and tesla speculation and why we get a charge out of general motors as usual i am joined by carter werth, mike khouw. carter explains how the economist sector can be all of that and much more right now carter >> sure. well, you know, the thought was let's do something we haven't done in a while and something that is maybe an offensive and defensive play we know rates have had a big move spot 1.9%. they've backed off a bit thinking rates are stuck now, utilities, which are exhibiting day-to-day relative strength are a place to consider on the long side a couple charts to get us going. the first is simply talking about the importance of return this is a 10-year chart, two lines. it's the s&p 500 itself versus the s&p 500 total return you can see the numbers there on a 10-year basis. s&p up 194%, total return 263. look at the second chart for the importance of yield. this is a 30-year chart. s&p up 1,000 total return, up 2 double over time looking back at the beginning of markets the turn of the century, yield is half of the total return let's drill down on utilities. next chart, xlu. is of spdr

symbol xlu >> all right thank for that, carter mike, what's the trade >> yeah. so let's just unpack a couple of the things that carter was just talking about there. of course, with options, you know, if you buy a stock, you can collect the dividend that's the type of yield you can get when you purchase stock. of course, when you trade options, options don't pay dividends but that doesn't mean there aren't very sfek p effective ways to collect yield. one of the things we want to look at. yes, it's true, rates have gone up but they still remain quite low. sales have been better than expected for the utilities sector, the s&p utilities sector particularly, take a look at what the sector was prior to the march sell awe we were looking at 18 times, maybe a little bit more. take a look are at the price to earning on that sector similarly it's about 18 times or slightly less. in fact, it has not completely captured the valuation it had before the selloff compare that too the s&p more generally. it is about 26 times now now, one other thing i would quickly point out. lik

i am joined by carter worth, mike khouw, tony zhang utility. state of being useful, profitable, beneficial carter worth explains how the epynomous sector can be all that and more. >> let's do something we haven't done in a we'll, something that is maybe an offensive and defensive play rates have had a big move, we backed off a bit thinking that maybe rates are stuck now, utilities which are exhibiting day-to-day relative strength are a place to consider on the long side a couple of charts to get us going. the first is simply talking about the importance of total return this is a 10-year chart, two lines. pretty straightforward the s&p 500 versus the s&p 500 total return you can see the numbers. on the 10-year basis, 194% total return, 263. look at the second chart just to make the importance of yield this is a 30-year chart. s&p up 1,000 total return up 2, double. over time, looking back at the beginning of markets, the turn of the century, yield is half your total return, very important. so let's drill down on utilities. next chart, xlu, this i

we'll do our best to provide with us carter word, mike khouw, tony zhang our collective mission if you are ready, to strip away the sound and the fury, the names and the blame. we're going to explain the mechanics of what happened, the different ways it could resolve, how to proceed from here carter, tony, mike, i know you have specific thoughts mike khouw, i'm going to throw it up there, a big, fat softball to you, my friend. what do you make of this week? options, single stock, single week options were a big part of this story. >> yeah, they certainly were this week was certainly extraordinary on a cup of fronts one of the things we definitely saw was extraordinary options volumes. some of these most volatile stocks that we haven't mentioned yet but i think are probably on the tip of everybody's tongue, certainly on everybody's radar, gamestop, macy's, fossil, express, nokia, blackberry, all these stocks that had some short interest and things like that, suddenly we saw a big uptick in interest what we saw was a lot of people buying the stocks and a lot of people buying the options.

along with v.i.p.s which this year will include all living presidents except for 96-year-old jimmy carter. mikeence will attend. donald trump will not. biden will travel to the national cemetery to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier before being escorted by a military garment. a televised and live streamed virtual parade will be broadcast that will be similar to this year's virtual democratic national convention featuring diverse voices and musical performances. authorities say the security perimeter in downtown d.c. is larger than previous inaugurations and will be in place for longer. far more national guard members have been deployed and the national mall where in the past the public has gather to watch proceedings on large screens will be closed. d.c. mayors have asked for all permits to be decline. but inaugurations are for political protest. >> if you do not leave, you will be subject to arrest. >> since police were overrun by trump supporter on capitol hill, authorities have a different posture towards demonstrations. >> this demonstration was very, very quickly masses of po

to take away from tesla and why we continue to get a charge out of general motors i'm joined by carter, mike and tony let's get right to it. utility. noun, state of being useful. profitable or beneficial carter worth explains how the economist sector can be all of that and more. right now,

. >> all right thank you for that, carter from carter's jacket, tie and pockets we go to mike in a vest. what is the trade, mike? >> actually made of wool, this vest at the nasdaq, i thank them. they're the ones who sent it to me as part of this christmas package sent out thank you for that it's keeping me warm interesting thing. talk also about earnings look at the last eight quarters apple moved average 4.5% often we talk implied moves. wondering how to calculate that, best way, back of the napkin, looking a-of-at the weekly options. at-the-money call and put. this case, trading 137 when looking at it earlier today. closed slightly higher obviously. add that call. did that, $8.75. approximately 6.4% of the current stock price. what the options market is thinking could happen next week. so the trade i think we want to take advantage of the fact that the options are implying slightly higher than average volatility we want to sell some of the options. i was looking at the march-july 140, 155 call diagonals. what am i doing? buy the jill 140 calls trading abouts 13ds. sell the march 155 c

and are four traders this is when options shine even brighter with me tonight is carter worth, mike khouw, and tony zhang it's not just the major indices that are continuing to run headlong into january. commodities are running right along with them. but carter -- carter, what are you looking at >> that's right. this has been an extraordinary period for all things macro, whether it's the dollar or the big move-in rates, equities in zero we thought we'd zero in on the move in the dollar and the prospective move on the commodities. this is just the u.s. dollar chart. it's in a freefall just to put this in context, not shown here, there are only nine instances in history going back to the 1970s where the u.s. dollar index has not had a counter trend move back toward its 150-day moving average this long basically we're up to nine months it's only happened nine other times. that's a probability of occurrence of 0.08%. now take a look at the next chart. we are now down in the u.s. dollar right to those lows of late 2017, 2018. you can see i annotated the chart there with a circle. at this point

carter? >> apple poised to break out >> mike coe? rights >> that does it for us at "options action. see you back here next friday. "mad money" starts right now - [narrator] the following is a paid commercial program for walkfit platinum. sponsored by walkfit platinum, llc. - [narrator] coming up, as part of our comfort spectacular, you can cradle your feet in comfort anytime you want with our all-new memory foam slippers, a $30 value for free. made of a soft and luxurious velour top with durable anti-slip soles. the form-fitting memory foam insoles shape to your feet for unmatched custom comfort. and they're yours just for tryineg th walkfit platinum orthotics. giving you pain-free comfort and stability

. >> bill carter's lawyer, mike winehart, opened by telling the jury only one person wanted shirley dead killer is sitting a few feet from you. that's the killer right there, jason carter. >> it started like a murder case. but remember, this was a civil trial, a wrongful death lawsuit. the father, the plaintiff, his son, the defendant. the burden of proof is much lower than it would be in a criminal trial. >> the plaintiff only has to prove the defendant liable by a preponderance of the evidence, in other words, 50% likely that you're right. >> bill carter's lawyer played jason's 911 call. he argued, jason stated something about the time of death he couldn't possibly have known. >> it looks like she's been laying here for hours! >> and you hear him say that his mother has been dead for two hours, which medically is absolutely not the fact based upon what we know about the condition of the body. but also, why would he be saying that, other than to already start to create the narrative, hey, it wasn't me? >> then bill's lawyer attacked jason's character to show the jury he wasn't a devoted

s that this year will include all living presidents except for 96 year old jimmy carter vice president mike pence says he will attend donald trump says he will not follow the ceremony and a military review biden will travel to allington national cemetery with the former presidents to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier before being escorted to the white house by the military government instead of the usual inaugural parade a televised and live streamed virtual parade will be broadcast that will be similar to this summer's virtual democratic national convention featuring diverse voices and musical performances authorities say the security perimeter in downtown d.c. is larger than previous at all gracious and will be in place for longer far more national guard members have been deployed on the national mall where in the past the public has gathered to watch proceedings on large screens so the seas matters are asked for all permits for gatherings to be declined but inaugurations are traditionally times for political protest. and it's clear that since police were overrun by trump su

investigative journalist, sarah carter and writer mike lynn among our guests here tomorrow be with ushe course of history forever. find your official copy. lou dobbs shop.com. thanks for being with us. see you here tomorrow and good night. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> welcome to it for decades. hollywood inseparable virtual virtue signaling -- [laughter] one of those little things. listened to stars go on and on about morals and candidates are superior to yours. we watched as they change people for not following their mate a code of ethics. guess what? a big old steaming pile of bs according to a new report, they are doing everything they can to skip the vaccine line and get a job before healthcare workers and the elderly. that's why

s that this year will include all living presidents except for 96 year old jimmy carter vice president mike pence says he will attend donald trump says he will not follow the ceremony and a military review biden will travel to all into national cemetery with the former presidents to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier before being escorted to the white house by the military government instead of the usual inaugural parade a televised and live streamed virtual parade will be broadcast that will be similar to this summer's virtual democratic national convention featuring diverse voices and musical performances authorities say the security perimeter in downtown d.c. is larger than previous at all gracious and will be in place for longer far more national guard members have been deployed on the national mall where in the past the public has gathered to watch proceedings on large screens. dc's matters are asked for all permits for gatherings to be declined but inaugurations are traditionally times for political protest. and it's clear that since police were overrun by trump supporter

security to protect guests, including all the living presidents except jimmy carter, and the now-former vice president, mikethe tone somber, but hopeful. >> together, we shall write an american story of hope, not fear. of unity, not division. of light, not darkness. a story of decency and dignity, love and healing, greatness and goodness. >> reporter: lady gaga sporting a dove with an olive branch. ♪ this land is your land ♪ >> reporter: j. lo injecting latina pride into the occasion. ♪ this land is my land ♪ >> reporter: country singer garth brooks, a republican, encouraging viewers at home to join together. >> i'm asking you to sing this last verse with me. not just the people here, the people at home. work as one united. ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> reporter: but it was the national youth poet lawyer yet amanda gordon reading a poem she wrote after the assault on the capitol who captured our imaginations. >> when day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? the loss we carry, a sea we must wade. we braved the belly of the beast. we've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and

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carter? >> apple poised to break out. >> mike khouk. >> new traders think about five rights. >> does it for us on >>> my mission is simple, this make you money i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere, and i prom mise to hl 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 money. my job is to entertain and teach. call me 1-800-743-cnbc or tweet me @jimcramer. how is business holding up not talking about how covid is affecting the economy or the boss moving for another stimulus bill the dow shed 179 points and the nasdaq inched up .09%. i want to take the temperature of real companies to see how they're handling one of the strangest moments i can recall we're going to find out next week when we hear from some of the most important companies in america. ibm reported and dented the dow but not the titans of tech they used to be these days they're fighting for relevance. so what is my game plan? well, we had a mini rotation into the cons

mike. thanks very much. joining me now, sarah carter, reporter and fox news contributor. good to see you today. thanks for being with us. >> thank you, martha. >> martha: i see this as two parts to this story. one of them is this chilling suggestion that members of our own military might be involved in something like this. i think that that is a very -- it possible. we've seen it happen over history, of course, in isolated instances. listen to this sound bite that is stunning from steve cohen, a democrat from tennessee. watch this. >> the guard is 90 some odd percent male. about 20% of white males voted for biden. the other 75% are in the class that would be the large class of folks that might want to do something. >> martha: that's a shocking statement. he called 75% of the national guard white guys that might want to do something. what do you say about that, sarah? >> it absolutely did -- divisive. my husband is part of them. he gave the pledge in afghanistan. i covered the war in afghanistan. i saw young men of all colors, of all religions give their life up for this nation because they beli

interested in going to work for the trump campaign, and use that to target the mike flynn and george papadopoulos and carterother senior members of the trump inner circle, and here are the things we want to know from them. here is how you get the information. that is spying 101. i asked several former spies and several former fbi executives, i said is this spying, or was james comey right? they're like, oh, this is spying. this is what we call spying. james comey even last year was still in denial of what his own bureau was doing to the trump campaign. when you read these documents, and we're going to put them out, the american people will know donald trump told the truth, they were spying, and james comey lied to us. lou: you know, john, you and i have talked over the past years but certainly in the last few months before the election, both of us decrying the fact that these documents weren't being released. the administration had in its power the ability to release these documents but did not. the question will persist, why not. because i don't know about you, but i think clearly these documents would hav

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we have hans nichols, "axios" reporter, lee carter, republican pollster, lee, end it with you, thinking of mikeer vice president, a high popular party figure after these tumultuous two weeks, how does his future look? he goes back to presumably indiana. what does it look like to you? >> my guess he will go on vacation. it has been a tough four years for him. certainly the last two weeks have been, i can't even imagine what he has been through. probably been a spiritual battle what is the right thing to do at this moment. i think his future looks bright. i think regardless of the future of the party, he, he stood by his values and by his character. he did what was right ultimately. that might not be the popular opinion among trump supporters but whatever the future holds whether trump emerges or not, pence, there are many things he can do going into the future. i think he will play important role for the republican party, you can still be a conservative and work with the democrats. i think what the president did today by not sustaining, not showing up, by not transfer of power i think it's a mis

carter >> john deere, too far too fast. sell >> tony? >> love luv, buy call spread >> mike? >> diagona >>> there is always a bull market some where, i promise to help you find it "mad money" starts now hey, i am cramer, welcome to cramer-america i am trying to make friends but trying to make you some money. my job is not only to entertain you but to teach you, call me at 1-800-743-cnbc or tweet me @jim cramer non-pharm payroll down most expected increase s&p 5% and the nasdaq gained an amazing 1.03%. maybe the market saw this week is coming? how could we have jobs growth running. unfortunately we are doing a poor job distributing the vaccine that you can't exec to rebound soon every disappointing jobs number like this one makes it more likely to get another round of st stimulus checks. a host of commodity keeps going higher we got mass unemployment thanks to the increasingly dead lipan democratic when you combine with a slow economy, you get a situation where stock, yes, i know this term is old, they're the only game in town that means you will get some prolong moves higher

carter >> utilities will serve you well here buy xlu. >> tony. >> sell puts on gm >> mike. >> cover calls in uso. >> all right thanks for watching. have a great long week see you back here next friday for more >>> 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, just trying to make you some money my job is not just to entertain but to teach and to put it in context so-call me 1800-7 43-cnbc or tweet me @jimcramer last night the president announced a stimulus, what happened the averages rolled over dow losing 177 points, s&p backsliding .72% and nasdaq falling .87% a lot of favs way down if you're scratching your head about this, the explanation is surprisingly simple. when an event occurs and the market gets what it wants but nothing more, it's treated as a reason to sell not to buy. biden's stimulus bill met expectations, it didn't beat the stimulus

mike pence will be there. so will former presidents clinton, obama, george w. bush, but jimmy carter, 96, will not be there.nd then business will continue. another note on the schedule, there are a bunch of confirmation hearings in the schedule -- in the senate scheduled for tuesday to fill joe biden's cabinet. janet yellen to be treasury secretary, avril haines director of national intelligence. the head of the homeland security department, tony blinken is the head of the state department with lloyd austin, those are all scheduled to happen on tuesday so there really is a busy day on the hill. host: certainly a busy time for the senate, at least. i want to focus a bit on that with the pieces you are publishing this morning. the trump job performance rating remains strong among republicans, making the chances of finding 17 republicans who will convict on an article of them pete schmidt. they wrestled with purging trump from the party. how soon do you think the senate might take up the article of impeachment? guest: that really depends on when nancy pelosi sends the article to the senate. under the senate im

historian mike ago besh loss has been sharing to show everyone how it typically looks regardless of even bitter partisan debates. here is carter in the blue room. in 1993 when the clintons arrived on inauguration day, president george h.w. bush told them in no uncertain terms, quote, welcome to your new home. ing this something they shared, an american moment. there is a photo of laura bush and her daughters giving the obama daughters and jenna bush leading a tour of the white house family quarters or taking the divisive 2016. barack obama was setting the tone welcoming donald trump regardless of their history and you see joe biden bringing pence into his office while michelle obama hosted melania trump at the white house. a contrast to this. >> has your mom heard from melania trump about doing the traditional protocols? >> no. i don't think they're doing the traditional protocol which is unfortunate. but i think we're all okay with it. >> donald trump and his administration's rebellion against those customs is not as important as his attempted to illegally steal the election. but it does overlap with an autocratic and lying b

mike emmanuel, thank you. we'll be taking all of this up on the broadcast this evening, we're joined by tom fitton who himself has been blocked from using twitter, investigative journalist sara carterith more on the left's crusade to silence conservative voices. we'll also be talking with jeff brain, the ceo of cloudhub, a privacy-focused social media platform that has seen a huge rise in users since twitter's action against president trump. we'll also be joined later by civil rights attorney and prominent trump supporter leo terrell. and the radical dems are beyond radical over the past weeks. corporate america is now fully aligned with the authoritarian left in this country, violating outright constitutional rights of nearly every american. listen to the developments over just this past weekend. the speaker of the house of representatives, wanting to impeach the president of the united states for inciting a riot but not citing a single sentence uttered by the president that would be considered by anyone inciting a riot. i'm perfectly willing to consider the possibility that he did so, but i would like -- like most americans -- to insist there be evidence and for the left to prese

mike pence will be there. so will former presidents clinton, obama, george w. bush, but jimmy carter, 96, will not be there. then business will continue. another note on the schedule, there are a bunch of confirmation hearings in the schedule -- in the senate scheduled for tuesday to fill joe biden's cabinet. janet yellen to be treasury secretary, avril haines director of national intelligence. the head of the homeland security department, tony blinken is the head of the state department with lloyd austin, those are all scheduled to happen on tuesday so there really is a busy day on the hill. host: certainly a busy time for the senate, at least. i want to focus a bit on that with the pieces you are publishing this morning. the trump job performance rating remains strong among republicans, making the chances of finding 17 republicans who will convict on an article of them pete schmidt. they wrestled with purging trump from the party. how soon do you think the senate might take up the article of impeachment? guest: that really depends on when nancy pelosi sends the article to the senate. under the senate impe

mike pence will be there. so will former presidents clinton, obama, george w. bush, but jimmy carter, 96, will not be there. and then business will continue. another note on the schedule, there are a bunch of confirmation hearings in the schedule -- in the senate scheduled for tuesday to fill joe biden's cabinet. janet yellen to be treasury secretary, avril haines director of national intelligence. the head of the homeland security department, tony blinken is the head of the state department with lloyd austin, those are all scheduled to happen on tuesday so there really is a busy day on the hill. host: certainly a busy time for the senate, at least. i want to focus a bit on that with the pieces you are publishing this morning. the trump job performance rating remains strong among republicans, making the chances of finding 17 republicans who will convict on an article of them pete schmidt. they wrestled with purging trump from the party. how soon do you think the senate might take up the article of impeachment? guest: that really depends on when nancy pelosi sends the article to the senate. under the senate