Pessimistic Optimist

Cramer's Mad Money - Obama Accountability Index (1/21/09)

Citi..
I will bet he will be watched and held completely accountable. My thought is the last thing he wants is to be compared to W.

As an example of how the public views his position and how he reacts to it, yesterday he was re-sworn in- done in a back room ceremony- as the Internet was reporting a possible "non-legal presidential swearing in" because of the screw up with the verbage due to a lack of complete clear memory on JP's part.

That is a clear sign to me he is aware of his constituents concerns and will continue to be. But, I could be wrong it will be one of those time will tell issues.

I am optimistic and look forward to what is in our country's future.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Also I will add the attritional "not so golden" handshake. Cannot be gold or copper right now. It could be a molybdenum handshake.. nice and slick, barely able to hold on( metaphorically). Maybe an education incentive to just for retrain/educate beyond current job and positions.

Last Thursday Was the Bottom - It's Time to Get Back in

My God,
This thread is all over the place.. bottom in, no bottom in sight. to your wacked out. ..So we had a bear bounce. I think we can all agree at least a bounce. I say bear.
We have not been retested yet. We really never hit the bottom we needed to consider a floor. The shorters went away for awhile to set up the next sell off. I feel it could run another 800 and then collide with some giant Kodiac. Tight stops will be the call of the day. When it happens again, I am gonna grab a Guinness from DEO not CEDC collect my nice dividend all the while keeping cash at the ready on the sidelines. I can wait for that next 20% northbound. But I do like BAC down here along with AUY.

Back Room Deal? - Cramer's Mad Money (10/10/08)

BHN,
That makes sense. I am beginning to see one or two folks with it in every blog. Common sense is not so common. That is the exact way I saw Cramer's plight as well. His direction was not unclear but it is getting spun that way. I read an article earlier that was screaming for Cramer's head. There was blood in the water and eyes were rolling back into that protective sheath ,4 rows of teeth showing. Cramer was chum.
He is some of the smartest chum I have ever seen when commenting on the markets. I listened and I am better off for it. Obviously many here are not. Are they pissed because they got smacked down and lost money? They could have done their homework. I did it and I will make it though, not unscathed, but I will survive this market.
Holding Cramer's fingers to the fire over this is like blaming Remington, Springfield or Guarrand for the guns made during the reign of Hitler. I am using a gun analogy.. not a manufacturer's analogy of them so do not ridicule my lack of exact name brand guns of that era.
I will say it again, go after the CEO's of these big companies that made so many millions. Leave Cramer to do his bidding and help the little guy.

Bulls Take a Stand - Cramer's Stop Trading! (10/10/08)

Hounds,
We are in a Cramer hating phase.. these lemmings who hate forgot or do not want to admit how or where this drubbing started. Now the blame game starts. Let's drag Cramer all the way down for he is the culprit behind it all. There are people here much smarter than I but by their comments you would not know it.
Speaking of the blame game starting..Cramer did not start this mess. He, like the vast wilderness of folks have lost money in these markets. All you have to do is check his Action Alerts portfolio. If he could move the market as he has been accused of.. why is he losing that much money? Cramer is no dfferent than any of us in that sense. The market does not discriminate.
He is not responsible for the current shape of the financial markets.. hell ,it trickles down to the little guys, the homebuyers. The CEO's got theirs and Cramers gets blamed for the market. Little guy fell for mortgages and even knew they couldn't make that ARM adjustment. Who better than the buyer knew they would not be able to make the payment after the first or second adjustment of the ARM? There had to be some concern. Yet they still bought in under the constant barrage of false promises of the lenders. I guess that was Cramer's fault too. Haters listen up.. Cramer did not get us in this mess. I will cede there were some mistakes along the way like that WB debaucle but that was a facade by WB's CEO touting the solid balance sheets. You haters want to do something productive, ask for the money back from these CEO's that amassed a fortune.
Cramer bought into it like you and I did. He realized the wrong doing and reversed order demanding get out. And that was his fault for being told lies and believeing the company fundies? And that ws his fault for trying to do the right thing after he had a ton of egg on his face.. and he knew it would cost us in the end. You must n ot recall, he owned it. What else was he supposed to do. Go talk to those CEO's and blog that.

Bank of America: Bank on This Opportunity

I am vexxed with BAC.Want to keep it and let it run but with a two day climb as we have seen and with a market that just wants to schite on itself at every whim I am skepticle. All is takes is one rumor no matter how false and this little sweetheart dream of a run will become tomorrow's nighmare and it will be time to run away fast from BAC...again