John Lounsbury

Cramer's Mad Money - When the Facts Change...(10/23/09)

Maxe - - -

Perhaps Cramer is riding on the coattails of Doug Kass, another Real Money contributor who called for a market bottom within three days on March 2. He missed by two days, but still stood by the call on March 6. www.thestreet.com/stor...

Doug reiterated his position on March 9 and before the market opened on March 10. www.thestreet.com/stor...

Again after the market closed on March 10, www.thestreet.com/stor...

Doug continued to make bullish calls until late July, when he started to counsel caution. www.thestreet.com/stor...

His bearishness has increased since, as he has been recommending a mix of long and short positions.

I have not followed Doug historically, to my regret. I will pay attention in the future.


On Oct 25 09:35 AM Maxe Paul wrote:

> Surely this article is a joke?
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> Cramer called the bottom now?
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> Cramer called many false bottoms, (my favourite was the one on bear
> Stearns at $50!) and never managed to call a top ever?
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> I am the only person who called the exact bottom, so far.
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> Here is my comment two weeks before the bottom seekingalpha.com/autho...
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> Here is my prediction on March 3 seekingalpha.com/autho...
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> Seriously, show me the transcript where Cramer "called the bottom"?
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> Cramer, you are a complete stooge.....again!

Five Predictions for This Market

Chris B - - -

Nice comment. But I have to ask: Have you factored in seasonality factors in making your price projections?

Five Predictions for This Market

Caren:

You wrote: "Your left-winger, government reliant friends were the ones applying for bad ARM's they could not afford."

Do you have information about the political demographics of fraudulent mortgage applications?

Alternative Energy Storage: Cheap Will Beat Cool

I remember the Xerox prototype system Lisa in the early 1980's. I was at IBM and we thought it was clever. Microsoft and Apple not only thought it was clever but they had far better business vision than IBM in this area and the rest is history.

I agree with the cheap chemistry proposition. I have positions in ABAT and CBAT.

What To Look For Next in This Market

TimboM - - -

Outstanding observation. Energy is the future of our economy.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

tom 1234 - - -

Why is Apple down? Try valuation. Expected 2008 earnings are $5.20; 5 year expected annual growth rate 24%; high volatility (Beta = 2.88). If I assign 5% annual growth starting in six years and continuing forever, fair value today for AAPL is $44.

By the way, I own Apple. However, I do put short position hedges on that holding at every pullback. The potential for Apple to double keeps me an owner. The potential for Apple to go down 50-75% keeps me guarded.

Apple and the Major Indexes: A Technical View

Marcos - - -

Fundamentals (income, sales, profits, etc) tell you what to consider buying and selling and technical analysis can tell you when to buy or sell and when to take no action. Not to use all tools is like to plot a three dimensional equation (x,y,z) on a one dimensional chart (x-axis only).

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Before the market opens or later, I never miss your "breakfast". The quickest summary of what's happening that I know of. Thanks.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

I think Jersey has overstated the potential for disaster from the coming election. I think there is enough intelligence in the spheres of influence for all three candidates to prevent disaster. Just as I think campaign posturing by McCain which, if implemented would continue to trash the dollar, will not be significantly implemented if he is elected, I don't expect growth destroying tax changes and trade policies from either Obama or Clinton if one of them is elected.
Much of campaign rhetoric is simply "trash talk".