On Thursday’s episode of Mad Money, host Jim Cramer discussed why investors should have confidence in growth stocks and the broader market. He noted that good growth stocks can pay off.
“See, my thesis is simple: Good things actually do happen to growth stocks. They do. You gotta accept that, you gotta own it, and you have to trust the market itself.”
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Cramer pointed out that previously, investors who have remained patient and stuck with high-quality stocks, not just index funds like the S&P 500, have seen substantial returns over time. By contrast, he warned against the all-too-common behavior of jumping in and out of the market, buying at peaks and selling during downturns. He said that such behavior often leads to disappointing outcomes and missed opportunities. “If you don’t trust stocks, you miss out on enormous gains,” he cautioned.
“My job is to help you try to make some money. But the skeptics, they’re more powerful than I am. They sound so smart… The skeptics have been too powerful. They never stop scaring people away. They are your worst portfolio nightmare… The skeptics always prevail. Well, almost.”
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Jim Cramer Discussed These 11 Stocks
11. Burlington Stores, Inc. (NYSE:BURL)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 41
Burlington Stores, Inc. (NYSE:BURL) is one of the stocks that Jim Cramer discussed. Cramer discussed the effects of tariffs on the company and said:
“Meanwhile, when you look at the retail stocks that are winning, they’re ultra-low price closeout operations like TJX, which had a magnificent quarter, or Burlington Stores, which offer stunning low prices. These closeout chains have no real tariff exposure because they buy excess inventory from struggling retailers for pennies on the dollar. It’s those struggling retailers that pay the tariffs when the goods arrive, not Burlington, okay, and not TJX.”
Burlington Stores, Inc. (NYSE:BURL) is a retailer of branded apparel, footwear, accessories, home goods, beauty, and baby products. The company operates under the Burlington Stores and Cohoes Fashions brands. In an August episode of Squawk on the Street, Cramer mentioned the stock and said:
“Burlington Stores, unbelievable, another example of how, about what the economy is like…
When you go to Burlington, and my wife said, Jim, why are you waiting in line for three t-shirts? And I said, because of ten dollars.”
10. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 50
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) is one of the stocks that Jim Cramer discussed. Cramer discussed the company’s quarter and the market sentiment around the stock, as he commented:
“So when you get what looks like a surprisingly good quarter from Williams-Sonoma… and you look under the hood at what prices could be coming, sellers suddenly materialize and knock these stocks right down. It’s painful to watch Williams-Sonoma get dinged. See how Laura Alber’s doing Yeoman’s work trying to keep prices down.
In the end, though, she’s got a double whammy tariff issue: the current import from overseas and then the president’s attempt to put additional tariffs on imported furniture to bring back our own domestic manufacturers. Now, on the conference call, Alber made the point that some furniture just can’t be made here because we no longer have the capacity. She’s thinking about some of the cheaper Asian products, but the market doesn’t care about any of that.”
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM) is a specialty retailer that provides home goods, furnishings, cookware, decor, and personalized products.
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