on cnbc’s mad money lightning round jim cramer said tri pointe homes inc tph is still good i do prefer toll brothers inc tol and i prefer lennar corporation len but i’ve got to admit the guys at tri pointe have really put together a fabulous business plan and housing continues to go up in price no matter what the fed does when asked about palantir technologies inc pltr he said i had been against palantir for some time until they put together a terrific quarter and i told the cfo that and i think they should come on because the stock’s going higher cramer said super micro computer inc smci is a good one but you know it’s second to nvidia corporation nvda as a way to play ai got a big menu there lot of choices that’s ok cramer said when asked about the cheesecake factory incorporated cake my take is that chipotle mexican grill inc cmg down a lot today is the one you want to go with don’t forget to check out our premarket coverage here jim cramer recommended holding merck  co inc mrk i think merck is reinventing itself and is doing a terrific job he added the mad money host said that copa holdings sa cpa is impressive cramer said rocket lab usa inc rklb is losing money let’s move on from rocket labs he added when asked about kearny financial corp krny he said ok that’s making a comeback but i’ve got to tell you if you’re going to be in the lower quality ones you probably want to be in key which isn’t that bad but otherwise wells fargo  company wfc just announced a gigantic buyback why not go with wells now read this mcdonalds meta platforms and 3 stocks to watch heading into thursday