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    einstein p
    fleet
    Oct 13 10:42 PM
    My Website
    No Buy Recommendations - Cramer's Lightning Round (10/1/08) [view article]
    JC would do better with his own money on the line --- unfortunately, that's not the case. He's right about one thing --- do your own homework.

    His online company downgraded ACI this morning. I bought it at 24 last Friday and picked up a quick five points. Thanks, Jim.

    Cramer has quoted the virtues of reading the front page of the NY Times to extrapolate investment information. Good article about China on the front page over the weekend in regard to a new farming policy. Seems to me that China wants to modernize the feudal farming business. I would extrapolate that would be good for dry bulk, tankers, fertilizer, seed, farm machinery, and infrastructure. Jim?
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    mallarde
    Oct 13 07:11 PM
    Back Room Deal? - Cramer's Mad Money (10/10/08) [view article]
    Give the guy a break. He "changed his mind in a day" after the biggest point swing in the history of the market. Of course, he is going to give different advice after such a big drop.

    Personally, I like his analysis compared to the panels of talking heads that are afraid to take a position on anything and are all trying to sell their picks that they their clients already bought.     Reply
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    User 148123
    Oct 13 04:29 PM
    Back Room Deal? - Cramer's Mad Money (10/10/08) [view article]

    I AGREE..Cramer should be on his wall of shame...Look at
    wachovia..










    cramer is such an egomamiac that he bought into the lies Wachovia told him.....OH yEAH REMEMBER REVCO???     Reply
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    scholar
    Oct 13 08:55 AM
    Back Room Deal? - Cramer's Mad Money (10/10/08) [view article]
    i ewas a new investor and i also was on the mad moneys are you diversfied and took all the cramer advice all the stocks went down after i bought them i would panick i dont know who these people are calling in making big money he would refer to a stock he recomended in 1996 and be damm proud of himself in the end i got wiped out on wachovia one day steel on the wall of shame the next day steel is superman getin get out buy this no sell that if your anew guy like me just watch for the fun but get real help get in get out want to buy some nat gas stocks 2008 is the year of nat gas ha ha Reply
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    Lawrence
    Brotman
    Oct 12 09:19 PM
    Back Room Deal? - Cramer's Mad Money (10/10/08) [view article]
    I like Cramer for what he is: TV entertainment coupled with his own opinions of the market. He is one man, and one man with one man's opinion of the huge multitrillion dollar US stock market. No one person can predict the future behavior of the stock market. I take his opinions with a grain of salt. I read, and form my own opinions independently. Cramer should not be blamed for the downdraft of the market. He does come up with occasional good stocks and good calls, but again, his opinions represent those from one man, and one person. He is entitled to his opinions. After all, isn’t this the United States of America?

    Cramer and others have talked about the housing crisis which we are embroiled with in our economy. Housing prices continue to drop, and this explains why people have less cash to borrow and less cash to spend. There is a huge trickle-down phenomenon which relates to home values and the amount of the mortgages out there that are in question. The housing market is in trouble and will remain that way until credit is restored and until there is more confidence in the US economy. This will take time. It is plainly evident, based on prior recoveries that this crisis will come to an end, hopefully sooner rather than later.

    If the government starts a large infrastructure rebuilding program, fixing up our nation's streets, water supplies, highways, bridges, electrical grids, etc., the resulting employment will spill over into the housing market, and we will see a recovery. A new leader in the White House will help to restore confidence by insisting that corporations act in a prudent manner, so as not to stress the credit market in the future. Corporate greed resulted in this debacle in the stock market. There were money managers who risked their client’s assets by investing in Lehman Bros. paper, knowing full well that Lehman was in trouble. Countrywide Financial did our county a big disservice by selling mortgages to people who were not capable of paying back this debt. I’m sure the other big investment banks have done things which have threatened the vitality of the credit market. Congress should intervene in some tangible fashion so as to reestablish our economic reputation in the world.

    We have to bring this terribly expensive Iraq war to a rapid end. We are squandering $10B a month there, while the Iraqis pile up more than $80B in savings from their oil revenue. We are spending too much for foreign imported Arab oil. We need a new energy policy which will bring us closer to energy independence. We cannot continue to spend and borrow like this forever. The governments of the world at some point will stop loaning us money for fighting and consuming.

    Health care costs have to be controlled in the near future. Our corporations cannot continue to afford these elevated costs. GM with Ford have a combined market cap that is about 10% of Toyota’s. Let’s wake up before it’s too late.

    Lawrence D. Brotman
    Fort Worth, Tx.

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    BxCapricorn
    Oct 12 07:04 AM
    Back Room Deal? - Cramer's Mad Money (10/10/08) [view article]
    I dislike Cramer a great deal, and wondered why he would tell everyone to sell off and stay out for 5 years. What did he see? If you look at the 1929/1930 market movements, you will be struck by the correlations between the current ones. You had a peak on Sept. 3rd at 381.17 and a drop to 198.6 on that fateful October day in 1929. The recovery rally went to early April and peaked at 294. From there we had a slow roll down to 41.22 on July 8th, 1932. To correlate in a proportional way, you would need to have our 14,280 top, go to a 7,440 bottom, then rebound to 11,014 only to drop to 1,544 over a long period of time. Maybe this is what Cramer saw, and why he reacted so strangely on The Today Show. Personally, I don't believe any two time periods are governed by mathematics, but others do and isn't TA all about fulfilling preconditioned expectations via "quants" and the computer programs they run? Reply
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    Peppio
    Oct 12 06:37 AM
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    Back Room Deal? - Cramer's Mad Money (10/10/08) [view article]
    The problem with Cramer is that recently he changes his mind within a day. Just can't follow his quick-step dancing !! Reply
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    cramerica
    Oct 12 01:15 AM
    Back Room Deal? - Cramer's Mad Money (10/10/08) [view article]
    All I hear these days is *kill the messenger*

    I take the time to watch Cramer's Mad Money show every day. I gained 83% / yes i said 83% gain / last year on my portfolio mostly due to Cramer's advisory comments and my own research. From what I've learned most Cramer-Critics don't even watch his show. They read what the NegBlogs rant and draw conclusions then repeat the hate. It's an amazing phenomenon.. Cramer seems to be hated enough you would think he's running for some elected government office.

    Chill... listen, think, research, make your own decisions and don't kill the messenger.     Reply
  • commenter
    Pessimistic
    Optimist
    Oct 12 12:16 AM
    Back Room Deal? - Cramer's Mad Money (10/10/08) [view article]
    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.
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    JoeLogic
    Oct 11 10:53 PM
    Crazy P/E Ratios [view article]
    "The data covers 1871 - 2008, and shows that as of 10/7/2008, the S&P 500 PE is ~16"

    Where do you get the data for the P/E for the SP500? I just calculated the P/E of SPY (based on NAV) which tracks the SP500 and as of Friday's close = 10.45. Of course this is trailing P/E, so even if earnings for the 500 stocks correct downward next year I just don't see much downside left. Shorting SPY seems like more like buying CSCO or something at the top of the dotcom bubble.     Reply
  • commenter
    bhn08
    Oct 11 08:49 PM
    Back Room Deal? - Cramer's Mad Money (10/10/08) [view article]
    Investing is dynamic. Facts change. Cramer informs us of what's going on. He warned us all about the mistakes that were being made by the fed last year and he was right. He's warning us now about continuing to invest in this insane market. He's telling us to get out if we can't take the heat. If we stay in, then be cautious. His approach is quite sane. Cramer's no clown. Reply
  • commenter
    raylopez99
    Oct 11 07:29 PM
    Crazy P/E Ratios [view article]
    Good article, but a small correction in your table. Come next week, Morgan Stanley might have a PE of zero: Price=0/ Earnings=Some number => 0 Reply
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    BxCapricorn
    Oct 11 06:58 PM
    Crazy P/E Ratios [view article]
    Where are the Ag stocks? Reply
  • commenter
    MasterMOJ
    Oct 11 05:42 PM
    Back Room Deal? - Cramer's Mad Money (10/10/08) [view article]
    Why should Goldman Sachs be given a free ride at taxpayer expense. The cronyism and backroom dealing is unbelievable. Taxpayers are getting ripped off. These bozos couldn't see the problem coming and now we're expected to believe they can solve the crisis. No, you all need to be exposed and put out to pasture. Reply
  • commenter
    SmartStops
    Oct 11 05:01 PM
    My Website
    Back Room Deal? - Cramer's Mad Money (10/10/08) [view article]
    But if people are listening to his advice, then PLEASE make sure they also have in place an Exit Strategy approach for their investments. One that is unbiased, intelligent and continually adjusting itself to the stock's behavior and market conditions. Don't just follow Jim blindly. Reply
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