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Must Settle - Cramer's Stop Trading! (10/20/08)

After the drubbing that Cramer has taken, some of it deserved, he's got guts to continue on and try to prove that's he's more than just a "pretty face." If he survives, he'll come back stronger and better than version 1.0 Cramer was. I look for him to eliminate some of the "bells and whistles," but I don't want him to get carried away and turn sour. We all make mistakes, but some people learn from their mistakes, hang in there against great persecution and come back a winner! At this point, I feel that Cramer has been beaten up enough, to take a small position (LONG), in him. He was way overbought, but I see him as fairly valued at this point. I don't believe that he's going to fold, his bubble has been deflated and downside risk is minimal. If he can put a frame around this recovery, explain what's going on and not make too many outlandish predictions, I predict that Cramer will bounce back, in tandem with the market. If the market should completely collapse, then we won't need Cramer, anyway. Low risk, good value and the potential for a recovery. I don't believe that he'll be bought out, but that's something which he wouldn't mention, even if he were in talks with another network. Now is the time to buy Cramer, if you believe in him! If you wait for him to start climbing again, youll proabably miss a good part of the upside on this man. Good Luck, Cramer... Don't disappoint us, again.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

It's entirely possible, that we will see some more downside, before the regional banks start up. However, their share prices ought to reflect their future potential. To me, I see capitulation in the share prices of these banks... Everyone who was going to sell has had ample opportunity to get out. Now, I see buying by Directors and other people who have a vested interest in the success of these banks, as well as our country, in general. These are not just speculators, like myself.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

David, I'm sorry, that was a bad joke... I was referring to Marshall & Isley (MI). I have my money market and a large CD, there. I like the fact that they sold their data-processing unit last year, in order to raise capital. They didn't wait for a crisis to develop, as some others have. Also, they raised their dividend to $0.32 qtrly and insiders have been making large puchases, as recently as last week.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

This is the buying opportunity of the decade, for select regional banks... There is an atmosphere that nothing (financial) is any good and nothing could be furthur from the truth... There is at least one regional, that is responsibly, plugging along, just as it always has. It's a "baby," which was "thrown out with the bathwater." I wouldn't doubt it, if this growing bank were to purchase some of the others, at pennies on the dollar and be huge, within 5 years! The name of this bank is... Gee, I seem to have momentarily forgotten, but I'm absolutely certain, that it will come back to me. :-)

Under The Radar News - Monday

In this post-NWO (New World Order) environment, it pays to be optimistically cautious. Seeking out values, in proven companies that are heading in new directions, will beat out trying to find the Googles in a haystack. Revitalization will be the watch word... Old men, whose eyes are still alive, will lead the pack, so long as they are not trampled by the hoards of young blindmen.

Bear market? Bull market? Such terms are meaningless, when the frequency of their occurance, exeeds that which we can humanly keep up with... As always, the best time to invest is now.