On Friday, Jim Cramer, host of Mad Money, addressed the current state of the stock market, giving a cautious recommendation to investors. He gave his blessing to buy stocks, but only to those who can tolerate the potential pain that comes with it. His advice was clear: proceed slowly. He warned against rushing in, acknowledging the market’s current volatility.
“How can markets be so out of control? And they are, well, because frankly, we are in a very emotional market. It’s a market that’s torn between buyers who see terrific opportunities because the market’s down and the Walmart White House where the president keeps trying to give you every day lower prices on stocks almost every time he talks.”
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Cramer expressed frustration with the unpredictability of the market, noting that pain seems to be a constant factor. He predicted that this pain might continue, especially as new developments around trade policies emerge over the weekend. Tomorrow, according to Cramer, would likely bring another round of surprises regarding tariffs, contributing to the volatile shifts in market positions that are particularly noticeable on Fridays. He emphasized that this fear-driven behavior is rooted in the uncertainty that permeates the market.
Highlighting the larger issue, Cramer remarked that individual earnings are increasingly overshadowed by the president’s inconsistent actions on tariffs, whether it’s imposing or suspending them without warning.
“I believe the stock market is still the greatest engine of wealth creation in history, but I often feel it cross purposes with the president now.”
He argued that while Wall Street generally dislikes tariffs, what it despises even more is uncertainty, a sentiment that has been intensifying under the current administration. In the midst of this chaos, Cramer stressed that individual stocks are not mere pawns in a larger political game, even if it sometimes feels that way. He added:
“They’re not play things though and you can’t think of them that way or else you’re gonna miss some tremendous opportunities.”
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Jim Cramer’s Latest Lightning Round: 8 Stocks in Focus
8. Farmland Partners Inc. (NYSE:FPI)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 7
During the episode, Cramer commented on Farmland Partners Inc. (NYSE:FPI) and said:
“Novel, novel idea. I kind of like the idea as a spec because there, we know that we don’t have enough farmland so I think, you know what? I’m going to bless it… Thought a lot about since, since AGCO, which was an amazing, amazing bottom call that we got from AGCO. We had them on recently.”
Farmland Partners (NYSE:FPI) is a real estate company that is managed internally, focusing on owning and acquiring premium farmland across North America, as well as providing loans to farmers that are backed by farm real estate. Palm Valley Capital Fund stated the following regarding Farmland Partners Inc. (NYSE:FPI) in its Q4 2024 investor letter:
“The position with the greatest positive impact on Fund performance in Q4 (more than 10 basis points) was Farmland Partners Inc. (NYSE:FPI). The company completed over $300 million in sales of farmland in the fourth quarter and recognized a 17% gain over book value. Farmland then announced a large $1.15 per share special dividend in December. Recent transactions have lent support to carrying values of the company’s properties, which have benefited from appreciating farmland.”
7. Rigetti Computing, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGTI)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 17
Highlighting Rigetti Computing, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGTI) stock’s over 1600% gain last year despite declining revenues, a caller asked if Cramer thought that was a speculative bubble, and here’s what Mad Money’s host had to say:
“I think it’s a meme stock. It’s a meme stock and, and therefore it’s a battle between the longs and the shorts. I don’t know who wins in the end, but it is a meme stock. It is not, it is not trading on the fundamentals, which are frankly paltry.”
Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ:RGTI) focuses on developing and building quantum computers and superconducting quantum processors. Cramer was blunt about stocks like RGTI in January when he commented:
“Now I know there are real people who work at Rigetti or D-Wave…. They, they, they probably, they go to work, they, they talk with, about qubits and developing quantum materials that have never been ever seen before… Very compelling stuff but it doesn’t tell you much about the earnings power, which is what I care about.”