"mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world. you need to get in the game. stearns are going to go out of business and he's nuts, they are nuts, they know nothing. i always like to say there is a bull market somewhere. "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. 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 educate, but i'm entertaining, coaching and teaching tonight. so call me 1-800-743-cnbc. does the market not understand the gravity of a u.s. government shutdown? does it not comprehend it's not merely the nation's credit rating that's at risk from the debt ceiling debacle? but the full faith and credit of the republic itself? how long can we shrug off this grand canyon plunge that's coming? as we did again with another benign day, dow tipped 29 points, and nasdaq advance advanced .22%. this is behavior. is the market actually smarter than you and i think? i'm starting to believe the latter and tonight i'm going to t

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stay with cramer. >> coming up, dollar store debate. discount dollar shops have been printing money as consumers search for deals, but recently lost some steam. as americans start to feel the paychecks pinched, could these stocks come back into favor? cramer conducts a price check, just ahead. >>> ever since the great recession got going, the dollar stores have been among the strongest segments in retail. for over four years, these companies posted stellar results, and it began to look like dollar store names were taking over the low-income world. over the last few months, they have reported quite disappointing numbers. since the beginning of december, family dollar is down 18%, dollar general has fallen, an 11% decline. dollar tree has been crushed. this thing, i mean -- since the summer, this stock is down more than 25%. since august, falling from $52.38 and change. dismal performance, just dismal and you would think with all the cow tales and turkish taffy i buy, i could pull this group out of this funk. maybe because i'm only buying

cramer. and welcome to my world. you need to get in the game. going out of business and he's nuts, they're nuts! they know nothing! i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere -- "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, i'm just trying to save you a little money. my job is not just to entertain you but to educate. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. even on days like today where the fed didn't say anything we didn't already know, but people used it as an excuse, an excuse to take some profits. dow dipping 44 points, s&p sinking .39%. nasdaq declining .36%. you can feel the pain -- >> the house of pain. >> it's the pain of the bearish money managers being overridden by the -- you guessed it. and that's precisely why i don't expect this pullback to last too long. because we have a powerful force pushing this market higher. i'm talking about the attempts by money managers to keep up with the gal

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. >>> every january, i like to take my cue from the nfl playoffs and pick the previous year's best performers in the market against each other to see which ones are most likely to repeat that out-performance going forward. i think you can learn from the past winners. on monday, we started with 2012's two best performers on the dow jones industrial average, the equivalent of the nfc playoffs, bank of america versus home depot and i told you bank of america was the winner because i think the banks are poised to rally pretty heavily this year and bank of america has rapidly gone from worst to first. lots of people @jimcramer on twitter were moaning that i buried them in bank of america after that playoff game, because it dropped 37 cents. ladies and gentlemen, this is the super bowl for heaven's sake. that's the first play from scrimmage. let the game play out, please, a

meantime, "mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer. and welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. going out of business and he's nuts, they're nuts! they know nothing! i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, trying to save you a little money here. my job's not just to entertain, but to educate, teach you how the market works. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. the script right now says the companies are supposed to be performing horribly. we're supposed to be geared for disappointment. which makes it so unfathomable that the averages rally today. dow gaining 62 points, s&p rising .27%, nasdaq climbing .45%. what do you do? i have to put myself in the mind of the market. what do you do when a gigantic fortune country you haven't heard of but with everything with testament -- what do you do when they say things are much better than expected? how do you spin that story negatively, dar

cramer. and welcome to my world. you need to get in the game. firms are going to go out of business and he's nuts, they're nuts! they know nothing! i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere -- "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, i'm just trying to save you a little money. my job is not just to entertain you but to educate, so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. even on days like today where the fed didn't say anything we didn't already know, but people used it as an excuse, an excuse to take some profits. dow dipping 44 points, s&p sinking .39%. nasdaq declining .36%. you can feel the pain -- >> the house of pain. >> it's the pain of the bearish money managers being overridden by the -- you guessed it. and that's precisely why i don't expect this pullback to last too long. because we have a powerful force pushing this market higher. i'm talking about the herculean attempts by money manage

cramer. welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> firms are going to go out of business, and he's nuts. they're nuts. they know nothing. >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. >>> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to save you money. my job isn't just to entertain but to teach you. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. today's action frankly was even more bullish than the averages. nasdaq up .04%. why? because it seemed that everything was levitating at t the same time. even transport going up at the same time as oil service stocks. they should get smashed. that's not what happened. the bank stocks were up. we got a happy session where everything rallied. buyers think that everything's getting better. courtesy of a powerful worldwide recovery. consider it a microcosm for the glorious year already that's 2013. already one that's taken the s&p 500 to f

cramer. welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> firms are going to go out of business, and he's nuts. they're nuts. they know nothing. >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. >>> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to save you money. my job isn't just to entertain but to teach you. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. today's action frankly was even more bullish than the averages. dow gabing 44 points. nasdaq up .04%. why? because it seemed that everything was levitating at t the same time. even transport going up at the same time as oil service stocks. they should get smashed. that's not what happened. the bank stocks were up. we got a happy session where everything rallied. buyers think that everything's getting better. courtesy of a powerful worldwide recovery. consider it a microcosm for the glorious year already that's 2013. already one that's

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"mad money," you can't afford to miss it. >> i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. my job is entertain, coaching, educating so call me. after today's not so hot action, dow dipping 21 points, down 1.2%, nasdaq off .83% off worries the federal reserve may allow interest rates to rise because of a stronger economy, you got to ask whether the dow jones industrial average in 2013, beyond that unsustainably fabulous first day of the year. despite yesterday's rally, you got to be a little suspicious, skeptical, critical, about how poorly the dow perform last year versus the s&p and nasdaq, finishing up a pathetic 7.26%. while the nasdaq climbed 15.9% and the s&p gained 13.4%. who are the culprits behind the dow's underperformance? who did well, though, in a futile attempt to save the index? and what's next for the venerable but oh, so out of sync 30 dow jones stocks. let's rank them from best to worst, see how things ended up this way and see who is going to drag us down next year. first a s bank of america. it was the top per

>>> i'm jim cramer. welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> firms are going to go out of business, and he's nuts. they're nuts. they know nothing. >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. >>> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to save you money. my job isn't just to entertain but to educate you. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. today's action frankly was even more bullish than the averages. dow gaining 44 points. nasdaq up .04%. why? because it seemed that everything was levitating at t the same time. >> all aboard! >> even transport going up at the same time as oil service stocks. they should get smashed. that's not what happened. the bank stocks were up. we got a happy session where everything rallied. buyers think that everything's getting better. courtesy of a powerful worldwide recovery. consider it a microcosm for the glorious year already that's 2013

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"mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world. you need to get in the game. "mad money." you can't to ford to miss it. rise and shine and thank you for waking with cnbc. i'm jim cramer and there is always a bull market somewhere. get up and make your best move. >> i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cram ee mxcramerica. call me. snoozing. that is what the market is doing. a little doze. it takes little gains after absorbing early morning losses. but it is all about the nap. s&p calling up 11. thank you apple. see the market has gotten tired here. and it rests at the opening for waking up from it's slumber and finishing perky after the bell. it needs to catch a couple of weeks. we keep hearing how valuations have are gotten stretched and then it crawls higher into the close. to me, i'm an old napper from all the way back. like you need me to wake you up in the morning with the cnbc alarm clock app ♪ hallelujah >> jp morgan announced that it was too rich and downgraded. jp said it lacks callous to go higher. the reason

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"mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer. and welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. going out of business and he's nuts! they're nuts! they know nothing! i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, trying to save you a little money. my job is not just to entertain but to educate and put things in perspective. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. not everything in the market can be explained by cold hard facts. not everything is rational or even cut and dried or it can even be ascertained with close scrutiny. including today where the dow vaulted 67 points s&p advanced, nasdaq climbed .33%. the stocks of companies that basically have nothing good to say go up anyway. truly miserable quarter on friday. they rallied baa because there's a consensus with bankers keeping rates lower or taking them lower, the second half of 2013 will be better than the second half of 2012. and tha

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all right, next hour, "mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer. welcome to my world. you need to get in the game. firms are going to go out of business and he's nuts. they're nuts. they know nothing. i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. just trying to save you a little money. my job is not just to entertain you but educate and teach. call me 1-800-743-cnbc. don't you just hate reality? boo! don't you hate it when you know the numbers are too high or the world is simply not yet in a place where you can be confident that things are okay? don't you hate that members of the federal reserve think that we have reached a great place so it is time to stop helping the econo economy. don't you hate that washington doesn't care what place that we are in at all. don't you hate that karma. >> house of pleasure. >> house of pain. >> down 55 points today. nasdaq declining 42.3%. you know i hate all of these

stay with cramer. >>> it is time. it's time for the "lightning round" on cramer's "mad money." rapid-fire calls one after the other. you say the name of the stock i tell you whether to buy buy buy or sell sell. my staff prepares the graphics on the fly play until you hear this sound and then -- are you ready, skee-daddy? time for the "lightning round" on cramer's "mad money." mike in new york. mike. >> caller: hello, dr. jim cramer. synovus. can you tell me about it? >> yes. i thought the quarter wasn't that bad. they're returning the t.a.r.p. money. the street didn't like it. street long. i am a buyer of synovus. let's go to todd in florida. todd. >> caller: jim, i love accenture, acm -- >> you're right to love it. >> buy buy buy! >> people decided the quarter was better than expected even though it wasn't. that stock goes higher as does asap. ricky in california. rick. >> caller: ba-ba-ba-boo-yah, jimmy. >> nice stuttering boo-yah. >> caller: high sierra. >> lot of oil there. >> caller: my stock is -- >> i think the yield curve's going to be favorable to them. let's go to pau

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"mad money," you can't afford to miss it. >> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. my job is entertaining, coaching, educating so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. after today's not so hot action, dow dipping 21 points, s&p down .21%, nasdaq off .83% off worries the federal reserve may allow interest rates to rise because of a stronger economy, you got to ask whether the dow jones average in 2013, beyond that unsustainably fabulous first day of the year. despite yesterday's rally, you got to be a little suspicious, skeptical, critical, about how poorly the dow performed last year versus the s&p and nasdaq, finishing up a pathetic 7.26%. while the nasdaq climbed 15.9% and the s&p gained 13.4%. who are the culprits behind the dow's underperformance? who did well, though, in a futile attempt to save the index? and what's next for the venerable but oh, so out of sync 30 dow jones stocks. let's rank them from best to worst, see how things ended up this way and see who is going to give us the oomph

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time for the "lightning round" on cramer's "mad money." mike in new york. mike. >> caller: hello, dr. jim cramer. snoefius. can you tell me about it? >> yes. i thought the quarter wasn't that bad. they're rurng the t.a.r.p. money. the street didn't like it. street long. i am a buyer of synovus. let's go to todd in florida. todd. >> caller: jim, i love accenture, acm -- >> you're right to love it. >> buy buy buy! >> people decided the quarter was better than expected even though it wasn't. that stock goes higher as doesa cy p. ricky in california. rick. >> caller: ba-ba-ba-boo-yah, jimmy. >> nice stuttering boo-yah. >> caller: high sierra. >> lot of oil there. >> caller: my stock is -- >> i think the yield curve's going to be favorable to them. let's go to paul in colorado. paul. >> caller: boo-yah, national oil -- >> people think the national oil is going to have a bad quarter next week. scuttlebutt. if that is the case -- >> buy buy buy! >> because this company is the best rigged technology in the world i like it. let's go to richard in north carolina. >>

let's go to phil in south dakota. >> booyah cramer. my question is astro zeneca. >> talk about no growth. it is not bad. but if you want conservative growth i'm going to send you to pfizer. let's go to renee in california. >> booyah jim. tattoo removal stock i bought some a year ago. it has doubled in value and five years ago you called it best of breed. >> you know, earlier we had a call about someone that said you liked sears five years ago. i'm not a big fan of tattoos as i would tell my daughters. but a tattoo removal play? hey, in an emergency they may be the way to go. the big pharma dinosaur is more like a velociraptor. pfizer is beautiful. i've always been a fan of trix. don't move the lightning round is next. wolaf gets great rewards for his small business! pizza! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve great rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capit

let cramer help you channel yours. "mad money" with jim cramer, week nights on cnbc. >> welcome back to this disciplinary edition of mad money. i am trying to beef up the disciplines that make you a great investor. it's a market full of misdirection, like the football field, they fake that way and go that way. if you trust what the people on television are saying, you will get burned. this next rule to paraphrase, friend, buddy, pal, public enemy is about helping you to not believe the hype. not all upside surprises are worth it. when a company reports higher shares than on average expected, all the headlines will say up side surprise. stocks are supposed to go up when the companies that they are attached to deliver higher earnings. but what they call an up side surprise and what impresses the professionals in a quarter are two difference things. this distinction is confusing. when it's surprisingly high for a quarter, sometimes the market goes down. if a price does not send a stock higher, what can? and i'm not talkin

stay with cramer. >>> keep up with cramer all day long. follow @jimcramer on twitter and tweet your questions #madtweets. on tuesday morning, we're going to get a test of my hope/no hope together for breakfast. in fact, they might work too well. [ ding! ] [ shuffling, scooting ] [ clears throat ] [ children laugh ] [ female announcer ] golden, crispy outside. warm and fluffy inside. we are one good-looking family. [ children laugh ] [ female announcer ] eggo waffles. simply delicious. i'm up next, but now i'm singing the heartburn blues. hold on, prilosec isn't for fast relief. cue up alka-seltzer. it stops heartburn fast. ♪ oh what a relief it is! on tuesday morning, we're going to get a test of my hope/no hope thesis and it'll be from caterpillar. because after the bell caterpillar announced a big misconduct problem in china that will cause a huge impairment charge. if you see this stock doesn't come down, well, it's kind of like boeing with the lithium batteries that doesn't go down. then we know perhaps i, a bull, am perhaps too bear

"mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world. you need to get in the game. going out of business and he's nuts, they're nuts, they know nothing! i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere, and i -- "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer, welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica, other people want to make friends, well, i'm just trying to make you a little money. my job is not just to entertain, but i'm trying to educate and teach you. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. do we need to be worried when we see the market at five-year highs? is that scary? do we have to be concerned when we pick up the front page of the usa today and the headline reads "stocks reach for the records." analysts recent gains are rational exuberance. especially on a day where the averages kind of stalled out. dow edging down 14 points, s&p dipping .18%. thank you apple for actually going up. when we see these articles, how about the articles about our retail investors are back and the bears are in hibernation, like this one. thi

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. >>> pfizer, one of my absolute favorite big pharma companies with a fabulous pipeline, 3.6% yield is now in full-on breakup mode, and as regular viewers of this show are quite aware, we can't get enough of these breakups here on "mad money." in fact, the idea of splitting up your company in order to instantly unlock value for shareholders is one of my top ten themes for 2013. here's the flashback. remember that one? the smart companies, they aren't just standing there. they are doing something, doing something to unlock shareholder value. so what exactly is pfizer doing? in an effort to become smaller and leaner, pfizer is spinning off its animal health business as a separate company called zoetis. the deal is expected to price next thursday, january 31st, and tonight i want to take a moment to help you know your ipo. i think this company -- this newly created could

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stay with cramer. >>> coming up, king of the hill. they're the two top performers in the dow last year. but 2013 isn't big enough for both of them. with a big mortgage settlement behind them, could bank of america deposit returns for you this year, or should the housing rebound keep home depot in your sights? cramer decides. >>> and later, best medicine? cramer's got more from the floor of the largest health care conference of the year. will these health headlines bring you some profit? don't miss jim's exclusive with the ceo of exact sciences just ahead. all coming up on "mad money." >>> 2012, it's over, and that means the postseason's arrived. regular season, done. whenever a new year begins, i like to look at the best performers from the previous year, see which ones continue to surge higher. isn't that natural? i also like to make the investing game as accessible as possible. which is why this week we're going to look at 2012's biggest gainers through the lens of a different game -- football. footb

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. >>> i'm jim cramer, and welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game! firms are going to go out of business, and he's nuts! they're nuts! they know nothing! >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere -- >> "mad money." you can't afford to miss it. >>> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to save you a little money. my job is not just to entertain you but to teach and educate. call me. 1-800-743-cnbc. this is a beautiful, forgiving market that keeps roaring higher. just today, dow gained another 71 points. snp rallied 0.54%. nasdaq rolled a 0.62% you know, i think we are in the midst of a massive market-wide reevaluation of stocks period where people are realizing that things are actually better than we thought. that realization makes someone pay more for companies. and it makes us willing to do stuff. hence this market's amazing powers of levitation. however, we're still also in the middle of earnings season. only 30% of a lot of the earnings i follow are done and

. >>> i'm jim cramer. welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> firms are going to go out of business, and he's nuts. they're nuts. they know nothing. >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. >>> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to help you make a little money. my job isn't just to entertain but to teach you. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. the dow jones average is just a stone's throw from 14,000. headed to its all time high that we reached five years ago. the index which rallied 72 po t points nasdaq 52.2% is in rare territory for certain. yet the chatter it remains skeptical. as i've said many a time, i'm never going to criticize the scep tisism i employ. it is a quality that has made me a ton of money versus the complacency which has been a continual loser. it allows you to leave the table after a big run are. i'm sure that there are plenty of index fund

cramer, love your show. appreciate the advice and all the education, especially helping the portfolio because it helped the marriage. >> thank you. >> caller: i've been loving the regional bank stocks for over a year, doing great with the exception of fnfg. >> they bought more than they can chew. they ended up growing too fast and did it at the wrong time and i'm glad to say don't buy. >> don't buy, don't buy. >> i do not need to be in that and that's a shame because they did a lot of smart this things, but they expanded too quickly in the downturn. now i want to go to oliver in texas. >> caller: hi, boo-yah and howdy from houston. >> i'm loving houston. >> caller: cets. >> we like that. that's a pet pharmacy. i saw some guy downgrade petsmart today, down six. i question that downgrade, i want to buy both pet plays. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round." >> the "lightning round" is sponsored by td ameritrade. >>> coming up -- with more than 30 years of experience, you've

stay with cramer. >>> forgiveness raines! as we go to earnings season we have a new positive attitude. the notion that just because the stock instantly disappoints -- >> crying ]. >> doesn't mean you can write it off a couple of days later. take disney. try as i did to urge people ton sell disney after a weak quarter, maybe not, the stock did dip 10% when it reported. it's come back with a vengeance. in part because people are wise to how smart their acquisition of the "star wars" franchise was. in part because the ceo has a fascinating habit of addressing whatever weaknesses there are in the core enterprise. disney's been forgiven and will stay forgiven even as it got dinged on a story that should not have been viewed as negative. be a buyer. tremendous farm equipment was thought to have run out of gas after the last quarter. company threw cold water on the future, highlighting slow sales outside the u.s. people seemed to put that negative well into the rearview mirror, and it's been on a tear ever since. they could give it

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cramer i presume. anyhow, i got a problem now, bad disease and suddenly the stock has tripled in big volume. acadia pharmaceutical. >> parkinson's a bad disease. you want to buy buy buy. ross in new york. >> i wanted to know your thoughts about this stock i invested in. >> k2 interactive. >> come on, man. the whole group is bad. i don't want you in that. i think you should sell it. peter in arizona. >> what is going on? >> okay. citigroup is okay. cut i'm not going to rave about it. and that is the conclusion of the lightning round. >> coming up, packaging power. food, fashion, phones, whatever you consume usually comes in paper or plastic. tonight, jim is unveiling two names you probably never heard of, just ahead. ♪ [ cows moo ] [ sizzling ] more rain... [ thunder rumbles ] ♪ [ male announcer ] when the world moves... futures move first. learn futures from experienced pros with dedicated chats and daily live webinars. and trade with papermoney to test-drive the market. ♪ all on thinkorswim. fro

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. >>> never let it be said that america's no longer a manufacturing nation. economies all over the world are doing a whole lot better than they thought they'd be even a month ago. that's why the industrials have been roaring. and here in the united states, we have the best industrial manufacturers on earth barnone. companies like timken, and a major maker of high-engineered bearings and alloy steels. i like the stock so much, recently bought it for my charitable trust as we visited them in ohio. you can follow along with that at actionsalertplus.com. timken supplies a host of products on fire right now. all of these are bouncing. and also the rebound courtesy of the turn in china. oil and gas business too. aeros, autos, china, oil and gas renaissance. these are four of my top themes for 2013. and timken's hitting in each of them. back in 2011, 30% of the products, thei