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my index finger is killing me. >> caller: i go back to the kudlow cramer days with you when kudlow cramers with you when kudlow cramer days with you when i was a novice investor , and all your knowledge that you pass onto us i became a pretty good investor. thank you. >> oh, you're terrific. philadelphians. we're going to stick together. we're going to defeat the bengals. that's a whole other topic. >> caller: you ready for my big five? >> you bet i am. >> diagio, deo, disney dis, express scripts, pxrx. jpmorgan, jpm, and matrix sme mtrx. am i diversified with this portfolio, jim? >> all right, mr. havertown let's get on this. let's see. we have an oil and gas services company with matrix. we've got a diversified entertainment company that i think is going to go right back to 52 with disney. we have a spirits company with diageo. jpmorgan, one of the best banks. jamie dimon. express scripts which is a health care company, pharmacy benefit manager. health care, bank, spirits, oil service, entertainment, bingo. philadelphians rock. let's go to tony in missouri. >> caller: booyah to you from

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don't miss cramer's exclusive with its ceo. all coming up on "mad money." >>> endless idiocy in washington. it seems like an in increase oil production, transport oil from remote areas where it's pumped out of the ground to places where it's refined. this is a huge opportunity for the pipeline operators, enb for you home gamers, this is the canadian pipeline that operates the most efficient transportation system. we just talked about it in october, on the heels of its very strong analyst day. there's been a ton of good news for this company. it announced a $6.2 billion project on top of a new railroad joint venture. embridge now has $26 billion worth of commercial projects through this year. those projects are fueling the company's earnings growth which management projects will be upwards for four years to come. no wonder the stock is only a few cents away from its 52-week high. this story has only gotten stronger since we last checked in with management. let's check with al monaco. mr. monaco, welcome back to "mad money." >> t

cramer is speaking to the ceo to find out. all coming up on "mad money." >>> as we approach the end of the year, it sure doesn't seem like retail is having a holly jolly christmas. we got worries on the low end, with concerns about margins at dollar general, and negative commentary from the ceo of walmart. we have worries on the high end as a couple of days ago, the ceo of saks noted he has to be more conservative on his outlook, given the ridiculous level of uncertainty caused by washington's failure to avert the fiscal cliff. when it comes to retailers, you want to own a turnaround story. a real turn can give a stock a reason to transcend the worries of the fiscal cliff. take the comeback at urban outfitters, an underappreciated comeback play, highlighted on november 20th. just this week urban came out with a 10q, and same-store sales for the fourth quarter were strong, up by high single digits. urban spiked from 37 to 40. sandy, fiscal cliff, still humming, but we have more confirmation that it's for real and urban is getti

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"mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer, and welcome to my world. you need to get in the game. going out of business and he's nuts, they're nuts! they know nothing! i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. and i promise -- "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer, welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, i'm just trying to make you a little money. my job is not just to entertain, but i'm trying to coach you about this market, educate. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. you know what? we always spend way too much time worrying, fretting about what could occur. and not nearly enough time thinking about what didn't occur. what didn't go wrong. i've pondered this positive all day. the dow ultimately diving 99 points, s&p giving up .76% and the nasdaq declining .33%. because, well, this might hold the key to why we have come up so far in recent weeks, didn't see it today, though, and why we may be in better shape than we realize despite today's action. yes, this stock market could do well over

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stay with cramer. >>> it is time. it is time for the lightning round here on cramer's "mad money!" are you ready? we go to ginny in california. >> caller: one is what's happening with it and number two is i mistakenly put it in my i.r.a. before i knew we weren't supposed to. >> you're allowed to have a little bit. you have to go to your tax person on that. when you put it in, there's a limit before you get hit with that business tax. check that out. epd, they are all coming down. every single one is coming down. i want to buy. louis in maryland. >> caller: dunkin brands. >> i like it very much. i wanted to buy it for my travel trust recently but i own starbucks for that one. that's one that ginny mentioned at the top of the lightning round. brandon in oregon. >> caller: how are you doing today? >> it's a good day. how about you? >> caller: real good. my question is what are your thoughts on snap-on? >> it's one of my favorites. let's go to gregory in mississippi. gregory. wow, gregory. >> caller: thank you for taking my call, mr. cramer. my question is on company wr grace. it's had

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"mad money" with jim cramer starts now. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world.y know nothing. i always like took say, in is a bull market somewhere. my job is to entertain and educate and teach. call me. we hear these ironic stories about stocks on the move. and we call them what the hecks. we do these stories when people are baffled when stocks could be up so much. given the serious concerns that a company seems to be facing. as to what the heck could a company be facing. we ask, what the heck is going on with these darn averages? >> given that we could be falling off the fiscal cliff in less than two weeks time? >> first, i think there has been a change of heart in washington. the core seems to have cooled. perhaps as the north times seems to have cooleded today. as the tragedy in connecticut has sofened the times. maybe it takes something like this to get the congress and the president to work on things. there does seem to be a spirit of compromise now. i'm not just talking about the end of the year, perhaps holding off raising taxes for those who make $200,0

"mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. ::. >>> i'm jim cramer. welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game! >> he's nuts! they're nuts! they know nothing! >> there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money." you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. i'm not here to make friends. my job is not just to teach and entertain, but to educate. so call me. all right let's be honest. if you are like me, and you are thinking this whole kit and caboodle, it is getting real on the market. it is very hard to pry off. hence today's action again. the dow is down. nasdaq giving up and paint drying. and we are go to hear from a banker later on in the show. we heard about a weakening consumer today from the owner of darden. which happens to be part of the "mad money" staff. finished down 8.9%. it yields 42%. but, that yield might not be the protection it used to be. that more than doubles the tax on dividends. we saw one of the biggest retail jugger nauts, the gap. sales have become sloppy to surrender $3.57

i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." my job is not just to entertain but i'm trying to teachary and coach you. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. you can blame the democrats for their inability to offer any cuts for spending. you can blame the republicans for not even wanting to consider tax increases. but don't you dear blame ben bernanke for not being willing to take bold action to get this economy hiring and moving again! even if his statements about economic weakness ultimately caused the averages to stumble from some pretty lofty levels. dow only declining ability 3 points s & p inching up 4.4%. close in positive territory. nasdaq giving up 2.8%. >> when you look at what ben bernanke did ntoday -- the republicans themselves refuse to get specific on spending until they see something from the white house. the elected portion of our government is not helping this economy at all. their failure to rise above politics to reach a compromise is now really starting to hurt u.s. economy. in this vacuum, the fed has decided to keep r

stay with cramer. coming up -- are you ready to get charged up? cramer cranks up the voltage and goes electric on an all-new hyperactive "lightning round." >>> it is time, it is time for the "lightning round" on cramer's "mad money." rapid-fire calls, you say the name of the stock, i tell you whether to buy or sell. play until this sound -- and then the "lightning round" is over. are you ready skee-daddy? it's time for the "lightning round" on cramer's "mad money." doug in illinois. doug? >> caller: hey, windy city boo-yah. >> sweet. go ahead, man. come on. >> caller: men's warehouse. >> men's warehouse. too inconsistent for me. i feel terrible about this because this winter has become -- i've got enough problems, i want to go with sweet, consistent, i want to go with urban outfitters. clyde in nebraska. clyde? >> caller: this is clyde, boo-yah, jim cramer. >> i like that. >> linn energy. how does the dividend look? >> it looks real good. these guys are smart as whips. don't forget, it's lnco. jude in

don't miss cramer's take, just ahead. all coming up on "mad money." >>> everybody is fretting about the fiscal cliff. until we get a deal. i got more negative when harry reid said it is unlikely that a deal will be done by christmas. i'm thrilled to have senator john hovan, a republican from north dakota who has been an advocate for bipartisan consensus here with us tonight. welcome back to "mad money." >> jim, good to be with you. >> i noticed that you are for a bipartisan situation and one of the things that tells me you are for real is that you have not signed a pledge that would make it so that you can't vote for a tax increase. it should be a big deal on the order of four trillion dollars over ten years. that's what we need to get growth in our economy and the kind of deal that includes tax reform, entitlement reform and better spending control. >> when you were governor of your state you presided over what i think is the single greatest employment boom we've seen. is washington so different that you wish you were ba

hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, i'm just trying to save you a little money. my job is not just to entertain but to coach you and teach you. so call mel at 1-800-743-cnbc. it is so easy to be negative right now! >> boo! >> incredibly easy. and when the gloom lifts. >> the house of pain. >> it almost feels like a reprieve from some sort of stock market death sentence. as it did today with the dow climbing 83 points. the nasdaq declined .77%. largely because of apple, more on that later. now, i am not dismissive of the negativity that i see pretty much everywhere. we've got a couple of real solid reasons to feel totally down beat. first, i can't believe we're still focusing on this thing. for five years we've had to keep one eye on wall street, one eye on wall street. i remember who ten-year stretches i didn't care what was happening down there. at the moment, we can barely focus on anything but washington. the whole u.s. economy, your entire portfolio is hostage to two warring partie

hey, i'm cramer. and before we begin tonight, i want to express our thoughts and prayers that everyone affected by this terrible tragedy in newtown, connecticut. our words can do little to ease your pain. but you know this. we are with you in this incredibly difficult time. and recognize that you are who we are thinking about, even as we try to focus on our work today. so as for the markets, it was another weak day. dow dipped 36 points. s&p gave up .41%. nasdaq declined .70. a lot of that again because of apple. you know the drill as we head into the weekend. i'm not expecting to hear any progress on the fiscal cliff. but you know, i always watch the sunday morning talk shows now very closely and i'm looking for some politicians saying something encouraging. what does encouraging mean? it means a republican uttering the two words tax increase without the word no before it. and the democrats uttering two words, spending cuts, without the word no before them. neither seems to be able to pull off that s

stay with cramer! >> keep up with cramer all day long.ollow @jimcramer on twitter and tweet your questions. >>> something that has a much larger bearing on you in the stock market as a whole. >> let cramer be your guide, your sounding board. >> i'm having a hard time with my favorite stock. >> i know you can beat these professionals. >> and your coach on your road to financial independence. "mad money" weeknights on cnbc. >>> if you want to invest for the long term, then like it or not that means planning for your retirement. in the long run, we all retire. it may not sound sexy but trying to put together enough money to become financially independent is really what we do every night here on "mad money." i'm sure you've heard the basics of retirement planning a billion times, you have to contribute to your individual retirement plan and your ira. instead of telling you to park money in your ira, i'm going to give you suggestions of what stocks to buy. everyone tells to you take advantage of your 401(k) or ira. it's because these are tax-b

stick with cramer. >>> does the market have you stumped? no fear. cramer's here.t e-mail him madmoney@cnbc.com. >>> all night i've been preaching and teaching, trying to show you how to build a portfolio of stocks that can work in virtually any and every type of market. from a nasty picnic, from the marauding bears. to euphoric pamplona-style running of the bulls. you always own something right for the moment by following what i call the new diversification. just like the old school diversification by sector that i push endlessly, this ensures your stocks won't all key off the same bad news and get beaten to bits at the same time. the new diversification by strategy, not sector, means that whatever the market is doing you'll always have at least one approach to investing that's paying off big time. now remember what we've gone over so far just in case you've missed it. need a dividend-paying stock with a high yield, a growth stock and need something speculative. what else? when i originally came up with the new idea of -- with the idea of new diversification i sai

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meantime, "mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. and he's nuts, they're nuts. they know nothing! >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. >> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. my job is not just to entertain you but to educate and teach. so call me. we may all be focused on the fiscal cliff. right in front of our eyes. even as the averages denied washington's gravitational pull, the dow gaining 60 points, s&p climbing .5%, nasdaq advancing .20%, we know when the president or the speaker of the house comes on the tube these days, the market is going to get hammered. sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell. even if it is just temporary. >> sell, sell, sell. >> the only thing you need to know is the time they're going to come on. if you could just blast out of some aggressive growth stocks or sell some s&p future us when see them walk to the podium, you could probably coin money! i'm surprised the president doesn't start his talks by saying, look, look, america, i'm about to send t

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hi, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." people want to make friends. i'm just trying to save you money. my job isn't just to entertainment, it's education. call me. fiscal cliff talks. let's be optimistic. use the word stall. the president gave us a little hope tonight that an agreement to avert a middle class tax hike could still occur next week. saw the breakdown play hideously in the session today. nasdaq diving. it makes sense the market got a whacking when you consider that the speaker of the house didn't have enough votes in his own party to push through any tax increases and the president says there's got to be some. that's even for people making more than a million bucks. it was for show. the president would have vetoed the bill. tonight he's not about to let the rich get away with that. whatever that means. we have been worried that since the election the politicians won't rise above partisanship and come to an agreement. we at cnbc has taken an historic position. get a deal done for the good of the country. what faces us is worrisome. nation

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