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you can't afford to miss it. >> i'm jim cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. my job isn't just to teach and to educate. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. if you come out here to talk about stocks every night, you better believe you're going to make some whoppers, some mistakes in a visible and highly public way. by you i mean me. that's why every year at this time, i like to atone for my bad calls in keeping with the taken of atonement. in order to learn from what i did wrong and hopefully earned your respect for what i'm trying to accomplish on "mad money" even when i don't get it right. there are always going to be calls that don't pan out the way we expect but good investors add in for self-fluctuation to minimize the blunders of the costly errors repeating themselves. tonight, i'm going to demonstrate a number of bad calls i have made on "mad money" in the past year. explaining why they occurred, what went wrong and what you can still do about it to temper the severe decree and make things better. before i get into specifics, though, let me give you a sense of wh

>> caller: boo-yah, jim cramer. >> wow. boo-yah back. >> caller: i need your opinion on smith & wesson. >> that was a blowout quarter and i should have been pushing it. everyone was right who egged me in. i chose to go through cabela's. but cabela's did hit a 52-week high, so maybe i'm not a complete bozo. let's go to florida. >> caller: hi. jim, i have a two-part question. two weeks ago i asked you about -- you said you had to do further analysis on it. i'd like to know when that is forthcoming, and what is your take on polycom, plc? >> it's way too hard. >> sell, sell, sell! >> i'll come back on the other. let's go to robert in new york. robert? >> how's it going in a big new york state long island region something boo-yah. >> i'm liking that. i'm liking that a lot. what is going on? >> caller: rub your crystal ball about nationstar mortgage. >> that is a really good company. i remember i was saying look at this, the old national semiconductor, nsm reinvented and bingo, it's been a win. i like it a lot. let's go to ron in

. >>> i'm jim cramer. welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> firms are going to go out of business, and he's nuts. they're nuts. they know nothing. >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. >>> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to save you some money. my job isn't just to entertain but i'm trying to teach you out here. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. has the market lost its mind? we have so much bad news today they should have been hammered. they should have been crushed. laid to waste. but we closed the day in the black? the dow closing 15 points, s&p goinging .4, nasdaq up .02? it was unbelievable. it was unfathomable. i'm sure many of you are thinking what the heck is going on with this whacko nut job -- come on. humor me. we have the worst estimate to job creation number in ages. a number that's so disappointing. i mean, just incredible. it took your br

i need to go to ed right now in new york. >> caller: big buffalo boo-yah, jim cramer. >> c.j. er is down. jackson is down. a boo-yah back to you. it's your third choice. tashard choice. go ahead. >> caller: thanks for all you do for us home gamers, jim. i really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> caller: my stock is sand ridge energy. >> i would put sand ridge in the same category as i have put heck and magnum hunter and key. these are all -- let's just call it speculative plays. i need to go to jay in georgia. jay? go ahead, jay. >> caller: this is jay out of atlanta, georgia. i'm asking about river bend technologies, i see here they did a little something today and i wonder if it's still -- >> it's an up stock and everybody wants to be in it and i'm not going to touch telco equipment because i have lost too much money recommending telco stocks on this show. let's go to marilyn in pennsylvania. >> caller: hi, boo-yah, jim cramer. >> boo-yah. >> caller: i'm 80 years old living on my investments. however most of my certificates of deposit paying 5% or more are now maturing. >> ri

follow @jim cramer on twitter. have a question? tweet cramer #madtweets. send jim an e-mail to madmoney at cnbc.com. or give us a call. miss something? head to madmoney.cnbc.com. >>> i'm always talking breakup plays here at "mad money." companies that can create value for their shareholders by splitting themselves up. i wanted to check in on the product of one of last year's big breakups, itt-xls. investors in the industry applauded the itt breakup. the stock popped 17% on the news. ever since the splitup xls has been flying under the radar. only four analysts cover it. it's been flat since the breakup last october. mostly because of concern about the fiscal cliff. we could see major cuts in defense spending. given it gets 70% of its sales from the department of defense you can see why people would be nervous. however, i think those worries might be baked into the stock at those levels. it might be exaggerated. plus xls sports a juicy 4% yield. even if the worse does happen they're paying you to wait for washington to sort itself out. the other thing it rep

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>>> i'm jim cramer. and welcome to my world. you need to get in the game! he's going out of business and he's nuts! they're nuts! they know nothing! i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere -- "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, just trying to make you some money. my job is not just to entertain you but i'm trying to keateach out here. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. push them back, push them back, has the market lost its mind? they should have been hammered. ! they should have been crushed! laid to waste! yet they closed in the black? the dow climbing 15 points? .4%? nasdaq rising 0.02%? it was unbelievable. it was unfathomable! and i'm sure many of you are simply thinking what the heck is going on with this wacko, nut job? come on! humor me here. we have the worst estimate to actual job creation number in ages. a number that is so disappointing. i mean, just incredible. it took your breath away. and it's not just some random commerce department f

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meantime "mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >> i'm jim cramer, and welcome to my world. you need to get in the game. firms are going to go out of business and he is nuts! they're nuts. i always like to say there is a bull market somewhere. "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm jim cramer. other people want to make friend. i'm trying to save you a little money. my job is not just to entertain you, but to educate you, so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. funny thing happens when you buy best of breed. you tend to make lots of money when best of breed stocks get hit. and we saw that writ large in today's action when the dow gained 69 points. the nasdaq inched up 0.02%. exhibit a in the best of breed category is none other than the golden arches, mcdonald's. we all know of late that mcdonald's has stumbled. it's been down on its luck. a phenomenal run from the bottom of 2008, including the best performance, mcdonald's hit a wall a few months ago. started doing the unthinkable. it disappointed. [ crying ] and reported some really numbers in all areas. and the analysts,

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"mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer. welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> firms are going to go out of business, and he's nuts. they're nuts. they know nothing. >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. >>> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i just want more days like today. my job isn't just to entertain but to teach you. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. this business of stocks isn't politics. it's not like a presidential campaign where each candidate tries to explain why you might be better or worse off than you were four years ago. no. today's rally where the dow rocketed 245 points, the s&p rose 2.04%, and the nasdaq vaulted 2.17% is about something different. it's about asking whether companies are better off than they were four years ago, not you. because those are the old stock prices we are now challenging with this amazing run. the stock prices of companies now versus then. are

. >>> i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game! >> they're going to go out of business and they're nuts! they're nuts! they know nothing! >> there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. others want to save you money, my job is not just to entertain you but to save you money. tonight i'm letting you in on something big, the method to my madness. i know this show is the most crazy and bizarre scholl on television but i know you won't find this good of investing information anywhere else or else you wouldn't be watching. i also know you tune if to see if tonight is the night the show goes off the rail! sorry, guy, there is a tape delay this ke. keep wishing. >> you're going to want to keep watching. i believe that you can do everything i do at home if you're willing to put in the time and the effort. investing specifically actively investing in stock, running your own sport polio rath portfolio dumping your money with some buy and forget index f

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"mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer. welcome to my world. you need to get in the game! they're nuts! they're nuts! they know nothing! i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. "mad money." you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to save you a little money. my job is not just to entertain, but i'm trying to coach and teach you, so call me. two stocks passing 700 in the night. one going up and one going down. i'm talking about the trajectory of google versus apple. two stocks that define the stalled market. the s&p 500 tank 2.22% and the nasdaq declined .60%. apple today failed to take out its all-time high, except this all-time hey came three days ago. down $9.30. in stark contrast to the fresh high made by its plus-$700 neighbor google. fresh high, fresh high after multiple years. of course this $700 hook is just a device to capture your attention. google is worth about $245 billion. apple is worth $648 million. the actual dolla

happen to myself again so yeah i did it my mission and for you getting educated wasn't watching jim cramer and figuring out what is stock picks were it was a very different education and just to give one example you read a lot about monetary history not something we talk about on this show but why would something like that so important to learn about. yes yes for me i started by reading actually every book i think that robert kiyosaki had written and i went a step beyond that and i read every book that he recommended and one of those books was the creature from jekyll island i think you had been on your show you did and that book yes that book changed my life really did i had then this i think product of sort of mainstream america i had gone to public school i thought the government was always looking out for me and in my best interest and the fed was there to you know maintain interest and maintain inflation you know three percent level or lower and you know eccentric cetera and i thought that they were on my side and that book truly open my eyes to another world and through that that was

with jim cramer stars right now. >> i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> go out of business and he's nuts, they're nuts, they know nothing. >> all i can say is it's a bull market summary. "mad money," you can't afford to mis-hit. hey, i'm cramer, welcome to "mad money." my job, teaching, coaching, entertaining, so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. what do you do when a sock you own gets slammed up side the head. do you try to figure out if you should buy buy buy. >> i want to talk about how to view a price break in a stock, what it means to you and how to tell you or let you learn yourself whether or not it represents an opportunity. and what a great day to do it. because we have got two stocks. norfolk southern, and national bell. which declined by almost identical amounts today. 6.78 for norfolk sudden, and one for national bell, 6.70. first let me just -- traders who either don't see the importance of home work. or don't have the time, inclination or smarts to do it. many will look at a stock down $6 and decide somehow that's finished. the stock perha

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. >>> i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> they are nuts. they are nuts. they know nothing! >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money." you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. other people want to make friends. my job is not just to entertain but today indicate you. call me, 1-800-743-cnbc. the ruling on the field is reversed and the play is ruled a touchdown for the bears. that's pretty how it went today. the bulls were in the game for most of the match. they drove the averages down with the dow seeking 100 points and nasdaq climbing 1.63%. there are some aspects to this decline and it was bad but there are some aspects to the climb that are less than what meets the eye. in fact, i think the more saliant part of today is what didn't happen. here's what i would have expected to happen today. caterpillar plummeting five points, crushing the dow jones average by 2% causing another decline to take down hard hit stocks, including federal express which is off 3. 3m is down they are reeling from the retail indust

>> caller: boo-yah, jim cramer. >> how are you? >> caller: my speculative stock is stlk. >> i would have normally given you that i liked it. but there was a bull bear about it this week about how to value it, so i'm going to punt and do my own valuation. the article made me feel a little more negative than i would. i'm not just going to tell you it's fine. let's go to dane in north carolina. dane? >> caller: i read regardless of november results, natural gas has a place in our future. what do you think of bwp for the long run? >> i like bwp. i'm glad you brought it up. it's one of my absolute favorites. >> buy, buy, buy! >> why it is down? let's go to andrew. >> caller: i called to get your opinion on under armour. >> everyone is bearish again. i think that's a mistake. mr. plank from your state is doing well. chart is bad and that's causing people trepidation. i need to go to austin in florida. austin? >> caller: hey, jim, how is it going? >> how are you, austin? >> sne, sony. >> i don't like sony. a lot of people are excited beca