cnbcs jim cramer said friday that next weeks slate of earnings reports give investors a critical look into the state of american business during one of the strangest moments he can remember while developments around president joe bidens push for a 19 trillion covid stimulus package will get attention the mad money host said locking in on the jampacked earnings calendar will be crucial a 19 billion stimulus bill could make a huge difference for a host of industries from retail to the automakers cramer said but  next week i want you to keep your eyes on the prize companies with great earnings especially when their stocks get knocked down to unreasonably low levels thanks to covid worries that one day may no longer be front and center cramers comments came after the techheavy nasdaq composite advanced 01 to reach yet another record high finishing the week up 42 the sp 500 fell 03 on friday to 384147 following its record close a day earlier for the week the benchmark us equity index rose 19 the dow jones industrial average was the laggard of the trio rising just 06 for the week on friday the 30stock dow closed declined by 17903 points or 06 to 3099698 cramer gave his game plan for the week ahead earningspershare projections are based on analyst forecasts compiled by zacks investment research   q4 2020 earnings release before the bell conference call at 830 am et not only do i expect a fabulous quarter i also think they might show some leg on the clinical trial of the century their oneanddone vaccine candidate that could take this country  back to somewhat like it was before the pandemic cramer said   q4 2020 earnings release before the bell conference call at 8 am et the stock has been moving up lately and i think its because ceo larry culp has totally gotten his arms around the company windmills and all cramer said if you believe as i do that travelers will start flying again once we beat the virus well this ones for you   q4 2020 earnings release before the bell conference call at 9 am et this one is tougher 3m has some potentially major pollutionrelated liabilities  that could hit harder now that we have a more environmentally friendly president such as biden cramer said the business is improving though and if not for that liability i think the stock would be much much higher lets see if management can convince us that the markets blowing this issue out of proportion   q4 2020 earnings release before the bell conference call at 830 am et theres been lots of chatter that american express could have a terrific quarter despite the lack of corporate travel thats certainly how the stocks been trading cramer said   q4 2020 earnings release after the close conference call at 5 pm et i think intels disappointment last night could be good news for archrival amd because amds done a much better job of breaking into the hottest categories with its chips cramer said im predicting a blowout   q2 fiscal 2021 earnings release after the close conference call at 530 et microsofts been mighty quiet in recent months but i think their business has been amazing cramer said   q1 fiscal 2021 earnings release after the close conference call at 5 pm et as for starbucks i worry because the stocks had a tremendous run without any sign of a turn in the united states cramer said i say at this point now youve got to wait to buy starbucks until after they report if you want to own it wednesday fed statement and earnings from boeing abbott laboratories apple facebook and tesla the federal reserves federal open market committee wraps up its twoday meeting wednesday and chairman jerome powell will announce any potential policy changes cramer said i bet hell keep rates unchanged because remember he wants to stay low for long maybe years but that wont stop selfproclaimed experts from offering bogus interpretations of the feds statement that will confuse you and may you sell things you shouldnt cramer said lets hope these misguided fedheads scare people into selling that could create the buying opportunities we want in some of the terrific companies were talking about that report on the same day   q4 2020 earnings release before the bell conference call at 1030 am et the 737 max is finally airborne and the orders are trickling in  but its too soon to expect a great quarter because the airlines are still in survival mode contended cramer that said for months ive told you the chinese government is parsing every word from joe bidens team and if the new administration lowers the temperature china will respond with massive aircraft orders  too soon to tell right now but i suspect it wont be long   q4 2020 earnings release before the bell conference call at 9 am et theyve been working hard on covid19 testing although theyve yet to really mass produce the cheap athome test that the fda approved that we all really want cramer said abbotts going to make its name this quarter with its blood sugar monitor so i expect a beat and raise   q1 fiscal 2021 earnings release after the close conference call at 5 pm et i bet apple i think its going to be incredibly upbeat about its entire product line not just the iphone 12 which does take remarkable pictures cramer said theyre cleaning up thanks to the stayathome economy and the service revenue stream should keep growing too the one wild card is currency apple has left so much money on the table because of the strong dollar but the greenback got much weaker this quarter i think that is going to matter   q4 2020 earnings release after the close conference call at 5 pm et im expecting an amazing quarter from facebook  given the fact that so many small and medium sized businesses rely on them for advertising cramer said if management says anything about monetizing their other businesses i think the stock can challenge new highs   q4 2020 earnings release after the close conference call at 630 pm et tesla conference calls used to be  toptier entertainment cramer said if ceo elon musk doesnt get too bored youre going to hear some fantastic commentary to go along with the fantastic numbers we know teslas doing well because they give us so much information each month   q4 2020 earnings release before the bell conference call at 830 am et the analysts have been dumping on mcdonalds lately they all like chipotle cramer said right now mcdonalds is trading like the quarter will be a bad one i think thats too negative   q4 2020 earnings release before the bell conference call at 9 am et while we own mastercard for the charitable trust im concerned that paypal may finally be eating their lunch still were sticking with it because mastercard could be a tremendous story once crossborder travel comes back cramer said   q1 fiscal 2021 earnings release after the close conference call at 5 pm et   q1 fiscal 2021 earnings release after the close conference call at 430 pm et i think its going to be a blowout plus you dont need to worry about the chinese exposure anymore under biden like the way it was under former president donald trump cramer said