During the latest episode of Mad Money, which aired on Thursday, the 15th of May 2025, Jim Cramer gave some advice on how investors should be approaching the markets from a psychological perspective:
“My view, you can be as cynical and corrosive as you want about the vast majority of things in the world in life. But if you’re trying to make big money in the stock market, you’re actually better off being critical and constructive. Reflexive negativity is not a smart strategy, and you’ll most certainly trade yourself into oblivion with very little show for it.”
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At the same time, Cramer advised his viewers to not always react negatively to the narratives or the facts. Instead, staying open-minded when listening to earnings calls or analysts’ opinions is the best way to go:
“So here’s the bottom line: If you examined these same opportunities with a jaundiced eye, too critical, too negative, I know what would’ve happened. You would’ve passed on all of them. But if you were open-minded, if you were constructive, any one of these could easily have made you a boatload of money.”
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For this article, we compiled a list of 12 stocks that were discussed by Jim Cramer during the Mad Money episodes that aired between the 15th and 17th of May, 2024. We then calculated their performance for the past 12 months, until May 16th, 2025, market close. We have also included the hedge fund sentiment for the stocks, which we sourced from Insider Monkey’s Q4 2024 database of over 900 hedge funds. The stocks are listed in the order that Cramer mentioned them.
Please note that this article mentions Jim Cramer’s previous opinions and may not account for any changes to his opinions regarding the stocks that are mentioned. It is primarily an examination of how his previously provided opinions have panned out.
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12. RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 80
Back in 2024, on May 15, Mad Money’s Jim Cramer discussed the performance of post-breakup aerospace and defense stocks, spotlighting RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) as a strong example of a successful spin-off from United Technologies.
“The part that merged with Raytheon, the new RTX, has rallied 108% since the breakup, total return of 13% including dividend. It’s now worth over $140 billion. This was that little problem they had with the engine — they really put that behind them very quickly. I’m proud of these guys, by the way. I think RTX is a great business, both on the commercial aerospace and the defense side.”
Cramer’s confidence paid off, as the stock climbed a solid 29.97% since his endorsement.
RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) is expanding its aerospace services business as defense orders rebound and commercial travel returns to strength. During a recent discussion earlier in May on how tariffs could affect the company, Jim Cramer said the following:
“First of all, they were very forthcoming about the tariffs. That was right. Second, it is a way for people, for countries to be able to say, listen, I know we have a trade, we have a huge trade surplus with you. We are going to write a check to RTX and get what we need. You are spot on.”
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