Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Next Week's Game Plan (Final)

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) --"Next week, we cross the tracks into earnings season," Jim Cramer told the viewers of his "Mad Money" TV show Friday.

And just like in the real world, investors need to stop, look and listen before pulling the trigger, he said.

Cramer said next week's round of earnings results is not an opportunity to game the results for a quick buck. Rather it should instead be used to test your investment theses to see if you're still in the right, or headed for trouble.

Next week, both Xilinx (XLNX Quote) and Cypress Semiconductor (CY Quote) will report earnings and provide insight into his Mobile Internet Tsunami thesis, said Cramer.

Likewise, non-smart phone maker Nokia (NOK Quote) will also report. Cramer said if Xilinx and Cypress have good things to say, and Nokia continues to disappoint, then his thesis is still correct and he'd buy more Apple (AAPL Quote).

Banks are another Cramer thesis. He said to use the results from JPMorgan Chase (JPM Quote) and Bank Of America (BAC Quote), two stocks which Cramer owns for his charitable trust, Action Alerts PLUS, to gauge the health of the financial sector.

Cramer said Citigroup (C Quote) and Goldman Sachs (GS Quote) should both surprise to the upside.

There are other areas to test as well, said Cramer. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ Quote) and Abbott Labs (ABT Quote) will provide insights about health care against the backdrop of the reform debates. Meanwhile Google (GOOG Quote) will show the health of the advertising sector.

Above all else, Cramer said CSX (CSX Quote) will provide the best insight into the health of the economy, as everything of consequence, economically speaking, gets shipped by rail.

Cramer said use all of these companies to read the tea leaves and see where the markets are likely headed in the weeks to come.