I may need to reevaluate Costco, plus a good sign for Linde
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. 1. Stocks are higher ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve interest rate decision. The U.S. central bank is expected to cut rates by 25 basis points, making it the third cut of 2025 and a catalyst for the market. “If the Fed cuts, that’s just gigantic for some of our stocks,” Jim Cramer said, mentioning rate-sensitive Club name Home Depot and technology stocks. Meanwhile, our “own it, don’t trade it” name, Nvidia , is in the headlines again after President Donald Trump confirmed he will allow the company to sell its more advanced H200 chips to approved customers in China, provided the U.S. gets a 25% cut. Wells Fargo estimates it could add $25 billion to $30 billion in annual revenue and $0.60 to $0.70 in earnings per share. We’re not banking on China, but it’s a bonus if Nvidia gets the sales. 2. Shares of chemical company Linde climbed 1% Tuesday following news that CEO Sanjiv Lamba bought 2,520 shares of Linde at roughly $396 per share, roughly $1 million worth, according to a recent SEC filing. The stock hit a new 52-week low on Monday of $387.78 and has dropped about 18% since the start of October. The last time Lamba bought shares was in March 2022 at $268.62 per share, also $1 million worth at the time. Despite the very disappointing performance over the past few months, this insider buying could be “a sign that the stock price action might be wrong and the business is actually holding up better than the market thinks,” said portfolio director Jeff Marks. 3. “I am concerned now about Costco,” Jim said, comparing it to Walmart , which has been a stronger-performing retailer this year. Walmart stock is up 26% year to date, while Costco shares are down more than 30% over the same period. Jim said he regards Costco as “one of the greatest performing stocks of all time” and doesn’t want to sell it. But he added that if it keeps going down, he will have to reevaluate. We would like to see a signal from management that proves this decline isn’t a new normal when Costco reports its first quarter of fiscal 2026 on Thursday after the bell. 4. Stocks covered in Tuesday’s rapid fire at the end of the video were: CVS , Toll Brothers , Marvell Tech , Campbell’s , and PepsiCo . (Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust is long HD, NVDA, LIN, COST. See here for a full list of the stocks.) 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.
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