Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFRM) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed. Cramer noted the market’s reaction to the stock after the company posted its quarterly report over a month ago. The Mad Money host said: “A little over a month ago, we got a really impressive quarter from Affirm Holdings, the buy now, pay later powerhouse… [It] posted a 12-cent earnings beat off an 11% basis with much higher than expected revenue. The stock shot up more than 11% the next day, reaching a high of $79 and ...

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed. A caller asked if the stock remains an attractive dividend option given current market conditions and falling interest rates. In response, Cramer said: “Never buy a common stock as a bond. You buy common stocks for growth, and if they happen to give you income, that’s great, but common stocks are not bonds, and they’ll end up disappointing you. Verizon is down 5%…. I think in the last six months, and I think that tha ...

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed. Cramer highlighted the company’s deal with Apple during the episode, as he said: “Almost every single tech company I follow has a monstrous set of rivals spending tens of billions of dollars to dominate the particular industry. Now, in one case, that spending can be worth it. Google spent enough to keep the comers out of the search category. It’s been allowed to write a check to Apple to make it the default search. Photo b ...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed. Cramer mentioned the company during the episode and stated: “All these big tech companies live in fear of that. They believe that whoever wins AI could potentially win everything else, too. And if you let OpenAI in with its… balance sheet that you’ve been binged, that’s what’ll happen. You’ll be binged, and you know what happens if you’ve been binged? That’s Microsoft has Bing, and the other guy, Google has Google. Wel ...

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed. Cramer highlighted the company’s increased spending as he commented: “Meta is interesting. It’s up almost 11% for the year, not much, but better than Amazon. Stock sells for 22 times next year’s earnings. That’s kind of cheap, kind of ridiculously cheap if you like the management as much as I do. But it’s also spending like mad, perhaps as much as a hundred billion dollars next year for capital expense. And I’m not even ...

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed. Cramer noted that he likes the stock, as he commented: “Understand, I’m not trying to say that tech stocks can’t be owned here. We own a bunch of them for the Charitable Trust, we always have, along with NVIDIA and Broadcom. I really like them. I’m just a lot less enthusiastic than I used to be because there’s competition all over the place, and they’re spending like crazy, and the stocks have still had big moves.” Pho ...

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed. Cramer highlighted the company’s R&D investments during the episode. The Mad Money host stated: “If you ask me what tech stock I like right now, right here, I’d tell you that my favorite tech stock is Procter & Gamble, a house of innovation. It spends more than $2 billion a year on research and development to make the best personal products imaginable. From Pampers that can handle a pounding to Tide evo detergent wi ...

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Server racks inside fragile, cracked bubbles, symbolizing a tech-bubble risk. Key Points Valuations in the AI sector remain high, but historical patterns suggest a bubble is unlikely to burst while caution prevails. Black Hills Corp. is positioned to benefit from AI-related energy demands through its utility footprint in rural data center boomtowns. Nutrien offers a defensive AI hedge, with stable demand driven by global agriculture and minimal AI sector exposure. Interested in Black Hills Corporation ...

ConocoPhillips Inc. (COP) stock has a 3.63% annual yield and could be up to 18% undervalued. Another play here is to sell short out-of-the-money OTM) puts as an income play. For example, 5% OTM COP puts have a 1% monthly yield. This article will show how this works. COP stock is at $92.67 midday on Friday, December 19. COP has been relatively flat over the last 6 months. Moreover, its $3.36 annual dividend per share (DPS) provides a long-term holder with a yearly yield of 3.626%. More News from Barchart ...