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Hey, I'm Kramer. Welcome to Mad Money. Welcome to Crime America. Other people want to make friends. I'm just trying to make little money. My job is not just entertain you, but to teach you. So call me 173cbc. Tweet me Jim Cramer for years and years, everyone presumed we'd have a rally during Thanksgiving week, and they were pretty much right to presume it. You knew the sellers were going to take a vacation, hold up on selling until the market went higher. You knew that Wednesday before Turkey Day would be blessed with buyers and Friday off, Friday after Thanksgiving, no serious professional would ever think of selling. But now, on the eve of the holiday week, everything's changed. The machines have taken over. They take the cue from all sorts of metrics and gauges that we humans would never be able to figure out, and they're happy to sell at any time. Nothing matters except money to these machines. They don't even know about the holiday. Maybe that's how it should be. Oh, we saw a strange day today, a quick rally, a fizzle, and then a burst upward. More than that later with The Dow gaining 493 points as a climbing.98%. Nasdaq advancing point 88%. But what you need to know is that we can't count on the sellers taking some time off to enjoy Thanksgiving with their families anymore. That was, I guess, a very quaint time indeed. Every data point, every bit of research in earnings will be scrutinized starting Monday, just like a regular week, even as we'll be eating turkey and then relaxing with everyone watching the Philadelphia Eagles play the Bears at home on Amazon Black Friday. So it all starts with a pretty quiet Monday. At least it should be. We're going to hear from Zoom Communications. Yeah, Zoom. And all you say about is why I love it with my. I don't know, my PC comes loaded with this teams thing. You probably have it too. It's the bane of Zoom's existence. I was always hoping that Zoom would become more than just Zoom, like it would buy some company to compliment its video conferencing business, but it hasn't happened yet. Perhaps we'll see something next week that will change that. Otherwise, though, I expect a decent quarter. And then the adjacent talk about some company potentially buying Zoom. Tuesday's real important. Kind of surprisingly so, especially in a world with a dearth of hard facts to make decisions because of the lamentable, lamentable, ridiculous government shutdown. First, we've got the delayed September retail sales report, and after hearing from a lot of retailers, I'm gallon yeah, that's just Rearview mirror. I'm getting a sense that we're not going to see a lot of robust numbers going forward. And that works for me though, because why we need to see rate cuts, as we saw today when the odds went up on a cut because John Williams, President of the Year Fed, suggested he was on board with lowering rates and the market exploded higher. If retail sales are weak, then bond prices will go up and yields will go down unless the simultaneously announced Producer Price Index shows a spike which would indicate higher inflation. That could happen with the tariffs, but we can't truly be sure. Maybe it'll help when we see some pending home sales data at 10am which we know is going to be dreadful. Housing is the bane of this economy's existence because housing turnover drives sales and profits for so many different industries and there's just not that much turnover right now, actually the lowest of 40 years. I think we'll get what we want, which is weak pending home sales, and that makes it easier for the Fed to cut rates in December. Maybe it's the excuse they need. Beyond that, we have a slew of important earnings on Tuesday from a host of industries in the morning for Example, we get results from Kohl's Best Buy index. Sporting goods. What am I hearing? The calls won't be terrible. It's probably good though. Best Buy will be okay. Probably hurt by higher interest rates and tariffs, although that should be offset by a PC refresh cycle. And the DAX could be insanely good because it bought Foot Locker low and now is the right Nike is to go with the New Balance, the HOKA and the one that's the right lineup. Analog Devices reports too. And I've been worried about this one because it's all about the Internet of things industrial semiconductors, which have been very, very weak. I believe it's not worth buying. But if quarters good, get this, I'd like you to buy. Well, at least think about buying the stock of Texas Instruments, which is an analog to analog. I can't believe how important Tuesday evening is. First we have Dell Technologies. The betting line here is that the company is going to stumble because of some raw ingredients, mainly semiconductors. They've gone up so much in price during the quarter. I'm not buying it. This is Dell, for heaven's sake. I'm not worried about Michael Dell and other commodities. I mean, give me a break. He'll source them right and get them at good prices. I think the story will be about the company still doing terrifically when it comes to the data center enterprise. So you need to own the stock ahead of the quarter. That's a gutsy prediction, probably the most gutsy that you're going to hear tonight. I would definitely not trade HP the same way. I think HP is genuinely hostage to commodity prices and it won't be able to make the numbers even though it went up almost 6% today. The stocks are low. It might not matter, but that's not really a compelling reason to buy, is it? You want to start is worth buying. I know that cybersecurity has been a dog of late, but when Zscaler reports, I bet records will be broken and you can break out the champagne. Why not? You've been able to do that pretty much every time it reports. It should help that the whole group which has been falling of late offers you some actual value for the first time. Plenty of apparel on Tuesday. Abercrombie and Fitch reports in the AM That's a total crapshoot. It's not for the squeamish. Call me squeamish. Burlington Stores reports is part of the big three of off price including TGX and Wall stores. Probably hurts Burlington that the other two reported already and they were terrific. As my mother always said, comparisons are odious, but really, Burlington is the weakest of the three. Finally, on Wednesday, we have John Deere with a stock that seems like it's made a Teflon farm is a tough and necessary business. So our government has historically been willing to subsidize them through difficult times. No farmer wants a bad harvest, but if it's bad enough, they'll get a benefit. The government and that money often ends up being spent on farm equipment, meaning dear. Many commodity prices have plummeted in the last few weeks. I want to know the impact of sales. Let's do this. I believe that you'll be able to buy shares in Deere after the quarter without missing too much of the upside. But there's no reason to jump the gun. As for the rest of the week, well, let's say the bottom line is I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving and please take a break from this crazy market to enjoy some friends and some family. I'm even thinking of doing it. Okay, let's go to Rick in Oklahoma, please. Rick. Thanks. Jim, what's your opinion of Palantir Technology? All right. I'm a buyer of Palantir. I know it's come off, but it's a wild trader. This is Alex Karp. He's not a close friend of mine, but I think he knows what he's doing. Let's go to Ann in Indiana. Ann. Hey, Jim, thanks for the gift of your book. Started reading it from the library and had to break down and buy it. That's terrific. I hope you like this. I mean, a lot of it's like why a stock goes up or down. I've never read a book that told you that, so I tried it. How can I help, Yann, and thank you for this kind words. Goldman Sachs, why are they buying Excel Sports Management? They sound like a private equity company. You know, I wasn't crazy about that. It's funny you mentioned that because someone asked me about the other day. They said, why are they buying? I said, you know what? I got to tell you, it didn't make a lot of sense to me. The stock reversed horribly today. It was up really nice at one point. It was a big position, my travel trust. And then just came down hard. I hope it's nothing to do with this that you know, and you and I are plain, plain thinkers. And Goldman shouldn't do something that isn't exactly what is right in their sweet spot. And this one isn't. Jim in Massachusetts. Jim. Hi, Jim. Nice to talk with you said my my question is about Costco and I want to know why a company that seems to be executing so well has such a lackluster stock performance over the last. Okay, well, first of all, let's remember long term, it's been one of the greatest performers of all time. Second, what happens is at 44 times earnings, the rest of the market sells at a much cheaper price. Periodically it has these fits but Walmart's now at 40. I think that what you want to do is buy some here. As we've been telling people for the I've got to tell you, I've been saying for the club that under this price, sheesh, it's just I know it's never cheap. But you know what? It is cheaper. I say Costco under 900 is a don't presume we'll have a rally next week. It's not like the old days. Just enjoy Thanksgiving. Hey, I got an idea. Try not to look at your portfolio too often. Well, maybe tonight in the face of volatility, I'd like to turn to some high quality dividend stocks to wait out this term. You're going to love this piece. I'm revealing the names I'm watching here. Then cosmetics company oddity. It's a bit of an oddity. One of the positive stories out of this tumultuous week. I'm running through what's working and AstraZeneca is making a new a $2 billion investment to expand its footprint in Maryland, putting a couple thousand people to work. I'm hearing all about the company's latest investment in America from what is a red hot technology, red hot drug company. One of the best. And we are talking the CEO. So stay with Kramer. Don't miss a second of Mad Money. Follow at Jim Cramer on X. Have a question. Tweet Kramer. Hashtag MADmentions. Send Jim an email to madmoneycnbc.com or give us a call at 1-800-743-CNBC. Miss something? Head to madmoney.cnbc.com on Fox 1. 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