#Amazon repix driver

What to make of Chinese IPOs? Initial public offerings seem to be coming back in style on Wall Street, so Cramer wanted to zoom in on one part of the market that caught CNBC's attention in recent weeks: Chinese IPOs. And at the foundation of that technology is Applied Materials with materials innovation.' As companies invest in competing digitally via smart devices, better displays and streamlined service, Applied Materials, which provides key components to these products, is a direct benefactor, Dickerson said. We see this in retail today, health care, transportation, many, many, many different areas. and big data are transforming major industries. 'The future of competition is going to change,' Dickerson told Cramer.

Applied Materials CEO on the 'future of competition' Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) President and CEO Gary Dickerson told CNBC on Friday that 'there's never been a better time to be an investor' in his company in its 50-year history.

'It's another reason why you have to pay attention to the individual earnings reports.' With that in mind, Cramer turned to the stocks and events he'll be watching next week, which include Lowe's, and Deere. 'That said, while blowout earnings reports can't always save the broader market, a beat-and-raise quarter will almost always produce higher prices for the stock in question,' Cramer said. 'But no one ever said the stock market had to be rational, and in fact, market irrationality often gives us exactly the kinds of great opportunities I talk about because we can try to make money by going against the grain.' Cramer said a lot of the market's moves have been mirroring overseas markets, a trend he called 'stupidity' because foreign stocks often slide on a weakening dollar, which is a boon for U.S. 'Even the amazing numbers and the stock moves from Foot Locker, from Ross Stores, from Gap, even from Abercrombie & Fitch, they weren't enough to prop up the averages,' Cramer said. Be very afraid.'Cramer's game plan: Individual stocks drive gains As stocks drifted down from their highs on Friday, Cramer urged investors not to blame earnings action for the market's failure to rally. 'As long as they continue to provide better goods at a better service, every conceivable competitor is right to be afraid.

#Amazon repix driver

But Cramer said that its chief driver is that the consumer loves Amazon, which, which Prime, provides the most convenient and quickest way to get practically anything.'For now, Amazon is indeed the death star,' Cramer concluded. 'As the legendary cable operator John Malone told David Faber yesterday, Amazon is a 'death star' moving in 'striking range of every industry on the planet.'' Yes, Amazon has seemingly unlimited capital, a laser-focused founder, CEO and proverbial 'evil emperor,' Jeff Bezos, and a lack of exposure to the struggling brick-and-mortar landscape, rife with steep rents and crushing labor costs. As Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) encroaches on nearly all aspects of retail, CNBC's Jim Cramer found himself asking a key question: 'To be Amazon'ed or not to be Amazon'ed?' 'It's almost eerie that one company could play such a huge role in both the economy and, yes, for Cramerica, the stock market,' the 'Mad Money' host said.