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Jim Cramer says he likes these 5 Nasdaq stocks for 2023

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday gave investors a list of stocks that he believes could be worthwhile additions to investors’ portfolios.

All of his picks are listed in the Nasdaq Composite. While the index is heavy with tech stocks that were hammered last year, there are still names that could perform well even in a recessionary environment, according to Cramer.

“In an index that’s been folded, spindled and mutilated, I am still feeling good about a few of these stocks,” he said.

Here are his picks:

T-Mobile

  • Cramer said that he expects the company to continue taking market share from competitors.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

  • “Regeneron’s got a broad pipeline with a ridiculously cheap stock. I think it’s a really, really excellent situation, especially if you’re expecting a severe recession,” he said.

PepsiCo

  • The beverage giant rivals Procter & Gamble when it comes to the best consumer packaged goods company in the U.S., he said, though he acknowledged that the stock’s valuation is a bit higher than he would like.

American Electric Power

  • Cramer said that he likes the stock because the company is well-run, and utility stocks tend to perform well during economic slowdowns.

Dollar Tree

  • While he does like the stock compared to other retailers listed on the Nasdaq, Cramer said that he still prefers TJX Companies.

Disclaimer: Cramer’s Charitable Trust owns shares of TJX Companies.

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Cramer’s lightning round: I love Eagle Materials

Eagle Materials Inc: “I love Eagle Materials. We’ve got so much money coming for infrastructure from the federal government.”

Apple Inc: “I’m still urging people to own it, don’t trade it, but I accept the fact that it’s going lower before it goes higher.”

Mativ Holdings Inc: “We’re not going to opine. … We’re going to do some homework and we’re going to come back.”

Mosaic Co: “I still think the fertilizers work. I am not giving up on them.”

Cellebrite DI LTD: “I’m going to have to take a pass. Need to do too much more work on it.”

SoFi Technologies Inc: “I think that SoFi, it’s finally going to be [CEO] Anthony Noto’s year. I genuinely believe it.”

Disclaimer: Cramer’s Charitable Trust owns shares of Apple.

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Jim Cramer says the ‘worst of 3 worlds’ helped lead stocks lower on Thursday

CNBC’s Jim Cramer outlined three reasons that markets lost a short-lived rally on Thursday.

If the economy were running colder, if the stock market was lower, and if interest rates were higher before sliding, things would be different, Cramer said. “Today we didn’t see that, though. We had the worst of three worlds.”

Here are the three factors:

  1. Hot economic data: Initial weekly jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 17 rose by 2,000 to 216,000, according to the Labor Department. That’s less than the Dow Jones consensus estimate of 220,000.
  2. Weak corporate earnings: CarMax shares fell about 3.7% after the company reported weaker-than-expected profit and revenue in its latest quarter. Micron Technology shares slipped 3.4% after the company reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss and miss on revenue after the close on Wednesday.
  3. Bearish comments about the market: David Tepper, founder of Appaloosa Management, told CNBC on Thursday that he’s leaning short on equities because it’s unusual for global central banks, including the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and Bank of England, to tighten at the same time.

Stocks fell on Thursday as Wall Street continues to worry that the Fed’s interest rate hikes could tip the economy into a recession. 

Investors also fear that time is running out for a Santa Claus rally, a phenomenon in which stocks tend to rise near the end of a year into the next year. Cramer reminded investors that charts suggest a market run could be in the works for after Thursday’s trading session.

“While we could still get that seasonal bounce, obviously the market’s gotten tougher to game,” he said.

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Cramer says he likes these technology and real-estate stocks for 2023

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday highlighted technology and real estate stocks he believes can perform well in 2023, following a dismal year for both sectors.

Rising interest rates presented challenges for tech and real estate industries in 2022. Information technology is down 27% year to date, as of Wednesday’s close, while real estate has fallen 28.4% over the same stretch. The only S&P 500 sectors to perform worse are consumer discretionary, down 36.2%, and communication services, down 40.3%.

Cramer said he believes tech and real estate will continue to struggle next year; however, tech may start to see its fortunes improve after the first half of 2023.

Tech picks for 2023

Oracle’s fiscal 2023 second-quarter earnings last week were “magnificent,” Cramer said. The stock sells for less than 17 times forward earnings. While enterprise software is hardly Cramer’s favorite industry right now, he said Oracle’s business appears “very durable.”

Cramer said he likes Broadcom’s diversification strategy, including its pending deal to acquire VMware. Broadcom shares also carry a dividend yield around 3.3%, allowing investors to be patient while that acquisition goes through regulatory review, he said. The company also recently announced a $10 billion stock buyback program.

Palo Alto Networks is not in the S&P 500. Nonetheless, Cramer said he believes it’s the best-run cybersecurity company operating in an industry that has long-term staying power in the digital age. While Palo Alto Networks reported better-than-expected results last month, Cramer noted the stock isn’t too far away from its 52-week closing low of $142.21 on Nov. 4. “I recommend picking some up now right here and maybe some more into weakness,” he said.

Real estate picks for 2023

Cramer said he likes Realty Income because its top retail tenants — such as Dollar General, Walgreens and 7-Eleven — have businesses that can hold up during a potential recession. “Best of all, this company’s a dividend machine; they pay a monthly dividend,” he said, “and tend to raise it multiple times a year. Currently, the stock yields 4.6%.”

While shares of Federal Realty have fallen around 25% in 2022, Cramer said the stock has been a solid long-term performer. Its current dividend yield is 4.25%. Cramer said Federal Realty’s specializes in mixed-use properties, many of which are in wealthy suburbs. That is notable given concerns around a potential recession.

Cramer said the logistics focused real estate investment trust, or REIT, has continued to turn in strong results even as its stock has fallen around 31% year to date. Cramer said he thinks Prologis shares have tumbled far enough to start looking enticing.

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Charts suggest a Santa Claus rally is still in play

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday said there could be an opportunity to buy stocks ahead of a possible rally.

“The charts, as interpreted by Larry Williams, suggest that Christmas is not going to be canceled for Wall Street — he thinks we still have a Santa Claus rally coming, and the ideal time to buy is sometime around this Thursday,” he said.

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Stocks fell for a fourth consecutive trading session on Monday, weighed down by mounting recession fears.

Cramer said that the market’s recent downturn is the perfect setup for a Santa Claus rally, which describes U.S. stocks’ tendency to rise near the end of the year and the beginning of the new year. For Williams, it’s a matter of when, not if, stocks will run up, according to Cramer.

To explain Williams’ analysis, he examined the daily chart of the S&P 500 futures from November 2021 to January 2022.

The blue line at the bottom is Williams’ seasonal forecast, and suggests the best buying opportunities come in mid-to-late December, with the Santa Claus rally tending to last through January 10. The chart shows that stocks rallied from December 20 through the end of the year, in line with the forecast.

Cramer then compared these findings to the data shown in the daily chart of the S&P futures from September of this year until now.

The chart suggests that the market just entered the “seasonal sweet spot,” Cramer said. He added that Thursday’s trading session would be the ideal moment to buy ahead of a potential rally, according to Williams.

“I know it’s hard to believe that the market’s ready to run, but that’s how it always is with Larry’s calls. Although it’s possible this year will be different, historically, betting against him has been a real bad strategy,” he said.

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Jim Cramer says he likes these 3 industrial stocks heading into 2023

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday identified three industrial stocks that he believes are worth owning next year, saying he expects them to outperform the sector’s top performers in 2022.

The best-performing industrial stocks in the S&P 500 so far this year have been Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and Deere — up 36.9%, 35.6% and 25.7%, respectively. Looking ahead, though, Cramer said he’d prefer to own the likes of Caterpillar, Illinois Tool Works and railroad operator CSX.

Shares of Caterpillar, which reported strong earnings two months ago, have climbed 12.6% year to date. Cramer said he favors Caterpillar over fellow machinery maker Deere.

“CAT has much more exposure to infrastructure, and I think they’ve got a boost from the oil and gas industry coming,” Cramer said. “Definitely worth owning here at 17 times earnings,” he added.

Illinois Tool Works shares are down more than 12% in 2022 because fears of an economic slowdown have trumped the company’s actual results, Cramer contended. “I like it here, of course more [so] on a pullback,” he said. “But I give you my blessing to buy ITW.”

Transports such as CSX — down nearly 16% year to date — are “totally hated” on Wall Street, Cramer acknowledged. However, he said he believes CSX is attractive for investors with extended time horizons.

“For me, it’s a long-term story. I see our East Coast ports getting more business as shipping companies adjust to the fact that our West Coast ports are dysfunctional. In the meantime, CSX is just minting money with coal,” he said. “I think it’s worth buying going into 2023.”

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Jim Cramer recommends these 5 health care stocks in 2023

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday presented investors with a roster of health care stocks that should be on their shopping lists for next year.

“Wall Street likes profitable companies with consistent results, nice dividends and reasonably valued stocks,” he said, adding, “The biggest [health care] winners were boring, consistent operators with cheap stocks.”

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Cramer said that health care stocks have stayed relatively steady this year because they tend to be recession-resistant stocks — in other words, they perform well regardless of the state of the economy.

Here are his picks:

Danaher

  • Cramer predicted that the company will have a banner year in 2023 and called it “one of the best-run companies in any industry.”

Pfizer

  • Praising the vaccine maker’s acquisition of Arena Pharmaceuticals, Biohaven and Global Blood Therapeutics, he said that Pfizer stock is a steal.

UnitedHealth Group

  • Cramer said that he likes the “best-of-breed” managed health care stock.

Humana

  • He called the stock a “great turnaround story.”

Edwards Lifesciences

  • Cramer says he likes the stock because the company’s underlying business has been strong, despite the stock being down over 43% for the year. 

Disclaimer; Cramer’s Charitable Trust owns shares of Danaher and Humana.

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Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google will fuel the next rally

Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., during the company’s Ignite Spotlight event in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Nadella gave a keynote speech at an event hosted by the company’s Korean unit.

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To build a fire — but not destroy the market by doing so.

That’s the goal right now. It’s not as easy as in the famous Jack London short story (“Too Build a Fire”) where in the end the survivors profit rather than freeze to death in their sleep. 

In the early part of this decade, we saw the rise of Robinhood (HOOD) and the distribution of investments from the serious to the ephemeral. These days, Robinhood has the appearance of one gigantic bonfire of young peoples’ money. The gamification concept was real and the exodus of investors was noisy — culminating with the ridiculous self-immolation of GameStop (GME), AMC Entertainment (AMC) and the meme stocks. Those who fought this trend abandoned Twitter, hired bodyguards and tried to hide from the angry mob that was attempting to will stocks higher by savaging the sellers. No tinder from these clowns. 

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Alphabet is not making enough money

Morgan Stanley: “I want you to hold it. I think it’s terrific at $89.”

SLB: “[Russia] pretty much made a deal between our Western allies and us that allows them to overproduce [oil], which is going to cause Schlumberger to roll down another maybe $5, $6 before we’re interested in buying it.”

Alphabet Class A: “The company has got to cut costs, cut costs, cut costs. … It is not making enough money.”

Sprout Social Inc: “Another enterprise software company. Next. But I promise to go back and look at it again.”

GrowGeneration Corp: “We had that one. We nailed that. We got that right in a buy, we got that right in a sell, and what we did is we never looked back.”

Walt Disney Co: “I think Disney is a triple buy.”

Disclaimer: Cramer’s Charitable Trust owns shares of Alphabet, Disney and Morgan Stanley.

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Cramer on hot industrial stocks, and how we’re playing the tech pivot

Jim Cramer at the NYSE, June 30, 2022.

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The market is so possessed by tech that it can’t see the forest through the industrials. If the discourse isn’t about the slowdown in the cloud, it’s about who is pulling out of the now-private Twitter, or how disappointing it is that co-CEO Bret Taylor left Salesforce (CRM). Meta Platforms‘ (META) Mark Zuckerberg could sneeze and Amazon (AMZN) CEO) Andy Jassy cough and it’s a bigger deal than United Airlines‘ (UAL) order for 100 Dreamliners from Boeing (BA).

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