Jim Cramer, the host of Mad Money, said Tuesday that investors cannot afford to dismiss President Donald Trump due to his impact on the stock market.
I never thought I’d say this, but the United States increasingly feels like a command economy where you better accept the president’s terms without complaints or suffer the consequences, which could be severe. Of course, it’s not all negative… This president does not mind inflicting pain on even the most powerful of companies who quiver, quiver, at what he says… Put it all together, and you have to factor in the government as both a positive and a negative, no matter what you do. And we know the president isn’t done with trying to get that one-year cap on the credit card rates at 10%.
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Cramer said what stands out most to him is the extent of government involvement in business decisions. When all of these actions are considered together, he said investors must treat the government as both a help and a hindrance. He added that the president is not finished pushing for a one-year cap that would limit credit card interest rates to 10%. He pointed to the market’s reaction as evidence that the issue is being taken seriously.
Cramer said banks that depend heavily on credit card revenue have seen stock prices hit hard once again, while banks without a focus on credit cards continue to climb. He added that the proposal could fade away, but said that “the stocks say don’t count on it.”
The bottom line: It’s an amazing and a preposterous time in so many ways, good and bad, depending upon how you look at things. But one thing is for certain: we have a level of government intrusion in private enterprise that I haven’t seen since before the Reagan administration.
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Jim Cramer Was Recently Asked About These 9 Stocks
9. Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE:SPH)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 2
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE:SPH) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer was recently asked about. Calling it a “core dividend stock,” a caller sought Cramer’s take on it. In response, he said:
No, propane is way too wild. Rusty Braziel told me that a long time ago, from RBN… let’s not mess with propane. It’s just too inconsistent.
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE:SPH) distributes fuels including propane, fuel oil, and natural gas. Additionally, the company provides equipment services like heating system installation. On January 22, the company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.325 per share, payable by February 10, to the shareholders of record on February 3. The company has a yield of 6.45%.
8. Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:CRDO)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 56
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:CRDO) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer was recently asked about. When a caller mentioned that they own CRDO shares, Cramer commented:
I don’t know, I mean, optical, if I want to do optical, there’s just so, let’s just do Corning. We’ll see how they do tomorrow. Wait, and then buy if it gets hit.
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:CRDO) designs high-speed connectivity chips and solutions used in Ethernet and PCIe applications, including active cables, signal processing chips, and serializer-deserializer technology. During the episode aired on December 18, 2025, a caller inquired about the stock, and Cramer responded:
Credo’s a winner. Credo’s, boy, there’s a lot of insider selling in that one. But no, we think that Credo has one of the great growth stories, and I’m not going to back away from it. Look, this is… Right now, people hate what’s inside the data center, but there is good business being done inside the data center. And just because we haven’t figured out how all the financing is going to happen… Credo still works for me.
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