Jim Cramer Discussed 10 Stocks Leading the Dow Higher in 2025

4. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 72

Cramer highlighted the hard times that The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) fell upon under the previous administration but mentioned that it is seeing better days now.

“And fourth, another banker, the one I just mentioned as being great in M&A, also IPOs, it’s Goldman. Goldman is the Prometheus unbound. Under the previous president, Goldman’s most lucrative business, M&A, went fallow, tied to a rock with an eagle eating away a sliver at every day… Now the eagle here is Lina Khan, she was the former FTC Chair. Now though, traders are betting that mergers are back and Goldman will have a huge spike in business.”

Additionally, Cramer highlighted that fewer regulations under the Trump administration could lead to more IPOs, which would benefit Goldman (NYSE:GS). Despite this positive outlook, he noted that the stock is trading at a low 14 times earnings, considering the company is on the verge of its strongest performance in years. This led Cramer and his team to aggressively buy shares of the stock for the Charitable Trust.

“The fact is, it’s been ages since people thought of Goldman or JPMorgan as growth stocks. The Biden administration was not exactly a friend of the financial industry. For better or worse, they no longer have to worry incessantly about the SEC or the FTC or the Justice Department. Those days are now over, and you can see it from the strength in their stocks. That’s what’s propelling it.”

Goldman (NYSE:GS) is a financial institution known for its proficiency in investment banking, wealth management, and offering various other financial services.