Mad Money Summary Essay

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This episode of Mad Money started off with the closing points of the market indexes; Dow, S&P, and the NASDAQ . Cramer seems optimistic about the closing numbers for the year stating that the Dow started at 800 when he got into the racket and now it closes at 17,958.
Cramer stated there is great news for the US economy such as the creation of 321,000 jobs. However investors suspect that the Federal Reserve will raise min mage rates.
Instead stockholders rotated from high yield defensive stocks into banks and companies that will benefit from low oil prices.

Cramer expresses concerns of political and large world issues that can affect the market. Such as a minority of republicans looking for trouble that could hurt business. Another political concern is Vladimir Putin described as the Russian Bear, attempting to export Russian stock into any country’s market. Cramer states Putin has ursine ways, could be interpreted as Russia being known for bears, or a bear market, which is when the economy is bad. A bear market means when it’s tough for investors to pick profitable stocks. If Putin is pessimistic, believing that stocks are going to drop, he is called a “Bear” or to have a “Bearish outlook”.

Now we continue to positive stock highlights and opportunities for the upcoming week. For Monday our stock highlight is Agios Pharm and Amgen. Cramer states Bulls will be present on these two stocks and it’s not too late to buy. A Bull market means the stocks are rising, the economy is great, people are finding jobs, and GDP is growing. If a person is optimistic and believes that stock will go up, he or she is called a ‘bull’ and is said to have a “bullish outlook”. Cramer believes Agios stock is overvalued, which can lead to dangerous situations in a bull market.

Dover the defense company is Cramers next stock. Cramer states that this industrial stock was downgraded due to its exposure in the oil patch, but sees opportunity in this one. A downgraded stock occurs when there is a negative change