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In this market, if you can eat it, drink it or smoke it, then buy it, Cramer said. Any other kind of stock will probably lose you money.
Forget about aggressive moneymaking. Recession is a very real possibility, so it’s time to play defense. The usual stocks apply: Coca-Cola [KO
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], Pepsico [PEP
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], Procter & Gamble [PG
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], Merck [MRK
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].
Cramer’s sticking with a few of his so-called “Indestructibles,” too. Altria [MO
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], Medco Health Solutions [MHS
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] and Transocean [RIG
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] all still work. In fact, RIG just hit a 52-week high, and Credit Suisse upgraded the stock Monday.
Unfortunately, two Cramer favorites – Foster Wheeler [FWLT
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] and Freeport-McMoRan [FCX
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] – have declined. The market just gave up on them even though most of their business is outside the U.S. So even though Cramer likes them more than any of these defensive stocks, they just can’t be owned right now, he said.
The bottom line: This market craves consistent, unexciting earnings. Cramer doesn’t think that won’t change until the Federal Reserve addresses the U.S. housing problem.
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Jim's charitable trust owns Altria, Freeport-McMoRan, and Transocean.
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