Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (MRK)

The S&P 500 index, which tracks a majority of the American Fortune 500 companies, is currently hovering around its all-time high.

Baron Capital, an investment management company, released its Q1 2026 investor letter for the “Baron Health Care Fund”. A copy of the letter is available to download here.

In this article, we will look at the stocks on Jim Cramer’s radar on Mad Money as he discussed the upcoming earnings.

Operator: Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway, New Jersey, USA, First Quarter Sales and Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] This call is being recorded.

The US economy is navigating a period of heightened volatility, defined by a sharp geopolitical tax on consumers and a resilient but stressed financial sector.

A stock index is considered to be in a bear market when its closing price falls at least 20% from its most recent high. A correction is milder, with losses between 10% and 19.9%.

In this article, we will look at Jim Cramer’s stock calls as he suggested that many red-hot stocks can keep making investors money.

Counter-cyclical stocks are businesses tied to demand that do not disappear just because the economy slows.

On April 20, MRK announced that the U.S.