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Cramer on Thursday shared his litmus test for buying companies’ secondary offerings.
“If they need the money, be very careful,” he said during Stop Trading!. “If they don’t need the money, love it.”
Cramer pointed to KeyCorp [KEY
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However, PNC Financial Services Group [PNC
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] should be bought, he said, because the company is in much better shape. PNC is not desperate for the cash in the way that KEY might be.
Bank of New York Mellon [BK
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], headline risk makes buying the stock iffy, especially with President Obama calling for Congress to send him new credit-card legislation.
Elsewhere in the market, restaurants are “making a comeback,” Cramer said. He endorsed McDonald’s [MCD
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Watch the video for Cramer’s take on upcoming IPOs, retail, tech and Nordic American Tanker’s [NAT
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Cramer's charitable trust owns Yum! Brands.
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