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Thursday, July 17, 2008
With oil prices plummeting and bank stocks on the move to the upside, Jim Cramer wondered how the whole world turn upside down. He said some good things are happening in the markets, and investors need to change their strategies to capitalize on them. Three forces are driving the market higher.
First is oil's inability to breach the $150-a-barrel level. Cramer said he's always believed that the rise in oil was due to supply and demand and not speculation. Cramer said oil is just too high at $150 a barrel. Consumers are finally starting to cut their usage, leading to the decline in oil prices. He predicted oil could fall as far at $110 a barrel before stabilizing.
The second force driving the market are the financials. He said it's now clear that both the Federal Reserve and Securities and Exchange Commission are stepping in to bail out the sector. With stocks like JP Morgan Chase (JPM) and Comerica (CMA) reporting good results, Cramer said there may be life in the financials after all. He explained that the banks can use this strength in their stocks to raise capital and stay in business.
Finally, Cramer said the home-build rate of single-family homes is finally slowing, allowing excess supplies to dry up and prices to stabilize. Cramer predicted the bottom in home prices should occur in 2009.
Cramer said for the short term, investors should take profits on the banking stocks, which have moved up too much. He suggested buying oil and gas stocks because they have gone too low. Cramer owned up to telling viewers to begin buying the oil stocks last week by saying he was wrong. He said investors who bought last week will be OK for the long term, but calling the bottom last week was premature.
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Jim Cramer Debunks Buy and Hold
Aired on Mad Money, Monday, July 14, 2008
"It's time to unlearn a common myth about investing," Jim Cramer told viewers on Monday. "The best way to invest is not to buy a bunch of stocks and just sit on them."
Cramer said the argument that frequent trading results in high commissions is just false. Commissions have been dirt cheap for years. He added that paying taxes on gains is a good thing, much better than posting a loss. Instead of buy and hold, he said investors should “buy and do homework.” Investors should spend at least an hour a week on a stock checking on the fundamentals of a company's underlying business. When it's time to sell, you should sell and move on. "Sooner or later you always have to sell," he said.
A story on page B1 of the Wall Street Journal last Saturday criticized "TV pundits who shriek out trading advice." The article, which he felt took aim at him, advocated a strategy by famed investor Warren Buffett, which said to buy more anytime a stock declines 50% or more. Cramer called that strategy wrong.
If you had adopted that strategy and bought stocks such as Wachovia (WB), Fannie Mae (FNM), Freddie Mac (FRE), General Motors (GM), as well as the former Enron, you would have seen them plunging beyond 50%, many towards zero. He recommended mutual funds as great investment vehicles for those who don't have the time to do the homework and manage their portfolios. Cramer said perhaps the greatest thing he has ever done in his financial life was to scream "they know nothing" at the Federal Reserve last year. "If I hadn't yelled, no one would've heard me," he said. He urged investors to remain involved in their portfolios because the results are completely worth the effort.
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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Friday, May 11, 2007
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
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Monday, May 07, 2007
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
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Monday, April 23, 2007
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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Monday, April 16, 2007
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Monday, February 19, 2007
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Monday, February 19, 2007
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Monday, February 19, 2007
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
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Friday, January 19, 2007
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Friday, January 05, 2007
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
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