Transcripts For WBAL Mad Money 20121206

Points. The nasdaq declined. 77 largely because of apple, more on that later. Now, i am not dismissive of the negativity that see pretty much everywhere. Weve got a couple of real solid reasons to feel totally downbeat. First, i cant believe were still focusing on this washington thing. For five years weve had to keep one eye on washington, one eye on wall street. I remember whole tenyear stretches i didnt 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 parties, demonstrating a level of partisanship thats been empirically measured to being the worst since 1860, the origins of the civil war. Lets hope it doesnt take out that particular benchmark. Were witnessing a titanic struggle between those who are willing to rise above politics, and compromise to cut spending and increase taxes. Yes, thats the actual compromise radical middle position as dave cote from honeywell says, and those who simply refuse to accept tax increases or entitlement cuts. Given that the president s saying he campaigned and won on a platform of higher taxes for the wealthy and the republicans say they were elected because they pledged to behind the scenes power broker Grover Norquist they would never raise taxes, it certainly seems like the impasse cannot be solved and we got to go over the cliff. Not only do the hard liners refuse to rise above partisanship in order to avoid a government mandated recession, which is what its tantamount to doing, but we cant even get them to promise no vacation without legislation boo they not only seem meanspirited, petty, reckless, and angry down there in washington, theyre also slothful. Have you ever been able to say to your boss, walk in, you know, hey, man i know ive got a huge project due, one that could bring down the whole company if i dont finish, but darn it all, hey, see you later, sport, im taking a vacation. Im out of here not only do i advocate no vacation without legislation, i want to know, a new one for you. A litmus test. I want to know which of these bitter and indolent politicians have tickets in their pockets to fly out of washington next week. Im not kidding. I think we should ask each politician we interview, have you purchased tickets to leave without getting your job done . Whats the date on that ticket . Im not asking you about the first class stuff. I want a date. So gloom is a perfectly good attitude when it comes to washington. But is it right . Is gloom right when it comes to wall street . You know what . Im going to put it out there right now, right here, as bad as washington might be. As slothful and reckless and antivoter as they might be. I mean, when you think about it, arent you antivoter if you champion the position thats likely to get the voter fired and cause his life savings to get hammered . Isnt that antivoter . The companies that i talk about most of the time are almost totally opposite. I dont know many ceos who would possibly leave their jobs if the company were in crisis, because, man, oh, man, im hitting the road. Vaca. Let me tell you how i think were too gloomy about the companies and their managements. I had the privilege to drop by the meeting in manhattan today. I didnt go for the free coffee or the danish because im trying to make weight for the big game. Whatever that game is. I went to find out what the company had to say. And what did i hear . Starbucks needs more stores in america to cut down the lines, highquality problem, turning around europe, taking india by storm, talking about adding thousands upon thousands of stores throughout china, even showed you numbers that said unlike yum, kentucky fried chicken, it hasnt seen any deceleration in china. These are my ears like i listen, these are my eyes, ive watched. Howard schultz, call me crazy, made major fortunes investing with them, my bad. And then i heard the questions from the audience, i didnt even listen. What were they looking at versus what i was looking at . They were looking at john carter, i was looking at the new bond movie. One after another, they were all downbeat. Is the expansion too rapid . Is china any good . Whether demand for expensive coffee is there. I was waiting for a guy to say, listen, that triple cappuccino stinks. If i were howard, i would tell them to take a hike. They were too negative versus what the companys up to. Their pessimism . Opportunity. Starbucks was actually down. One time i have the apple ipad, you know, thing im like, wow, its under 50. I mean, wow. Terrific opportunity. Ipad, i mentioned it, surprised one didnt come down and hit me over the head and knock me out. Apple. If were going off the fiscal cliff, we know Capital Gains tax rates are going higher, right . Right . Thats obvious. Do you really think the republicans have the power to keep those Capital Gains rates down . Apples become a referendum on the president s power and polling. Right now he has the upper hand, then he can really roll them and intends to do so. Its reasonable to take some profits so you can pay the tax man less now rather than more later. Its a wimpy thing, its logical, makes perfect economic sense. Especially if you hold apple. So the stock gets hammered. It makes sense to sell it. But lets be less emotional and even clinical about this one. First, divide apples share price by ten, now you have a stock that got crushed down to 54. When you do that arithmetic, it isnt all that scary, is it . Where does the pessimism fit in . When we have to endure the pin the tail on the selloff game, what excuses for the selloff, myriad alibis i hear from todays action. Apples losing share to google, it doesnt have the right phones in europe, nokias making a comeback, the ipad mini isnt selling, the imac is done, theres no special dividend, weve got a stock chart that is the sell, sell, sell, sell excuse me for a moment while i get nauseated. Apple went down today because its a big dollar amount stock and it makes a ton of economic sense to ring the register before yearend. Why do i always say about apple . Own it. Shocker. How about citigroup . This companys crushed shareholders for many, many years, but this new management team, youve got to hand it to them for taking tough medicine right before the holidays, firing 11,000 people, shutting down underperforming operations around the globe. No, i dont want to work there, and i feel terrible at the layoffs. Ive got a ton of friends over at citi, but i would be happy if i were a shareholder. The stock went up on the news. Never easy to change your mind. Something were asking of our politicians, they cant do that. But citigroups management was willing to take the hard medicine for the shareholders. We hear endless negativity about china and europe, but the Chinese Market last night, it was a gigantic move signifying what might be the beginning of a new growth phase. Have you checked european stocks lately . Smoke show. Hey, even i can get too gloomy. Ive been critical of bank of america for its unfathomable top dollar acquisitions, including the illtimed Merrill Lynch purchase and the ridiculous countrywide buy. Ive chided these guys as being one gigantic law firm with a bank attached. Thats how much their earnings have been dependent upon legal obligations. And thats what cuts them. Bank of america led the dow today, broke out above 10. A level hasnt been seen in ages as the unsold homes dwindles, i think it probably goes higher. Heres the bottom line, listen to me, go ahead, be gloomy, you have every right. Be critical, and be angry at those who cant rise above the rhetoric in washington to avoid a recession, and dont even have the common decency to give us legislation before taking a vacation. You know what these people remind me of . They remind me khan, of the star trek villain who showed the wrath on us by sticking proverbial ear wigs into our ears. But the ceos of the companies themselves, sorry, in true scotty fashion, theyre giving her all shes got, and just like spock, they want you to live long and prosper. Bob in florida, bob . Caller hey, big booyah to you, cramer. Right back at ya. Caller first thing i want to do is thank you quick for all you do to demystify the market for people. Thats my goal. Thank you. Caller im guessing im not the only Senior Citizen living on Social Security that depends on a portfolio of dividend stocks as a supplement. Id like to get your take on the future of the income stream that took me so long to create. With one stock in particular, windstream. Im worried about windstream. And i read a lot of the Analyst Reports and they say, listen, you should be worried. When i have everyone telling me to be worried, im not someone who whistles past the graveyard. I say aint worth it. Sell, sell, sell. John in new york, please, john . Caller hey, how you doing, jim . I was wondering how you feel about nokia being that they signed on to china mobile. Everyones all of a sudden very excited about nokia. Its on a run. I understand a 3 stock can go to 4, in the end remember, i encourage speculation thats informed, but in the end, i have no real reason to own nokia, i think its going to be an afterthought in the big world that is smartphones. Joe in florida. A lot of florida callers lately. Joe . Caller this is joe from port st. Lucie, florida. How are you doing . Well, im getting ready for the mets season, new players coming. Caller we need it bad. All right. Caller i have a question for you, stj, st. Jude medical. Oh, man, theyve been crushing that baby, havent they . Caller i can see they said they were going to buy back some stock, 10 . Yeah, you know what . Were going to take a pass. Because unless we have a good fundamental story, were not going to be encouraged by a buyback. What happens is the story gets worse and we cant just say, oh, well, theyve got a buyback. We need fundamentals. That device business i dont really like right now. Is it wall street versus washington . There are tons of reasons for doom and gloom. Theyre taking too long to rise above. But there are still ceos who are out there trying to get you to live long and prosper. Mad money will be right back. Coming up secret garten. With fiscal cliff concerns swirling its not a game i will play. Cramers trying to protect your portfolio from a possible fall. And tonight hes found an under the radar reit that could provide cover. Dont miss his exclusive with weingarten ceo next. And later, Love Thy Neighbor . Forget china. Theres a skyrocketing industrial boom just south of the border. Want to find out how to hop aboard this new growth theme . Cramers got one play that can put you on the right track. Plus waiting for washington to rise above . Get your portfolio prepared for whatever happens. Call, tweet, or email and find your way to the latest edition of am i diversified all coming up on mad money. Dont miss a second of mad money. Follow jimcramer on twitter. Have a question . Tweet cramer, madtweets. Send jim an email. Or give us a call. Miss something . Head to madmoney. Cnbc. Com. [ male announcer ] Research Suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. One a day mens 50 is a complete multivitamin designed for mens Health Concerns as we age. It has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. One a day mens 50 . [ sneezes ] [ sniffles ] [ female announcer ] for everything your face has to face. Face it with puffs facial tissues. Puffs has airfluffed pillows for 40 more cushiony thickness. Face every day with puffs softness. An environment where everyone is still terrified about the potential impact of the fiscal cliff, i want to give you stocks that you can fall back on in a declining market. Many strong companies, high yields. Let me introduce you to Weingarten Realty investors, a company ive liked since 85. Owns Shopping Centers all over the u. S. 301 incomeproducing properties and 11 more in various stages of development. They have a bountiful yield, doesnt have a lot of leverage. Company recently sold off the portfolio of Industrial Assets to become a pure play on retail, and 76 of the rent it collects comes from tenants that are effectively internet resistant. They say it in their own papers. Meaning theyre as immunized against online competition as it gets. Things like supermarkets, restaurants, pet stores, personal care service providers. 93. 6 occupancy rate up 200 basis points yearoveryear. Very bullish guidance. Lets check in with drew alexander, the president and ceo of Weingarten Realty investors. How are you . Pleasure. Great to be here. Now, we obviously are all very focused on the notion that washington could get us back into a Great Recession if theyre not careful. And one of the reasons why i have Real Estate Investment trusts on all the time, they know their businesses really well, but in other words, safety. And we were speaking, i dont like to ever leave anything in the locker room, about why this group and your stock in particular works in this environment. I think supermarketanchored retail is an excellent risk adjusted. We have great supermarkets, they do over 500 a square foot in sales. They bring people to our Shopping Centers that our other merchants can take advantage of. Its a very recessionresilient portfolio. People need to buy the basic goods and services that our supermarket sells. We also have a lot of our tenant stocks that youre talking about, people like panera, tjx, ross, the pet guys that you mentioned. Its a very recession resilient product. You have the most diversity of any of the Real Estate Investment trusts, isnt anyone that could take you down. Krogers the best of our tenants, theyre doing great. Tjx, ross, safeway, the concentration of our tenants as you said, very diversified, very good names. And one of the things were also working on is even more focusing our footprint to locations that are going to benefit from the growth because the markets that were in, texas, california, florida, the sun belt, the west, the good tax climates, the Good Business climates, places that benefit from immigration, migration, baby boomers, et cetera. Well, thats important because one of the themes weve been hitting on is theres some things that can trump even what washingtons done. Meaning that they could set us back, but youve got some stories in here about areas that are just terrific where your Development Pipeline is and the strong Balance Sheet obviously. But it looks like you are in the genuine actual growth areas demographically. So that cant be rolled back by washington. Agreed. Thats where, you know, we have wanted to focus our portfolio into basically about 12 states from Washington State through washington, d. C. All those coastal and border states, plus las vegas, which surprisingly is a very good market for us and denver. See, i think people are misinterpreting. We had a fellow on from City National in california yesterday, people dont get it, california and nevada, florida are really coming back and thats where the growth is again in this country. Again, the population densities around our Shopping Centers are very strong, thats what allows the supermarkets to do well. Many parts of las vegas are very depressed. But theres still people out there, they still go to the grocery store, go to the Subway Sandwich shop, get their hairs cut, and even in some cases with the downturn, theyre taking advantage of Something Like a day spa, quick massage, because theyre not doing the vacation. So we have, you know, a lot of experience, weve been a Company Since 1948, been public since 1985, weve done this, we have great people, great properties, wonderful platform. We know how to lease space. Youve been getting out. You got out of industrial, which was a pretty Good Business. And youve dropped a lot of properties. But it showed that each property, the ones that are left are just doing better. This is just over time pruning that you would do . The industrials seemed a little like all at once, though. Its several things, its a focus, we want to focus on those 12 states, larger properties, we want to focus again on the metropolitan areas and the properties that have barriers to entry, but that will also benefit from growth as people move into houston, to dallas, to southern california, to San Francisco area, et cetera. Weve been in the industrial business for a long time, and we liked it. But it was clear to us that the market wanted a more pure focused company. And it made sense as part of the overall focus. Plus, as you mentioned, leverage is very important. And we wanted to lower our leverage. Right. It made sense to part with the industrial, even though its good properties, good people there, and focus again on quality, supermarket anchored retail in the major metro areas in 12 growing states. One of the things i loved about your presentation and also your Conference Call is you are not youre willing to face headon the challenge of amazon. You directly youre the first Real Estate Investment trust who says, listen, heres the ones that the internet cant get. You recognize the threat is a real one. I think its a real threat. I think we were very conservative in how we came up with our number that we think that some merchants can be affected somewhat on the margin. But, again, the vast majority of what we sell, the prices of it are too cheap for it to be delivered for free forever. Okay. Its a lot more efficient its a lot more efficient to go to the supermarket, mile or so away versus that last mile of delivery. So something thats very expensive that a store makes a big gross margin on, they could possibly give away the delivery, but most of what our tenants sell, you cant. Plus the haircutters, the restaurants, you cant. I like your business. The bricks and clicks model is i was at a convention at the hilton in the city. And theres no question, the bricks and clicks model is what will happen. Retailers will provide an internet alternative, theyll let you pick it up in the store, theyll let it be shipped, theyll have other sizes, theyll move it from store to store. And thats the model. All the retailers are talking about the internet is driving their business, gives good research, you know, its a complement. Itll affect a little bit, but good retail, dense populations, very good risk adjusted. Going to continue to work. This the the kind of stock you can ride through a fiscal cliff with. Thank you to drew alexander, president and ceo of Weingarten Realty investors, ive followed it for years, its the best, wri. After the break, ill try to make you more money. Thank you, drew. Thank you. Coming up Love Thy Neighbor . Forget china, theres a skyrocketing industrial boom just south of the border. Want to find out how to hop aboard this new growth theme . Cramers got one play that could put you on the right track. [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. This season, discover aleve. All day pain relief with just two pills. Until its completely clean. Lysol toilet bowl cleaner kills 99. 9 of germs and removes stains better than clorox toilet bowl cleaner with bleach. So if you want to do the whole job, lysols got you covered. At times, i know it can feel like the entire world is stacked against you in this game. The house of pain. Europes in a nasty recession, United States could be on the verge, well, of returning to the Great Recession because our leaders cant rise above and agree on anything. And chinas still struggling to get their act together and beat their own slowdown. Although the communists seem to be doing a pretty good job of breathing new life into their economy. Look at that market last night. When you take a global view, all right, things stagnant. But there are still some bright spots out there. And believe it or not, one of the brightest is mexico. Thats right. Mexico has been getting its act together, industrial and automobile production south of the border are on the rise. And theyre growing gdp faster than we are in the United States, much faster. Just two days ago, we got terrific mexican manufacturing purchaser Managers Index number which rose to the highest level since june, and the mexican auto business, well, it is on fire. Thanks to a phenomenon being called near sourcing. Thanks to rising wages in places like china and rising transportation costs, it now makes sense for Auto Companies to build their factories in a place like mexico where wages are low and its easy to ship the cars they build to the u. S. Via the rails. All aboard yep. Mexicos probably the cheapest place on earth to make stuff to send to the United States. And speaking of the rails, the best way to play this theme is with my new favorite railroad stock that im unveiling tonight, Kansas City Southern, ksu. At a time when many rails are struggling, Kansas City Southern is thriving, stock at 77 and change, just 6 off its highs. Why, oh, why do i like this company so much . Simple. Geography. Take a look at this map of the companys rail network, okay . Kansas city southern is the new Intercontinental Railroad. Except unlike the one you studied in school, it runs from north to south instead of east to west. It has 6,600mile network, its pretty much evenly divided between the United States and mexico and the network is only one interchange away from every single major market in north america. Believe me when i tell you, this area is just booming. I go down there a lot and i cannot believe how strong it is. Kansas city southern got into mexico in 1996 when the company won the concession to privatize and run the trunk line of the Mexican National railroad. Thats the main line linking mexico city with the u. S. Border at laredo, texas. They spent the last five years heavily investing in their mexican network. And right now this is proving to be a terrific business to own. Lucky . I dont know, lucky and good. Like i said before, the mexican economy is now benefitting in a major way from near sourcing as its becoming increasingly attractive as a place to manufacture things for the u. S. Market relative to china. Now roughly 60 of mexicos Gross Domestic Product is in Kansas City Southern rail corridor, and Kansas City Southerns mexico business grew auto volumes at an astounding 31 clip in the last quarter. Whos got that kind of industrial growth . And the Company Expects growth to continue in that solid double digit range. Whats more, Kansas City Southern currently serves nine auto plants in mexico, but nissan, honda, mazda and audi will be opening new plants. Bmw has. Crazy, huh . Bmw. Over the time frame, mexican auto production is expected to surge from 2. 5 million vehicles a year to 3. 5 million. I think thats low versus what will ultimately be. And Kansas City Southern and Kansas City Southern believes they will have 50 market share. Kansas city southern should benefit from the auto rebuild thats needed in the wake of hurricane sandy. Cant get this stuff to america fast enough. United states fast enough. Thanks to the strength of the economy, the increasing volumes with declining costs. The Gross Margins are expanding. How much do we love that in a rail . However, the Auto Industry only affects about 18 of Kansas City Southerns revenues. They do have some coal exposure, something thats crushed a great Many American railroads, we know that because we have backed away from a lot of rails because of the coal. But they have something the other railroads dont have, consistently high growth, not that low single digit stuff and not susceptible to the cyclical nature of coal or the ongoing war between natural gas and coal in the fight to be fuel for american utilities. And thats why im naming it my new favorite railroad. Even over and above Union Pacific, which has always been my favorite. Dont get mad at me, Union Pacific. I used a great Union Pacific calendar, but its december. That ones off the wall. Anyway Kansas City Southern also saw some exposure to the bakken shale. They found so much oil, they need to ship it via train in order to get a decent price because theres not enough pipe yet, not enough pipe laid from north dakota to the rest of the country. And the company owns half of the Panama Canal Railway which provides ocean to Ocean Service along the canal. They have fantastic management. Ceo david starling was named railroader of the year for 2012. This stock is taking you for a fabulous ride. I got the idea from brian ashenberg who writes the newsletter for the street. Com. He gave us a lot at a really low price, a lot of good ideas. Brian first got buying Kansas City Southern a while ago. The stocks given his news letter 360 return, but the stocks only up 14 in the last 12 months. I think many of the earnings estimates could be way too low. The consensus is for Kansas City Southern to earn 5. 32 in 2013. Nobody in the rail business has anywhere near that kind of growth. Credit suisse sees an additional 1. 60 earnings per share by 2015, thanks to this traffic. Even if you give that figure a 20 haircut, were still talking about earnings that could be 24 higher than the streets expecting just a couple years down the road. Thats a recipe for some major earnings beats and estimate increases, which are the single best predictor of higher stock prices. That stocks likely to go higher. Kansas city southern sells for 18. 9 times next years earnings, not cheap, but 60 longterm growth rate. 16 growth rate, not that bad. It may seem expensive versus Union Pacific. Which, remember, i told you i liked. A lower 14 growth rate. But this is a situation where you get what you pay for. With Kansas City Southern, youre paying a premium for the terrific mexico catalyst that no other guy has plus the big auto exposure and at current levels, the price, lets say its right. Kansas city southern only has a puny 1 yield at the moment, strong cash flow here, getting Even Stronger and could raise the dividend. Heres the bottom line, there are still countries that are in great shape and mexico despite all that publicity about the gangs and the ive got to tell you something, mexicos in better shape than almost every country on earth. Best way to play it, Kansas City Southern. The new Intercontinental Railroad running north south across north america, or as they sometimes call themselves, the nafta railroad. At last, maybe we can get some revenge for all of the jobs nafta has cost us. All of the losses. Anyway, ksu is my new favorite rail. And i think you can buy it at weakness because its got the tracks where people want them and little competition to boot. Lets go to greg in mississippi, greg . Yes, mr. Cramer, thank you so much for taking my call. My pleasure. Caller i had the pleasure of speaking to you on the lightning round approximately a month ago about nordic tanker. Yeah, go ahead, im sorry. Caller no, no, im sorry, at that time you recommended me not go into that particular stock. I was just wondering, you highly recommended it in your book getting back to even which i thoroughly enjoyed, and i was curious if anything changed in particular with the company or that sector in general. I had to back away from it. And i think those who know the show and watch it know that ive backed away from it considerably because there was never a conclusion in the number of ships being built. We are so overbuilt when it comes to the ships that nordic american uses that they cant raise rates and i suspect therell be many more bad quarters. We dont know when its going to bottom, but i have said stay away and i reiterate. I cant recommend the stock, its just too dangerous. Lets go to raymond in florida. Raymond . Caller mr. Cramer. Seasons greetings from palm harbor. Love it. Wish i were there. Its kind of gloomy here. Whats up . Caller firsttime caller. Jim, like you ive been looking for a good secular highgrowth company in the water space. And few weeks ago, a friend of mine starts telling me about this company, theyre involved in helping to pump out the brooklyn battery tunnel in the aftermath of hurricane sandy. Thought it was a local company. The company is xylym. Turns out theyre a spinoff. I never heard of this company in my life. What do you think of them . We liked it when i. T. T. Was all together, we liked the itts defense business and we liked this company. But you know what . Sir, ive not looked at it either since the spinoff. We owe you to look at that and we will. Ive been telling people that Clean Harbors is the way to play. Im looking at xylem. They pick these things, hey, whatever, theyve got the naming guys, i would have called it itt cleanup. Anyway, were going to look at it for you. Dont let economic worries jade you. Mexicos economy is thriving, it just doesnt get talked about. I think Kansas City Southern is the way to benefit. All aboard its the nafta railroad except for it doesnt take away our jobs. Dont move, lightning rounds coming. Keep up with cramer all day long. Follow jimcramer on twitter and tweet your questions madtweets. Of bad odors in a home. Some aerosols may just mix with them. Can febreze really remove them . We asked real people what they thought. Take a deep breath for me. Describe the smell. Its very pleasant. Fresh. Some kind of flower maybe . Remove the blindfold. Awww, oh yuck i didnt smell any of that febreze air effects doesnt mix, it actually removes odors. [ laughs ] wow, thats incredible. Just another way febreze helps you breathe happy. [ laughs ] well that was uncalled for. Folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. How happy, ronny . Happier than gallagher at a farmers market. Get happy. Get geico. 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Lidia. Caller hi, jim. Oh, my gosh, i love your show. Love it, love it, love it. Thank you. Caller michael kors. There are three michael kors, that incredible ad, boy, see that ad, attractive, attractive. Theres michael kors fundamentals and everybody has to profit. When everybody has to profit, people are going caching. Doug in new jersey. Jim, how are you doing . All right. How about you . Caller good, i want to get your take on Morgan Stanley. Ive got enough problems. Im probably too negative. Im not negative on Morgan Stanley. Its fine, its at 16, but i like wells fargo more because wells fargo is levered to the Housing Market and has done absolutely nothing like Morgan Stanley and i think has more upside. Buy, buy, buy plus, Warren Buffetts approval, which in my world still matters. Robert in massachusetts, robert . Caller hi, jim, looking at i. T. Dont look, start buying, man. Buy, buy, buy that is a really terrific stock. Go buy some small and buy more on the way down. Jack in oklahoma, jack . Caller booyah from oklahoma. Yahoo, its got some legal things and im curious if i should take profits or hold it. I think yahoo has got a ceo for the first time in ages that makes me feel that this thing is on the comeback. I really like yahoo. I would use whatever momentary weakness they have to get in the stock buy, buy, buy which still hasnt lost its mojo and people use every single day. Don in california. Hey, jim, happy holiday booyah to you. Same to you. How can i help . Caller hey, my stock is aep, American Electric power. Well, i know American Electric power is one of those stocks that only i would possibly put on tv because nobody really cares. You know what i like . What i like about that stock, 4. 35 yield. Buy, buy, buy limited downside. I say buy. Lets go to john in georgia. John . Caller jimbo, im so glad to speak to you. Here in kings bay, georgia, st. Marys. Julio jones and i get along very well this season. So whats up . Eetractor supply company. All right. I said the other day, im a little backing off a little from tractor supply, its one of weakest of the stocks. But down here, got knocked down really badly yesterday. I think down here its okay. Lets be aware, retail, shaky ground because of my friend, buddy pal, fiscal cliff. Lets go to chris in connecticut, please, chris . Caller booyah. I want to know where you stand on cabot oil and gas. I dont know, where i stand, its already too high. This thing does not come in. I would prefer you to be in eqt, which i think i reiterated this morning and i think is much better. There are lots of people who say there will be blockbuster natural gas deals coming down the road and thats why cabot stays high, that plus it has incredible marcellus holdings. When i first heard about marcellus, it was through cog and i thought it was like veal, but it turned out to be a good place for natural gas. 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You can get a head start preparing your portfolio for whatever lies ahead, making sure youre diversified, keeping your chin up, your homework going, you call, you tweet me jimcramer. You tell me your Top Five Holdings and ill tell you if your portfolio is diversified enough or if you need to mix it up a little. Lets start with a tweet. Tonight from tomes521, who writes, clean energy fuel, cisco, groupon, broadcom and santander. Wow, am i diversified. You can be diversified but also be really have some really bad stocks, and, oh, doctor. Anyway. All right. Groupon, i got the mani pedi coupon this morning, i wanted to leave squawk on the street because they offered me three in one day for half value. But i dont know what it is, so i stayed and did the job. Santander, spanish bank, broadcom, my Charitable Trust owns it. Cisco, these two are too much alike, get rid of cisco. Clean energy fuels, total speculation, groupon, you know, maybe its time to swap into zynga. All right. That was a stock joke. Bank, i dont even know what this is. Bank, speculative energy play, Real Technology company. Man, you know what you need here, you need like bristolmyers or Something Like that. And certainly like lets put an industrial in there, how about honeywell . Dave cotes doing a great job. That would spruce up this portfolio. Do we have like are we rrated . Do we have like i think were probably okay. I dont want the hollywood sensors to crack down on me. Lets go to dave in wisconsin. Dave . Hey, big wisconsin booyah to ya. Home of the harley davidson. Yeah. Caller gis, General Mills, proctor and gamble, pg, kelloggs, k, ibm, ibm, jpmorgan, jpm. Am i diversified . I do have a harley in my garage. Its a greatlooking machine and im proud of having it. Kelloggs, i think that is battle creek, michigan, terrific food company, jpmorgan, good bank, General Mills, well, wait a second, weve got two of a kind. Thats a match game one. Ill come back to that. Procter, my Charitable Trust bought today. Ibm, also Charitable Trust. Were going to keep kellogg, were going to oh, boy, penpals going to get mad at me, but we cant have both of these. Were going to swap out the General Mills put in bristolmyers and own jpmorgan, a bank stock and then we will have diversification. Hallelujah that makes me feel at home. Lets go to scott in west virginia. Scott . Caller hey, jim. Ive got kellogg, k, Norfolk Southern, nfc, disney, dis, abbott laboratories, abt, bank of america, bac. Mountaineers, wasnt their year, like that team, though. Okay. Here we go. Disney, bob iger is doing a remarkable job. Did anyone else like it besides me after that quarter . I stuck by it. Bank of america, financial, abbott drug company, Norfolk Southern transportation, kellogg food, its a food, transport, drug, entertainment, bank, bingo, perfect i wouldnt change a thing. Mad money back after the break. [ jim koch ] sam adams winter lager. 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First, the president and ceo of the faltering mcmoran exploration also happens to be the chairman of freeport, the acquirer. Yeah, hes using freeport money and stock to buy his other business, mcmoran, drilling a gigantic well in the gulf of mexico, called the davey jones which has been absolutely disastrous. The house of pain. So far, for the company, mmr has been crushed by this 29,000foot deep well, which may turn out to be a total bust. But if you own mmr today, you just got 14 in cash and 1. 1 units of Royalty Trust giving you a massive 7. 36 or 87 move in a stock that had been free falling of late courtesy of the missteps in the davey jones project. The other portion, the plains Exploration Partners gave you 8. 35 gain. Thats better. They bagged quality Gulf Properties from the macondo ravaged bp on the cheap. Still, though, this one also raises some eyebrows. Plains owns 35 of mcmoran exploration. Plains ceo on the board of mcmoran. These hardly qualify as arms length deals. And while ive been recommending plains exploration, i would never have thought it was such a hot idea for any company let alone a related one to buy mcmoran exploration, which plummeted 4 from 12 recently when we got that negative report from the davey jones well. I simply cant imagine this deal happening if the same guy wasnt the chairman of both the acquirer and the target. Doesnt smell right to me. I like deals where even the stock of the acquirer goes up, not down. And the positive acquirer actually had been the hallmark, oh, not this time. Yes, the 50 a share in cash that freeports paying to plains is causing major arbitrage pressures on the freeport stock, but i think this is just one gigantic lets see how youve got to be careful. How about ripoff no, lets just say they paid way too much. Plus, theres another reason for the wholesale dumping. The instant recoloration of the stock shareholders thought they owned. Freeport was supposed to be the worlds premiere Copper Company, it was yesterday. And one of the best ways to invest in china was yesterday because so much of the companys copper ends up there. Now its going to be an oil and Copper Company where i worry somethings wrong with the copper side of the equation. Freeports Largest Overseas Copper Holding is in indonesia. They had trouble there. Plus, recently the orders become harder to pull out of the ground, less expensive, is the writing on the wall that freeport might face expropriation some day . Is this the beginning of the end of the companys best asset . And these acquisitions show the fallacy of playing the mining stocks instead of the ore. Those who like copper, reach for freeport endlessly. Best way to invest in copper is jjc, my initials and also the etf. They like their substantial gold holdings, go with the gld. Yes, you have every reason to be upset if you own fcx. To me it seems that freeport got the short end of the stick and big shareholders other than the companys chairman cant be blamed for dumping the stock right into the selloff. And by all means, please, ring the register tomorrow, no later, tomorrow on plains and mcmoran exploration. Stay with cramer. I have a cold, and i took nyquil, but im still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesnt unstuff your nose. What . [ male announcer ] alkaseltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. Thanks