We recently published an article titled Jim Cramer Says Businesspeople Are Emotional & Discusses These 10 Stocks. In this article, we are going to take a look at where McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) stands against the other stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed.
In a recent appearance on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, Jim Cramer discussed the unease among business people regarding the President attempting to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. While the President has assured everyone that he will not try to remove the Fed chair, Cramer commented that the potential removal along with the tariff policy had created a lot of uncertainty amongst businesses.
Starting with commenting on the Dow dropping 1,000 points before the open but attempting to rally at the previous close, Cramer stated:
“Actually, that was a really interesting turn. Because no one could figure it out. It was almost as if somebody knew that the President was going to go, now I follow his Truth Social, like I go there like every five minutes. That there wasn’t going to be anything today. Uh, there is a belief I think among the executives I speak to and obviously we all speak to a lot of execs, that the President is so off the reservation with this attack on J Powell that, they’re not able to really speak about it.”
“They are emotional. They feel that it’s beneath the White House, the President. They obviously are very concerned about tariffs and they all tried to put tariffs in motion, tried to figure out what to do but I was very haunted by the idea that, David, that they feel that maybe the country is not in the right place because they have a tremendous respect for J Powell. . .now, maybe, take the devil’s advocate, maybe if Powell cut rates, then perhaps the economy could accelerate. But I think they’re taken aback by the name calling.”
With markets being in a constant state of turmoil recently, it’s unsurprising that Cramer has commented on their performance quite a lot. In a previous appearance, he advised viewers to be optimistic. One major factor that’s driving stocks lower is investor perception of a weakening consumer. However, Cramer has pointed out multiple times that the consumer appears to be strong. For instance, earlier this month, he commented:
“I think that the agri-consumer, as long as they have jobs, yes. I don’t think they sit there and say, you know what, there’s coming tariff, I’m going to just disappear. Now you can see these numbers are pulled through. I don’t buy that.”
In another appearance, Cramer shared data from the latest earnings call of one of America’s largest card issuers and travel services providers to paint a bright picture of the consumer:
“Uh, I am talking about numbers which by the way include, and we’ve got first twelve days of this month. Steve Squeri going over things, you’re talking about, restaurant spending up 8%, lodging up 6%, goods up 7%, card membership, obviously more and more tremendous numbers have increased. 3.4 million. David, this is as good a quarter if you had to say anything, you would say that the consumer is on fire actually.”
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McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders In Q4 2024: 67
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) is an iconic American fast food chain. Cramer previously mentioned the stock at the start of this month as tariffs wreaked havoc on growth stocks and stocks with exposure to global supply chains. Back then, the CNBC host remarked that McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) was a good stock to buy as a safe haven. Here are his latest comments about the firm:
“Okay, first of all, McDonald’s stock has done well this year. . .very rarely do you get this, but BTIG has this note that I just absolutely love. That said, our recent McDonald’s franchise checks conveyed a sharp inflection in April sales trends. More optimistic tone from operators. Minecraft promo helping to regain some big McDonald’s momentum. This is it David. This is what you’re looking for. You’re looking for a story, iron clad, no tariff, numbers look up, numbers are too low. Stock chart is good. There you go. I give you McDonald’s probably be up eight today.”
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