Poor Jim

It Did Happen! - Cramer's Mad Money (9/29/08)

It should seem obvious that Jim Cramer's shhtick is aimed at college kids, rather than adults. He packs 'em in at his college tour stops. Little kids love him, with all the shouting and sounds effects.

But why would any grown-up pay attention to what he thinks about a particular stock? Much of his advice -- about diversification, etc., is quite sound, and his knowledge and total recall of thousands of stocks is absolutely amazing.

But his judgment is often flawed, his emotional age is that of a child (I can't recall exactly which age has temper tantrums), and his presentation is, by design and perhaps also by nature, that of an insecure teenager doing whatever it takes to get attention -- Rule No. One. being, "When in doubt, SHOUT!"

Questions:

As far as character goes, did you notice how he kept saying. "I let you down," but then transferring all the blame to Steel by adding, "I let you down because I believed Steel."

Questions:

* Is that what you call a stand-up guy?

* I wonder how he behaves in a restaurant when he doesn't like the service or the food?

* Would you invite this man to your house for dinner?

Poor Jim (Getting poorer and wiser day by day)