Lightning Round: AVAV, RIO, KTOS, VZ

It is time to start the lightning round for the women's team. This is our show brought to you by VICE, also known as the Scarborough City Union. Play this out. And then the lightning round is over. Are you ready, Steve? Time for the lightning round. I'm going to start with Paul in North Carolina. Paul. Mr. Kramer, thank you for taking my call. Of course. And I got a question about after their acquisition of Blue Halo and given President-elect Trump's apparent unwillingness to continue to support Ukraine, what is your recommendation on Arrow's environment? Oh, boy, I really like it. It really is the solution, I think, in a lot of ways to a Pentagon budget that may be too bloated but needs to be more effective. I like A, B, A, V. And I got to tell you, Waheed Nawabi's been on this show and every time he's been a star. Let's go to Gary in Nevada. Gary. Hi, Jim. I'm calling about a mining company that's currently at a 52-week low and down 20% from its high and has a 7.4% yield. Is it time to load up on or back away from Rio Tinto? Rio Tinto is really a play on the Chinese economy and I think the Chinese economy is... Let's go to Tom in Florida. Tom. Booyah, Jim, from Northwest Florida. How you doing? Excellent. I lived in Tallahassee, so the answer is I was doing great. Big Ben, what's happening? Tell me about ticker symbol KTOS. Modern military, modern defence. I like the story very much. I think you're in good shape. I need to go to Kumar in Georgia. Kumar. Hi, greetings from Atlanta, Jim. Excellent. What's going on? Your opinion about Verizon. I don't like to buy a stock just for the yield when it doesn't have growth and that happens to be Verizon. And that, ladies and gentlemen, the conclusion of the lightning round. The lightning round is sponsored by Charles Schwab. Coming up, does today's jobs report signal trouble ahead for the economy? Kramer is giving you his take next. Don't miss a second of Mad Money. Follow at Jim Kramer on X. Have a question? Tweet Kramer. Hashtag mad mentions. Send Jim an email to madmoneyatcnbc.com or give us a call at 1-800-743-CNBC. Miss something? Head to madmoney.cnbc.com.