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  • commenter
    2late2game
    Mar 21 06:15 PM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    Cramer isn't rich because he doesn't know what he is doing. Once I began watching all shows on CNBC and learned some of the Wall Street buzz words, I could get past Cramer's silly exposés and learn something from him. I KNEW NAH-THING!!!

    He entertains and educates me. He is highly intelligent and people see his antics as working with a half deck. He doesn’t have a need to impress people, just help. Some people take themselves too seriously. Are the haters here looking for a scapegoat? It's not like he is getting commission from your stock buys.

    Someone mentioned earlier, "There is no such thing a free lunch." And those of you that watch him sporadically, don't do your homework, don't follow up on the website for videos of missed shows, and link to other sites like Seeking Alpha, THEN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A FREE LUNCH. And those of you that have run the numbers since Jan 2007 and criticize his stock pics, are acting like a MONDAY MORNING QUARTER BACK. Hind sight is 20/20!!!

    The way I see it is, Jim works hard to keep people in the game and that is good for the economy and the country. Jim is doing a good thing. I didn't understand "jack" until I started watching CNBC last fall. The way the market is, I want to sell everything and put my money in cash. Is that good for me, the economy or the country?

    I have bought a few stocks from Cramer's, TMF's, Fast Money's and a few other's recommendations and my portfolio is better for it. On the other hand, some of the recommendations from any of the above would have made me a very broke and sad person.

    Making money in the stock market is part skill, part luck, part timing etc. The experts I mentioned earlier are all reporting the best information they can at the very moment on that very day. It's up to us home gamers to do what is best for our particular situation.

    As said before, we have to do our homework; we are in charge of our own happiness; accept responsibility for your life; and if you are pointing your finger at another, three fingers are pointing back at you.

    Booyah! I'm sticking with Cramer!
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    User 108799
    Mar 15 10:23 PM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    Your analysis is flawed. Cramer constantly suggest not to buy his picks for at list 5 days after the price of the stock has settled.
    There is also a difference between his thoroughly researched picks and the top of the head answers of the Lightening Round. At least in his books he has pointed this out. Please do the research again fairly.     Reply
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    User 157518
    Mar 15 04:45 PM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    Ask him how much he made ( and you lost ) with his pretty pick last year of DEEP. remember " I'd buy this stock at 20$ regardless" it is now 3.25 and falling, also an SEC investigation against managementy Reply
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    GKM
    Mar 15 04:13 PM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    The author was being considerably kind since most of Cramer's worst calls were done later in 2007. Anyone remember Google to $1000?

    Cramer is a trend follower and that is it. When he is super bullish, get bearish and when he is super bearish, get bullish. The reason he probably did well as a hedge fund manager was he would swing from one to the other very quickly (once he'd actually figured out that he was on the wrong side which could take some time) and the ride the new trend. If that is the case, then even he could make money.

    Therefore, unless you are trading the market like him then you should only use his advice as a market barometer and do the opposite. He is starting to get super bearish so I know that the bottom will be coming once he declares that we will never again have a hope of positive returns on the long side.     Reply
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    SB-tiger
    Mar 15 12:09 AM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    Cramer has a new and contradictory idea everyday. Oneday he is on horsemen, next day he is off. One day he his for defensive stocks next day he is on Ag. (Ag has been a great call). One day he is for American stocks next day he is strictly only for Brazilian.
    He is simply a bubble maker - CROX, LULU, UA,... - no sensible stock picker would be recommending these stocks at the levels he did. His strategy is buy high sell higher - that would never for any at-home investor. He talks up the stocks abusing his pulpit.

    His picks may have worked in a bullish market but that is all over. The market going forward would be hard grind - not for the likes of Cramer.

    Sell Cramer.     Reply
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    User 164004
    Mar 15 12:07 AM
    My Website
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    Cramer is entertaining, he has passion, and has a great positive attitude. You got to like that!

    David Gorman
    CashbackRealty.com     Reply
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    Recurring
    Dream
    Mar 14 06:07 PM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    Forgive the internet short-hand. There will not be proper punctuation,

    cramer nearly never says "buy this stock and wait 1 year"
    he constantly reiterates that he doesnt believe in "buy and hold" he believes in "buy and homework"
    his show gives his idea at that exact point in time
    after that its up to the viewer to research and do their homework. it is after all THEIR money, and not his. he isn't invested in all those companies because he admits he doesnt know them intimately enough to put his money in them. he specifically notes when he owns a particular stock, because the law requires him to, and it is not very frequent.
    also, in the past 5 months there has been a global credit crisis
    so pointing to what he said in jan 2007 and ignoring everything that has happened world wide in the interim, is nonsense.     Reply
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    Outtanames99
    9
    Mar 14 05:32 PM
    My Website
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    Cramer is bozo the clown (I imagine he would say more like Soupy Sales from the 1950's), but always good for a laugh. He knows the market, but for a variety of reasons, can't give real trading advice that mirrors what he would actually do. For one thing, he doesn't address options, the only way to make money in a bear market. So while he normally has one hand tied behind his back, now both are tied. He must be very frustrated. Certainly his viewers are.

    As others have pointed out, it is folly to look back at his picks a year later. You need to do more homework on his calls than that.

    Now Cramer himself seems to claim on the show that he told you when to sell, but the truth is, most of the time he doesn't or it is so fleetingly mentioned that you will miss it and hold on too long.

    At the end of the day, though, the net effect of Cramer's picks is really very little different than a stock touter. He may blather on for 20 minutes with a pitch about the finer points of some company, but when all is said and done, the Cramer effect will kick up the stock (usually instantaneous as can be seen on the scrolling ticker on the screen during the show) and then the stock will die down - just like a penny stock. In fairness, though, when the DOW itself is doing a dead cat bump and looks like a penny stock, how can anyone counteract that?

    Cramer is at his best when he speaks about the controlling factors at work in the market, what is going on, and what should be going on. "They know nothing" proved to be right. He embarrassed the Fed into action. Now let's see if he can embarrass the entire market back into a rising tide. It's a big job, but I personally don't see anyone else out there who even comes close to being capable of doing it. Let's hope Cramer can. None of you turkeys hanging around here could possibly do it, that's for sure. If you can, get to work!!

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    Sud
    Mar 14 04:35 PM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    While it is okay to analyze Jim Cramer's comments and picks, at least he has the guts to venture out. Most of the so-called financial experts do not have a much better record, as seen from the performance of most of the mutual funds during that same period. Let the man do his thing; he is at least educating a lot of people. It is not that everyone is rushing out to buy on Jim' calls. Reply
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    locke
    Mar 14 04:17 PM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    I watch to learn from Cramer, but I ignore his individual stock picks. Reply
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    Leser
    Mar 14 02:22 PM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    O.K., watching Cramer is like going to the circus and paying to see something in a sideshow. After you've done it, you have that empty feeling, but curiosity led you to do so anyway and you'll probably be back doing it again--watching him on the boob tube, that is. Eventually you realize you can gain something by studying what the Cramer "herd" (am I one?) is planning. In general you know you shouldn't watch the sideshow because it isn't ennobling. Sooner or later those who are using his method will get a serious whiplash because they are gambling, not investing.
    One should invest in the companies and believe in their ability to produce products/services with normal profits. Las Vegas is for gamblers and the stock market for owners of companies.
    The author I found who helped me the most was Gene Walden and his book "The 100 Best Stocks to Own in America", currently not very updated, to the best of my knowledge. But, although the last edition I know of, the seventh, is from 2002, the 23-page introduction began my instruction in the principals of investing years ago. I've read a lot in my latest fifteen years of investing in the stock market. The hotshot (Cramer?) method has never given me an overall positive return. The simple methods of buying and holding good companies, selling when they don't meet my criteria, of course, has been the true blessing on my investment. At least for me, I need to forget the fast and furious trading, etc., because I will eventually make a wrong decision when too much money is in play.
    If Walden's book isn't available in your library--and it is from Amazon--one could look for John Slatter's "The 100 Best Stocks You Can Buy:2008". Also for the armchair investor, he, too, has a great introduction (41 pages long), which will indicate when to buy and sell, etc.
    A great book, in my opinion (remember, I'm obviously not one of those previously mentioned analysists or borkers--by the way, all of you, nice blog comments above!) is "The Single Best Investment: Creating Wealth with Dividend Growth" by Lowell Miller. Last edition I know of this is from 1999. (Disclaimer: none of the above authors will admit knowing me and so, no, I'm not anyone's nephew, nor do I have anything to gain from the sale of these books.)
    I think that the Cramer method eventually will lead most stock purchasers to make generally poor decisions. I am happier being pokey and investing in good companies, as per Gene Walden's concepts. Can't suggest to the amateur investers too highly visiting your local bookstore and seeing what else is on the shelves besides Cramer's much tossed about titles.     Reply
  • commenter
    Big Daddy
    PHD, MD,
    FS, XYZ
    Mar 14 11:16 AM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    I agree his picks have sucked, but the past year has been hard on our economy and most stocks. Housing sucks, financials suck, retail sucks, gas prices are continuing to rise, and growth is slowing. We are in or headed into a recession. Wouldn't these picks have done a little better in a normal growth economy? Reply
  • commenter
    EatonsNeck
    Mar 14 10:54 AM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    Cramer is really an entertainer..... the only thing that he is doing is to et you to think about what questions you would ask yourself before investing. The real problem here is that people are looking for direction and those that take it directly from a TV program that is free, can't assume that the content is worth anything.

    Like the old saying goes "you don't get anything for nothing" or "there isn't any free lunch".

    With that said, it almost seems that you should do the opposite of what Cramer suggests and then you would have had a net positive year.

    He says sell, you buy.

    He says buy, you sell.

    Then you would be looking at about 65% above average on both sides of the market (up and down).

    Wow, now that is saying something.

    The sad thing is that with the numbers he turned in for the year, he is doing worse than the fifty-fifty chance that he has to get it right !!

    Wow, that is crap !!

    Hahaha.

    Good luck to all, do your homework and if you don't know what to do, invest in things that you understand and know.     Reply
  • commenter
    PKFink
    Mar 14 10:29 AM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    I quit listening to Jim Cramer many months ago. He is more show than earning dough. The best analyst in the business now is Don Harrold! Reply
  • commenter
    Norman
    Lepoff, M.D.
    Mar 14 10:23 AM
    Tracking Jim Cramer's Performance: January 2007 Stock Picks [view article]
    Excellent article. Thank you very much for writing it. Only a moron would listen to Cramer. Reply
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