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Jim Cramer Is Going Mad
Broadcast and Cable ^ | 08/01/05 | Anne Becker

Posted on 07/31/2005 10:05:51 AM PDT by Pikamax

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1 posted on 07/31/2005 10:05:51 AM PDT by Pikamax
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I have a hard time watching this guy.

OTOH, his antics would make great fodder for one of those "farting videos".

2 posted on 07/31/2005 10:09:43 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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I find him hard to watch too, but he has helped me be up 60% this year on my holdings. I try not to listen much and take lots of notes.

He is nuts, but he is good.
3 posted on 07/31/2005 10:11:58 AM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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The guy knows his stuff. It's worth watching.


4 posted on 07/31/2005 10:12:29 AM PDT by GOPJ (A person who will lie for you, will lie against you.)
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To: martin_fierro

The Street was great when it first came out, but it got old rather quickly.


5 posted on 07/31/2005 10:12:53 AM PDT by CasearianDaoist
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“Thank you for greasing the plank for the rest of my money,” posted John R. Gordon. “I am a low income person who just lost 3k+ on this trade ... Thank you for giving my money to the insiders.”

You can't be that "low income" if you're investing so much money in a single stock that you lose more than $3K just because it goes down for a few days.

6 posted on 07/31/2005 10:15:31 AM PDT by Dont Mention the War (John Bolton for White House Press Secretary!)
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I'm skeptical after I heard him recommend TOL and KBH a couple of weeks ago. Maybe he's just that much smarter than me.


7 posted on 07/31/2005 10:16:30 AM PDT by oldleft
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Another good one!


8 posted on 07/31/2005 10:24:51 AM PDT by The Mayor ( Pray as if everything depends on God; work as if everything depends on you.)
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I enjoy his show very much, but I just discovered it a couple weeks ago, so maybe I will tire of it.
9 posted on 07/31/2005 10:25:08 AM PDT by Shawndell Green (Mecca delenda est!)
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I would not follow any of his specific tips, but he does point out many things that would otherwise go unnoticed, usually too late to do anything about it. Do not get caught up in his excitement.


10 posted on 07/31/2005 10:29:16 AM PDT by RightWhale (Substance is essentially the relationship of accidents to itself)
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I'm skeptical after I heard him recommend TOL and KBH a couple of weeks ago. Maybe he's just that much smarter than me.

He recommended SWKS a few weeks ago, which I bought and it hasn't done so well...

11 posted on 07/31/2005 10:30:19 AM PDT by Mannaggia l'America
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Cramer has always been that nutty, he's a total side-show to watch. I remember when he quit his radio gig because he was so P.O.'d by the way it was produced. For me, it's much easier to just "listen" to him, watching him is too tiring ;>


12 posted on 07/31/2005 10:31:02 AM PDT by Capn TrVth
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He has bounced around to a channel with no viewers


13 posted on 07/31/2005 10:33:10 AM PDT by bert (K.E. ; N.P . The wild winds of fortune will carry us onward)
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Other than his politics, I like the guy.
14 posted on 07/31/2005 10:37:35 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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He was on with Don Imus a couple of weeks ago and he wore me out just listening to him for a few minutes. He said he goes on no sleep sometimes. I remember thinking, this guy is heading for a fall.


15 posted on 07/31/2005 10:37:43 AM PDT by leadpenny
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He's on top of things, just hope he doesn't have a heart attack one of these days. Is he a Scientologist?


16 posted on 07/31/2005 10:41:22 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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averaging 170,000 total viewers

Wow, he sure is reeling in the viewers.

He comes off like a lunatic hostage-taker who's locked everyone else out of the studio. The schtick gets very old very fast. He's like Wally George without a desk or toupe.

17 posted on 07/31/2005 10:47:36 AM PDT by Dr.Hilarious ("My wife was not a clandestine officer the day that Bob Novak blew her identity."-Joe W)
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For entertainment purposes only, I'd say.

Anyone who hopes to parlay his recommendations into quick gains is bound to be disappointed, because his recommendations seem to have a way of leaking out early to those in the know. For example, if he recommends Acme Gadget, Inc. (a mythical company whose best customer is Wile E. Coyote) on his show, which airs after the end of regular trading hours, you will probably find that Acme's stock had already moved up a few percent that afternoon. Or, if not, it will be moving up sharply in after-hours trading, when mere mortals may find it difficult to get orders filled. And it will certainly open higher the next morning. So, though Cramer will get credit for recommending a stock at, say, $20, and it goes to $26 the next day, most of us won't get a chance to take advantage of the short-term move.

Now, Cramer sometimes has worthwhile comments about entire sectors, based on demographic or economic trends or projections. These may be worth considering for long-term diversified investment. But non-insiders aren't going to profit, generally speaking, from "hot tips" -- either Cramer's or anyone else's. Still, since there are tip addicts out there, I'll give you one, a high risk pink sheet penny stock at that: Total Luxury Group, Inc. (TLEI.PK). But don't say I didn't warn you.

18 posted on 07/31/2005 11:08:17 AM PDT by southernnorthcarolina (I support tax cuts for the rich -- and I vote!)
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so is Kudlow.


19 posted on 07/31/2005 11:24:30 AM PDT by mtnwmn
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I tried to watch his show once. I kept waiting for the announcer to come on and say "Welcome back to The Aristocrats!"


20 posted on 07/31/2005 11:31:26 AM PDT by nhoward14
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