but -- >> difference gevidends and buy encouraging. but it will be better. >> let's move on to the move of the day. check out the etf, whole group rallies as southwest says its passenger traffic was up 4.2% for the month of december. karen, you own some airlines. >> southwest was the catalyst. there was another catalyst of an analyst report about -- >> alaska air and the thought that fiscal stimulus could benefit the domestic airlines. >> and united airlines after the close came out with what were good numbers. so that stock is looking up. it's all great. i'm actually thinking it's a little too great. i'll look for sell some calls against it tomorrow. >> spirit airlines was up big again today. if you're looking for a name, i still i think spirit can go a lot higher. >> big cap airline, you have to go delta. it offers the most value. there is a reason why. >> still ahead, commodities king dennis gartman says one group of stocks that has been rallie

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do you buy that in. >> i have done some buying.ought into gilead and some of the names beaten up. and i think there will be some negotiation, some cleaning up of this entire thing in terms of the health care world. and i do still have a little apprehension. i know how these tweets work and it makes me nervous. in terms of the drug pricing. at any moment, that could be another button pushed on the twitter machine. >> you have biotech as a sizable portion. you have insurers, hospital stocks, and all of these sub sectors stand to be hit in some way in the coming week. either by a tweet on drug pricing, a repeal of obamacare. does this make you want to be in this sector? >> no. the easiest thing is the repeal of obamacare. i think he will keep a lot intact. the problem is the head winds are pricing. the pricing is going to loom. it is bipartisan. they are going on hit you. time and time again on hmos, on reimbursement, on everything involved. >> the distributors, i wouldn't touch them. biotech, look. pricing will be an overhang. no que

i tell you to buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell.ll play this sound -- [ buzzer ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." let's start with dan in nebraska, dan. >> caller: booyah, jim. >> yes. >> caller: been with you since the radio show. >> thank you. >> caller: as you've been saying, the pharma stocks are not trump stocks. unfortunately i'm on one of the favorites at a loss. should i hold allergan? >> allergan is the only stock that the actionalertsplus.com club owns. the reason is because i think brent saunders is going to turn it around. i say you can own agm, but it's the only one. joshua in florida, joshua. >> caller: booyah, from florida, jim. i wanted to ask you, abg, is this going to keep going down or is it about to rebound? >> i think the stock can rebound. i have to tell you. in the auto parts business, you know i like aap. i know it's not a car retailer, but advanced auto parts i think is a terrific situation. let's go to mark in flor

many like allergan, regeneron are buy or on the verge of being so. you need patience to buy them. "mad money" is back after the break. caca m w(cur >>> it is time, it is time for the first lightning round of 2017. wow, take your calls rapid fire. play the sound and then the lightning round is over. are you ready? time for the lightning round. start with john in louisiana, john? >> hey, james, how are you doing? >> i'm doing good. happy new year. what's shake sng. >> caller: happy new year. i'm finally on the phone with themaniac. it's an honor. i've been watching sirius since it was 17 cents and i traded it and made money and now i'm looking to get back into it. >> i like that call. pull the trigger. i think it is an inexpensive stock. i -- boy, do i wish apple would buy them but that apple does what it wants to do. peggy in michigan, peggy? >> caller: hi, gajim. >> hey, pig. >> caller: i'm glad to see you looking better. you need more sleep, buddy. >> i did get a little burned out. thank you, peggy. i did get a little burned out. go ahead. >> caller: everybody is concerned about

sell, sell, buy, buy. are you ready? time for the lightning round.'s start with braydon in florida. braydon? call >> caller:, hi, jim, it's braydon and i'm 18 and looking to make my first stock trade. >> be able to make that, buy schlumberger and own it for a long time. arthur in california, arthur? >> caller: mr. cramer, thank you for advice over the last five years. >> thank you. >> caller: i checked my portfolio and i saw alcoa down 27% and arconi can down 27%. do i sell -- >> those are actually. there is an adjustment there that would indicate they are not down as much. aa is the company that's the commodity side. 18% is owned by arconic can sell that stock, which i think makes it so if you buy aa off of a commodity, you may end one a big slug. lets be careful. tom in oregon, tom? >> caller: i'm from central oregon, jim. >> what's going on? >> with a lot of chip company stocks doing well, guy work seems to be stuck in a channel. what's your opinion? >> sky works has the most -- the actual most property in an apple but the problem is is that there

everyone told you at the beginning of the year, buy u.s. buy international sales exposure. ignore international sales exposure. josh, i know you've mentioned, rightfully so, being in em is a place of opportunity. that strategy, buying u.s. sales, is down 3.5% already year to date. >> right. >> u.s. dollar is pulling back. u.s. tenure, scott, goes from 250 to 239. so, already, we're kind of offside in the marketplace on what the strategy is. and that is the important thing to focus on right now. that, scott -- >> part of my point is, what, you're going to sell stocks because you didn't like his inaugural address in are you going to sell stocks because you didn't like the tweeting or commentary over the weekend or are you going to be comfortable being in the market because of the meeting and type of meetings he's going to have on a regular basis with the business community? >> you're going to trim a portfolio because the indicators you expected to go a certain way. dollar higher, not lower. ten-year treasury yield not trading to 240. you're going to trim your portfolio becaus

i tell you to buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell.y this sound -- [ buzzer ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." i'm going to start with ken in ohio, ken. >> caller: baba ba booyah, jim. >> i like that. what's up? >> caller: what do you think about eqt midstream. >> i like it but i prefer magellan midstream. my charitable trust owns that one. i feel more confident about the earnings power. let's go to bret in south carolina, bret. >> caller: booyah, jim. >> booyah. >> caller: i recently purchased some shares of hormel, and i just got to know what you think about it. >> look, i like hormel long term because of changes that they're making to be more natural and organic. but remember in a trump rally -- >> not a trump stock. >> is hormel. let's go to jeff in ohio, jeff. >> caller: booyah, mr. cramer. >> booyah. >> caller: hey, i was wondering about bas, basic energy services. >> i am a guy who believes that you have to buy the highest quality in th

our next guest says buy the dip.he is the firm's global chief investment officer joins us from california. this is a pleasure to have you with us. this is a rare appearance. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. it is great to be here and to be here in california. they own private businesses and keep us updated in a proprietary network. we don't have to wait until quarter ends to know what's going on. >> and what is going on? we've had three straight, i know you're not a short term person. we've had three straight days of losses and we've been at a standstill for a month and a half basically. >> we still like equities here. i think there's been too much of a focus on the trump administration. and the president. because at the end of the day, as we all know, the president is limited in his powers. what worked for us in 2016, and lith work as we get into 2017. focus on corporate earnings. focus on global growth and do the central banks remain supportive. i think what you're seeing here is that people got a little too

and where we buy it. that's wrong. that's not american. k to forb. david: donald trump praising l.l. bean's co-owner for standing up to liberals, calling for a boycott because she supports donald trump. trump tweeting thank you to linda bean of l.l. bean for your great support and courage. people are going to support you more now, buy l.l. bean. kind of an ad. and here is linda bean saying why she is not backing down. >> it's a bullying. it's bullying me personally. it's bullying now the company that didn't give the nation. i gave the donation personally to a pac to support trump, but the point is we should have that privilege. we live in america, this is a free country, i thought. david: i love her attitude. isn't that how companies should deal with liberal intimidation tactics? >> you're right. you have to act promptly or otherwise this'll paint you as something that you're not. good tore president-elect trump tweeting out. he has nearly 20 million followers, they want to know what he has to say. david:

buying a first home is a serious m matter.n china, owning a home and a car is a status symbol for men. without such assets, future in-laws would not be happy. this man moved here two years ago in search of work. he has a girlfriend he wants to marry in the near future. at the moment, he lives in a share house with friends save money. his monthly income from an it firm is $2,600. about five times higher than when he lived in the countryside. he's saving half of that income for his future marriage. he cuts costs as much as possible. including food expenses. but it will still take 10 years for him to save enough money for a down payment on a home. he and his girlfriend are now thinking of renting a new apartment with the money they've saved so far. although he dreams of purchasing a home before he marries, the reality is bleak. >> she now works as an interior designer and met lee through a frie friend. >> lee came to beijing in search of a wealthy life. but his hopes for marrying, buying a home and rearing children here have been

let's take that for the whole market, pete, is now the best time to buy stocks?> i will give you this example. it's the best time to continue to buy the financials and the reason i say that, scott, is i saw the smartest trading at the beginning of today. we talk about regional banks and maybe that's a great area to be. i still like the big banks but a few regional banks as well. we saw huge put buying in the regional bank index as volatility hit the lower levels of the last couple weeks. we were trading in the low 13s earlier in the vix itself. the implied volatilities were low. look at the kre where i saw hedging. some buying of puts. when you go back, you go back to november and see the kre trading 43. now it's trading 56. the smart trade isn't to get rid of it, it's to buy protection now. >> all right, pete, you stay with us for a bit. we'll see you after this short break. >>> michael kors got hit with a downgrade and price market cut. there is no catalyst for that stock. shares down 7% over the past month. the trade is just ahead in the blitz. ou ive? trigju

that is a great reason to buy the market. do you buy the dow? no, you don't just buy 30 stocks. buy the market. neil: a lot of people are not as smart as charles. they take the fallback, i will invest in an average or these days they buy etfs if they like technology or banking sector, a good escape route, right? >> right. you can buy indexes that represent the entire marketplace, right? neil: right. >> this is good excuse to start looking at sectors. neil: what do you tell young people? >> buy. all the time. they have 40 years. neil: buy all the time. >> today and february. >> they have 40 years to wait it out. neil: i don't think they believe in dollar-cost averaging. same amount every six months. >> if you buy individual stocks with good different -- dividends. if you tell me apple is riding high a year from now, you better be able to predict donald trump's fiscal policies. you have. neil: you're fixated on here and now and donald trump. these guys are going well into the future. >> well, here's the problem, do people with families that have modest means, do they have the stom

i tell you to buy, buy, buy or sell, sell, sell.lay this sound -- [ buzzer ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." let's start with jerry in michigan, jerry. >> caller: jim, good to talk to you, buddy. i've got a question on box. >> look, i thought aaron did a great job the last time he was on. i said buy. it was at 14. it's at 17. i think it goes to 20. let's go to anthony in illinois, anthony. >> caller: hello. booyah, jim. >> booyah. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. >> what you got? >> caller: my question is for a company called chem warsco. >> that one has already left. i'm wait too late on that. let's go to ricky in pennsylvania. >> caller: hi, jim, zoe serks. >> i'm not liking the restaurant stocks. i think they're too hard to own. stephen in washington, stephen. >> caller: jim, my question is when is it time to buy hertz? >> you know, i got to relook at it again. there's been so much changes there. i will actually do some work on

t'co >>> it is time, it is time for the lightning round. >> buy, buy, sell, sell, buy, buy. >> and thenhe lightning round is over. are you ready? time for the lightning round. michael in new jersey, michael? >> caller: hello. >> michael, you're up. >> caller: hi, jim. look, first hv ti-time caller. love your show. my question is tech resources. >> if you think growth will continue, this remarkable stock is going to keep going higher. i have to prefer free port, fcx but if you think the world goes higher, tech goes higher with it. jay in california. >> caller: boo-yah. >> boo-yah. >> caller: i want to know about molina health care. >> let's understand each other i am only recommending one in that group and that stock is united health. unh, which i think you can go up ten points and hmolina mianders >> love it. how can i help? >> caller: jim, we want to know about royal caribbean cruise lines. >> it's terrific. why am i partial to carnival? donald does a remarkable job. that's the one i want to be in. jake in pennsylvania, jake. >> boo-yah. >> doing well, how about you? >> i'm doing well.

it buys you time.he cash overseas, hopefully some favorable policies to bring it back over. >> they sold one -- >> 1 million watches in the third quarter. >> they have a record, by the way. it's a record. >> i think it's a bust relative to what apple is. >> by the way, what is a bust -- >> still a huge number. that's the point you're making. >> tim cook didn't get beaten down. >> i'm with you. >> i'm refuting the fact. >> here's what i'm saying -- >> you're right -- it's a bust relative to what iphone sales have been. >> it's a bust because you put an unrealistic number in the sky. >> of what the company has done in the past. you can't get your polls. fitbit, you look at it, you get it. >> george jettison -- >> come back to one -- final -- >> hurry up. >> when you have 90% retention, your customers are willing to wait for your next product. and you know what they're also willing to do? pay for it. pricing power is the most important dynamic in this market right now. there was no other company that has

buy right is when you buy stock and sell calls against it. what to you want to look for?f all, you want to be bullish on the underlying stock. you're buying it. you're going to look to collect premium by selling options. i look to collect 1% per month. obviously, if the stock is much more volatile, it might be more than that. if it's less, slightly less. i want to sell calls at a strike where i'm leaving upside, room for appreciation. we're taking a look at neufeld exploration. it's been bouncing around the 44 level. today it was around $41. and when i was taking a look out to march, you could look at buying the stock here and selling the march 45 call, you're going to collect $1.45. nice thing about that, obviously, as long as the stock stays below that level you keep both the premium and gains on the stock. so this is a situation where you get to collect a little, give yourself a dividend. you have about 10% to that upside strike, because the stock's 41, up $4 from here. so this is a way you're giving yourself some upside, a little yield, and a little down side protecti

and where we buy it. that's wrong. that's not american. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. thnorth and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. g new cars. you're smart. you already knew that. but it's also great for finding the perfect used car. you'll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. now you're even smarter. this is truecar. david: donald trump praising l.l. bean's co-owner for anding up to liberals, calling for a boycott because she supports donald trump. trump tweeting thank you to linda bean of l.l. bean for your great support and courage. people are going to support you more now, buy l.l. bean. kind of an ad. and here is linda bean saying why she is not backing down. >> it's a bullying. it's bullying me personally. it's bullying now the company that didn't give the donation. i gave the donation personally to a p

if your to three dollar price target and they buy on charter -- $853 price target and a buy unchartedviously, something is going on. what makes the most sense here? ofig: this is the beginning what everybody has been anticipating as the biggest mating dance and communications that -- in communications that any of us have seen. all the stars aligning in a trump administration that people assume will be a bit more permissive with respect to consolidation. the end of the so-called thatcast incentive option has kept people from talking to each other for any collusion reasons, that is about to end. the gates have flung open. you will see every conceivable combination put on to the drawing board over the next couple of months. vonnie: if it were to be verizon and charter, that would add verizon. and video for obviously, that's a good thing for verizon. can they afford it? will come back to whether it can afford it in a second. the short answer is i doubt it. charter is not a content company. in the same way that when at&t bought directv, they did not buy a content company. directv was just

you buy it. it is not a car company. >> so disney here made it all the way back to the mid 105ish area. i wouldn't be buying it. >> we missed you last week, by the way. >> me it issed you as well. >> i missed the fancy new desk. >> i was not here last week either. >> i saw you. >> let it rest. might be breaking out to the upside. >> he's hurt now. >> thank you for watching. see you back here. meantime, "mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> my mission is simple. to make you money. i'm here to level the playing feel for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere and i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now. >> i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." 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 train you. many things need to go right. they need to go right if we are going to maintain the advance in 2016. perhaps too many

this shift in how we buy cars is also changing the type of car we're buying, too.e to buy more upmarket cars, because the monthly payments are usually not that much greater than buying a more mainstream vehicle and people are very badge conscious and they want the latest technology and that's what these premium manufacturers are offering. last year, total sales hit almost 2.7 million cars. that was up 2.3% on the previous year, which was also a record high. but the industry now expects sales to fall by more than 5% in the coming year. that's because consumer demand has been falling. it could get worse, amid the economic uncertainty ahead. what's more, higher prices are coming to forecourts. the pressure that comes from a lower value pound, to a certain extent does help exporters but the converse is it makes imports more expensive. around six out of seven cars we sell here are imported, so the pressure of that depreciation in sterling will undoubtedly flow through into price rises. the rising price of fuel won't help either. petrol and diesel have hit an 18—month hi

the penalty to not buy is cheaper than buying insurance so healthy people won't buy it and therefore won't participate in the insurance pool to cover the lo losses, that's what is happening to obamacare now. you have unhealthy people more buying it, healthy people not buying it and rates are going up and all the insurers are pulling out. biggest health insurance company of the year united pulled out of obama care, aetna pulled out, hum huamana. five states are down to one. over 1,000 counties are down to one insurer and getting double digit premium increases because they have a monopoly. clearly, that's not working. we see the worst is yet to come. the insurers are going to pull out of whole states now. we got to step in front of the problem. i think the president elect said we can sit back and watch it happen and say look what the democrats did. that would be irresponsible for us to do that. we have to step in rescue people from the collapse of this law. there are good objectives that they sought to achieve in this law. we agree with them. we think young people, you should be able t

and forcing farmers to make a choice if you buy cengenta you have to buy the chemical, right? which is sort of a tie-in problem. and then we're concerned that china, which makes its decisions on whether or not they're going to approve any particular crop, will decide to approve crops grown with cengenta seeds but not crops grown with other seeds. right now cengenta has i think 10% of the soybean market, 6% of the corn market. but obviously if china opened up that export door solely for cengenta seeds their ability to capture more of the u.s. market i think would definitely go up. those are the kind of things we're kerntd about from the farmer perspective. i think from the food security perspective all these things work together, right? so they have the agrichemicals and the pesticides. they have the seeds, the food processing. they have the land. and together this creates lots and lots of food security and ultimately insecurity problems. >> let me ask one other quick question relating to your testimony. and you said although wages were generally higher than the u.s. average at

and where we buy it. that's wrong. that's not american. g new car. you're smart. you already knew that. but it's also great for finding the perfect used car. you'll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. now you're even smarter. this is truecar. >> live from america's news headquarters, i'm kelly wright. good morning. u.s. troops receiving a hero's welcome on the doorstep of russia. the prime minister making part in the ceremony greeting american soldiers. they arrived in the country earlier this week in an effort to deter russian aggression in eastern europe. moscow not happy with the move, it feels threatened by the presence of u.s. troops so close to its border. here at home, wells fargo pulling the plug on more than 400 bank branches. they'll shut down by the end of 2018. they're closing because customers prefer online and mobile banking and not because of the bank's recent scandal involving the creation of fake customer accounts. wells fargo also closed 84 bran