Jim Cramer on Amazon: “It’s at the Heart of the Computer-Driven Economy”
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- Jim Cramer on Amazon: “It’s at the Heart of the Computer-Driven Economy” Syeda Seirut Javed Wed, May 6, 2026 at 11:52 PM GMT+7 2 min read AMZN Amazon.com, Inc.
- Higher interest rates can fell many a company, but if you want to guess who’d be the last man standing, you could do a lot worse than betting on Amazon with a stock that rallied $3.79 today.
- There’s a reason we own this one for the Charitable Trust.
Jim Cramer on Amazon: “It’s at the Heart of the Computer-Driven Economy” Syeda Seirut Javed Wed, May 6, 2026 at 11:52 PM GMT+7 2 min read AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) was one of the stocks Jim Cramer looked at during Mad Money’s episode. Cramer explained the reason why the Charitable Trust owns the stock, as he commented:
I’m talking about Amazon and its CEO, Andy Jassy. Higher interest rates can fell many a company, but if you want to guess who’d be the last man standing, you could do a lot worse than betting on Amazon with a stock that rallied $3.79 today. If there were a Kalshi bet about which company could thrive with a crimped consumer, it will somewhat oddly be Amazon, because their goal is always to keep prices as low as possible, making the ultimate trade-down play.
There’s a reason we own this one for the Charitable Trust. I’m in awe of how Amazon’s become all encompassing in so many aspects of our lives today… When I hear things like that, I try to figure out how much Amazon means to America, means to you. No one has ever been that big a factor to our growth since Standard Oil got broken up for monopolizing the oil market over a century ago…