thank you from jim cramer@jim cramer twitter for the helpful constructive comments about amc as opposed to the attacks i have been enduring all day. stay with cramer. >>> monday, kick off the trading day with squawk on the street. live from post nine at the nyse. >> i mean, come on, people, it doesn't go up every day. it just doesn't work like that. thank you. >> it all starts at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> it is time for the lightning round. are you ready? steve daddy, time for the lightning round. start with ross in my home state of p.a. ross. >> caller: nice to talk to you after all of this time. thank you for educating our bumpkins in pennsylvania. >> hardly bumpkins. i'm a commonwealth member, myself. what's going on? >> i have a question about dfs discover financial services. it has a great price to earnings ratio. it's got great earnings per share, how come it hasn't exploded like the other three credit card companies? >> it is perceived as been an off brand to visa and mastercard. a lot of times you can make money. i think discover is a good company. i want to be a buy buy buyer. >>

thank you, cramer. >>> jim cramer, you're one of my heros. >> when you talk about the market, i think you're spot on. >> oh, i love it. every night i watch you. i have earned and learned. >> lost in translation, managing your own money is a lot less daunting when it seems you have a translator, someone like me who can help you decode the arcane and what the pros use about stocks. so you can see through the mystery and understand the essentials of investing. so far i've explained the complicated piece of jargon. but the difficulty goes in two different directions. just as there are many concepts that seem complicated, also in terms that are much less simple than they appear. take the notion of a trade versus the notion of investment. a lot of people say they're interchangeable. couldn't be further from the truth, people. you've got to keep them separated. isn't this just splitting hairs, that's something not recommended for the folicly challenged like myself. a trade is not the same as an investment. if you teach one like the other, breaking the first commandment of trading, in true mr

thank you from jim cramer@jim cramer twitter for the helpful constructive comments about amc as opposed to the attacks i have been enduring all day. stay with cramer. >>> monday, kick off the trading day with squathwk on the street. it starts 9:00 a.m. eastern. new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. so i can reach ally bank 24/7, but there ar24/7.branches? i'm sorry, i'm just really reluctant to try new things. really? what's wrong with trying new things? look! mommy's new vacuum! (cat screech) you feel that in your muscles? i do... drink water. it's a long story. well, not having branches let's us give you great rates and service. i'd like that. a new w

follow @jim cramer on twitter. have a question, tweet cramer, #mad tweets. send jim an e-mail to mad money@cnbc.com or give us a call at 1-800-743-cnbc. miss something? head to madmoney.cnbc.com. >>> everybody makes a mistake sometime. that's classic investing advice. but if you want to become a great investor you don't just need to learn from your mistakes. anybody can tell you that. you need to learn how to recognize what your mistakes actually are and by the same token, you need to notice what works. might sound trite. trust me, it's not. the thing about being human is we have a hard time acknowledging what's actually going on inside our own heads. we're full of all sorts of unconscious biases and that can make it difficult to learn from experience. but i'm not here to give you a psychology 101 lesson on cognition. it's important to remember you need to imapproach all the stuff impiericly. i used to keep a box of trading cards in my closet. i spend an amount of time scrutinizing these tickets looking for mistakes and patterns of wrong doing that needed co

i'm jim cramer and i'll see you tomorrow! >>> the new obama care enrollment numbers are out and in a word they are dismal. far fewer people have signed up than the administration hoped and that's just one reason why senate democrats, especially the ones up for re-election this year are demanding more changes and help from the white house. so far the president hasn't responded to them. john boehner is demanding conservative groups get in line behind the new budget deal. he said critics of the deal are being ridiculous. mr. boehner, really, are they ridiculous? breaking news tonight. hawkish stanley

thank you from jim cramer@jim cramer twitter for the helpful constructive comments about amc as opposed to the attacks i have been enduring all day. stay with cramer. [ male announcer ] here's a question for you: if every u.s. home replaced one light bulb with a compact fluorescent bulb, the energy saved could light how many homes? 1 million? 2 million? 3 million? the answer is... 3 million homes. by 2030, investments in energy efficiency could help americans save $300 billion each year. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. >>> it is time -- it is time for the lightning round. >> are you ready skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round. i'm going to start with russ in my home state of pennsylvania. >> caller: it's nice to talk to you after all this time. thank you so much for educating us bumpkins. >> i'm a commonwealth member myself. what's going on? >> caller: okay. i got a question about dfs, discover financial services. it's got a great price to earnings ratio. it's got great earnings per share. how come it hasn't exploded like the other three? >> because it's perceived as al

i'm jim cramer, and i'll see you next time!

i'm jim cramer, and i'll see you next time! >>>. welcome to the new year's eve live edition of the kudlow report and what a year it's been for stocks. you can call it the buy and hold boring rally or rodney dangerfield get no respect rally. call it what you like. this was the best year for the dow since 1995, 18 years ago. washington didn't have a thing to do with it. our resilient economy, a free market economy was the big driver. tonight we ask what will the new year bring? now with obamacare kicking in for real in just a few hours washington is going to be interfering more and more in health care and our personal lives in 2014. are america's hospitals, doctors and patients ready for a year

>> hi,jim yaim cramer. i'm curious why you think anc didn't do so well when it careful on the open market? >> that's a great question. you know what the answer is? i believe in my judgment. i think it goes up to 23. i think a lot of these bigger cap ipos like hilton, they didn't pop them into their premium. that's the opportunity. i am speaking of my judgment that anc is inexpensive. >> that ladies and gentlemen is the conclusion of the lightning round [ music playing ] . >> merry christmas to you, jim. >> excellent. >> 70/80 degrees here. >> okay. so it's miserable there. rub it in. >> brr. >> let's go to audrey if florida. audrey. >> caller: maybe you can do something and have my back with my sciatica. >> you can go to dr. eriksson, my chiropractor. she'll straighten you out. >> merry christmas. >> epic proportions in the food and restaurant industry. from our house a tofurky is a delicacy. dad, what's in vel vieeta that t never goes bad? it's not my faith, few smother anything with natural gravy and cran

your first loss is your best loss, like i tell you in jim cramer's "real money." this is where discipline makes a huge difference. i am tireless in telling you not to be greedy. saying you have to take something off the table and play with the house's money. i endlessly tell you it doesn't matter where a stock's been. you don't want to own a high-flying tech stock that lost its momentum. when that happens, sorry. just got to sell the darn thing. if you love it, buy it back lower, when business is improving, not deteriorating. don't treat risky trading vehicles as though they are staples that can be owned for ages. handle them with care. they are third rail names. take caution and you can do very well for yourself. remember to take profit on the way up and get out on the way down. you don't call the top to good make money, be willing to jump ship when it's clear the stock is peaked and the business and you are ready to head down. stay with cramer. >>> we've got to get to some of these tweets you've been sending me. our first tweet says i'm trying to buy small regio

don't miss a second of "mad money," follow jim cramer on twitter. have a question, tweet cramer, #madtweets. send jim an e-mail to madmoney@cnbc.com or give us a call at 1-800-743-cnbc. miss something? head to madmoney.cnbc.com. >>> with interest rates on the rise, what's going to happen to the complex of housing related stocks? nobody gives you a better read on the business than home depot, the incredibly well managed company. largest home improvement retailer on earth. 2260 stores, north america, puerto rico, guam, u.s. virgin islands.. i call it the despot because it rules. and we like rulers around here. home depot reaffirmed sales in 2014 and same-store sales. not many have that. plus, management gives strong guidance for 2014, a 17% increase in earnings. not only that, if their analyst day a year ago home depot made a called shot. they laid out a long term margin of 12%. the company would hit that number by end of 2015. they're one year ahead. full year ahead of schedule. that's execution. home depot has been -- this stock is up. they blew awa

and now to sam roadwayrouge, louis ck with jim cramer. it's a heck of a lot better to be confused with louis ck than it is with v latted mir lennin. and now #madtweets. i want to invest in some big-name companies. we don't like to buy stocks that are selling at two times or more of their growth rate because if they screw up the stock gets eviscerated and that's one of our rules. here's one from @mattunderscore cat. what is the secret to having so much energy in the morning? i get almost no sleep, but it's a hereditary thing and maybe the secret is i love my job. don't tell the bosses. "mad money" is back after the break. >>> from our family to yours, happy holidays, cramerica. peace and prosperity in the new year from all of us here at "mad money." >>> i like to say that there's always a bull market somewhere, and i promise to find it just for you right here on "mad money." i'm jim kramer and i'll see you next time! >>> the white house now says 2 million people have signed up for obamacare health policies. but are these numbers for real?

healthy expansion the ceo of whole foods tell jim cramer whether or not the stock is a buy right now. ahead of the key fed decision, we will talk to the "wall street journal" and break down what rising rates could mean for your dividend stocks. so traders are sam seymour, brian kelly and guy adame. let's get straight to our top story. the real market movers came from facebook, humidity packard and irobot all closing higher, which brings us into the top trades. >> deposited from neutral. susquehanna, facebook says it will start inserting video ads in krooek week. >> also remember, they are getting into the s&p 500, s&p 100. you have a lot of people on this friday. it started to remind me a little of the 1999ish where people worry about eyeball, how many can you get? you will put video ads on there. we will add there multiple to it. it's that type of mentality out there. how do you trade this over the next couple of days? you probably don't want to trade it until friday at the close. on monday, if you get any sell-off back to let's call it $50, i think that's the place you enter. >> i t

i'm jim cramer. and i'll see you tomorrow! >>> through his fierce dignity and unbending will to sacrifice his own freedom for the freedom of others, madiba transformed south africa and moved all of us. his journey from a prisoner to a president embodied the promise that human beings and countries can change for the better. >> good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." we're live here at 7:00 p.m. eastern and 4:00 p.m. pacific. of course, the big news this evening, legendary south african leader nelson mandela has died at the age of 95. we have a

>> boo-yah, jim cramer from michigan! i just want to tell you, we've got a big game sunday. my lion against your eagles. >> it's tight. -- i'm calling abou lbe liquito c o bn th cssctn lossesndelngf1 tte yis ie of will catch a bid as soon as we get interest rates that go appreciably lower, so let's not sell it now. lumber liquidator, i know it does have operational problems and it is growing like a weed, but i don't want you to jettison oowf1 don't want you to jettison >> let's gto osin lodaf1 >> how's ii you? otidngi ulbu you want pl tt d 'noles. i covered football in 1977 and '78. pam in new jersey. pam! >> hi, pam, it's pam from new jersey, i just want to give you a great big boo-yah shoutout for everything that you do. > wa tsatohe lived in e mr. svobyoarmyo 1 litle- apecte it. ilies together. >> yes. >> here's my question, regarding epzn. they had a pullback, it's partnered with celgene. what are your thoughts. >> what stock did you mention? you mentioned apple. i would buy apple, what was the sponsored by t.d. ameritrade. >>> what's happening with chart industries? her

i'm jim cramer and i will see you tomorrow. milton, florida, sunday night. >> narrator: he was a stunt pilot... >> basically, it's a very high-g routine that has a lot of gyroscopic precession. >> i've seen him do a few things in the airplane that were, "boy, this guy knows what he's doing." >> narrator: ...and clients say, a con man. >> people trusted him, in some cases, with a million dollars. >> narrator: ...who had the country wondering for days whether he was dead or alive.

i'm jim cramer. see you tomorrow. >>> president obama argued today that income inequality is the definie ining challenge of our . sorry, mr. president, the defining challenge of our time is to restore strong economic growth. in other words, the rising tide lifts all boats. we don't need redistribution tax hikes, we don't need state run health care, more spending, lower the incentive barriers and bring us growth. here's another big problem for president obama, the millennials are abandoning him and obama care in droves. a new poll shows plunging

plus, mandy, we have a message for jim cramer. jim, if you are listening, there's folks out there that want you to visit them. they are willing to do something crazy. i will tell you what that is coming up after the break. >> later on we'll be talking about booming barbies. not australian grills. the dolls. and a super big, super bold buzz kill. all those things coming your way. americans take care of business. they always have. they always will. that's why you take charge of your future. your retirement. ♪ ameriprise advisors can help you like they've helped millions of others. listening, planning, working one on one. to help you retire your way... with confidence. that's what ameriprise financial does. that's what they can do with you. ameriprise financial. more within reach. is caused by people looking fore traffic parking.y that's remarkable that so much energy is, is wasted. streetline has looked at the problem of parking, which has not been looked at for the last 30, 40 years, we wanted to rethink that whole industry, so w

jim cramer. >> what's happening? hit me. >> caller: dgo -- >> no, no, no, no -- >> sell, sell, sell -- >> you want a gold stock, you've got to go to rand gold. i prefer the gld, understand that gold is not going up right now, but we can stay long it as a hedge. it's a currency. jay in new york, jay? >> caller: manhattan boo-yah. >> nice. brooklyn boo-yah back at you. what's up? >> caller: guidance. i need some guidance on a stock you seem to like, sirius xm satellite. >> analysts were lukewarm on that last quarter. it wasn't that big a miss. i think you should buy it. i like sirius. and i particularly like -- i like that guys running that company. i think they're very good. you want to be long sirius satellite. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round." >> the "lightning round" is sponsored by td ameritrade. ♪ ♪ [ tires screech ] chewley's finds itself in a sticky situation today after recalling its new gum. [ male announcer ] stick it to the market before you get stuck. get the m

be >> meantime, "mad money" with jim cramer starts now. >>> my mission is simple, to make you money. i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere, and i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now. >>> hey, i'm cramer! welcome to "mad money." welcome to camer qaa. other people want to make friend, i'm just trying to make you a little money. my job isn't just to entertain you, but educate you so call me at 800-upon vr 743-cnbc. on a not so hot day for the market, the s&p declined .3%, and the nasdaq dipped 1.4% and maybe it's time to stop fretting so much about tomorrow's big, bad fed event. i can tell you the ceo of boeing jim mcnerney, is it worried about what the fed might do, and who runs 3m isn't going let it get in his way for mig for growth. the co ceos of whole foods will be riveted to tomorrow's 2:00 p.m. release describing the fed's plans for the economy. they're too busy opening stores and making money for the stake holders. i bet you they'd rather man the register. so, if they're not worrying, why should we? in other

jim cramer. >> what's happening? hit me. >> caller: dgo -- >> no, no, no, no -- >> sell, sell, sell -- >> you want a gold stock, you've got to go to rand gold. i prefer the gld, understand that gold is not going up right now but we can stay long it as a hedge. it's a currency. jay in new york, jay? >> caller: manhattan boo-yah. >> nice. brooklyn boo-yah back at you. what's up? >> caller: guidance. i need guidance on a stock you seem to like, sirius xm satellite. >> analysts were lukewarm on the last quarter. i think you should buy it. i like sirius. and i particularly like -- i like that guys running that company -- i think they're very good. you want to be long sirius satellite. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round." >> the "lightning round" is sponsored by td mure trade. ameritrade. in real time. ♪ the shell brought him great fame. ♪ but then, one day, he noticed that everybody could have a magic seashell. [ indistinct talking ] [ male announcer ] right there in their tradin

i'm jim cramer. i'll see you next time. in a mountain retreat, a con man stalk their prey. >> once i finally came to the realization that this thing is just a scam, it was too late. >> narrator: no victim is too big or too small... >> they took 25 bucks from a 15-year-old paperboy. if you had it to give, they'd take it. >> narrator: ...until a trusted employee decides to bring them down from the inside. >> if i just walked away, nobody would stop them. they would just keep taking money. >> narrator: and later... in a tough real-estate market, hawaiian mortgage broker james lull claims there's big money to be made by fixing bad

i'm jim cramer. and i'll see you tomorrow! >> narrator: in this episode of "american greed: the fugitives," you've won the lottery! promises like this, luring thousands of unsuspecting victims. >> they were very nice. "this is a wonderful experience for you. i'm sure you're gonna be very happy. now, what we need to do to process your prize is the following." >> narrator: but instead of paying a jackpot, roland okuomose is accused of ripping people off. >> not one victim has received any lottery or sweepstakes winnings. >> narrator: now this alleged criminal mastermind is on the

send him an email at jim cramer @cnbc.com or call him at 74 743-cnbc. or cnbc.com. ♪ >>> all year i've been talking about one of the most reliable ways for companies to crow eight value and it's something that i know so well there's an entire chapter of my new book "get rich carefully" to this concept. i'm talking about companies that break themselves up, and split. split into pieces. i'll explain why this process works so well because it's bound to happen so well in the new year. first of all, the reason i keep pushing these break-up stories is it's a proven value creation. when you have a conglomerate of sectors in the economy, wall street doesn't know what to do with the stock. we now live in the world where they all specialized in particular sectors which means they don't have the expertise to recommend stocks that are partially in their comfort zone. how being an alcoholic beverage analyst cover their old fortune brands which the company break itself up because it not only had a big liquor business. it also sold office supplies and home furnishin

cramer's charitable trust. before that, she ran research. please welcome from street.com, stephanie link. >> 2014 is going to be a year of global economic improvement. eaten is my first pick. it's a truly global industrial play. and the next pick is starwood hotels and it's an upscale, leisure, hotel company, strong pricing power and great management team. my last pick is citigroup. >> citibank? citibank had a great year. [ bell ] >> twice. i'm not having to say my ideas -- >> isn't that cute that both steven and stephanie have citi as one of the top trades? >> stephanie link has been paying a lot of attention to what i'm doing, er go, she's tweeting what she likes. >> so let's talk about this pick, eaton. a great year. up 30%. why? do you like it? >> i think it's got a lot more. 2013 was all about auto and aerospace, which i still like those themes very much, right? but 2014 is going to be about nonresidential construction improvement, and i think that's 60% of the company's total revenues. they got that from

catch "mad money" tonight because jim cramer will have more with the co-ceos of whole foods 6:00 and 11:00 eastern. >> i know jim is a fervent watcher of this show so i hope he's listening because i have an important question i want him to ask both of these co-ceos. is it true from what i've heard you have to wear skinny jeans, a flannel shirt and black rimmed glasses to get into that whole foods in brooklyn? >> do you mean do you have to be a hipster? >> lack of shop lifting, can't fit anything in the pantses. >> you got the hipster beard. >> the one bag thing. >>> still ahead on this fine show the high price of cheap goods. serious story. charges that some of the biggest retailers are saving money by using cheap, undocumented and oftentimes almost abused workers. >> plus, oj is feeling the squeeze while banana prices could soon go bananas. first, bill an kelly, what is coming up on "closing bell"? >> we get to follow bananas. always talk about how the final hour of trading is the most important hour of the trading day. we now have the data to back that up. >> we're not just saying

. >> jim cramer mentioned today, he talked about some of the insurers, we talked about it days ago, i think the insurers are a place to go, for a lot of reasons, i think this is just one more reason, there are other names out there as well. >> unmistakable the outperformance by things that have been underperforming, emerging markets, which i'm not going to tell you are a straight ahead buy. but there are places to buy. we talked about this on the closing bell, there are places i think you don't want to be in emerging markets that have issues, that might get worse as rates go higher, places like mexico, the eww, or places like south korea, ewy, these are etfs, you have industrial growth or pegged to the u.s. economy in mexico, or you may have currency that will be strengthening. that's how you want to play this. >> i think you stick with what's been working. these are storied stocks. yahoo has been working, i think that moves to the middle 40s going into ali baba, google is working. they have bullish reasons why you should buy google. twitter is actually turned around right now for me.

"mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> my mission is simple, to make you money. i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there is always a bull market somewhere, and i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to safe you a little money. my job is not just to entertain you, but to educate you. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. leave it to twitter to produce the ultimate question that is defining this stock market. including today where the dow sank 78

jim cramer pointed out it hasn't gotten passed yet. are you 100% sure you have the votes in the house to pass this bill? >> we have a majority of our majority. we're in good shape here in the house. look, i've spent the day yesterday in my house republican caucus. they understand that government shutdowns aren't a good idea. that if we can get net deficit reduction without raising taxes, which is what this does that advances our principles. they also understand our budget is our ultimate goal. but with this president and this senate, we're not going to get our budget in the law. we want to make good in an incremental way. so my colleagues here and the majority in the house understand that. a good majority of our colleagues i do believe will be supporting this. i feel good about where we are in the house republican caucus. >> steny hoyer was here the other day and was talking about -- it was before you made the actual announcement. but he was very unhappy with the idea of unemployment benefits would not be included in part of this. how

i'm carl quintanilla will jim cramer and david faber. the fed meeting begins today. cpi relatively mild. the 10-year is right in the range, between 2.85 and 2.9. europe seeing red this morning as well. year over year core inflation fell in the eurozone to .9. the last fed meeting of the year kicks off today. stocks look to stay in the green and continue the rally. >> boeing authorizing an additional $10 billion in share buybacks over the next two to three years. >> facebook is getting into the video ad game. they plan to start selling video ads that will automatically may in users feeds. >> and jim cramer will talk to the co-ceos of whole foods this hour. >> the s&p snapping a four-session losing streak. the fed's two-day meeting gets back today. a lot of tea leaf reading, jim being looking at the calendar, looking at yellen's history. some say she's slightly more committed to the program than bernanke but we'll have to wait until tomorrow. >> a lot of people are saying wait a second, we sold down very badly last week. what happens if they stay the course? this could

i'm david faber with jim cramer. we're live from the new york stock exchange. carl quintanilla has a well-earned day off. take a look at the futures here. we'll see if we can actually end up on this friday the 13th. turn to -- my colleague makes a face. you can't see it. turn to the 10-year now. where we been? right around the 2.8 mark, there we are, 2.857. let's call it down ever so slightly and let's go to europe, of course, where the market has been open for quite some time today. you can see it has largely been a positive day for most of the markets overseas, at least in the european area. as for our road map right here, back in new york city it starts with the major indices looking to pull up and out of what has been the biggest weekly declines we've seen since august. you can scratch one name off of the candidates. qualcomm's promoting chief operating officer steve mollenkopf to ceo. and sam's club will have a new service called pantry. and on "mad money" last night, retailers saying customers are feeling a little bit better. let's try to avoid what would

i'm carl quintanilla will jim cramer and david faber. the fed meeting begins today. cpi relatively mild. the

tweet cramer, #madtweets. send jim an e-mail to madmoney@cnbc.com. or give us a call at 1-800-743-cnbc. miss something? head to madmoney.cnbc.com. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with new fedex one rate, i could fill a box and ship it for one flat rate. so i knit until it was full. you'd be crazy not to. is that nana? [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. the energy in one gallon of gas is also enough to keep your smartphone running for how long? 30 days? 300 days? 3,000 days? the answer is... 3,000 days. because of gasoline's high energy density, your car doesn't have to carry as much fuel compared to other energy sources. take the energy quiz. energy l

meantime, "mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> my mission is simple. to make you money. i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere. and i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, i'm just trying to make you a little money. my job is not just to entertain you but educate you. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. after still another great day for the market right ahead of a key fed meeting, dow gaining 129 points, s&p climbing .63%. nasdaq

"mad money" with jim cramer begins right now. >>> my mission is simple, to make you money. i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere and i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now! hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. i'm trying to save you money. my job is to educate you. call me. up day, down day, flat day. there's something you need to understand. investing can be a lot like comedy in both disciplines,

i'm jim cramer, i'm sll see you monday. mother had $50,000 of credit-card debt? >> um...i just caught her at a bad moment when a couple of the cars had broke down and...she was very upset. >> also... what would happen if you said no to them? >> um, i've started to say no here and there, but my dad just goes on rants and he -- he starts exploding. >> this is a very unhealthy situation. and you ask me, "can i afford it?" >> we want to go on two five-day camping trips with our grandchildren. >> look at your finances!

i'm jim cramer and i'll see you tomorrow! a fast crowd of celebrity wannabes. >> accused of robbing some of hollywood's hottest young stars of jewelry and other items. >> narrator: and now they talk to "american greed." >> our culture in hollywood is extravagant. >> some people might strive to go to medical school. i guess in the l.a. area, young people strive to have rolex watches. >> narrator: but the bling ring steals more than jewelry. >> they weren't primarily motivated by money. they were almost taking pieces of the fame. >> narrator: but first, danny pang is a high-rolling financier with a devil-may-care attitude.

tweet cramer, #madtweets. send jim an e-mail to madmoney@cnbc.com. or give us a call at 1-800-743-cnbc. miss something? head to madmoney.cnbc.com. [ male announcer ] here's a question for you: the energy in one gallon of gas is also enough to keep your smartphone running for how long? 30 days? 300 days? 3,000 days? the answer is... 3,000 days. because of gasoline's high energy density, your car doesn't have to carry as much fuel compared to other energy sources. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. >>> we've just been through a period of truly fabulous gains for the stock market. with today being still one more example punctuated by hideous squalls of selling that make everyone doubt the resilience of the bull. and for years, despite repeated bear raids, the bull has come through for us. however, just because we're in a bull market doesn't mean there won't be plenty of instances where individual stocks go down and go down hard. when i was writing my new book "get rich carefully," i reviewed every trade made by my trust along with the bulletins we

i'm jim cramer and i will see you tomorrow! [snapping photos] ♪ (female #1) wanna do one on his lap? ♪

tweet cramer #madtweets. send jim an e-mail to madmoney@cnbc.com. or give us a call at 1-800-743-cnbc. miss something? head to madmoney.cnbc.com. ♪ i wanna spread a little love this year ♪ [ male announcer ] this december, experience the gift of true artistry and some of the best offers of the year at the lexus december to remember sales event. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> what's next for perrigo? a company that's basically the king of knock you've private label store brand over the counter drugs. we know that private labels has been a huge trend in this country. and these in-house brands made by perrigo deliver much higher margins. now, p rererrigo has been on fi. it's acquiring elan in a deal that allows them to save a bundle on the tax bill by allowing them to pay super low irish tax rates rather than the higher ones. perrigo runs up 41% for the year. we last spoke to the ceo on august 16th. but the deal closes later this week, i think it'll give another boost to the stock. let's check in with the chairman and ceo of perrigo and see

i'm jim cramer. i'll see you monday! >> narrator: in this episode of "american greed"... he's a consultant to con men. >> the greed, the greed, american greed -- you want to talk about american greed? the american greed was... without boundary. >> narrator: the brains behind one of the largest scams in history. before it's over, he'll lead federal agents on an international chase, changing locations and identities. deal maker shalom weiss doesn't hide in the shadows. >> the guy is such a flamboyant character. he's big and he's bold and he's brazen and he's loud. >> he was attracted to lights, women, music, gambling. >> narrator: are these the fatal attractions that will do him in?

i am jim cramer and i will see you tomorrow! face of business success. >> he was a deal chaser and a deal maker. you know, he was a mover and shaker. you couldn't hold tom down. >> $8 million house out in lake minnetonka, i think the one in palm beach was $15 million. >> narrator: a local boy made good, who never forgets where he came from. >> we are a very caring company. that's one of our core values. >> this is a hometown guy who cares about his hometown, who cares about people losing their jobs. >> "this guy is the real deal. nothing to worry about." there seemed to be no reason at all to suspect that something

i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer and david faber at the new york stock exchange. two big ipos at the big board this morning, hilton and aeromark. a couple of profit margins to keep your eye on. seeing a little creep after the weak 10e-year, more talks about stan fisher potentially going to the fed. our road map today begins with the markets posting their biggest selloff since november 7th. the major indices all down more than a percent this week. >> it's a big day for ipos led by hilton and aeromark. we have the ceos after trading begins. >> facebook, shares up on news the ipo will join the s&p 500. >> lululemon lower on weaker guidance. >> the day after the dow closed down, the worst day since september. retail sales showed an uptick in november. next week all eyes will be on the fed meeting as investors watch for the potential taper from the federal reserve. maybe decks are cleared for a taper or at least a serious discussion for one, why not take your gains for the year. is that's what's happening? >> we had the largest order in balance we've had ever. if you t

i'm jim cramer and i will see you tomorrow! >> you can buy gold. we put in in a storage vault. it's safe. then, when you want to sell it, we sell it. >> narrator: could this be a golden parachute in a falling economy? >> it left me with nothing. i have no money. >> narrator: ferreira admits he's a con. but rather than face prison, he disappears. >> he was missing. nobody knew where he was. >> narrator: but first, a chicago executive leads the life of a king. >> he would call downstairs and tell them, "bring all of side one and side two of the menu," and tuxedo butlers would come up and serve your breakfa w

and i don't care how many times you slammed me at jim cramer on twitter and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round! >>> the lightning round is sponsored by t.d. ameritrade. s. it told him what was happening on the trading floor in real time. ♪ the shell brought him great fame. ♪ but then, one day, he noticed that everybody could have a magic seashell. [ indistinct talking ] [ male announcer ] right there in their trading platform. ♪ [ indistinct talking continues ] [ male announcer ] so the magic shell went back to being a...shell. get live squawks right in your trading platform with think or swim from td ameritrade. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and grows more businesses... we're open to it. start a tax-free business at startup-ny.com. [ male announcer ] if we could see energy... what would we

"mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> my mission is simple. to make you money. i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere and i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now. >> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, i'm just trying to save you some money. my job is not just to entertain but to educate you. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. battle stations! that's where we are on the eve of the hugely important labor department nonfarm payroll report that

i'm jim cramer and i'll see you tomorrow. "american greed"... >> that's right. we're breaking the [bleep] law. >> narrator: scott rothstein, always the life of the party, a guy who wants the world to love him. >> we're lawyers. if we're not gonna break the law, who is? >> he was a larger-than-life type of person, very charismatic. >> narrator: he is raking in hundreds of millions of dollars. >> you saw scott, you're thinking money. >> narrator: and he spends it like it will never run out. >> he amassed over 200 watches, a hundred suits, 9 or 10 cars at any one point in time, a number of homes. >> narrator: but the money does run out, and scott rothstein is

i'm jim cramer and i will see you next time. of "american greed." >> everyone catered to joe in this town. >> he-he essentially was a patrone, a godfather. >> joe conforte, a pioneering pimp, who makes millions pedaling sex at his world famous "mustang ranch." >> you cannot eliminate this business. >> he was colorful. uh, he was aggressive. he was as scoundrel. >> it was just a matter of greed. he just didn't want to give the united states government their due. now, he's racked up an $18 million tax debt and is on the run from uncle sam. and when one man crosses him, he ends up dead.

mad money with jim cramer starts right now. ♪ >>> my mission is simple. to make you money. i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere, and i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now. >>> hey, i'm cramer. well will come to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to make you a little money. my job is not just to entertain you, but to educate you so call me at 800-743-cnbc. this could be aye an incredibly confusing time to be an investor. with the the news