We recently published a list of Jim Cramer’s Latest Calls: Top 10 Stocks. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) stands against other stocks highlighted in Jim Cramer’s latest calls.
Jim Cramer in a recent program talked about Bitcoin and reminded investors that he has always believed in the cryptocurrency.
“I want to discuss Bitcoin, really. I do—not to the detriment of stocks but in addition to stocks. I come to praise Bitcoin, not buy it. First, let’s dispel the idea that I’ve never believed in Bitcoin. Now, if you search YouTube, you can see that I first bought Bitcoin on September 15, 2020, when it was at just over $10,000.”
Cramer said he likes the idea of Bitcoin being the store of value and said he always recommended investors to allocate 10% of their portfolio to the currency. However, he again urged investors to look to stocks for the rest of their portfolios.
“I heard Fed Chief J. Powell talk about how he believes people are buying Bitcoin as a store of value, like gold, because there’s not much transaction done in Bitcoin. I’ve always endorsed keeping up to 10% of your portfolio in gold as a kind of insurance against the world’s lunacy. But for years now, I’ve also been saying Bitcoin is a fine alternative to gold for that 10% position. Why not?
I think the federal budget deficit is at impossible levels…Sure, you might have been all in on Bitcoin. You know what? Terrific. Me too. But what if I told you there are indeed other ideas hidden in plain sight in the stock market? Ideas that you could have owned with the other 90% of your portfolio that wasn’t Bitcoin.”
Cramer then mentioned a few stocks that have posted dramatic gains since their IPOs to show investors the power of stock investing.
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For this article, we watched the latest programs of Jim Cramer and picked 10 stocks he recently talked about. With each stock we have mentioned the number of hedge fund investors. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 275% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 150 percentage points (see more details here).
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Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW)
Number of Hedge Fund Investors: 31
Jim Cramer was recently asked about Dow Inc. Here is what he said:
“Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), this is a tough one. I think that Jim Fitterling does a great job, but it needed China, it needs up prices to go up, it needs a much stronger economy. It yields 6.29%, a lot of people bought it in the ’50s thinking that it wouldn’t break down through the 5% level. If you don’t have growth and you’re selling at 21 times earnings, you’re not going to be able to do anything at these prices. I’m willing to put a position on but understand that it did—the yield turned out to be not the kind of protection that we thought.”
Dow is operating in three segments: Packing & Specialty Plastics, Intermediates & Infrastructure and Materials & Coatings. The stock is down about 24% so far this year as pricing headwinds, unfavorable environment amid elevated interest rates and lower volumes continue to take a toll on business. Dow’s business is exposed to market cycles and interest rates. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) thrived when interest rates fell to near-zero levels in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid an unfavorable environment, Dow’s management has been cutting costs and improving efficiency.
Overall, DOW ranks 8th on our list of stocks highlighted in Jim Cramer’s latest calls. While we acknowledge the potential of DOW, our conviction lies in the belief that under the radar AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than DOW but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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