Jim Cramer’s 2024 Predictions and His Top 5 Stock Picks

4. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM)

Number of Hedge Fund Investors: 109

Jim Cramer on January 11 said JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) is a “really good” stock that can “grind higher.” However, Cramer said the chances of the stock “screaming” to highs are thin and it would take time to see gains in the stock.

As of the end of the third quarter of 2023, 109 hedge funds out of the 910 funds tracked by Insider Monkey had stakes in JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM).

In its fourth quarter 2023 investor letter, Vltava Fund stated the following regarding JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM):

“Last spring, the US went through a brief banking crisis that cost several smaller and medium-sized banks their lives. One of them, First Republic Bank, with assets of $230 billion, went into receivership and was bought out by the largest US bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM). The acquisition terms were very favourable for JPM and the facts that few, if any, other banks could have taken over the whole of First Republic Bank in its then-present state while guaranteeing more than $100 billion of its deposits played a role. JPM could do it. It is not only the largest, but also by its balance sheet the strongest US bank and, in our opinion, clearly the best managed. It has come out of this crisis even stronger. We have actively followed the banking sector for 20 years in many countries around the world. Our view is that a well-managed bank can be a very good long-term investment but that it is better to focus on the best and highest quality available. Banking is not a sector where it pays to trade quality for cheaper valuations. That is why we hold JPM.”