Jim Cramer's Portfolios of the Week
Updated from 6:12 a.m. EDT
Jim Cramer isn't afraid to tell people to sell or to warn investors about problematic stocks. Cramer is famous for saying, "I'm not about making friends, I'm about making you money." He held true to that mantra this week when he advised investors on the "four horsemen" of tech.
Here are some Cramer highlights from over the past week as aggregated from his "Mad Money" TV show, the "Stop Trading!" segment on
CNBC
and his
RealMoney
blog posts.
Cramer's Indestructible Stock Picks
: On
Wednesday's "Mad Money"
Cramer offered up some indestructible stocks that could make money in almost any economic environment.
Cramer's Indestructible Stock Picks
including
Intuitive Surgical
(ISRG) - Get Report
and
(GOOG) - Get Report
.
: On a
"Wall Street Confidential" video Wednesday
, Cramer said: "At this point, people who didn't get into
Apple
(AAPL) - Get Report
,
Research In Motion
( RIMM) or
Amazon
(AMZN) - Get Report
have missed these stories, but what people haven't missed is
." For more, check out
.
Cramer's Four Stocks to Worry About
: On Tuesday, Cramer warned investors about four stocks that could see trouble ahead. In an Oct. 23 blog post he wrote, "Watch
Countrywide
( CFC). Watch
WaMu
(WM) - Get Report
. And, I believe, watch
PMI Group
( PMI) and
Magic Software
(MGIC) - Get Report
. Those are the Achilles heels of the system. They are not getting better. They are getting worse." For more, check out
Cramer's Four Stocks to Worry About
.
: Cramer believes the selling in the mineral stocks is overdone and the group could be ready to bounce. In an Oct. 22 blog post he wrote, "It never stops. We get a couple of articles about how the worldwide economy might be slowing and then everybody sells every mineral stock. Every one of them!"
include
Freeport-McMoRan
(FCX) - Get Report
.
: Cramer sees opportunity in buying oil stocks on dips. In an Oct. 23 blog post he wrote, "I believe that the way to buy these stocks is simple: when they come down 5%-7% buy them with the expectation that oil prices will firm because of demand, but when they spring back to new highs or have nice increases from where you bought them, sell them."
included names like
Chevron
(CVX) - Get Report
.
: Cramer continues to be bullish on the agriculture sector. In an Oct. 23 blog post he wrote, "This group is not going away. Renewable fuels are going to get cheaper and better, and at $80-$90 oil they are a bargain."
include
Bunge
(BG) - Get Report
and
Deere
(DE) - Get Report
.
Cramer's Georgia Tech Student Picks
: On
last Thursday's "Mad Money" show
, Cramer dissected stock picks from the Georgia Tech investment committee. Check out
Cramer's Georgia Tech Student Picks
, including
Nokia
(NOK) - Get Report
and
Johnson Controls
( JCG), to see what Cramer thought of the picks.
Cramer was full speed ahead last night with his latest
. He was bullish on several stocks such as
GM
(GM) - Get Report
and
Ford
(F) - Get Report
but also bearish on the likes of
USEC
(USU)
and
FuelCell
(FCEL) - Get Report
.
(Editor's note: At the time of original publication of his posts and shows, Cramer owned Freeport-McMoRan for his Action Alerts PLUS charitable trust.)
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,
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and
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