17 Stocks in Jim Cramer’s Recent Game Plan

Jim Cramer, host of Mad Money, on Friday, noted that the upcoming wave of earnings reports this week could help sustain the market’s recent rally.

“We’ve lacked big picture data of late, of course, because of the shutdown of the government, and the whole exercise of divining the market’s fortunes is a little bit more fraught than usual because of lack of empirical evidence.”

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Additionally, Cramer pointed to an important upcoming data release, the Consumer Price Index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is expected on Friday. He said that if the CPI shows inflation coming in under 3%, it would be a major positive development. He added that it would help validate the recent drop in Treasury yields as well.

“Here’s the bottom line: The bears will hold their nose and hide their eyes and disengage their brains once again as next week progresses because it should be another good one for earnings. And earnings, not anything else, are what really drives stocks lower or, in this case, higher.”

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17 Stocks in Jim Cramer’s Recent Game Plan

17. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 88

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) is one of the stocks in Jim Cramer’s recent game plan. Cramer ended the game plan with the stock, as he said:

“Finally, Procter & Gamble reports on Friday. This stock has been in a real house of pain until the last two days, when I started saying that Procter has bottomed. In How to Make Money in Any Market, I spend a lot of time dissecting conference calls, especially the Procter & Gamble conference call, because they’re such fabulous explainers. I think they’ll give you a terrific one this time, and you’ll want to own the stock ahead of time.”

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) provides consumer goods across beauty, grooming, health care, fabric and home care, and baby, feminine, and family care categories. Cramer mentioned the company during the September 10 episode and commented:

“I didn’t include Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson, both amazing companies, but their stocks, while weaker today, they’re not weak enough. They’re still way too high.”

16. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 45

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is one of the stocks in Jim Cramer’s recent game plan. With the company set to report this week, Cramer mentioned it and remarked:

“After the close, Ford reports. I want, look, we gotta find out how much damage this gigantic fire at a key aluminum plant will do to their numbers. If the numbers do come down, by the way, I think the stock could slip below 11.”

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) manufactures, and sells Ford and Lincoln vehicles, including internal combustion, hybrid, and electric models. When a caller sought advice from Cramer about the company stock during the October 10 episode, he responded:

“Okay, I was thrown by the impact that this fire had, and it’s caused me to recalibrate. I do think that Ford’s good, but I think numbers might be too high because that fire hurt so many parts of their operation.”