mr. cramer. officer for 22 years. what is the difference between 457 plan and roth ira and the pros and cons between the two plans. >> i have to ask you to check the people at your penguins plan because the 457 deferred plan i'm not sure how it works, it's too important, i'm sorry, that's a personal decision to you and i don't feel comfortable offering advice on that particular situation. before you think of investing in stocks build a foundation for long term dealt. pay off 1y5ur credit card pay off your credit card dead and get health insurance. >>> coming up i'll tell you when it makes sense to add an ira to mad money will be right back. wroo ra re.. a subject we don't spend enough time on in the business media, long-term wealth building. if you're serious about getting rich and more important staying that way you must do two things, first go to amazon and by entire jim cramer catalog. and second thing you got to start saving now. i didn't say save for retirement. i say prepare. just stuffing injureyour money in th

mr. cramer: i urge a yes vote and yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from north dakota. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. mr. mr. pallone: i ask for the yeas and nays. the chair: in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from north dakota will e postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 27 printed in house report 114-359. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. duffy: i have an amendment. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 27, offered by mr. duffy of wisconsin. the chair: the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. duffy, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. duffy: today i rise to talk about my commonsense amendment, an amendment that takes aim at excessive bureaucratic rule making at the e.p.a. the e.p.a. has long been known to i

mr. cramer. can you advise me if i should keep wmart? i've had it for 35 years. >> this is a very tough question. if you've had it for 35 years, you have a b tax basis. i don't want you t tpay taxes. i think it will take two years to turn. to turn it. if you can hold it, take the 3% yield and sit on it, i think it will be fine. i don't expect anything good before then. it will take too long. can yum execute? time will tell. let's see if it can turn around its chinese busy. otherwise but with the stub of yum brands when you get it. much more "mad money" ahead. it's a $130 million deal. don't miss my take on the dowdupont merger. it's kind of like a script out of a hollywood blockbuster. stick with cramer. (coughing) coughing disrupts everyone's life. that's why there's delsym. delsym's advanced time release formula helps silence coughs fofoa full 12 hours. all night... or all day. americans. wery to live healthy. but many of us don't know there e nutrients that can help support our metabolism.. take new one a day healthy metabolism suppor

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mr. cramer, i would like to know about groupon. >> still to early to buy groupon.hard in new york. >> caller: booyah, you have a great staff. >> my staff makes me look good every day. >> caller: inside my ira, i'm up 84% on suntrust. do i slip it into bankers -- >> robert! >> caller: booyah, jim. buy, sell -- >> dow chemical is now three points below where it announced a takeover bid. this is insaid. -- insane. buy that one. todd? >> caller: booyah from minnesota. >> i like that. >> caller: how about performance sports group? >> i'm a rock about the sports groups. i don't know if i can handle it because polaris blew up today. and atvs and snowball, it's not analogous. i'm going to stay away from performance right now. tyler in north dakota. >> caller: booyah, jim. >> booyah. >> caller: what's your outlook on cisco systems? >> my travel stock owns it. we had a lot of turmoil because oracle was not that good but red hat was beautiful! ken in new jersey. >> caller: yes, booyah, jim. liked to know your feeling about peg, public service -- >> paying too much money, that

mr. cramer. buy, sell, or hold, heartland systems? >> i think it's got a lot of good things to be said. >> caller: i am calling about chrysler with the impending -- >> not recommending any oil stocks, too risky. dennis? >> caller: northern american tank. >> tankers are all filled, i really like it. that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round. [ buzzer ] >> announcer: the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade. >> i'm in do you dubai. don't bother me, i'm in dubai. we used to do a lot of theater in the old days. >> that's what i think in the >> they need somebody right here. that's it! i'm a buyer of yahoo!! that's what it was, david. this rubbermaid merger, i like it, it would allow these two companies to bargain better with the walmarts. the walmarts are always trying to wrest the marginal profit away from companies like these. if they get together, it would be a very successful mix. did that not work well or what? you know what might be a super combination? isn't that dynamite? that well. i'm calling

mr. cramer. can you advise me if i should keep walmart?'ve had it for 35 years. >> this is a very tough question. if you've had it for 35 years, you have a big tax basis. i don't want you to pay taxes. i think it will take two years to turn. i think doug macmillan two years to turn it. if you can hold it, take the 3% yield and sit on it, i think it will be fine. i don't expect anything good before then. it will take too long. can yum execute? time will tell. let's see if it can turn around its chinese busy. otherwise but with the stub of yum brands when you get it. much more "mad money" ahead. it's a $130 million deal. don't miss my take on the dowdupont merger. it's kind of like a script out of a hollywood blockbuster. plus a freaky friday edition of the lightning round. stick with cramer. this is the one place we're not afraid to fail. some of these experiments may not work. but a few might shape the future. like turning algae into biofuel... ...new technology for capturing co2 emissions... ...and cars twice as efficient as the average c

mr. cramer, absolutely love the show. >> we really appreciate you out there, man. >> booyah from my kids in elementary school. >> i knonoyou hear this all the time, jim, but thank you, thank you, so much. >> this has been my best year by far and away in the markets. >> i want to thank you for looking out for the regular guys out there. >> grere to hear your voice and know that you're there for us. >> from our family to yours, happy holidays, cramerica. so how ya doing? enough pressure in here for ya? ugh. my sinuses are killing me. yeah...just wait 'til we hit ten thousand feet. i'm gonna take mucinex sinus-max. too late, we're ababt to take off. these dissolve fast. wait, what?! you realize i have gold status? do i still get the miles? new mucinex sinus-max liquid gels. dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. red 97! set! red 97! did you say 97? yes. you know, that reminds me of geico's 97% customer satisfaction rating. 97%? helped by geico's fast and friendly claims service. huh... oh yeah, baby. geico's as fast and friendly

mr. cramer, absolutely love the show. >> we really appreciate you out there, man. >> boo-yah from my kidselementary school. >> i know you hear this all the time, jim, but thank you, thank you, so much. >> this has been my best year by far and away in the markets. >> i want to thank you for looking out for the regular guys out there. >> great to hear your voice and know that you're there for us. >> from our family to yours, happy holidays, cramerica. >>> i'd like to say there's always a bull market somewhere, i promise to try to find it just for you on "mad money." i'm jim cramer and i'll see you next time. lemonis: tonight on "the profit"... it's a small space. tonnie: it's been challenging. lemonis: ...a tiny cupcake shop with a big idea. tonnie: you walk in, you pick your cupcake out, you pick your toppings. lemonis: tonnie's minis should be raking in the dough, but it's not. there's $134,000 worth of debt. his biggest investor is his wife. erenisse: it's to the point that i'm not giving any more money. lemonis: tonnie's bakery is cramped and chaotic. sales are down. right now, we're lo

mr. cramer. my question to you involves a merger of anheuser, imbev, symbol bud, with sabmiller, altria is getting a 10% stake in bud, $2.5 billion in cash and two seats on the board of directors. all-time highs, mr. cramer, while altria seems to be flat lining. >> the stock did ran up anticipation of expected deal, david faber and i talked about that deal endlessly and it got to a little bit below the 4% yield. that's not good enough. that said, i don't recommend tobacco stocks on the show because i -- i do not care for tobacco, but if you wanted to buy that stock and take that dividend, set up an anti-tobacco clinic, fine with me. it is a very well run company. if it could get amazon, then it's ready for pain, but don't get me wrong, there's still some winners out there and i'm here to help you find them. on "mad money" tonight, looking for. ing that sparkles this season? stuffers have been a mixed bag. i'm revisiting my take on tiffany and some of the country's largest jewelry brands. wait til

mr. cramer: thank you for that and thank you for your leadership. mr. barton: i have to excuse myself but thank you for this special order. mr. cramer: i'm going to wrap up as well with another history lesson. it's so interesting, i love history and i'm not one who looks back a look. i look in the rearview mirror and we as a congress needs to do the same. on this very day, december 16 in 1773, that patriots at boston harbor expressed their displeasure with the foreign powers' influence over what they felt was an essential commodity. participants of the boston tea party, many of them were small business owners and practitioners of the teachings of adam smith, one commodity should be diss krim nailted against over another. we have an opportunity with this commodity to make a difference. how much time is left. i see that chairman shimkus and might have a word or two. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has one minute remaining. mr. cramer: i yield one minute to my good friend, mr. shimkus. mr. shimkus: i would like to say a couple of things. what we hav

mr. cramer and go seminoles. >> go noles. >> here we are and we bought underarmor several months ago, and it's down over five percent for us since we bought it. should we expect any upside potential or maybe switch over to someone like nike? it's impossible that under armor may not be having a good quarter. it's not conducive for being the terrific fall and winter clothes. maybe that's the opportunity to stay the course and buy more if they have a disappointing quarter, kevin is not thinking about this quarter. he is thinking about this quarter of a century. i like that guy. this is spreading across the tape and let the selling continue. when it stops, then you make the move. all mad dont and the dollar stores are doing battle. who comes out the victory? i am going reveal it. can chiptole recover from the outbreak? i will see if they continue to feel the pain. >>> and i have an idea. you may in the see it, so tonight i am sending it on a stock that's shining and could shine even brighter. madmoneycnbc.com. >> at a time when so much of retail is in dire strength two took wall street by sur

mr. cramer. how are you, sir? >> i am fine, how about you? >> caller: i'm well. i'm a long time fan, first time caller. my wife and i are both children of parents of that greatest generation and we've followed their lessons. i listen to what you say. i appreciate your wisdom. and i love your storytelling of life lessons and family. a wonderful hour every day. >> thank you. >> caller: my question involves popeyes. i have seen it go down to 15% to recover 20%. would you hold it or sell it? >> i would absolutely hold it, the quarter wagreat. when my mom was sick, they opened a popeyes, she says, go get me that popeye. i've always had a jones for the stuff. the quarter was good. more important, the fact is that the ceo has delivered consistently and taken share in her business. i'm backing her. and she runs popeyes louisiana kitchen. today was just too crazy. i know it was too crazy for a lot of you to sit tight. unfortunately we don't know when the madness will end. but it always does. you may be hoping for a fitbit in your holiday stocking this season. i am. does i

mr. cramer. >> same. >> let me throw some stocks at you.lcoa, bank america, disney, and i have a small position in petrobras long-term. >> okay. all right. alcoa it's a metal's play. what do we want to call, relationship, you know what it is. mickey mouse and bank of america bank. we have bank, entertainment. i'm not going to say match is entertainment. i don't even -- let's say it's -- alcoa, and petrobras that's an oil company. i'm going to deem that too close to alcoa and you need a drug stock and this time i'm going to give you eli lily. another name doing terrific. i really like it very much. it's anti-alzheimer's formulation. let's take another. why don't we do it. john in florida, john. >> booyah dr. cramer. >> booyah, john. >> my five issues are boeing, ba pot, cracker barrel, under armor, and new residential investments, nrz. am i diversified, doctor? >> i don't like these public real estate investment trusts. i don't like them. replaces the bank of america which bought yesterday for the trust. i don't like the outside yield. potas

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mr. cramer, booyah to you. >> booyah. >> caller: gary from california. my question is regarding dividends in a down market, sir. if you're accumulating dividends on a number of stocks as you suggest is it better to reinvest them in a down market or to take the money as cash and then possibly reinvest that in other opportunities? >> well, you see, we don't know when a down phase is going to end and we know the power of compounding is an amazing thing so we're going to stick always on this show -- i know it sounds pretty pedestrian -- but we're always going to opt in favor of reinvesting because fortunes have been made through the power of compounding. i've got to go with that regardless of the near term consequences because i'm thinking long-term for you. fundamentals, oh, they're key, but technicalities matter, too. tonight i'm bringing you into the world of mastermind chartists so you can learn to see the whole picture behind a stock's moves. >> we know the chart is important but what technical tool can help you detect floors and ceilings? >> then how c

mr. cramer. buy, sold or hold on frgi. >> it got jack in my portfolio for my travel trust and panera, by the way, which is red hot -- oh, i'm not done. i'm going to take one more or am -- i'm taking one more. let's go to -- whoa, that's all i'm taking. that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round [ buzzer ] >> announcer: the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade. there's always a bull market wh? let me show you. okay. our thinkorswim trading platform aggregates all the options data you need in one place that lets you visualize that information for any options series. okay, cool. hang on a second. you can even see the anticipated range of a stock expecting earnings. impressive... what's up, tim? for all the confidence you need. td ameritrade. you got this. it's gotten squarer. over the years. brighter. bigger. it's gotten thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv.

mr. cramer. hold match.com. >> everybody is going to recommend it. wait another 20 days. you can sell it. i don't care for it. billy in alabama. billy? >> caller: buy, sell or hold >> praxair is good. i like them a lot. congratulations again to the airgas people. what a trade that was. to rich in virginia. rich? >> caller: hey, jim. norfolk southern corporation. >> it went up too much. it's got two points up and five points down. that's not my ratio. that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round. let's get these dayquil liquid gels and go. but these liquid gels are new. mucinex fast max. it's the same difference. mucinex fast max. the only cold and flu liquid gel that's max-strength and fights mucus. let's end this. americans. we try to live healthy. but many of us don't know there are nutrients that can help support our metabolism. take new one a day healthy metabolism support multivitamin with chromium to help use carbs from food and b-vitamins to helpconvert food to fuel. one a day. ever since darryl's wife started using gain flings, their laundr

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mr. cramer of north dakota. amendment number 30 by mr. rouzer of north carolina. and amendment number 37 by mr. pallone of new jersey. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 26 printed in house report 114-359, by the gentleman from north dakota, mr. cramer, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 26, printed in house report number 114-359, offered by mr. cramer of north dakota. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage

mr. cramer: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding me time. i served for nearly 10 years as a regulator of the energy industry in north dakota. i served nearly 10 years on the north dakota public service commission where i regulated not only the siting of coal plants and reclamation of coal mines but the cost of electricity to consumers. i have to address some of the comments made by the gentleman from georgia. i'm sure they were sincere. i'm sure they were well intentioned. but to stand here, mr. speaker, and lecture us that we're somehow motivated by hatred for the president of the united states is so beneath the dignity of this chamber. i'm embarrassed for him. let me tell you that barack obama has the right to his opinion and he's entitled to have it be different than mine. he has the right to be wrong even if he wants to be. but he doesn't have the right to break the law because he couldn't get a law changed when he had a democratic house and a democratic senate. and that's what we're here to talk about. the violation of the law. as the c

mr. coffee and elmers can it rule the aisle of retailers like target and walmart? cramer sits down with the management behind the merger, next. >> don't miss a second of "mad money." follow @jimcramer on twitter. tweet him #madtweets. send jim an e-mail at madmoney@cnbc.com or give us a call, 1-800-743-cnbc. head to madmoney.cnbc.com. there's moving... and there's moving with move free ultra. it has triple-action support for your joints, cartilage and bones. and unlike the big osteo-bi flex pills, it's all in one tiny pill. move free ultra. >>> this morning we have confirmation of last week's big m&a rumor. it's buying jardon for 15.5 billion to create newell brands. it got slammed today down 7%. but i think this deal makes a ton of sense. this combination will give tremendous heft to the point where the new brands have a lot more bargaining power and negotiate with the retailers that sell their merchandise. we got to speak with the in that job of the deal. then we spoke to the founder and executive chairman who will be a board member of combined newell brands. take a loo