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Jim Cramer

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Jim Cramer believes that there is always a bull market somewhere, and he wants to help you find it. Cramer is host of CNBC's "Mad Money" (M-F: 6 p.m., 11 p.m. ET), featuring lively guest interviews, viewer calls and, most importantly, the unmatched, fiery opinions of Cramer himself. He serves as the viewer's personal guide through the confusing jungle of Wall Street investing, navigating through both opportunities and pitfalls with one goal in mind -- to help them make money.


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An acquired taste

The first time I saw Jim Cramer I thought this guy is crazy and way over top. Who would take him serious?

Well after the rant heard around the world and the ensuing drop of the market I decided to see what he was all about. I rarely follow his advice exactly but I have learned much about the market watching him and have made some money based on his calls. He seems to be totally transparent and honestly seems to have his viewers best interest at heart.

It is true his show can make your head spin but after watching it for a year or so I have become accustom to his antics and sift through them for the insight and education he offers. What other TV program can the average investor watch that keeps them awake while informing and educating them?

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I know everyone loves to bash, but I love the guy!!!

Sure not everything he says turns out to be a winner, but I think everyone who tries to scoreboard everything stock he mentions misses the point..At least for me is a entertaining source of ideas and information that is available everyday!!! As well as being the only guy I have found on TV that actually attempts to teach people how to do things on their own!

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read the books first...then watch the goofyness

Just a quick review, read his book - confessions of a street addict before you do anything else carmerwise. Personally I think Jim is a very sincere person who has gone through the trenches of the investment war.

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25 January 2010
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Good during a bull, bad during a Bear

You can't just call out his bad shots like LEH and CIT. For goodness sakes he comes out on t.v every weekday and makes the news in finance interesting and funny. Besides his bad calls he makes some pretty good fundamental calls like HAIN, POL, SWKS. Just like you and I, Cramer makes more bad calls during a bear market and a lot better calls during a bull market.


Overall he is just a character on T.V and thats all he should be taken as. You wouldn't get your financial advice from Homer Simpson but you would get a great laugh.

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Entertaining and knowledgeable for the common investor

Cramer and his Mad Money/ the street / everything else he does is quite entertaining and he does have good advice for begining investors and traders. Some of his ideas dont work out , but no ones perfect and most of the time he does have a good grasp of the markets and tells it like it is.

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i think cramer is a must see for people who are just starting to invest. he breaks things down to where it is simple for people to understand. imho he is best for dividend stocks to invest in and he is also good for a pump every now and then on what he calls speculation friday. His book confessions of a street addict is a must read. it explains how he really used to work the markets.

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22 January 2010
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Cramer fun fun fun

He is very entertaining and he is very smart and he will teach you wonderful things. My only problem with him is i look to do penny stocks and he teaches you more for the long term picture. thats wonderful but its just what im looking to do right now with my money.

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10 February 2010
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James J. Cramer

Although he can be a little nutty, I'm made a very substantial amount of money following Jim. (In 2 years I turned $187,00 into $365,00 with Mr. Cramers help!) I've read his books & watch his CNBC show especially when I need a little pick me up or a good laugh. I encourage everyone to pick up his recent book, subscribe to his service (ActionAlertsPlus.com) and enjoy his weird sense of humor.... Unless you don't like making money.

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Cramer

The first time I saw his show, was the last time I ever watched it again. I'm new to the trading. I want to learn as much as I can before I started to trade. While watching his show, I wasn't sure if this guy was being serious until I discovered later that he ran his own hedge fund.

There is no doubt that he is a great entertainer. He tries everything he can do to try to make his show interesting and convincing. He's good for CNBC.

I think it's ridiculous for a person to rely on a TV show, or someone else advice to to rely on their financial freedom. Study the market your self, and compare your analysis with the so called "experts." You might be surprised how many frauds are out there.

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06 February 2010
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Craziness

Gotta love his mad money show for bringing in some craziness and jazz into finance.

What I like about Cramer is his explanations and analysis on his show with particular stocks he is picking. It gives you a basic idea of the type of analysis that is needed when evaluating companies.

Overall, I think he helps the beginner to understand the markets a little bit better, but take extreme caution trading his picks.

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09 January 2010
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Entertaining Show, Some Education Amongst the DrivelOverall,

I watch Jim's show pretty regularly. He's obviously a very intelligent guy and I really like his sense of humor. I think he is able to keep a good "pulse" on the overall market. With all of the buy and sell recommedations he gives (in a single show even), it's hard to take his advice seriously though. His longer segments, in which he focuses on individual stocks, are much better than the Lightning Round, because he is able to explain his reasoning behind his picks. Overall though, I feel the show is too much "noise" and it would be very difficult, if not impossible for an individual to benefit from the show's advice alone. I have read Mad Money and Real Money and I do feel these books are worthwhile reads, but there are better books out there. I have never seen the actual performance of his Action Alerts newsletter but I think that would be interesting/revealing as well. Finally, I think it's hypocritical that he himself admitted that he made "up to half his money" some years shorting stocks, but does not give short recommendations on the show. Perhaps there are some type of regullations against him doing this, I'm not sure.

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27 February 2010
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Entertaining At The Least

I cannot speak for his actual calls as I have never actually taken them, but he is entertaining at the last. I used to watch his show a lot before I actually got into trading just because I was interested in business and finance. Although being around the finance community I know his calls aren't to be taken too seriously.

To the guys credit he has to come on television daily and have material for the show. He wouldn't have a show if he didn't have new picks or if he kept talking about the same ones as they progressed. When you are making as many calls as he has to - to keep his job, you're going to have a lot of misses.

I'm not sure how you can really hate the guy too much. He seems like a decent guy, he is entertaining and I've seen him humbled ala the John Stewart show for being "just entertainment". He took it well enough for how hard he was chopped down.

I'd recommend him to someone who knows something about stocks and finance. I don't think I would recommend him to some idiot who is going to do whatever he says blindly.

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His show is fun to watch

It is entertaining, though I can't see any real value in the show on an investment basis. It can be good for some novice investors to start learning tickers and industries.

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didn't he tell me to buy LEH?

he did and it crashed.

he also said that CIT group was FINE... FAILLL

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Entertaining, and inspirational in a bizarre way.

As much as I am sure people will rip on Cramer (and let's face it he brings it on himself a bit) I am not going to do that.
I became more interested in the stock market because of his show. He attempted to make something dry, boring, and exclusionary, something that the every day person wanted to do. The drawback to that being that the every day person is going to be lazy, not study and learn on their own, follow his picks, and lose.
Strangely enough his public flogging on The Daily Show was 3 days away from being the bottom of the market crash in march. He probably doesn't even know he (indirectly) called it.

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Cramer is an interesting character. I like his his book 'Confessionals of a Street Addict,' but after that you could say he went to entertainment media on us. His show is definitely entertaining, but I am not sure how much you can really get out of it. His calls are about a coin flip in accuracy, which, in my mind, does not warrant a show. I respect the brand that Cramer has built. I just think he has sold out to the media instead of staying true to his money managing instincts.

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13 January 2010
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Just Mad

Everyone needs to check out his extended interview with Jon Stewart awhile back to see what a snake this guy is. Yes, he is entertaining and makes lots of noise to keep me awake. Yes, I have learned about the market from him. But, I would not trust his stock picks in a million years as he has led many people into financial ruin...in my opinion. See how he responds to Mr. Stewarts questions about knowing the heads of some of these companies that went under and which Cramer should have known were on the verge but reccomended them anyway.

Redemption? possible......

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just another pump and dump

I used to love him but then after getting more involved in the investment community I found him to be repulsive, reason being, hes not that educational period. yes it might be entertaining but how much insight does he really give on any particular stock you fire off in one of his lighting rounds?

I wouldnt doubt cramer to the numerous stocks he calls out, to be any one position of large hedge funds and institutions. and to top it off he reminds me of an early 1990's stockbroker in a boiler room talkin to these imbosols from the midwest and they eat it up! ughh its amazing how the system works but then again without the dumb public we might not be making all this money :)

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Cramer the Stock Picking Clown

Im going to keep this brief. His track record shows how awful he is and actually picking stocks and his show is downright ridiculous. He should change the format of the shows for when he does not have stocks to pick. I mean someone tell him he does not need to pick a stock every day, if there are no opportunities then don't trade! I hate the soundboard and his annoying persona, and his show is nothing more than comical at this point. Watch him to laugh at him not to trade with him.

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Entertaining but that about it.

Cramer is funny to watch and very entertaining, but he makes so many calls about so many different stocks that it’s pretty much impossible for me to keep up with half of what he is saying.
The good thing about making hundreds of different stock calls per day is that some of them are bound to be right some of the time.

BUY BUY BUY.


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Sorry To See What He Has Become

When I first read his book 'Confessions of a Street Addict', I was pumped that someone REAL would be entering the financial commentary space. That lasted a few months, but we all know it's sad to see how this story has played out. I guess when you have to talk and talk and talk and picks stocks every night (for people who really shouldn't be watching TV but instead reading and learning), the clownery and 20-40% winning percentage should be expected.

But it'd be awesome if someone could get deep down inside this entertainer's soul, and get him back to talking about REAL trading and investing rules...maybe run a hedge fund with a camera on him 24/7, not answering mindless viewer questions, not having stupid sound effects, but showing us all how if he can make big $....kinda like EdTV but JimTV...heck, maybe I should just do that...not sure if Jim is too far gone?

Disclosure: I used to write for TheStreet.com and still do videos for them every now and then...although not sure how Jim will take this review, it's the truth and he and everyone else knows it.

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09 January 2010
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Jim Cramer = Dont take him seriously

Jim Cramer is a complete waste of time. His show is entertaining, yes, but in a laughable way. Jim runs around the CNBC sound stage playing with rubber chickens and looking like a complete fool. None of his antics are amusing or funny, but is hilarious in the way Rainman prefers underwear at K-Mart.

This man should be banned from television if he is going to make BUY and SELL recommendations. How much money has this man lost his viewers?

Everyone complains about his Bear Stearns call, yet forgets some of his recent blunders. How's PALM working out Jimmy boy? Is HBAN really the next BAC? I loved how you gave C - Citigroup a $6 price target when it was trading above $5... and it barely touched $3.50 the other day.

Jim, you should be ashamed of yourself. Quit screaming and playing with toys... give it up and use the skills God gave you- and work as a Wal-Mart greeter.


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Terrible Picks, Great Salesman

Jim Cramer is the most dangerous stock picker and analyst in general in USA. The reason is the title: Terrible Picks, Great Salesman. I refuse to even listen to him now. Because he can make such a good case for such a bad investment. Plus his is a false bragard, pompus etc. He claims was right about things he was wrong about. He did not warn of the collapse, Glenn Beck did.

One example, he gave huge recomendation to Society General a french sesmic outfit when oil was $120 or so. The stock went down 21 of the next 24 days! The worst investmnet maybe I ever made.

Avoid him like the plague.

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Booyah?

Need I say more? The only thing missing from this clown is a pair of diapers. This guy rants and raves and pretends to know everything, and for the most part, he does. However, he can't possibly be taken seriously on a show that borderlines the Bozo the clown show. His market commentary is decent, and he's been dead on for the last year. If you listened to him in March, you'd have bought any and every stock you could and for that, I'm giving Jim Cramer an excellent score in Education.

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22 February 2010
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An enigma

When I began investing in 2005, I came upon Jim's radio show Real Money. It was very educational with a very good pace. He broke down the fundamentals of a company, covered aspects of the markets, brought on Will Gabrieowski & David Peltier to discuss stocks under $10. He also had his stump Cramer & Lightning Round features.

However, Mad Money began gaining popularity and he ended up stopping his radio show. He became an intricate part of the CNBC pump machine. The big boys began trading off his picks after hours. I never cared for that show much though I tried to like it.

Jim has a ton of market & trading knowledge. If he would approach TV show like he did his radio show, well he could really teach more of the nuts & bolts of the markets & trading. it's a waste of intellect and talent in my opinion.

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Well Meaning but Teaches Very Bad Habits

You aren't going to get rich watching Mad Money. You won't make money trading and you definitely won't make money investing.

His picks are so all over the map, they aren't even reliable enough to do the inverse (i.e. short his longs)

Cramer is trying to do the impossible. No one can possibly know that many stocks from recall without consulting at least some charts. Taking phone calls from noobs and giving them oversure answers is irresponsible.

And his calls on lehamn , Bear and his support for Lenny Dysktra just show far he's gone. The man is far too reckless

he also acts like a d@mn buffoon hyper active running all over the place. Slamming buttons, screaming, spinning flashing lights. That's exactly what You CAN"T DO in market and make money! You need to be in control of your emotions not emotional!
Treating this like a vegas vacation is going to get you cleaned out quick.

Unfortunately he has enough truth and obvious compassion in there that he is seductive to many noobs. I've seen wealthy people at annual shareholder meetings quote his opinions to executives. It's embarrassing he is so popular. Every study I've ever seen of his show picks suggest he has significant negative alpha

Once upon a time Cramer was a good trader and an honest advocate for the retail trader. Now he just enables bad habits.

I hope we some day see Cramer the trader back and not Cramer the clown

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Is essentially a huckster

Can't feel that Cramer is doing nothing more than selling. And is true of the best sales people, he believes in his product but you have to take more than half of what he says with some skepticism. Worst of all, he pays little head to the issue of "timing" in his recommendations. You can't tell whether the recommendation would have been a great one, say, 6 months earlier and too late now or whether it's 6 months too early. Consequently, his recommendations aren't actionable when he gives them. If it's education that he's offering then he's offered viewers only a small piece of what they need to have to be successful investors.

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No way Jose...

Recently this clown came out FOR the trader tax on each indie stock trade, and that was the final straw. His track record, what there is of it, stinks.

He reverses himself and fails over and over, but idiots go out and buy right after his show EVEN despite his warnings not to, to ensure good prices on entries.

What can you expect from his class of viewers, naive typical average investors, but I digress...

Under pressure, he relented on the trader tax, but he caved in BOTH directions far too easily, what a tool.

His show is entertaining, and that is about all. It not informative because it teaches people incorrect things about how the stock market really works, and about institutional edges on little guys except in penny stocks, where if played correctly the average Joe has a shot.

His books are little better, because he cannot bloviate. He is a failed investor, failed hedge fund manager with a TV gig, while poor James Altucher still mops the floor and cannot get his own big time show but runs circles around his bald head.

I suggest if you want a laugh, tune in, otherwise steer clear of this notorious loudmouth.

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Jim Cramer

I started learning from this guy, sure wish i had'nt. With a accuracy rate below 50%, lets see, a monkey in Russia did better. Massive waste of time.

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