CramerLand--The Anniversary Show: the Review

[zyzzyva57]

Heavy duty professional wrestling theme mixed with high price TV envangelism

First 8 minutes a total waste


+ It was not another one of those generic-generic shows to reshow forever

- However, the show was about half puffery with segments from his own show and his appearances on other shows

- - - -Naturally, we got Donald Trump right off

- Ditto, for Lee Moonves (Hey, Cramer, seez yourn radio show is on CBS radio, hmmm) and Mel Karmazin ("siri" stock holders, happy?)

+ + Cramer is as tired of Howard Stern, as I am

- - - - -But he is not tired of the insufferable Donald Trump

+ "The Lightning Round" was excellent--Love it when Cramer hates everything the callers get through on

- Callers, you got to learn to knock it off with your metrics!

(Beth, you got to post your experience as a caller IN DETAIL--You were A+, though I almost missed you, because I was expecting A Beth Ann on another stock :) )

+ Okay segments of the more weird callers

+ + + + Love it, when Cramer tramer trashes big shots of Wall Street

+ + + + + Tribute to Cramer's alter ego, Mr. Herb Greenberg (who should be on nightly instead of some CEO or CFO shilling for a company)

?? Puzzled Cramer did not mention "abxa," an airline stock both he and Greenberg likes, indeed, it is rare when both agree on anything

In sum, : ) a show better than I expected

Even when I disagree with Cramer, I feel as if I am learning the stock game :

Thanks for not being just another CNBC Talking Head yammering about Reverse Yield Curves and how to handle zillions of dollars

You are as close as I have found someone who caters to us little guys

May you have another year, and I want to increase making money and giving you pure hell

[church mouse]

I really enjoyed my calling experience to the show tonight, and was happy it was the anniversary show because anyone who reads my posts knows I really like Jim Cramer. My profit today alone from ATI- a pick of his- was just wonderful.

I called the toll free number the other day and left a message. The called me back this morning (twice) and asked me to call a number at 3:50 this afternoon. I phoned in and listened to a rather long disclaimer about not trading on the info we hear, and not holding the network or Jim responsible for any investment info that does not work out, and so forth. If we agree with the disclaimer, we press one, if not, we hang up. So, I pressed one.

Then a rather harassed woman came on line and asked me my stock. I told her I was interested in QTWW and she said I could not use that one- but I can not remember why. So, I picked a stock I bought a while back that had a good day today- ZGEN. She said that was fine, and made me promise to be energetic. I told her I would be. I think she wondered because when she got me on the phone I was not very energetic, because I knew from my sisters call into the show I had a very long wait on hold ahead of me.

During the hold time- almost two hours maybe?- there was a repeated message from Jim saying “don’t give up now- it’s almost time for the lightening round” and so forth. I was able to get some things done around the house as I kept him on speaker phone. Finally the woman came back on and said “Beth, honey- your next. You’re going to have a lot of energy, right?” I said, “I sure will”. I had already decided to mention my son because he is living far away at the moment and I miss him terribly and just had a house fire, so I thought he would get a kick out of it when he tuned into the show tonight and heard I mentioned him. Then I heard Jim say “Beth in Maine” and then you know the rest. After my question and Jim’s answer, I hung up. I am sure I will call again sometime.

The end.

Beth Ann

[zyzzyva57]

Wow-w, you do love our Cramer spending that much time to get on

I almost missed you because I was expecting a Beth Ann and different stock

I guess I will take it as a Truth when Cramer says he does not know a stock before hand, and he carries around 2k worth of stocks in his head...For some reason, I believe he does...

I am hanging in there with my small amount of Mad Money as I learn Cramer's strengths and weaknesses--boy, did his Capstone Pump teach me quick I am only now digging out of

You were energetic enough, considering the time lag

Sorry 'bout the fire

Again, thanks for a live report from the scene
;)

[Enzo Aquarius]

Greetings!

As some say on Mad Money, "Long time viewer, first time caller.' I've been browsing these forums for quite some time, and finally decided to join.

I've been watching Mad Money since last September and viewing this anniversary show was nice, and will make for a good episode to tape for my Accounting class. (We're starting a stock market unit soon, and my teacher encouraged me to tape some Mad Money episodes)

This was a good episode, a great blast from the past.

- The past Main Events
- The Harvard episode
- Great chair throws (especially the display throws, got to love em')
- Past arguments with Herb Greenberg
- A very fun lightning round (and even greater to know that somebody here was on it, good going!)
- PAST CALLERS

Lots of great fun, from the pool of confetti and balloons, to Cramer's self-love moments, we even got another 'break off a bobblehead's head' moment!

All in all, a great episode. Interesting too are the new animated bull and bear animations. I actually thought the bull animation was a dragon at first :p

[madcowdisease]

Hey Beth, are you the one who said your son turned you on to Cramer? If so I heard you.

Anyway, I have a love hate relationship with Cramer. I used to really enjoy him; going back to when he was exclusively on the radio. I mentioned in other posts how I listened to him back in 2003 and on. He made me a believer with his GERQY call in 2004.

Mad Money was cool when I first discovered it in the Spring of '05 but as word-of-mouth spread the lemmings ruined his show. That and the pressure to feature three stocks a night and do that damned lightning round which I hate. Jim has lost his touch.

I will say i have tremendous admiration for the man. He busted his tail to the top. There's no doubt he once had it, but there gets to be a point where you become the market and therefore can't beat it. He's reached that level. I dont' know that it's his fault, well yea, it is. He was too ambitious. I believe if he'd have stayed at WOR and never gone to CNBC and started Mad Money he'd be tearing it up. As I said before; all good things ust come to an end.

I find Jim hilarious some shows and others he's flat. But hell, what can one expect doing a radio show, a newsletter, Stop Trading, and Mad Money? No one can deliver all the time every time with that kind of schedule. I still like the guy but dont' like Mad Money anymore. I wish jim would just chill a little and go back to the way he was. I think it's beyond the point of no return now. He's like a supernova that is eventually going to consume itself. Hes was hilarious tonight though. I just dont' know what was up with that tie.

[axb8000]

Way to go for mad money. I was a little pissed that Bullseye was getting the ax for some guy who "loves calls!!" but Mad Money was a real treat from day one.

It's one of the best shows on tv. Cramer might not always be right but his energy and humor far make up for it. I wish other shows on CNBC could get with the program and try to MAKE people money rather than dronning on about ports (Kudlow) or bonds (every other show).

Great show and am looking forward to the 2nd year anniversary.

[zyzzyva57]

The more I study him this is the one glaring weakness. Gawd would have trouble coming up with at least 3 winners nightly with the @#$@%& stock market. I know this would cut down on his $$$, but he really should sell his newsletter very cheap, because Cramer leaves you hanging with his picks. This is what gauls me. If "Beth" asking about Widget, Inc. is not willing to go through hours to get through to him and Cramer has gone Bear on Widget then we Newbies are left holding a stock Cramer sold us on. Homework for us Newbies at our stage is not strong. The only way to follow Cramer is with his personal newsletter, which is priced for the rich Newbies and/or pros. Note his disclamer at the beginning of the show. His newsletter for that price clearly gets the stock info first. With his shows, we free riders get exactly what we pay for: previously disseminated information. This is true with most of CNBC guest Talking Heads--however, the foundation of CramerLand is different, I maintain. The price of his newsletter should be cheaper--not free, because of who his core viewers are.

I am glad we have After Hour Traders and lemmings to test a stock for us! TEST, TEST, AND TEST THOSE STOCKS before I buy another "Capstone."

:)

[church mouse]

I haven't put the time in that MadCow has following Jim because I didn’t know about him ‘till last summer, so I can only speak about my experiences since last summer. This is what I see as Jim’s strengths and weaknesses:

Strengths as I see them:
If a "good" record is 40% up, and 60% down, he is doing me well, anyway. ZGEN is the only stock I own at his recommendation that has not made me a profit yet- and I own very little because I don’t feel comfortable with the sector. Yesterday it did have a nice gain, though. I made money with UARM, CNXT, JDSU, and lots with ATI- just to name a few.

Also, he has a team of stock pickers behind him. I noticed Breakout Stocks at thestreet.com had picked one of his featured stocks prior to Jim highlighting it- so that must help. Plus, he’s entertaining and informative.

What I really like is that he fears absolutely no one. He doesn’t have to sweat his picks out hoping he doesn’t loose his job if he gets it wrong, or answer to many people at all. But what really hooks me in is that the guy really desires to make us all money!

Weaknesses as I see them:

The format of the show does not allow room for him to let us know if he changes his position on a stock. However, I am not sure it was designed to do this- but I sure wish it did. I think one of his newsletters would be a better vehicle for this. I’ve tried a couple but have not found the right one for me. Next up for me is Stocks Under $10.00. Thank you for those great updates on the newsletter, zyzzyva57.

As far as personal likes and dislikes, I would not mind it at all if the callers in the first segment were replaced (because it’s always the same- Cramer highlights a stock, the callers suggest a differing on in the same sector and Jim tells them why the stock he suggests is better) with Jim taking one investment term a night and explaining it to us (much like investopedia.com) with all of its nuances and his experiences with the specific term in differing market conditions. This way he could just review one stock, and then we could all learn a great deal more about the market, then have the lightening round and so on. It makes so much sense to me, because he always says he wants to make us into better investors, and he’d be GREAT at this! He could really have fun with it, I bet. It would keep the show fresh, too.

But, I do sometime worry that he just can’t keep the pace up. I wish he would slow down a little.

Beth Ann

[Zsuzsa]

Thanks everyone for posting about the show, and thanks Beth for sharing your call experiences. I was going to watch some, but missed the show thinking it was on at 11pm 8O

[Blmdude2k6]

I too loved the chair throws! The Statisics cracked me up! :)

[zyzzyva57]

This weekend I will post a new update on the "Under $10 Stocks" newsletter

This week it has been good!

Peace

[madcowdisease]

This weekend I will post a new update on the "Under $10 Stocks" newsletter

This week it has been good!

Peace

I'll keep my eyes peeled in anticipation. But I think it's worth mentioning the market has been good too. So, it stands to reason TSUT Newsletter would do well too.

[zyzzyva57]

The newsletter vs. the market

The jury is still out

I have one stock it likes that will for me finalize a lot how I feel about the newsletter

This weekend I will give a good review after having used the letter in an awful week and so far a great week

My question as a Newbie is could I have done as well on my own, because regardless how much homework I do, my homework sux--It is weak! Plus, Cramer leaves you hanging too much...At least with this newsletter you get constant updates on a stock in any kind of flux or the key: the perceive flux or problem or good news--which I like...Obviously, how good is the perception of the newsletter?