mr. cramer >> mike. >> caller: listen, two things, one first, thanks for taking my call, thanks for leading us nine-to-fivers down the road to extra money. >> my pleasure >> caller: i now you're in a hurry here >> no, i'm fine. >> caller: it's concerning dividends. >> yeah. >> caller: just want to know, do you take the money and put it in your pocket or put it back in the stocks, and if you do, how do you make that work and how do you set it up? >> you do have to do dividend reinvest it's a checkoff basically, but you have to. my trust will not allow it to. it's always hurt the performance, i always tell club members, reinvest. take that money. there's nothing like the compounding of the great compounding that you get, particularly with stocks that have good dividends. all right, remember my first two rooms, bulls make money, bears make money, and pigs get slaughtered. please don't be greedy, please be disciplined and don't be afraid to pay the tax man on profits you earn. it's a lot better than riding things to losses take some off the table. much more "mad money" ahead. i'm putting my nea

mr. cramer: mr. speaker, john andrews, died last week on wednesday. he was a patriotic american who loved his lord, loved his country, loved his state and loved his community. john was a strong conservative who exercised his convictions with grace and facilitated dignified deliberations. while john made a mark as a public servant at many levels, it was his work as a newspaperman that leaves the most impressive legacy. his columns were sometimes provocative. always profound. but never mean. john was the president of the north dakota newspaper association in 1970, and in 1989 became the only north dakotan ever elected president of the national newspaper association. john was inducted into the north dakota newspaper hall of fame in 2000. and received the national association's award for distinguished service. distinguished service, the perfect description for john. while he's being laid to rest this weekend, because his servant's heart has stopped beating, his legacy lives on in his words and his witness to decency. may we all strive to his very high sta

mr. cramer: mr. speaker, john andrews, died last week on wednesday. he was a patriotic american who loved his lord, loved his country, loved his state and loved his community. john was a strong conservative who exercised his convictions with grace and facilitated dignified deliberations. while john made a mark as a public servant at many levels, it was his work as a newspaperman that leaves the most impressive legacy. his columns were sometimes provocative. always profound. but never mean. john was the president of the north dakota newspaper association in 1970, and in 1989 became the only north dakotan ever elected president of the national newspaper association. john was inducted into the north dakota newspaper hall of fame in 2000. and received the national association's award for distinguished service. distinguished service, the perfect description for john. while he's being laid to rest this weekend, because his servant's heart has stopped beating, his legacy lives on in his words and his witness to decency. may we all strive to his very high sta

mr. cramer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north dakota is recognized for one minute. mr. cramer: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the children's health insurance program provides health coverage to low-income, low-income children and pregnant women, to have annual income above the medicaid eligibility levels but have no health insurance. it provides care, in other words, mr. speaker, for some of the most vulnerable families in our nation. it covers nearly 5,000 children in my home state. in fact, in fiscal year 2016, north dakota received thsdz 19 million in chip funding. i encourage all of my colleagues to now support this important program that has historically had bipartisan support. i also want to urge my colleagues to quickly take up funding for community health centers, the especially diabetes program and other health programs that require extension. community health centers in north dakota are already feeling the negative effects of this funding uncertainty. particularly in hiring and leasing decisions. but, mr. speaker,

mr. cramer: address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cramer: mr. speaker, i rise to pay tribute to the north dakota businessons who won't their division one football championship in the last seven years. when chris was named head coach, he inherited the tradition of excellence and made it a dynasty. miriam webster defines it as a powerful group or family that maintains its position for crrble time. winning six national championships in seven years meets the second half. and anyone who knows they are a family. quarterback stick was named the game's most outstanding player but the bison defense, holding james madison university offense to a season low 241 yards and 13 points. perhaps it was linebacker nick deluca when asked how the defense was able to respond. he said just remain focused and calm. good advice nick in football and politics. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? >> permission to address the house the one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman fr

mr. cramer >> i'm good, how are you >> caller: well. i am astounded today and i am a high risk investor, i am older than you and i noticed today, i have been in and out of oled universal display for several years and i noticed what was going on today and i don't know what to do. i was about to actually call some call options but i saw it go down and down. >> george. i got the answer for you let the analyst downgrade. they are saying this company is not doing well because apple is not ordering parts let them all get out and then by your call options. don't you dare take these scaredy-cats out how many sessions can you have in one day we had two terrific one and one real ugly one. kind of like a sandwich. do your buy in the weakness. as the company rolls out products in gaming i am sitting down with the ceo >> proctor and gamble and kimberly clark nailing down the end of the quarter with the ceo stick with cramer. >> announcer: don't miss a second of "mad money." follow @jimcramer on twitter have a question? tweet cramer, #madtweets send

mr. cramer?hings too i have to tell you, never mind the hedge funds had their head spun not unlike reagan in a movie i still like. >> go eagles. >> this shirt is for you >> it could be a great revenge item too >> companies i bought -- going on today -- my stock is down -- all you do for us jim. had a coa. really helped me up my game. i had a coach. math. ooh. so, why don't traders have coaches? who says they don't? coach mcadoo! you know, at td ameritrade, we offer free access to coaches and a full education curriculum -- just to help you improve your skills. boom! that's lesson one. education to take your trading to the next level. only with td ameritrade. with the extra third rowr... of seats. they think it's theirs. look at them, they have no idea! it's not theirs. it's mine. mine. mine. mine. the new lexus rx 350l with three rows for seven passengers. are you excited about your baby sister coming? experience space for the unexpected with the rx l, part of the rx family. experience amazing at

mr. cramer, it's an honor.ollowed you since the beginning back in joe's grand old days >> you're dating me. >> caller: here's my five. bank of america, slom ber j, nor, microsoft and rio tinto >> here's another guy who seems to know what he's doing. nor, my favorite in cr construction maybe they will be doing some buying microsoft, premiere technology, sh lum berger which is maybe the greatest technology company, but it's an oil service company. oil service, pc, so that's why they're not overlap. mineral, enc, engineering and construction, and financial, wow. [cheers and applause and next is dan in south dakota. dan. >> caller: boo-yah and crazy horse boo-yah from south dakota. you and your wife should get off the new jersey turnpike and come to south dakota for vacation >> my daughters went and just loved it, i have to tell you i thought it was kind of a wow, really but they had the best time in the world. how can i help >> caller: awesome living in eastern south dakota i have to arm wrestle you on the vikings

mr. cramer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north dakota is recognized for one minute. mr. cramer: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the children's health insurance program provides health coverage to low-income, low-income children and pregnant women, to have annual income above the medicaid eligibility levels but have no health insurance. it provides care, in other words, mr. speaker, for some of the most vulnerable families in our nation. it covers nearly 5,000 children in my home state. in fact, in fiscal year 2016, north dakota received thsdz 19 million in chip funding. i encourage all of my colleagues to now support this important program that has historically had bipartisan support. i also want to urge my colleagues to quickly take up funding for community health centers, the especially diabetes program and other health programs that require extension. community health centers in north dakota are already feeling the negative effects of this funding uncertainty. particularly in hiring and leasing decisions. but, mr. speaker,

mr. cramer thanks for taking my call.ook forward to your program every day. >> thank you >> caller: i own cy link - >> you're lucky. because it went from the hold to the buy, the conviction -- in one day. now they're getting some really -- it's a good business in the high end communication stuff. i think you own it let's go -- that's the lightning round. >> lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade >>> oh, either they don't want to say anything good about the markets. bitcoin, bitcoin and bitcoin. hey, cramer, how about bitcoin i'm feeling good about sleeping for heaven's sake. [ laughter ] believe me i would if i were doing the show at home i'd do the show at home in front of the mirror for like hours yeah, one pen. okay, you break it you have two pencils, wake up out there! a bull -- beast mode my carrier baked in i'm done hearing about baked in. oh, well i'm calling? oh see that's funny, i thought you traded options. i'm not really a wall street guy. what's the hesitation? eh, it just feels too complicated, you kno

mr. cramer when it comes to the would you rather game? >> i think boeing will continue to rally january 31st is when they report they have got knock it out of the park in my opinion to continue this trajectory we have seen right here, right now, ibm quickly, one of the reasons i think ibm got hit. moirns should have improved this quarter given their businessics in they were down that's disappointing but to answer your question, ibm. >> come out in the conference call and talk a lot about block chain, and that jv with maersk >> i would be a i approximator of ibm boeing has pluses as well. but ibm valuation wise has more upside i think from here on out. >> still ahead, american express thinking after-hours suspending buy backs after taking a tax hit. we will bring you the latest from the call. i'm melissa lee. you are watching cnbc, first in business worldwide >> shot lieu the heart only wreath analysts were so accurate but they aren't. and you won't believe just how off the mark they have been. we'll explain. >>> plus -- >> hey, i'm back >

mr. cramer, from frozen chicago. >> well, frozen chosen, though what's up?last year after hearing you talk about industrial stocks i realized i was underweighted. i did a sector search looking primarily for companies that weren't the usual suspects and possibly looking for a hidden gem. >> okay. i found a company called amatech. >> that's right arne the corner from me. you did well don't sell don't sell that company is just -- i mean, i actually have been working on a big piece about it so it took the thunder out of thing, but you've got a win tler. let's go to charlie in new york. charlie! >> caller: boo-yah, jim. >> boo-yah my question, applied material materials, amat. >> people feel there's not enough demand now for flash and that mike and the drams are going to fall. i say that they've spent enough time on the wilderness and it's okay to buy. no, no, no i am just getting started. that's ridiculous. i'm baked in let's go to james in new jersey. james! >> caller: hey, jim. thank you for taking my call i would like to discuss nabors, ticker nbr >> really?

mr. cramer, thank you for all the work you do for us on investing. >> my pleasure. >> caller: i watch your show every evening. >> thank you. >> caller: my interest is in an old name, motorola solutions -- >> msi, it was hot today you see that >> caller: yeah. >> what happened well, look, i'll give anna the benefit of the doubt that she was going to say positive things about it because i'm going to say positive things about it it this stock is incredibly cheap sells at 17 times earnings, got great growth i don't think you should leave it i think you should run to it i need to go to steve in california steve? >> caller: hey, jim, how are you doing? >> man, i got to tell you, i'm all fired up how about you? >> caller: okay. my serious concern is with this new sale that went down between dst systems. >> right. >> caller: the shareholders were not informed of it and whether or not we got a fair price for our stock at $84 a share also we don't know anything about what the dividend is going to be with this new company. the -- the earnings report is going to be on january the 25th. so what's your

mr. cramer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north dakota is recognized for one minute. mr. cramer: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the children's health insurance program provides health coverage to low-income, low-income children and pregnant women, to have annual income above the medicaid eligibility levels but have no health insurance. it provides care, in other words, mr. speaker, for some of the most vulnerable families in our nation. it covers nearly 5,000 children in my home state. in fact, in fiscal year 2016, north dakota received thsdz 19 million in chip funding. i encourage all of my colleagues to now support this important program that has historically had bipartisan support. i also want to urge my colleagues to quickly take up funding for community health centers, the especially diabetes program and other health programs that require extension. community health centers in north dakota are already feeling the negative effects of this funding uncertainty. particularly in hiring and leasing decisions. but, mr. speaker,

mr. cramer: no air force unit has won more than 18 outstanding unit awards. i was honored to be in fargo as the north dakota national guard's 119th wing was awarded its 19th. the 119th wing, known as the happy huell begans, has received this prestigious recognition nearly constantly since 2006. the air force outstanding unit award is given to numbered units of the active duty air force, the air national guard and u.s. air force reserve that have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious service or outstanding achievement. the mission of the 19th wing is to provide trained and ready irmen, executing world-class mq-9 precision attack, nonkinetic intelligence production and expeditionary support capabilities for the nation and state. mr. speaker, aristotle said we are what we repeatedly do. excellence then is not an act but a habit. freedom-loving people around the world are grateful to the happy huell gains from fargo for -- hull gains from fargo for making liberty a habit. congratulations, colonel, and thank you to your outstanding service for the

mr. cramer on "mad dash. >> you went to the grammys >> yeah, it was fun. >> not that cool i am far from coolgood show. >> starbucks, speaking of show, on our friday's show, we have kevin johnson who was on, stock was down what do we have today? >> today we got, think of the idea that china is accelerating and the u.s. comp is decelerating so much this is important because they are not willing to give the company the benefit of the doubt because they talk about how they really cannot figure out how u.s. conference is decelerating. it is a shifting now did they miss the mark on a particular drink they're kind of given up on it i don't know, it is an expensive stock if they don't get it right. the roast stream may not cover it in terms of the growth. this is a battleground >> what about china? >> well, that's why i suggested that they do a yum china which put on so much value david, this stock -- it is multiple shrinking it is funny because we are talking about dr. pepper this cannot be takingen over. honestly, i don't know what to pay for the darn thing if u.s. is not picking up and it is stil

mr. cramer? they don't know.ut if you have self-driving cars with gps, you can be able to have maybe three or four more deliveries per, per drive. and that is where the gross margin is going to go up for domino's >> you have a lot of investors now trying to understand what it is going to mean so thinking, three to five years that we'll start to see a lot more awe ton mutonomous vehicle road people will say, all that parking space that you're out of urban center malls have, or that -- no longer needed it's going to need to be -- >> parking garages in urban centers, but even outside -- it's all going to need to be re -- is there an opportunity there? and you get to things like hospital vehicles from accidents and trial attorneys. insurance rates, we've talked about. >> it's all real look, the number of miles th thatwthat way moe has logged >> not to mentioned teslas, that are logging a lot of miles, too. >> although hackett was the only auto executive at ces. >> i know. i would have thought there would be more. but

correspondent to catalina chinmoy who joins us from cramer books in washington welcome catalina so we heard a damning picture painted there of the president but mrl's credibility has been criticized what we learned about him and the way he gathered information for this book. well michael is a very well known journalist and author he in the united states and for this book he conducted over two hundred interviews in eighteen months so he did do a lot of research and interviews on that and on the same interview we just heard on b.c. today he also said he works every journalist works and that he has recordings of all the interviews and he has no it's and he also added he's not surprised at all the president trump is reacting that way because this is how he usually approaches problems threatening and he also said on that interview that he assures he spoke to president trump but then he added whether president trump was aware that this was an interview or not i'm not sure but it was definitely on the record so indeed it is also pretty extraordinary to see a president trying to block the publishing of a book in a democracy of course. foreign furia. fai

stop, our own jim cramer sits down with the ceo and asking how his company is making chicken great again. valeant resurges and the company is making a come back. we'll talk to the ceo mrjoe papa and exercise equipment going beyond the fight, with el ta we'll take you on a ride, on "power lunch." i realize that ah, that $100k is not exactly a fortune. well, a 103 yeah, 103. well, let me ask you guys. how long did it take you two to save that? a long time. then it's a fortune. well, i'm sure you talk to people all the time who think $100k is just pocket change. right now we're just talking to you. i told you we had a fortune. yes, you did. getting closer to your investment goals starts with a conversation. schedule a complimentary goal planning session today. . >>> for 2017 was a tough year for chicken restaurants. they were hit with one-two punch of chicken wing stop is up 50%. how did they do it >> our own jim cramer sits down with the ceo, he joins us now with wing stop's ceo, charles morrison hey jim. >> thank you, michelle charlie, nfl divisional playoffs, championship super bowl, is this your sweet spot? >> this is the time of the year and everybody loves chicken

mr. lleu's question t provide a whopping share buyback and potential one-time or long-term dividend increase here why bid up the stock i remember years ago, cramer told me companies hire people when wall street rewards companies for hiring people. i don't know if they are happy about the added investment, or they see announcements like this as a precursor for a large dividend or share buyback. >> by the way, bank of america, i think will pointed it out this morning, but after they did a similar pay increase, they did say now we are going to focus on improving our shareholder return you know, steve, a lot of companies are sensitive about the optics of this there's been so much leadup to how the tax reform dollars will be spent, but even if they turn now and do capital return, okay, fine, again, do you think the net impact of this from a macro point of view is 4% gdp growth this year? >> some macro impact that is positive the idea that apple hires additional people on the margin is good. additional investment on the margin, that's good. you do have to ask one question, though, right. so apple can go out in the market and borrow money at 3%. it's p