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Cramer's 'Stop Trading!': Jump on JNJ

Cramer's 'Stop Trading!': Jump on JNJ

Cramer regards Johnson & Johnson as the "premium name" in this market.

Cramer regards Johnson & Johnson as the "premium name" in this market.

"I regard that as the premium name in this market," Jim Cramer said of

Johnson & Johnson

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on Friday's "Stop Trading!" segment on

CNBC

. "It is probably the most pristine franchise of all."

The stock, which Cramer owns for his

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charitable trust, was downgraded earlier this week. "That was one of the single most unintelligent downgrades," said Cramer. "If you're going to have a market ramp like this one is, JNJ is going to go up with it."

Another stock Cramer owns for Action Alerts PLUS is

VF Corp.

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. "It's really been terrific weather for VFC. It's been terrific weather for retail," he said. "This stock makes a lot of sense to me."

VF Corp. has lowered expectations, pays a big dividend and is down 30 points, Cramer said. "For the first time, you do not have any expectations at all with this company, and I like that," he said.

Visa

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and

Mastercard

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are "transaction-based companies," Cramer said. "I think the business models are great. I think the owners were hedge funds," and the hedge fund selling is over, he said.

At the time of publication, Cramer was long Johnson & Johnson and VF Corp.

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