Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 1/22/25
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We did a show this morning and we didn't talk about the Federal Reserve. Other than when I said to my squawk on the street colleagues, isn't it great not to talk about the Federal Reserve? Meta-commentary doesn't count. So on a day when the Dow advanced 131 points, the S&P gained 0.61% and the Nasdaq jumped 1.28%. I want to talk about an amazing change and it's in the ether.

The idea that we won't have to care so much about what the Fed does to help or hurt business or even what they say. Instead, we can focus on what business will do to help you.

Ever since COVID, we've had to deal with these endless hand-wringing about what the Fed will or won't do. As the pandemic raged, the Fed cut rates and cut rates, their every move reverberated through the stock market and sent it soaring. Then when the Fed switched to being restrictive, it created a bear market in 2022, knocking out hundreds of companies that had just come public, stunting the growth of many domestic companies. When the Fed switched directions again to easing last September, lots of stocks went up, a way to go back down when it turned out that the bond market wasn't playing ball.

We got this weird market where we started doubting the Fed's every move because the bond bullies kept contradicting it. The Fed cut short rates, only to see longer-term rates go higher. Lots of back and forth on that one crazy moment. But you had no choice. See, because under Biden, when it came to stocks, Jay Powell and his Murray band of governors and regional presidents, well, they were the only game in town.

But then President Trump takes office and suddenly we don't really care what these Fed heads have to say. Who were they anyway? You know why? Because it may not matter anymore. Sure, interest rates always matter. That's not going to change. However, out here...

It feels like we may be back in the world that I remember, a world where the Fed only plays a role at extreme moments, a world where we don't have to guess and guess and guess their next move or even listen to what the regional governors are saying because it won't be that important in the margins. Lots of times the Fed might have a bias, but it hasn't always had that much impact on the action. The Fed always had the last word under Biden, though.

Before him, though, business is what mattered. Homework about business, not homework about the Fed. And in that kind of world, there are some really terrific investing opportunities for you and for me. Or to put it as bluntly as I can, this market is no longer a word of the Fed. Stocks are going to trade on earnings, not just on interest rates. And I think that, frankly, is terrific.

Now, in some ways, what's happened is we now have a president who's friendly with big business in a very hands-on way. He's speaking to more CEOs than any president I've ever seen. In the last 24 hours, he's probably spoken to more than any president I've ever seen. He's putting together gigantic deals like he's a business person. The Stargate is planning to build so many data centers, only $500 billion worth, that the stocks of Oracle, SoftBank, ArmHolies, and NVIDIA went through the roof.

This morning on Swalking the Street, Rene Haas, CEO of Arm, told me that Stargate could create tremendous demand for all data center equipment, especially high-end chips from NVIDIA. To those who thought that there might not be enough customers, NVIDIA's latest and greatest product, Blackwell? Ha, ha, ha.

Think again. Right at this moment, President Trump is trying to put a deal together with the United States government, partnering with someone to buy TikTok or its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or whatever you get. Now, this one's totally wild. Get this. He's basically saying to China, look, you can sell us this very valuable asset right now.

At a reduced price, mind you. And we're going to run with it. And we're going to run with the American company of our choice. Or we can just close it and make it worthless. It's your choice. Yeah, he's literally making an offer that the Chinese can't refuse. He's giving them the godfather treatment. Why can't other people see that? That's what's happening. At the same time, he's remaking the oil and gas business on the fly.

I think Trump wants to bring the price of oil and gas down in a two-for-one deal, getting inflation lower here, meeting the Russians' dry, because they need oil and gas prices to stay high in order to fund their war in Ukraine. Two-for. And he's making it clear that he favors more commerce with China, something that Wall Street sees as a possible win from American semiconductor companies whose exports have been restricted because of fears, probably well-grounded, that China will use the chips for military purposes.

I go through this litany for one reason, one reason only. Hate him or like him, the level of activity is creating something that the Fed hasn't been able to do. It's creating an economy and a stock market dominated by what we call animal spirits. And the animal spirits are good for stock prices. Before I go into this term, animal spirits, let me just say, first of all, it's always bothered me because it kind of obfuscates rather than enlightens. It's like when I asked my former wife, Karen Kramer, tremendous stock trader, why a certain stock was going higher, and she'd say, more buyers than sellers.

What good is that? But the fact is, whether you like Trump or hate him, he's now the son that the economic solar system revolves around. He and not Jay Powell will most likely determine the direction of the stock market. And he wants it to go higher. I think this president, if he saw the market go down for a couple of days, he'll call up

Call up Elon Musk and say, hey, man, let's get something positive. Launch some rockets. Do an IPO for that Starlink thing. Or call Larry Ellison from Oracle and say, hey, what else can Oracle do? Let's get another deal going with the Chinese. Or maybe you'll call David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan and say, hey, man, we've got to get some companies. You've got to get some company public here. Let's go down to the New York Stock Exchange. Let's get some deals. And that's how we're going to do business for the next four years.

Or maybe he'll just wake up and call the heads of states of a whole bunch of countries to say he didn't like how little business they did with the United States last month, so he's going to cut off their oxygen unless they do more buying. Yeah, I think he's going to look at it like a ledger. That's how positive animal spirits do get generated, though. This is not something Trump always did perfectly well in the first term, but he seems to have got a better handle on it now that he's back in office, possibly because more CEOs are willing to cooperate, also because he's in touch with CEOs from the tech industry.

Now, I'm not saying that he's focused on the S&P 500 and Dow every minute of the day, although he sure seems to have discovered the NASDAQ. I am saying that the contrast between Trump and the energy that he's putting into business versus what Biden did is striking. Biden had an aversion to talk about business except when it came to climate change. He didn't seem to care for CEOs. Even when he did good things for a particular industry like the CHIPS Act, he wasn't the one dealing with them or taking seem to be all that much pride in it.

Because of his absence, the focus shifted to Fed Chief Jay Powell as the most important person in the economic firmament. That's over. Here's the bottom line. We're now looking at the changing of the guard from Powell to Trump. Oh, it won't be easy, as one's a pretty predictable guy and the other's a wild card. And if you have to ask me which is which, then you aren't ready to handle the next four days, let alone the next four years. Mark it or not, Mark.

Hey, Jim. Thanks for taking my call. No problemo. What's happening? So I'm trying to skate where the puck's going here. This stock has seen a downturn since 2022, but with a return to profit growth last year, a potential growth year for industrials, and a nice dividend, is UPS worth a look?

OK, so I read a piece this morning that drove the stock up, actually saying it is going to be better when they report. This would be Cal Tomei's first real upside surprise. It yields five percent. Now, six percent is where the where stocks are being held by. And that's the trampoline, not five. But I read the piece and the piece made me feel that I should go by FedEx because I think FedEx is better run. I just flew from L.A. Boy, my arms tired. Sammy in California. Sammy.

Hey, we miss you here out in L.A. I'm actually in Northern California. I just had a hot dog from Costco. So I'm very happy and I get to talk to you. I'm calling about a stock of fish. Do you pay any more than $1.50? No, they didn't have onions today. I was very disappointed, Jim. I'll let him speak to the former CFO. Okay, go ahead. Okay, thank you. I appreciate that.

Listen, I have bought a stock which you've been recommending and which I've been in and out of for years at $480. Unfortunately, it's bouncing around at $400. I want to know what you think is happening with Tesla and when do you see it going back up and what's going to send it off?

Okay, that's a really great question. What happened is when it reported its last quarter and the numbers weren't that good, the stock went up. That was the signal that people felt it was no longer a car company, it's a tech company. Right now it's stalled. It needs to be able to demonstrate something different and new, and then it's going to go higher.

The stock is only resting. If it goes down any more than I want you to. And I just wish that my travel trust, we do have a meeting on Thursday, tomorrow at noon. I wish we had bought Tesla for it. But we own MagSix. It's better than, well, one more would have been good, too. I think we're witnessing a changing of the guard from Powell to Trump as the most important person in the economic process.

All may have many tonight. I'm checking with the founder of RBN Energy to get a read on the energy landscape and talks of tariffs as President Trump's begins his second term. The Netflix soared to a new high today on earnings. I'm going to recap the quarter, telling you where I stand on that streaming giant. And speaking of all-time highs, one of my absolute favorite companies, GE Vernova, reported and it was on the move again. So why don't you stay with Kramer.

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Investing in oil and gas has always required a certain level of tolerance for volatility, even in the best of times. With President Trump back in office, though, I'm expecting a lot less calm. So as the market grapples with a wave of executive orders and discussions about tariffs, I think we've got to consult an expert to see how all this affects the energy market.

That's why we're checking in with Rusty Brazile. He's founder and executive chairman of RBN Energy, my favorite energy analyst by far. Just shed some light on the subject. Rusty, welcome back to Mad Money. Great to have you in person. Jim, great to be here in person. It's been a while. Fantastic. Now, Rusty, there are a lot of things that are being said about energy and what can happen. I look to you as someone who might say maybe it can't happen.

For instance, if a president says drill, baby, drill, do the big executives of oil just say, you know what, it's time to start drilling more? I don't think it works that way. For one thing, all the orders that came out on Monday basically do away with any kind of obstacle that would prevent somebody drill, baby, drilling. But to be motivated to drill, baby, drill, I've got to do the right thing for my shareholders, your customers.

And so that means that if I drill baby drill, I'm going to create more production. And what happens when production goes up? Prices go down.

Well, if prices go down for the big producers, they're going to actually pay less money in terms of dividends. So I'm not at all sure how this is all going to play out. But, Rusty, I'll take the opposite side on that. How about a prisoner's dilemma? How about if I'm the guy who decides I'm going to drill more and the other guys aren't? Then I'd clean up and I'd really do what's right for my shareholders.

And if that's the case, that's fine. But keep in mind that the energy business always moves herd instinct. Everybody always does the same thing at the same time. And that may be a little bit of an overstatement, but not by much. Okay. Now, I heard all day today in the national energy emergency, there is no energy emergency. But is there in some ways a –

uh... energy emergency when it comes to data centers and demand for electricity and demand for fuel to make electricity depends on your definition of emergency if emergency is what happened in the nineteen seventies when carter was president we had blinds all the way around you know the the block right nobody declared a national emergency then now we've got a national emergency so what is the emergency the emergency is we need to implement

More production, more transportation, more use of fossil fuels. And to do that, we need to eliminate a lot of barriers. So what Trump has done is basically invoke an emergency that gives each of the jurisdictions, each of the departments, the ability to

access emergency authorities. And those emergency authorities can be used by anybody for anything, not just AI, not just data centers. But I read your every day and you talked about you had some top 10 things. One thing is certain, you make it clear, there are so many courts and rules, rules that can't be overturned and courts that can block that even there, the president may not be as important as we think. Yeah.

The president is going to do everything that he can, but the courts are going to be a big problem. As a matter of fact, you can look at essentially all the orders of many of the orders that came out on Monday reversed essentially everything that Biden did. Right. That's that's really if you list it's just list after list out of things that are getting reversed. That's all things that Trump can do.

But Trump can't make the courts go away. So now my view is the courts are the problem. Okay, now let's talk about a different kind of emergency. Let's say you wanted oil to come down or natural gas to be, of course, shipped more. Is there a strategy that may actually be geopolitical? Would President Trump be trying to, say, put pressure on Russia on the ruble, on how much money they have by lowering the price of oil, making it more difficult for them to pay for the war?

I think that's what they're talking about. But I would question how effective that's going to be because Biden tried that. Biden, when the Ukrainian invasion first happened, Biden was going to go out and basically do everything that he could to cut Russian exports to zero. But then somebody mentioned, Joe, if you do that, that's going to take five million barrels off the world market. Prices are going to go up. Gasoline prices are going to go up and you're not going to get reelected.

And at that point in time, they kicked in this goofy program of limiting the price to $60, which is never going to work, and somehow go ahead and let Russia keep producing, but lower the amount that they could get for their oil. It did not work.

So now the question is, and there's a piece in the Wall Street Journal today about the possibility of Trump actually kicking in serious sanctions on Russia, which would reduce that 5 million barrels of exports to something a whole heck of a lot less. And if that were to happen, it could make a big difference in Russian economy and whatever happens in the war. All right, good. More direct, less necessarily going to affect our market. Now, speaking of our market.

How about this IPO, Venture Global? It was looking like it was going to be one of the biggest deals. It's supposed to come this week. They're sparring a $110 billion energy company banking on Trump's return. Do you hear anything about this thing? We talk to them a lot. They are really good. They are. Darn right. They've been extremely successful. They have been extremely aggressive in the way that they have approached the market. They have basically cashed in on their leading...

They're not leaders compared to Chenier, but by golly, they've been right there with them, and they have implemented a number of facilities where they have been able to cash in before their customers. Their customers don't necessarily like that, but they're cashing in before the customers. The money is in the bank, and my guess is it's going to be a darn good IPO. Wow.

Wow. OK, well, let's go one step further. The LNG pipelines, you told me that the president's first thing he would do would be reverse the pause. The pause did some serious damage, didn't it?

It depends on your definition of damage. So there's eight LNG facilities that are operating right now. The PAWS didn't do anything to them. There were four facilities that were in the works coming online. It backed one of them off a little bit, but not by much. Two of them are actually coming online right now as we speak. And another one had problems with their contractor and could not get the thing going. There's another eight LNG.

that basically were held back because of the pause. That's a lot of money, a lot of jobs, too. But the pause has gone away, and all of these guys are celebrating tonight, except they've got their lawyers all in a room right now because five of the eight have...

have legal sanctions against them right now. And the question is, what's going to happen to the courts? If the courts basically hold up everything that the pause was holding up, then, hey, these guys are still sitting there. But they weren't going to be able to be online for years anyway. The four guys that are working right now, they're going to be online by the end of 2026. Last thing I

I know you're, because I read you every day for many years, you're loathe to just say, listen, gasoline is going to go here, natural gas is going to go there. But which of these are going to be the most volatile and that we should be most concerned of giant moves, not gas, gasoline, oil? What do you think? My sense is it's natural gas. Natural gas has been held down for a long time. I mean, let's face it, natural gas prices are four bucks today and it's really cold out there.

So what's going to happen to natural gas? We're going to start exporting a lot more LNG. Those four facilities are going to come online. We're not going to be able to catch up drill, baby, drill soon enough. And the price is going to go up. That, I think, is a pretty sure thing. That's an inflationary word to end things on. It is. But it's a continuum with you. And that's why I love reading you first thing.

Every single morning. That's Rusty Brazil, founder and executive chairman of RBN Energy. I feel that I can go toe-to-toe with anyone in that energy business because of this man. Thank you, Rusty. Man Money is back after the break. Coming up, fresh off a new subscriber record. Can Netflix keep the viewers watching? Kramer's breaking down the earnings next.

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Last night, Netflix delivered a tour-de-force earnings report that sent the stock up almost 10% today. Why? Because it was just that good.

Now some of that's because the stock had cooled off over the past month. After soaring higher last year, it pulled back to the mid-800s, and we even saw some cautious commentary from the analysts, including some price target cuts. But then Netflix reports, they just make it look so easy. They generate 19 million new subscribers, the biggest quarter of net additions in their history. They're raising prices. They're getting all set with an advertising model that will keep the money flowing and the subscribers growing.

beat after beat after beat, and they make it seem like child's play. But if it's child's play, why can't anyone else do it? Consider these statistics. Netflix had more number one shows in the weekly streaming top ten charts last year than all the other streamers combined. All.

They had more view hours in the weekly streaming top 10 charts than all the other streamers combined. And you know what? They still only account for less than 10% of TV viewing in every country where they operate. Drilling down the numbers, Netflix posted a substantial revenue beat...

And higher than expected earnings per share, which grew by 102%. Strong margins, despite the fact that they had some big expensive productions this quarter with free cash flow. $1.38 billion, which, while down 13%, your viewer was still healthy above the $1.06 billion that Wall Street was looking for. Why don't we go back to that subscriber number, which really will be that 19 million new subscribers figure, bringing the total paid subscriber count to more than 301 million people.

The analysts only thought that they'd add a little over 10 million subs, and even the whisper number from the bulls on the buy side was only 12 to 13 million. Instead, they got nearly 19 million. Well, that's a miss, right? And a good one. Even though the quarter was great, I've got to say the guidance was a tad mixed, and Netflix's outlook for the current quarter was below expectations. Basically, every single line on that threw off people. But their full-year forecast, more important, different story. Netflix initially gave us a 2025 forecast when it reported its last quarter in October.

This time, they raised their four-year revenue guidance by $500 million and raised their operating margin outlook by a percentage point, both modestly better than expected. So, again, I call that mixed, but it hardly mattered because the quarter they reported was so insanely good and the commentary from the management and the conference was so bullish. Well, you feel like they're running circles around the competition, and they are.

First, Netflix's fourth quarter content slate. Well, it was pretty darn effective. Squid Game Season 2 is on track to become one of Netflix's most watched original series seasons. Carry on. Loved it. Joined the company's all-time top ten films list, and they had tremendous success with their live sports events, the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing match,

That became the most streamed sporting event ever. And Netflix had the two most streamed NFL games in history with this Christmas Day doubleheader. But you know what? Netflix actually downplayed the impact of those individual pieces of content on its remarkable subscriber growth. On the conference call, co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos said the overall content slate drove membership growth. And even if some people came to the platform for the fight or for the NFL games,

They stayed for everything else. As Sarandos put it, I'm going to quote him, what really has been most encouraging is that the retention behavior of those folks who did come in for those events look a lot like the folks who came in for all of our other big titles, end quotes. In other words, they didn't come for the ballgame and then discontinue it for the ballgame. That is what separates Netflix from the competition.

Netflix says that the old-fashioned linear TV folks simply don't have any engaging programming, or they pay too much for big sports rights deals to bring in viewers, but the viewers don't stick with them. Netflix doesn't want to pay up for the full rights to anything. They just cherry-pick the best events, like those two terrific NFL Christmas Day games. More importantly, Netflix knows what you want to watch.

From the very beginning, this company used data to figure out what everybody likes. They're so much more in touch with you, with the viewers, and they don't have to fear upsetting the conservative advertisers that come with it. They know that the viewers don't mind subtitles, which means you buy a lot of programming very cheaply from overseas, like Squid Games. They know the linear companies aren't just handicapped by the linear drawdown. They seem to revel in their own darn clue

Foolishness. Producing the same fire and cop and nurse and doctor shows over and over and over again. Maybe so they can get something that hit the syndication rights. The big, let me see, it is like...

The bell went off for them. Not whether you like it, but whether the syndication rights are worth a lot of money. Netflix, on the other hand, they're not interested in that and they're not afraid to take risks. They're tremendous judges of programming. If I told you that I had a series where in the very first episode, 500 people play a lethal game of red light, green light involving a giant doll, would you take that one?

The networks might not touch it, but Netflix turned Squid Game into one of the biggest franchises in history. Now, because they're adding so many subscribers, they can even get away with raising prices by $1 to $2.50 per month across most plans in the U.S., Canada, Portugal, Argentina. At the same time, we learn more about their ad-supported tier, and it's already huge.

In the fourth quarter, ad-supported plans accounted for 55% of Netflix's signups in countries where these plans are available. And membership on the company's ads plans grew nearly 30%, just versus the previous quarter. On the conference call, co-CEO Greg Peters told us that Netflix doubled its ad revenue year over year in 2024 and then said, quote,

Quote, we expect to double again this year, end quote. I mean, that's why this company's revenue growth is accelerating again. That's why I like it so much. Later on the conference, Sarandos noted how the company's debut of WWE Monday Night Raw earlier this month drew five million viewers, which, by the way, is two times the audience that Monday Night Raw was getting in linear TV.

streaming, beating linear. Later in the same answer, Sarandos explained that the company's incremental approach to sports, opting for one-off events rather than full seasons, well, let's just say, listen to this, quote, we were basically able to bring a big audience, a young audience, a more global audience than linear television, end quote. Raggedo Show? Maybe.

But it's hard to argue with the figures. You can't. Frankly, aside from the lightest guidance from the current quarter, which they'll probably beat and no one really cared about anyway, this was about as close to a perfect call as you're ever going to get. So I'm not surprised to see Netflix catch four analyst upgrades today, beat the S&P 500 higher, setting a new all-time high. Look, I guess I could worry about the fact that Netflix now sells for 39 times this year's earnings estimates and 32 times next year's numbers, but I'm certainly not going to lose any sleep over it. Why?

Bottom line, because to date, recommending Netflix has been the right call every step of the way, even when its stock looked expensive in the past. Now, I've been pounding the table on this one for ages. And I'm certainly not going to stop now when the company has more momentum than I've ever seen. I want to go to David in California. David.

Hey, Jim. I'm calling about FuboTV. They signed a deal with Disney where they got $220 million in cash up front. The market cap of Fubo is only $1.2 billion. They already have $1.6 billion in revenues, and they're growing at 24%. What do you think about Fubo?

Well, I don't recommend stocks of companies that don't make money. They're losing a lot of money. But I will say this. It's a very attractive spec, and I like people to speculate as long as they know the risks. You've got a $3.60 risk? Enjoy. Let's go to Dave in Illinois. Dave. Dr. Kramer, my good, mad friend. Looks like those Washington commanders just handed your Eagles an easier path to the Super Bowl, no?

Well, I don't know. I like the way that fellow Jaden Daniels plays. If we didn't have to play these guys, I'd actually probably be rooting for this team. But I appreciate what you say, Dave. Yeah, boy, that Dick Fangio coach defense is powerful, isn't it? He's something, man. I'd love to be in his head. I think he's got something special coming for Jaden, but I'm not going to tell what it is.

Let's get to work. Jim, this $160 billion tech company provides client-to-cloud networking solutions for data centers. It's up some 17% already this year. Do 7% on the day's news today and the pin action created by Project Stargate.

Of course, I'm talking about Arista Networks. So, Jim, delivering positive earnings results in the last five quarters, can ANET continue to deliver these strong results in 2025? As always, Dave has got the right pulse in the market. Jay Shriyalal is just a remarkable executive. And here's the way I tell people to buy Arista Networks.

When you decide you want to buy it, you have to put someone because that's how great it is. But then you've got to wait for dip because Aristoteles in classic stair-step fashion. Let's get Chase Rion. Her company is in the mix of every great data center story and it is a must-own for those who don't already have so much data center as I do for my travel trust. Thank you, Dave. And yes, Jaden, it's going to be tough because, you know, rookie quarterbacks are

0-5 in the championships, and he could be 0-6. What can I say? Look, this...

Look, this was basically a perfect quarter for Netflix. I'm not going to stop recommending it now. It's just too darn good with too much momentum. Now, there's much more to make money at, including my recap of what's leading the run-up in GE and Brnova. Plus, as data center demand drives higher, I'm breaking down the power crisis that I think we face and what it could mean for a very strange player that could make you a lot of money, even if it shouldn't. And I want your calls rapid-fire in tonight's edition of the Lightning Round. So stay with Kramer.

It is time. It's time for the lightning round. We're about to start. And then the lightning round is over. Are you ready? Let's get it done. It's time for the lightning round. I'm starting with Quinn in Massachusetts. Quinn.

Russell.

Hey, Jim, how are you? I'm doing well. How about you? Good, thank you. My question is about Apploving. Oh, man, I'm hate-loving Apploving. I cannot believe the stock goes up every day. Do I ever wish my chapel trust were this? I actually wish I were the stock. I wish I could always say, oh, hi, Mr. Apploving. This thing does not quit. It doesn't know how to quit. And all I can tell you is unless someone else comes in directly and says, you know what, we do what they do and we charge half the price.

This stock is going to keep going up because it is a love stock. I'm going to give you two. I'm going to say the same thing about Palantir. Palantir and Applovin should go get married. Let's go to Kevin Appel and love it. Let's go to Kevin and Washington. Kevin.

Hi, Mr. Kramer. I'm a relatively new investor. I bought my first stock after seeing it on your show about three months ago on Mad Money. It is called Sport Radar. I love how they are rapidly expanding their U.S. business. The earnings have been pretty good and they've been on a great run. So my question for you is, do I buy, hold, or take money and run?

No, no, I like this company. I think this company, you know, it's now turned profitable. It's doing a lot of really good things. It is not expensive. It's not expensive on its growth rate. OK, so I think you're into something good. It's speculative, but I like it. Let's go to Tracy in Nevada. Tracy.

Hello, Mr. Kramer. You are the hero of my finances. Oh, thank you. You make investing fun, interesting, and profitable. Well, if I get people to be in it, I can teach. If I don't get them in, I can't teach. So thank you. You are the mission. You're so exciting and entertaining. I never miss a single minute of your show. Thank you. Thank you. You have made me a lot of money, but I'm wondering about Wingstop.

It's been a little mean to me. So I'm wondering what you think about... I am worried about Wing. Now, see, Wing stopped when they reported last, did not give me an explanation about why they didn't do well. And so, therefore, I went off on them. Now, I have to tell you, I don't personally dislike them. I like their product. But when you come on the show and you talk good, you know, and say good things, and I say good things about you, and then you don't give me the information I need to say why I should continue to like you, then I have to turn on you. It's just what I do. And it's not just because I'm from Philadelphia.

Let's go to Sam in Pennsylvania. Sam. Jim, speaking of Philadelphia, how about those Eagles? Go birds, man. We've got a big game this Sunday. So big, it's like I can't even handle it.

Big game this Sunday and incredible game last Sunday. Yes, yes. I called today about a company that I actually called in about a year ago to discuss. It's Comfort Systems USA. When I called, the stock was already trading at a premium. HVAC, whether it be train, whether it be carrier, if you got HVAC, it's the thing. I mean, I know it's weird because it's very much like plastics in the movie The Graduate. But if someone were to tell me right now, a young kid walk by and say, Jim, I'm thinking about going into the stock market. You know what I'd tell him?

HVAC. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round. The lightning round is sponsored by Charles Schwab. Coming up, is the U.S. entering a power crisis? Kramer's giving you his take on the future of energy in the United States. Next. It is time. It's time for the lightning round. We're going to play this now.

And then the lightning round is over. Are you ready? It's getting down to the lightning round. I'm starting with Quinn in Massachusetts. Quinn.

Hey, Jim. First time caller here. Love the show. I was just wondering about the audit company here, Jim. Yeah, look, I totally get it. I get the fascination with it. And when they make money, I will recommend it. Now, that means that someone might say, Jim, it was at six bucks. You kept me out of it until it went to ten. I don't care. I only want to recommend companies in 2025 that are making money. Now we're going to Russell in New York. Russell.

Hey, Jim, how are you? I'm doing well. How about you? Good, thank you. My question is about app-leveling.

Oh, man, I'm hate-loving, app-loving. I cannot believe this stock goes up every day. Do I ever wish my chapel trust were this? I actually wish I were the stock. I wish I could say, oh, hi, Mr. App-loving. This thing does not quit. It doesn't know how to quit. And all I can tell you is unless someone else comes in directly and says, you know what, we do what they do and we charge half the price, this stock is going to keep going up because it is a love stock. I'm going to give you two for it. I'm going to say the same thing about Palantir. Palantir and app-loving should go get married. Let's go to Kevin App-loving.

Let's go to Kevin in Washington. Kevin. Hi, Mr. Kramer. I'm a relatively new investor. I bought my first stock after seeing it on your show about three months ago on Mad Money. It is called Sport Radar. I love how they are rapidly expanding their U.S. business. The earnings have been pretty good, and they've been on a great run. So my question for you is, do I buy, hold, or take money and run?

No, no, I like this company. I think this company, you know, it's now turned profitable. It's doing a lot of really good things. It is not expensive. It's not expensive on its growth rate. OK, so I think you're into something good. It's speculative, but I like it. Let's go to Tracy in Nevada. Tracy.

Hello, Mr. Kramer. You are the hero of my finances. Oh, thank you. You make investing fun, interesting, and profitable. Well, if I get people to be in it, I can teach. If I don't get them in, I can't teach. So thank you. You are the mission.

You're so exciting and entertaining. I never miss a single minute of your show. Thank you. Thank you. You have made me a lot of money, but I'm wondering about Wingstop. It's been a little mean to me, so I'm wondering what you think about... I am worried about Wingstop. Now, see, Wingstop, when they reported last, did not give me an explanation about why they didn't do well. And so, therefore, I went off on them. Now, I have to tell you, I don't personally dislike them. I like their product, but

But when you come on the show and you talk good, you know, and say good things and I say good things about you and then you don't give me the information I need to say why I should continue to like you. Then I have to turn on you. It's just what I do. And it's not just because I'm from Philadelphia. Let's go to Sam in Pennsylvania. Sam. Jim, speaking of Philadelphia, how about those Eagles? Go birds, man. Go big game this Sunday. So big it's like I can't even handle it.

Big game this Sunday and incredible game last Sunday. Yes, yes. I called today about a company that I actually called in about a year ago to discuss. It's Comfort Systems USA. When I called, the stock was already trading at a premium. HVAC, whether it be train, whether it be carrier, if you got HVAC, it's the thing. I mean, I know it's weird because it's very much like plastics in the movie The Graduate. But if someone were to tell me right now, a young kid walk by and say, Jim, I'm thinking about going into the stock market. You know what I'd tell him?

HVAC. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the Lightning Round. The Lightning Round is sponsored by Charles Schwab. Coming up, is the U.S. entering a power crisis? Kramer is giving you his take on the future of energy in the United States. Next. We know all about crises. We have a drug crisis. We have an immigration crisis. We have an inequality crisis. We have a security crisis. We have a trade crisis. We have a climate crisis. It's a crisis all the way down.

So I hate to add to the list, but we have one serious, totally unforeseen energy crisis. And if we don't work fast, we're going to be overwhelmed by it. We need every form of energy available, not gas, wind, geothermal, hydro. What we most need, of course, is nuclear power. Crisis comes down to the fact that we had no real industrial growth in this country for decades, so we haven't had to build much energy infrastructure.

Now, all of a sudden, these data centers start coming online, like the ones that will be part of Stargate, the Oracle, SoftBank, OpenA, not the Kurt Russell movie, by the way. And these data centers consume insane amounts of electricity. It's a level of demand that nobody saw coming. So after years where we spent more time decommissioning power plants and building new ones, we suddenly got to go back into growth mode.

As you heard earlier in the show, G.E. Vernova is pulling forward plans to build and reopen nuclear plants at a considerable cost. You've heard about the reopening of one of the three mile-long reactors. Now there's talk about finishing two nuclear plants in South Carolina that were stopped because of hideous cost overruns. These plants, initiated in 2008, were so hard to build that in 2017 they just kind of threw up their hands and gave up. Now Santee Cooper is soliciting bids due in May to rebuild these state-owned plants.

a fortune, maybe they get it. But nukes are still pie in the sky, people. Now, there is this other fuel that's in the here and now, but it's a pure horror show to almost everyone. I'm the only one willing to go there. Let's talk coal.

When the president gave his inaugural address on Monday, he declared a national emergency aiming to produce more domestic fossil fuels, including coal. Once the mainstay in utility fuel, coal has been phased out year after year after year because it is terrible for the environment. Ten years ago, coal-based fuel was responsible for about 33% of our electricity. Now it's fallen to 15%. Part of that's environmental regulation. It's part of the lot because the utilities generally prefer cheaper natural gas.

But, man, if we're going to turn on decommissioned nuclear plants, something that was unimaginable a few years ago, and rusty Brazil is right about the price of natural gas going higher, then I think coal will have to go back into the mix, and the decline in its use may actually be over. Does it hurt, by the way, that Wyoming, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania are the big three coal states? Trump rewards those who went with him. Those states are about to reap what the voters sowed.

Who's the winner? It's hard as the coal court is made up of companies that mine coal for steel production and others that mine coal for utilities. But the latter has been such a dog for so long that the U.S. companies have tried to merge their way into steel making coal and to lessen exposure to utilities. Peabody Energy and Core Natural Resources are the big ones. I think they're cheap, but they trade more like steel companies than coal companies.

But then there's another company called Alliance Resources Partners LP. It's a master limited partnership that's the largest coal producer in the eastern United States. Incredibly profitable company, sells at less than nine times earnings, as befits a slow to no growth enterprise. And it's not undiscovered because coal prices have actually done well thanks to overseas demand. All that said, this market embraces anything energy. That means coal will soon be back and it makes a lot more sense now that coal is a champion in the White House. If you hear coal mentioned by the president,

and it's picked up by the mean people, Alliance Resources will be the one people will grab because it's a master limited partnership. It has a terrific 10% yield, but the yield's only that high because people think that the payout needs to be cut. May well be true, but under this president, coca-dava renaissance.

That's called a renaissance. Sure, coal's time has come and gone, but it will come again because the data center-inspired energy crisis really is so pressing that there's not really a choice anymore. Yes, the demand is that great, we saw foolishly multiple good new plants, that it wouldn't surprise me if coal's long decline may have finally run its course. I like to say there's always a bull market somewhere. I promise you I'll find it just for you right here on MadMoney. I'm Jim Cramer. See you tomorrow.

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