mr. jim skee-daddy cramer. happy pre-birthday celebrations. >> whoa, man, coming up. want no surprises. okay, what's up? >> caller: sounds good, buddy. i just like to say hey, i hope you keep going with "mad money" for many, many more years. >> i hope so too i do it on sundayed. no one cease it. i do it from my house. hey, i'm cramer. my wife says yeah, okay, you're cramer go ahead what's up? >> caller: so i have a position in -- goldman sachs -- >> i like that upgrade i wanted to call aaron aaron levi that was a great update. i think the company should be acquired, but aaron is too young to want to sell. how about washington, joe. >> caller: thank you good afternoon i have a very quick two-part question on cummin, cmi. the first part of the question is how dependent is cummins on china, either as a supplier or an actual market >> right. >> caller: and how does it partnership with hyundai, how does that line up with in its earth-moving equipment all electric earth moving equipment compare with other entries in the same field >> look, it's regarded as a china play that

mr. cramer, my question is regarded the dry index which in the past 50% in the month so what does this tell us? >> it tells us the chinese new year makes it so i would tell you it's indicative which is that china needs us more than we need them. i'm telling you, china is doing badly with the exception of a couple of retailers. i recommend it because they are still spending the country itself is in i think close to a level of growth that is just the lowest in years in years. let's go to dan. >> boo-yah from caramel, indiana. >> what's up >> my stock is haliburton. i realized the stock was down and hit a low of 3521 after being as high as 55 earlier in the year on december 28th i jumped in at 2650 and i have been fortunate i'm up 20% in general the oil company stocks scare me to death >> they should these things are going to end up being like coal or maybe even like toe babacco. i like bp. it has a good yield. haliburton is okay i remember when it was a democratic company i don't want on the stock. all right. when a disappointing company surprises wall street you got to rocket mad money today

mr. cramer. >> i'm good, how about you, ed >> very well you said in a stock, tyson foods, they just got a ceo, their earnings, i think, are coming up this thursday, and i'm worried about the tariffs, just wondering, what do you think about that >> they report this thursday i think it may be a sucker's game to try to predict and this has become one of the most unpredictable companies in the whole country. i'm going to say that i have to wait myself to see what they're going to do. let's go to andrew in missouri andrew. >> hey, jim, booyah. >> booyah. >> hey, love the show. third time caller. >> okay. >> calling back for duluth trading company. >> i have to tell you all weekend i wore my cameraman, steady cam, duluth trading jacket and my wife thinks it is the coolest piece of clothing that i have, and i am a huge believer and by the way, it's warm, you can't get wet in it. i think the loose stuff is the best there is, so i'm going to say i'm not kidding. let's go to phillip in virginia, phillip? >> hey, jim, i hope you can hear me hey, how you doing >> i'm doing well, how about you. >> i'm

mr. cramer thank you for all you do i truly appreciate it. >> thank you >> caller: my question is what personal percentage of a portfolio should be in index funds and in cash? >> a lot depends on your age for instance, by the way, index funds are fabulous because you don't have to do the work on individual stocks and they give you a great diversification. when you're young age you want to have 100% in stocks always get older take that money out and take the money out in get rich carefully and in literally all my books i talk about the different stages but as you get older you have to raise cash let's go to blake in nebraska. blake. >> caller: boo-yah, jim. with the current market volatility what advice do you have for young investors out there. >> ride it out young people have their whole lives to make back the money they might lose. older people, time gets shorter and you can't make it back okay, if you want to get in on the stock market, bond is the word when an executive steps down without an explanation, sell, sell, sell and stick with cramer your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get o

mr. cramer. >> yes, we want to help people make money how can i help >> i'm interested in kem >> sure. in that. >> well, thats an inexpensive stock. i'm going go with you. it's a very inexpensive stock. after the cohorts moved up how about the way that they nail the smh on tuesday night look at the archives if you missed it. let's go to anthony in minnesota. anthony? >> what about mirna. >> you know, i put up with them recently inthe jp morgan conference i'm sticking by that bristol-myers. i think maderna has a lot of work it's a weird period in the ipo market it is clinical stage biotech are we done completely not john in north dakota john >> boo-yah, jim. >> boo-yah >> new residential invest comment e.ment corp. nrz. >> i do not recommend these residential mortgage related companies. i don't know what they own even though they could be very good companies, i got stick with what i do know and not recommend things that i don't. how about we go to kevin in massachusetts? kevin? >> good luck this weekend. i don't mind saying. that how can i help? >> yeah, appreciate it i just want to tal

mr. cramer. >> boo-yah i hope everyone finds a career as satisfying as yours is to you. >> you're very kind. i have to admit. i do i have to admit that i do. what's up? >> caller: okay, in light of this battle against plastic straws and fast food packaging and the dividend, what do you think of international paper >> you know what i think -- i wish they were a play on paper straws i made the same mistake with west rock. they're a play on worldwide growth so we'll stay away from ip and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of "the lightning round." >> announcer: "the lightning round" is sponsored by td ameritrade had a coach in high school. 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! mad skills. education to take your trading to the next level. only with td ameritrade. >>> eureka, last saturday u reek ya moment, alters the way you see the world. that's how i felt when

i read and enjoyed "confessions of a street addict" and want to give kudos to your hero, mrs. cramer. >> she knew how to trade better than anybody else in the world >> good for you. i'd like to know your opinion on buying gold and silver as a hedge against the market. >> i think cash is the best hedges okay against the market against the monetary system you're right with gold i happen to like actual physical gold i actually like buying gold coins. if you can't afford it, the stock also not work because they tend not to reflect the price of gold so if you do buy gold bouillon, do not keep it in your house but i think you're dead right about the idea stocks don't need to be abstract certificates or numbers and lers behind a password protected screen they're real you can touch, taste and play with them. with kids that's often the best play to start. still more "mad money" ahead including investing advice from one of the wisest groups of people around. teenagers. i'll explain next. >>> plus, a serious piece of investing wisdom i think is dead wrong and could be wreaking havoc on your mon

mr. cramer, my honor talking to. >> you right back at you. >> caller: thank you for everything you do. >> >> caller: my question is about panw i bought the stock at the cybersecurity stock. i bought it around 180 in early january. and added to it around 100 -- 210. >> okay. >> caller: a couple of days ago. or a couple of weeks ago and my question to you is, what do you think of the stock and -- >> i'm writing a speech about it to give wednesday at 11:30 for the club it's an essential part what have i'm saying which is that this is a bear market stock that went to a bull market and how to own it, how to trade it and understand this is one difficult stock if you're going to look at it every minute but not if you're going for the long term because it is best of breed. let's go to john in south carolina john >> caller: boo-yah, jim, from beautiful somerville, south carolina >> i've been there and it is gorgeous how can i help >> caller: it is gorgeous and i am waiting 86 years to get information on a good pick so how do you feel about tsj. >> brooklyn's own etsy this is the craft am song real

mr. kernan -- cramer likes to say if you're playing at home so four million and four million are the numbersbile, john legere and sprint executive chairman were on capitol hill yesterday the two testified in front of the house energy and commerce committee defending their company's proposed $26 billion merger. >> the outcome of this merger will be a significant increase in supply in the form of eight times the capacity that our network will make available. it will bring an 87% decline in the price per gig of data and jobs will go up so this is do dramatically different. >> unfortunately, as you know, sprint doesn't generate any cash flow and if we've got to build this network on our own we need to spend between $20 billion to $25 billion. we'll have to go to the banks and bond markets and borrow that money. in order for us to pay back the investment in 5g, unfortunately, sprint is no longer going to be able to be the price leader. prices will go up. and i'm going to reiterate one thing we don't talk enough 93% of the cash flow in this industry is being generated by at&t and verizon that is e

for that, go to jim cramer >> it's something, melissa i was there when mr. picked blue apron and he told me, look, how can you lose with a couple dollar stock? my lesson to people out there is look at how you can lose he lost his crown because of a couple dollar stock. how much is there to lose? there is quite a lot and i want to emphasize that. i happen to like cannabis, but the cannabis stocks are like, how much can you lose? canopy is good i actually want to be more cautionary blue apron, please do not confuse these stocks with intel. do not confuse them with proctor and gamble >> these were all equally weighted we're talking about goldman up next to blue apron, someone said, okay, it's just a couple of dollars of my huge portfolio next to these behemoths. >> it's so right a lot of people do and weight it i'll put a lot of money in blue apron. in five days, kept buying and buying and three years, we bought it and bought it. and then went back, it was worth nothing. but kept saying, how much can we a million shares, let's buy a million shares when we were

mr. green. i am the one that if karen cramer were here, she would make me put the post-it on my head, dwdp and makeoft pretzel go get me a soft pretzel that's why i loved her still do my wife is on a train. i don't have to worry. >> okay. >> amazon -- on a very thin tape here, jim, amazon is down about 2% along with other names that -- twitter and so forth, micron, good year, even after -- >> no divorce there. >> no -- >> trying to do divorce versus no divorce what stocks can be sent down by divorce. >> yeah. >> goodyear is sent down by the fundamentals the auto business, it is bad how about union pacific doing a big buyback right here i don't know that could be wrong headed i'm looking at tech making a turn right here, right now i think that -- i'll go out on the limb and say the golden micron call will be ignored. >> one name we haven't got to and i want to put this into an overall faber report if that's okay -- >> are you going to extort me? >> i would never do that >> arconic up this morning, arconic. >> two companies >> yeah. it seems as though they roped this one up on the black board a coupl

mr. secretary. thank you. we got to get -- thanks for coming in, being on set with us. down to the new york stock exchange jim cramerworth about 200, you think, jim? >> i care about china, joe i think that this was something that people were worried about it might be a shut down over the weekend, get a deal, good, move on my focus is on china until we get more earnings. and it is not as much on tax policy, i'm more concerned about spend policy i wish there was someone down there that cared more about spend policy you can raise the capital gains tax. you can tax the rich i get that you and i both know, it is the spend. the spend is insane. >> that's my problem, jim. i can actually see some -- i like to do all the things to try to raise people up i'm in the sure that we know -- we tried i'm not sure we know how to do that one we to do it is faster economic growth. i'm pretty sure of that. i know the wage gains have been slow and hard to come by i think it is finally starting to happen. i think this is the way that this -- this is the one way we can do it. we're stuck with this. >> we have to grow the economy we have g

cramer, equally prescient in a lot of ways. what do you think of everything together >> pretty good sometimes you just say it is good mr.f we start seeing even hotter market, i think december job market, december industrial read was not good housing read was not good. the autos are not good there is hiring going on do you want the economy hitting on all cylinders before you decide we have to raise rates. i do not see the acceleration, i see a deceleration with the exception of some of these hiring figures if we just wanted to go by hiring, the fed funds rate would be much higher what would that do make it so we have less hiring is that our goal i think the economy can handle this rate. or the wage gains would be up. so can we just say it is pretty good and let's keep letting it play out >> yes >> i never understood that oh, my god, the inflation rate is so low, we got to do something about this and get the fed to raise rates that's not what the mandate implies. price stability and you can go to zero on unemployment if there was no inflation, right? >> we have a great country and great economy. we're negotiating with a c