Jim Cramer, the host of Mad Money, told viewers on Tuesday that putting faith in a strong stock can still make sense.
“On a day where the Dow dipped 179 points, S&P declined 0.09%, Nasdaq actually inched up 0.13%, I want to talk to you about how the stock business works against you. While I’m now on my incessant book tour to sell How to Make Money in Any Market, I’ve gotten intense pushback from many who are in this racket, including those who don’t even know it is a racket. The whole point of my book is that it’s possible for you, you, to make big money by picking individual stocks as long as you do it right.”
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Cramer added that an entire industry exists to convince people that stockpicking is a fool’s errand and that money should simply be placed in index funds that match the market. At the same time, he said the media frequently tries to frighten investors away from companies that have delivered strong long-term gains because negativity captures attention. He added that the press often goes too far and should not be taken “too seriously”.
“Here’s the bottom line: If you want to make big money in individual stocks, you need to be a believer. Sometimes it doesn’t pay off; everybody makes mistakes. But if you don’t believe in your stocks, then you’ll never be able to stick with them through thick and thin. Any stock that’s a winner inevitably attracts endless negative attention from the press because that’s how you sell papers. And belief is the only thing that will prevent you from getting scared out of your best holdings instead of staying long and profiting from the big moves that could be ahead.”
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Jim Cramer Recently Commented on These 10 Stocks
10. Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 44
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently commented on. During the lightning round, a caller inquired about the stock, and here’s what Mad Money’s host had to say in response:
“Yeah, I think Alaska’s good, I think, but as a trading vehicle only. You want to buy it… [as] a trading vehicle.”
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) provides scheduled passenger and cargo service. The company also runs a regional network for shorter-distance routes. Diamond Hill Capital stated the following regarding Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) in its second quarter 2025 investor letter:
“Despite markets’ relatively sharp bounce following April’s downward volatility, we were able to initiate several new positions in the quarter at what we consider compelling valuations: Generac Holdings, Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK), Knife River Corporation, Taseko Mines, Century Communities and FTI Consulting.
Shares of regional airline Alaska Air Group were pressured meaningfully in the quarter following the tariff announcements, which raised questions among investors about the overall macroeconomic outlook. This gave us an attractive opportunity to reestablish a position in a business we know well — and which we had recently exited after it reached our estimate of intrinsic value — at a compelling valuation.”
9. CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 62
CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently commented on. Answering a caller’s query about the stock, Cramer said:
“Look, I like CoreWeave. It’s a very well-run company by Michael Intrator. There are better plays to play the data center, but it’s doing very, very well.”
CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) runs a cloud platform designed to power and scale GenAI workloads with high-performance compute, storage, networking, and managed services. Cramer discussed insider selling in the stock during the November 24 episode, as he commented:
“CoreWeave raised $1.5 billion at $40 per share. With the stock now at $73 and change, you can still call that a win. Although this thing’s way down from $187 at its peak over the summer… How about the insider selling?… Michael Intrator, the CEO of CoreWeave, has sold about $84 million worth of stock since its lockup expired, which is admittedly a very small part of his holdings, though.”
8. Dorman Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:DORM)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 19
Dorman Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:DORM) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently commented on. When a caller asked about the stock during the lightning round, Cramer commented:
“Oh man, I’ll tell you the only thing worse than housing is cars. I’m going to have to stay away from that one.”
Dorman Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:DORM) supplies replacement and upgrade parts across engines, undercar systems, steering, suspension, body components, electronics, and hardware. The company reported its earnings on October 27 and also reaffirmed its guidance. For 2025, Dorman Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:DORM) expects 7% to 9% sales growth compared to 2024 and provided adjusted diluted EPS guidance of $8.60 to $8.90, representing 21% to 25% growth from 2024.
7. AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 37
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently commented on. Cramer highlighted the company’s earnings during the episode, as he remarked:
“What do we make of these numbers from AV, the old AeroVironment? The drone maker reported a mixed quarter, management cut their full-year earnings forecast. Long term, though, I think this remains a very compelling growth story.”
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) develops robotic and autonomous systems, including uncrewed aircraft, counter-UAS tools, precision-strike solutions, and advanced AI, autonomy. In addition, the company provides space, cyber, communications, and intelligence systems used in defense and commercial applications. Cramer mentioned the company during the September 5 episode and commented:
“Here’s one worth watching, drone maker AeroVironment, which reports Tuesday after the close. We had them on when they reported last, okay, and I loved what I heard, but I felt like I was alone. Stock was doing nothing, even when it dipped. Then AVAV, when I talked it up on Squawk on the Street, the darn thing levitated, and it never came back down… And you can see, nice move up. The defense budget’s rapidly evolving. We recognize that drones are a more efficient way to make war than other, let’s say, than how about $100 million fighter planes. Again, like Oracle, a good number could be met with profit taking, but I’m mindful that AeoVironment’s got a terrific story to tell.”
6. Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVL)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 77
Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVL) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently commented on. Cramer noted the stock’s recent declines as he stated:
“What a crazy difference a week makes. Seven days ago, Marvell Technology, the semiconductor networking equipment maker, you know I like, reported its latest quarter, and after an initial sell-off, the stock soared in after-hours trading as the forecast growth was huge and the company made a terrific acquisition. Then reports emerged saying that they’d lost some chip business with Amazon Web Services, might be even losing more business from Microsoft. I find this confusing. The stock plunged 7% yesterday and sank another 3% today. It’s giving up these gains. I hope we can clear some of this up because the company’s firing on all cylinders.”
Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVL) develops semiconductor solutions for data infrastructure, including system-on-a-chip designs, processors, and networking and storage products. A caller asked about the stock during the November 24 episode, and the Mad Money host responded:
“Okay, Marvell is a winner when we talk about this non-Nvidia, who makes chips for themselves kind of thing. And Marvell is a very good stock. There’s a lot of takeover fluff in it. I want to wait for that fluff to be taken out of it. I’m not going to recommend the stock up $6.”
5. CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 78
CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently commented on. Cramer praised the company’s CEO during the episode, as he commented:
“This stock has become the best performer in the healthcare sector under CEO David Joyner and shot up another 2% today as management laid out some bullish long-term earnings targets.”
CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) provides healthcare solutions through insurance, pharmacy benefit management, and retail pharmacy services. Cramer highlighted the company’s “reinvention” during the November 5 episode, as he said:
“Sadly, this tale of reinvention doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, I celebrate it. For example, I really like what David Joyner’s doing with the turnaround at CVS. Value creation, there’s major covering the front and back of the store, along with the incredible comeback in health insurance.”
Additionally, when a caller sought Cramer’s advice about Cigna stock during the August 28 episode, the Mad Money host suggested CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) instead. He remarked:
“I’m going to take a big, big monster pass on Cigna and suggest that you pull down some CVS. Yes, because I think that the old Consumer Value Stores, by the way, I think CVS is crushing it. And I think this guy David Joyner, you know, mi casa es su casa, David Joyner, what does that really mean? It sounds good.”
4. Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE:VEEV)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 57
Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE:VEEV) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently commented on. During the episode, a caller asked for Cramer’s thoughts on the stock, and he said:
“Okay, it’s very controversial because what’s happened is that it was knocked several times in the Salesforce call. Salesforce was very successful. It makes me feel like, wait a second, we got to, I don’t want to be in Veeva right now, not with the way that Salesforce took them on and… talked about winning some huge clients from Veeva. Let’s stay away.”
Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE:VEEV) provides cloud software for life sciences companies and offers tools for CRM, medical content, digital asset management, analytics, clinical operations, regulatory processes, safety, and quality. TimesSquare Capital Management stated the following regarding Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE:VEEV) in its second quarter 2025 investor letter:
“The strategy received a 24% boost from Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE:VEEV) which offers cloud-based systems for the life sciences industries, from R&D to commercialization. Veeva’s revenues and earnings bested expectations with some of the strongest dollar-value results in the company’s history. Commercial subscription revenue growth accelerated, driven by Veeva’s Crossix platform that provides anonymized data analytics for health care marketing. Veeva also recently announced new AI-embedded features for its Vault suite of customer relationship management applications.”
3. Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 70
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently commented on. During the episode, Cramer noted that he has always been a “believer in CEO David Zaslav,” as he stated:
“Third, let’s talk Warner Brothers Discovery. I’ve always been a believer in CEO David Zaslav… When he got handed the Warner Brothers portfolio from AT&T loaded with debt, he did his best to get that pile of debt down while cutting costs, creating some very good lasting properties. He turned it into the number one studio for television and movies while refining HBO into a very important streaming product, maybe second only to Netflix itself. He knew Warner Brothers Discovery couldn’t rally with all that debt, but he also knew that if he could solve the cash flow… which he very quickly did, then a stock that was trading at 10, then 9, then 8 would be a triple once the market came to its senses and the acquirers came calling.
Well, now, the acquirers are here, and it looks like what the media originally called a preposterous price was too low. I have no idea how this bidding war between Paramount and Netflix will take shape…. These kinds of properties don’t come up for sale very often. Here’s what I do know. Zaslav told anyone who listened that this could happen, that this would happen, that this was something preordained and definitive. I was ridiculed, of course, for believing Warner Brothers could get such a high price tag. But I believed in this man, the way I believe in Tim Cook and Jensen Huang.”
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD) is a media and entertainment company that creates and distributes movies, TV shows, and streaming content.
2. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 166
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently commented on. Cramer noted that he is a “student of Apple,” as he remarked:
“Second story, equally well chronicled in How to Make Money in Any Market, is Apple. It’s about Apple and how some people seem dedicated to scaring you out of liking Apple… and it’s been very effective at causing shareholders to panic and sell one of the greatest long-term winners I’ve ever seen. In September of this year… the iPhone 17 was coming out… I was blown away by the new models. I question all those who told us these phones weren’t any good or were merely incremental or meaningless for an already flagging bottom line. These same critics were quick to point out that many good people were leaving Apple, so how could it be safe to own the stock?
Bulls like me were considered dreamers or even heretics because the very idea of owning this one seems so irresponsible. I don’t get this attitude. I didn’t need to be effusive. I could have been cold and circumspect. I chose not to be because I’m a student of Apple, its phones, and its CEO. Who are these other people?… What do they know? How about nothing? The stock’s been on a huge winning streak since September, almost straight up since we went to that factory. And the media that embrace these negative stories, they just want to pump out negativity to please their editors. We get one more price target bump just today. As club members know, I say own it, don’t trade it.”
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) manufactures and sells devices such as the iPhone, Mac, iPad, along with its line-up of wearables and accessories. The devices are supported by the company’s app ecosystem, AppleCare, and cloud tools.
1. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 234
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently commented on. Cramer said that the “Chinese will ultimately be big buyers” of NVIDIA chips, as he commented:
“Now that our government just agreed with Jensen and is allowing NVIDIA to sell the Chinese a very high-powered chip, the H200, only one generation behind the current Blackwell line of chips, and worth a great deal in the market, nobody cares. In a novel approach, the federal government’s putting a 25% surcharge on the product, but I don’t think that’s going to deter any sales. And what happens? Wall Street shrugs. The media is almost universally filled with doubts about China even wanting these chips, which is totally untrue… That’s why the stock’s doing nothing. It fell 58 cents today to close at $184.97 because of these untruths.
Now, here’s what I know. The Chinese want these H200 chips badly. The government won’t crow about it because… they have domestic competitors that they’ve been funding, they’re trying to play catch-up with NVIDIA, that the government is favoring the domestic competitors is pretty obvious, but we know still the government wants our products. I even think the president’s going to push for NVIDIA sales, and the Chinese will ultimately be big buyers, but nobody cares. Keep in mind, just a few months ago, the media was acting like the Chinese shutout was the seminal issue facing NVIDIA, an existential threat… Now that they’ve got a big win, it doesn’t matter.
Why? Because NVIDIA is what’s known as a retail stock owned heavily by you, by individuals who are easily scared, and small institutions take the cue from Wall Street, which was lukewarm on the deal. Do you know why I say own NVIDIA, don’t trade it? Because this kind of thing has driven regular individual investors, including perhaps you, out of the stock since it was trading at two bucks when I recommended it, and that was a few years ago… Should you stop believing the critics? The history of NVIDIA says you should. I’m going with history. History’s a strong ally.”
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) develops accelerated computing and AI platforms, GPUs for gaming and professional use, cloud services, robotics and embedded systems, and automotive technologies.
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