because if it breaks down they'll be crushed so now rolling back the position selling xilinx and buying back amd. the meme deeds want to crush the hedge funds doing this which is why they jumped 5% as onceagai they hated shorts, had to scramble to cover because the memesters forced their hands i hope the wall street better, the memesters remember to take something off the table and buy that nice sweater. the gamblers don't have enough to keep the amc, amd, gamestop and robinhood balls in the air all at once. somebody has to lose do not let it be you i always say there's a bull market somewhere i promise to find it right here for you on "mad money. i'm jim cramer i will see you tomorrow. "the news with >>> in new york, you can find anything except a dem kraocrat o stand up for andrew cuomo. i'm shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc. >>> the calls crescendo. governor cuomo at poll particular's death door. now multiple new criminal investigations >> we are seeing a surge like we've not seep before. >> some hospitals overwhelmed. one governor says

at some point, xilinx won't be far off where it was given the run the semis have had maybe the risk is getting -- not in. >> a lot of these it m & a deals especially semis getting scrutiny from china. maybe risk to that i wouldn't say that you have to run buy xilinx because of the crossbar pounding the table, $75 on this thing? here gotten to like some sort of silly zone here. >> and it's not about valuation. certainly about momentum and whether the right position and right technology you're fading this move and protecting it as this option trader it. >> tony, thank you. >>> for more tune into the full show, 5:30 p.m. eastern on fridays. >>> up next, "final trades." ♪♪ ♪♪ (vo) introducing 48 square centimeters of earning potential. flawlessly designed. undeniably versatile. unlimited 2% cash back. this is the card built for... ...real life. (dad) she's gonna be a drummer. (cashier) yeah she is. that's gonna get loud. (dad) right? (vo) the new wells fargo active cash visa credit card. unlimited 2% cash back on purchases. that's real life ready. that building you're trying to buy

we're going to come back to this in a bit because the downside -- if xilinx were to move up in unison with amd's incredible move higher, the downside, if the deal were not to get approved is just too high for takeover stock traders to endure and so the spread has widened here, and we're going to come back to this a little later, jim. you tell me, let's just focus on amd for a moment, why has it been moving up so much, has it become a meme stock? what does that mean? >> it trades at 5, 430, 5:15 a.m., they've high sjacked it, e people who are giving you break on twitter but not me have decided that this company, amd is a company they can take to the moon, yolo. >> speaking of which robinhood now $60 a share. >> i got behind that, people are like furious at me don't you know, some people were openly critical on our own network of my decision to back vlad and the revolution. >> you think this all ark? >> no, no, this is meme. >> what is this? >> this is reddit. this is reddit vlad, we may think that vlad, game stop, the money has been coming out of game stop, okay. that's an opportunity.

kim, you like xilinx and micron. are those still your favorites as well? >> they are for kind of different reasons. micron i think they're great in manned technology, what that is solid state chips where we store all of the data we're creating on. it is being used more and more in data centers not just in phones, right? you have to understand the driver for that company isn't how many little widgets that consumers are buying. it is actually more on the side of enterprise storing all the data that it creates. we just like xilinx because it makes sort of exotic chips. getting bought by amd. in case it doesn't go through with that it is still a great company. charles: i got less than a minute to go. gary a lost wall street firms are getting bullish. almost every other day one firm leapfrog another. wells fargo at 48.45 might be highest numb for the s&p this year, but credit suisse is looking for a big move. do you get worried? i'm a little bit of a contrarian. i like wall street being lukewarm or maybe negative. does it bother you big firms are looking for bi

of a discount there on a per share basis, the difference between amd and xilinx. so i kind of like that name. for the value people, i know this is kind of risky, but intel is still something i am participating in, and i think that they have a good strategy going forward, and we will see what happens with that company. guy: nvidia out after the bell. we will look for those numbers as well. you very much, as ever -- thank you very much, as ever. john kirby's briefing at the pentagon right now, giving us an update on what is happening on the ground in kabul, indicating that currently, the u.s. has around 4500 troops on the ground right now. limited flight operations at kabul. in terms of what is happening, and terms of the numbers, 2000 people have been evacuated from the airport in the past day. 19 u.s. military planes arrived at kabul over that same period. fort mccoy is set to be used to host afghan refugees. alix: we will also hear from defense secretary austin at 3:00 p.m.. still ahead, tencent sales growing the slowest into two years amid china's expanding tech

we like xilinx and micron. >> the company that makes the chips, right >> exactly in particular xilinx will benefit from 5g. we'll keep amd when that transaction happens because we just think computing is not a fad and companies get productivity from it people get entertainment from it and we'll have more chips this year than we did last year >> so, kim, also as we talk about the lasting changes from the pandemic people are saying cloud -- the acceleration of that adoption is bringing forward three to five years of change especially for areas like state and local government who could benefit from this? >> well, i think a lot of the cloud providers are richly valued at this point we saw crm have a lights out quarter, right i don't necessarily think we need to invest in that the reason we like micron they make devices that you store data on and that is fundamentally what you are doing when you are moving to the cloud. >> kim, thank you so much. we're following breaking news, as you understand, in afghanistan. let's go right now to shepard smith. >> reporter: tyler, devastating news comin

reasons analog devices first went down was because this deal would not pass muster what does it mean for xilinx one more victory for dr. sue, i think. >> what does it mean for arm and nvidia that's probably a different take >> now, on this nvidia conference call, there's a moment where colette crest says yes, indeed, it is taking longer than we thought. irony. notice the -- well, the nvidia conference call was so brilliant because they had that wormhole comment, which is how you can get into the virtual reality david, you know what the word for that is? >> metaverse. >> oh, jesus you've got to state it in the form of a question. >> what is metaversie? >>> when we come back a lot of calls to get to. several firms initiating robinhood. we'll break that down. and outperforms for amazon, soft, peloton, exxon futures are green on this monday don't go anywhere. that building you're trying to sell, - you should ten-x it. - ten-x it? ten-x is the world's largest online commercial real estate exchange. you can close with more certainty. and twice as fast. if i could, i'd ten-x everything. like a coffee

> amd's got a good shareholder base they had a good quarter, but you really are shooting against xi xilinx >> they collapsed in pain. they collapsed in pain. >> yes, they were bent over. >> do you know that they tried to do -- do you know they actually tried to do nvidia at one point? versus arm >> what? nvidia arm who's they they tried to do -- what are you talking about? >> the apes. >> but arm doesn't trade it's a private company >> i know, they were taking nvidia up. i'm saying how wrong headed they can be it was like let's gun nvidia, maybe there's an arbitrage somewhere. nvidia is the biggest semiconductor company. that made no sense whatsoever. >> no, it didn't. >> you have something here. >> these are enemies of the people go ahead. >> friar tuck holdings got to love that >> who is friar tuck, he was the big dumb guy he's not dumb today. >> he was funny. >> maybe he will be when he looks back, friar tuck and says why did i sell >> friar tuck is the memes? and then he's affiliated with -- >> give us the real rich people. >> index ventures. i mean, i don't know who these people are s

fox corps up nearly 6% and xilinx, i'm not sure how you say it, up 3.25%. good for them. let's look at hostess if we can, the twinkie makers if you were wondering up 4 1/2% after reporting strong earnings yesterday afternoon. the ceo, andy callahan is with us now. great to have you with us, andy. as more people go out, and eat out more what does that mean for your company? >> well i tell you it's a good time for hostess. we continue to sustain our growth, our profitable growth. we performed well during the pandemic and after the pandemic. we have two usage occasions. we are available on the go. as consumers get back on the go, our on the go business, sweet baked goods is increasing sales. when consumers are in the home they snack more. that is good for our business. two elements of our business are performing very well right now. ashley: which ones in particular? what are some of the more popular snacks? >> well, obviously our iconic twinkies and cupcakes are industry leaders and they bring joy and moments of joy to consumers all the time but we have new products as well