Jim Cramer Thinks FedEx (FDX) Is Running on Robots – But the Market’s Not Watching

Ramish Cheema

Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 10:49 AM 5 min read

We recently published a list of Jim Cramer Raises Big Question About Tariffs & Discusses These 11 Stocks. In this article, we are going to take a look at where FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) stands against other stocks that Jim Cramer discusses.

In a recent appearance on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, Jim Cramer asked the question that’s on everyone’s mind now that President Trump has lifted the veil off of his promised tariffs. Cramer wondered how the tariffs would be implemented:

“Have you figured out how to take the tariff, if you’re moving goods from Mexico to here? What are you going to do? We just are putting away the money so that we’re ready, we’re just sitting there. We moved the trucks as best as we could. This is my wife’s mescal. . . .we don’t know how to give it to someone. We’re ready to give it to someone. But who?”

He went on and added:

“There is no clarity. I wish that there was because then we could move on with our lives. Maybe there is an External Revenue Service. Has it been set up? Has Musk set it up?”

In response, Cramer’s co-host David Faber speculated that perhaps the money collected from tariffs would go into the US Sovereign Wealth Fund and perhaps even TikTok could become a part of the fund as well. On this, Cramer shared:

“Don’t you wish we were joking? Don’t you wish? I mean I got a truck of mescal, and it’s gonna be five thousand dollars more than it was. And I’m thinking, okay, so, what if we sneak it in. No, you can’t do that, that’s against the law. Okay, so we’ll just keep it on the Mexican side of the border and maybe send it to the American side and we keep writing checks. . . “

However, while he might be uncertain about the tariffs, Cramer still doesn’t believe that a recession is possible. When his co-host Carl Quintanilla mentioned a Goldman report of recession odds increasing to 35%, Cramer replied:

“I don’t see it happening. I also rebel against the term stagflation. Because the only real time we’ve had genuine stagflation was under Carter. We have not, it’s been a not great bet, now maybe this time it’s a great bet. But you know, I’m rather using, I want to look at the 22 analogue, which was self-inflicted. And the 18′ analogue which was self-inflicted. But self-inflicted by Fed. This is self-inflicted by a President. Who doesn’t seem to, uh, be as focused on the downside. . not focused on the downside.”

As for President Trump and the stock market, Cramer wondered if Trump was just focused on the Dow instead of other markets. According to him:

“I would come back and say the one thing, the anomaly here, is the Dow Jones Industrial Average has held up incredibly well. And the President looks at the Dow. And if you look at the Dow Jones average, you know David, what is there to, they just are charmed. There’s a lot good in the Dow. And the President, if he’s looking at the Dow, I think he might say . . .why are they complaining?”