Skip navigation
MOST POPULAR RELATED TAGS
  • TOPICS
  • SECTORS
  • COMPANIES
Road Rules
Road Rules Video Gallery
Investing can be confusing. Luckily, Cramer has mapped out some road rules for all you Home Gamers trying to navigate the jungle that is Wall Street. Think of it as "Mad Money 101" –- some fundamental advice to keep in mind as you play the market. Whether you're a first time investor or a seasoned financier, it's always good to remember the basics.
Text Size

Missed a chance to get in on this week’s action? Next week could be even more exciting, Cramer said.

On Friday’s Game Plan, Cramer advised Homegamers to take a moment this weekend to make a shopping list by writing down the companies – not the stocks – they want to own a piece of along with the price they would be willing to pay. Take ConocoPhillips [COP  Loading...      ()   ], Cramer’s favorite oil name. Last week COP hit $69. Two days later it was at $76. Without a list and a price ready, it would have been easy to hold off buying until COP went lower than $69. But it never did.

So what could be next week’s Conoco? Cramer recommended Procter & Gamble [PG  Loading...      ()   ], down 12 points from its high and a great place to start a position, he said. There’s also Altria [MO  Loading...      ()   ] at $73 with a 4.25% yield, less than a week from announcing plans it intends to split up. How about AT&T [T  Loading...      ()   ], with a 5% yield at $35?

With the Fed catching on (better late than never), some banks and homebuilders are back in play. Bear Stearns [BSC  Loading...      ()   ], which Cramer thinks could get taken over, is starting to look attractive down 16 points to $70. There’s also Wells Fargo [WFC  Loading...      ()   ] at $30 with a 5% yield. And now that the government changed the rules making it easier to get mortgage money, Toll Brothers [TOL  Loading...      ()   ] down at $16 is even looking good to Cramer.

The time is also right to buy Schering-Plough [SGP  Loading...      ()   ], he said. Shares of the drug company have been virtually cut in half on what he called “overstated” headline risk about its flagship cholesterol drug Vytorin. And in Cramer’s experience, the best time to buy drug stocks is right after the bad headlines. Think Bausch & Lomb [BOL  Loading...      ()   ] with its contact solution or Bristol-Myers Squib [BMY  Loading...      ()   ] with Plavix.

Down 50% from its high, with a CEO buying shares hand-over-fist, SGP is Cramer’s definitive pick for next week – Fed cut or not.


Jim's charitable trust owns Schering-Plough and Altria.

Questions for Cramer?

Questions, comments, suggestions for the Mad Money website?

© 2009 CNBC, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Tools:
PrintEmailAdd This share icon
Next Post
  • digg share
ADD COMMENTS
Remaining characters


Current DateTime: 01:48:33 08 Nov 2009
LinksList Documentid: 29778428

Current DateTime: 01:48:33 08 Nov 2009
LinksList Documentid: 29779196

Current DateTime: 01:48:34 08 Nov 2009
LinksList Documentid: 29779199

Current DateTime: 01:48:36 08 Nov 2009
LinksList Documentid: 29779198
  Data is a real-time snapshot  *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes
Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis

© 2009 CNBC, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
A Division of NBC Universal
Thomson ReutersThomson Reuters