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Cramer's Mad Money - Cramer's Lovin' McDonald's (1/26/09)

No wonder they are making money. Have you been to an actual McDonald's lately?

Bathrooms: Filthy

Employees: High school education or GED?

Building Maintenance: Absent

Meals: Small, to smaller, to smallest

But, it will get you a profit – in the SHORT TERM.

Cramer does it again with his incredible "insight."

Running Strong Again: The Four Horsemen of Technology

I think that's the four horseman of the apocalypse, isn't it?

The Bull Run Begins This Week

I don't know if he's a minister, but he's no Nostradamus when his last line states, "No Gloom here. Only Good News.", that's for sure...

I sincerely wish it were otherwise as I know there are many people who read and post on this site have lost their rear ends the past few months. I know people who have lost their savings, their retirements... People would go back to work if they could, but there's no work.

Desperate situation.




I think they keep this item on Seeking Alpha for the humorus aspect...






On Jan 22 08:23 AM theobannion wrote:

> Are you a minister, sir? I get the distinct feeling that you're a
> minister.
>
> You haven't converted me. There will certainly be a continuation
> of yesterday's rally. My feeling is that one should sell into it
> and preserve as much of one's skin as possible. There will be better
> buying opportunities ahead of us.
>
> Best,
> Seamus O'Bannion
> seamusobannion.blogspo...

The Bull Run Begins This Week

At this rate, with the dialy wealth destruction that's going on at the clip of almost $100 billion a day (or more) we'll all be poor.


On Jan 21 09:44 PM sether wrote:

... and marginalization of their regressive influence. The young love
> Obama because he is YOUNG. And he believes, as they do, as does anyone
> else who can see beyond the end of their balance sheet, that being
> poor, ignorant, ill and afraid is no way to go through life in America.

Will Apple Record Another Halt-Trading Big Beat?

i this and i that, it doesn't matter...

There is something about it that has an "If it's too good to be true..." aspect to it.

I would like to revisit that aspect a few quarters from now.

I just think there is something odd about their performance based on what I've seen in the United States with my own two eyes.

Where Has Microsoft's Growth Gone?

People are sick of Micro$oft -- Gates is a posterboy for greed in America.

If you haven't done so yet, give Linux a spin. I know you may be saying, I tried that X years ago and it was awful, but give it a try now. I think you'll be surprised how easy it is to use, free programs, no need to do the virus program garbage, free firewalls, etc.

The best platform for the average user (Ubuntu) is found here:

www.ubuntu.com

Just give it a try on an old computer at home; you'll be surprised. Platforms like this are the future, not pay-as-you-go Micro$oft.

I do feel for the people who will be unemployed at that company. It may get a lot worse before there is any glimmer of light as the vortex sucks everything in its path...

NOTE: For all of you long term market types... Notice hoiw the layoffs will stetch into mid-2010? Their smartest are not thinking a turn around anytime soon.

The Bull Run Begins This Week

I don't know where this goes with NYT... Maybe, under Mexican law, you get a huge tax break for investing your money in a newspaper, then losing it all.

I've always found it odd that people in the business of news would have no clue about their own business trends.

Beyond me... I know that the media, especially the print media, has been under pressure, but they should have seen this coming 10 or more years ago.


On Jan 20 03:31 PM yank wrote:

> Don't quote me on this but i thought I heard recently that NYT ad
> revenues for 2008 were roughly 50% of 2007 levels. I also understand
> that circulation is down 35% year over year. I don't question Carlos
> Slim's business savvy but I don't understand the rationale for taking
> a stake. Unquestionably, the print media is going the way of the
> dinosaur, reorganization or not. I think people have had enough of
> reading a paper that tells them who to vote for. About all this paper
> is good for is the bottom of my birdcage. I hope Sulzberger and his
> cronies rot in hell.

The Bull Run Begins This Week

Wow!

Bull got punched in the nose today...

Dow 7,949.09 -332.13 -4.01%
Nasdaq 1,440.86 -88.47 -5.78%
S&P 500 805.22 -44.90 -5.28%

Bull... That's for sure...

The Bull Run Begins This Week

Yank:

I heard the NY Times Corp. just got a cash infusion from a Mexican investor to keep them going. I'm not sure how that model will work... Now they charge $5.00 for their Sunday papaer -- the NYT just sits everywhere I've seen it for sale.

The Bull Run Begins This Week

Well, as I posted several days ago on this string...

Doesn't look like the markets are cutting Obama any slack -- Dow is down over 200 and falling.

There are too many structural issues out there to have the markets rise even at this histroic moment.

PS: Wish it were otherwise, but that's the way it is.

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Like I said, I'm a Democrat and I voted for McCain, but I think it's unfair to blame the Republicans or democrats for where our economy is today. One could argue that there has been a back and forth motion that has been building since 1987, or well before that time.

Since I voted for Clinton the first time, I have no problem telling you that his administration continued on with policies that led to increased outsourcing, major increases in the consumer/consumption sector (the box store HQ's in Arkansas is...), as well as major trade imbalances.

First major housing bubbles and problems with real estate-banking sectors started really in the late 70's - 80's.

What happens is when there is no political will to change things, as is the case when the economy is going up, but when things go down, they are given a quick political band-aid. Obama is in a position where things are going down and no quick fixes.

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Well,

I for one hope Obama can pull this off. I'm a Democrat, but I voted for McCain. I think three factors will influence what comes:

1. Will Obama finally get the elephant out of the closet with our financial system? -- As bad as it may be, honest may be the best policy.

2. Can he educate the population to the fact that what went on the past 15-20 years was a sick economy and that what's occurring now, no matter how bad things get, are putting us on track for a healthier economy in the future?

3. Will people accept doing without for the next decade, or so, things they took almost as an entitlement?

We may not get an Obama bounce at all tomorrow. I think Great Britain thought they had a great idea (that the U.S.A. is thinking of emulating) with the banks -- well -- the markets in Europe sure voted that one down.

Sad, but this bad debt issue could be 1.0 to 4.0, 5.0, ??? GDP? I think the Europeans are now getting a whiff that the entire banking system may be insolvent, at least in Europe and the United States. Bad news...

So there may be no Obama effect at all...

Tech Bellwethers Looking Cheap?

Unless the stocks will provide light when the power grid fails, or I can eat it when the local stores are looted, they aren't cheap at all.

An iPhone With Satellite Radio - Gasp! Really?

Didn't they launch on 9/11?

Bad omen from the start.

Is Jim Cramer Right? Is Apple Really a Market Barometer?

The real question is this:

Does an apple fall far from the tree?

In Cramer's case, if his parents are both con artists, I would say no. If they were both honest, hard-working professionals, I would say yes.