11 Stocks on Jim Cramer’s Game Plan for the Week

3. Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY)

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Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) is one of the stocks on Jim Cramer’s game plan for the week. Cramer discussed the effect of tariffs on the company, as he remarked:

“We have a slew of important earnings on Tuesday from a host of industries. In the morning, for example, we get results from Kohl’s, Best Buy, and DICK’S Sporting Goods. What am I hearing?… Best Buy will be okay. Probably hurt by higher interest rates and tariffs, although that should be offset by a PC refresh cycle.”

Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) sells technology products, electronics, appliances, and entertainment items, along with related services like delivery, installation, and technical support. Cramer mentioned the company during the September 30 episode and said:

“Now, I wrote How to Make Money in Any Market over a period of two years. In the chapter on dividend stocks, I initially included Stanley Black & Decker and Best Buy as interesting prospects. Now, I think both of these are well-run companies, and they yield 4.5 and 5%, respectively. I took them out, though in the next pass, because unlike the food stocks, which really don’t even need a strong economy to make big money, Best Buy and Stanley Black & Decker actually need strong consumer growth and tariff relief.

That’s just too much of a lift for me. Now, I wouldn’t be surprised if one of these stocks I just mentioned ends up making me look bad and becomes a good stock. I know this because you see, we bought both Stanley and Best Buy for my Charitable Trust, and we were shocked to see them shoot higher immediately on word of rate cuts. We sold a big chunk of those positions up higher, but then subsequently got rid of the rest at just okay prices because we were worried. In retrospect, we got lucky, I think, on the higher prices because I believe that those rallies were simply short squeezes. We definitely aren’t going back into either of those two anytime soon.”