Ford, Disney, Costco and more — Jim Cramer provides his updated views on each
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We're no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) As we gear up for the CNBC Investing Club's annual meeting on Saturday, I asked Jim Cramer for some quick thoughts on some of the day's portfolio movers. " Ford seems really interesting as the electric vehicle market slows down," Jim said. One of the key points from Ford's fourth quarter was a greater push into hybrid vehicle production with a pullback EV spend. " Disney 's strategy is too much like Warner Bros. Discovery for my liking," Jim said. "They need some sort of change agent there," he added, alluding to the proxy battle between Disney and Train's Nelson Peltz. "Lost in all the semi talk is the continued strength of Costco . I think we can hold it," Jim said. "But I think that Stanley Black & Decker has gotten too cheap versus everything else in the sector." "I don't want to get too excited but the way Starbucks and Estee Lauder trade it is like China has hit bottom," Jim said. We'll be running through many more of the stocks in the Club portfolio during Saturday's meeting, which members can watch live starting at 1:30 p.m. ET on our website . Conference call update : Coterra Energy reported earnings Thursday evening but held its conference call Friday morning. The main takeaway from the call was that the oil and natural gas producer has plenty of flexibility to shift investment to where it will generate the highest return. For 2024, that means pulling back on natural gas production and focusing on oil. While the near-term fundamentals around nat gas look bleak, management is optimistic about the outlook 12 to 18 months from now. The main reason: lots of new LNG export capacity is expected to come online toward the end of the year into early 2025. This coupled with the possibility of cold weather gives the team hope for a price recovery. Coterra plans to keep a watchful eye on the commodities market and will be ready to act when gas fundamentals improve. But in the interim, it plans to stay disciplined. After all, it is hard to predict how long downswings in commodity cycles will last. "We will be patient and watch for recovery in the gas macro," CEO Tom Jorden explained. He added the company would rather wait a few months for a recovery before investing too early. We appreciate this focus on returns instead of chasing production and activity. Club earnings: Two companies in the portfolio are scheduled to report next week. Both are out Wednesday: off-price retailer TJX Companies before the opening bell and enterprise software giant Salesforce after the closing bell. Outside the portfolio, some of the more interesting earnings reports will come from Elanco Animal Health , Unity , Zoom , Lowe's , American Electric Powe r, Cava , Snowflake , Paramount Global , Best Buy and Zscaler . Economic calendar: the data point likely have the most influence on the bond market is the Federal Reserve's favorite inflation gauge: the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index. (See here for a full list of the stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB. NO SPECIFIC OUTCOME OR PROFIT IS GUARANTEED.

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We're no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.)