If you are simply going to look domestically all of these trends seem very wrong and you would be shorting all of them. But that makes no sense. We aren't that significant to these markets. Still, few understand that fact.
Which is why there is so much money to be made in them.
Random musings: I am glad to see that someone recognizes the positives, not the negatives, of Verizon's (VZ - commentary - Cramer's Take) runaway promotion of Fios, and the subsequent in ability to get HD screens. The demand is off the charts for this product which so many analysts have questioned endlessly.
Jim Cramer Blog Here's One Trade That Could Turn Things 3/5/2008 8:46 AM EST A large, savvy buyer could step into the mortgage market and make the trade that puts in the bottom.
Jim Cramer Blog The Charts Are Amazingly Bad 3/5/2008 6:56 AM EST Investors should be negative, but they should also allow for upside since we some time along in the pullback.
Jim Cramer Blog Assessing the Intraday Bounce 3/4/2008 6:12 PM EST When we get lots of bears and a real oversold market, good things can happen for very slim reasons.
At the time of publication, Cramer was long AUY, XTO and VZ.
Jim Cramer is a director and co-founder of TheStreet.com. He contributes daily market commentary for TheStreet.com's sites and serves as an adviser to the company's CEO. Outside contributing columnists for TheStreet.com and RealMoney.com, including Cramer, may, from time to time, write about stocks in which they have a position. In such cases, appropriate disclosure is made. To see his personal portfolio and find out what trades Cramer will make before he makes them, sign up for Action Alerts PLUS. Watch Cramer on "Mad Money" weeknights on CNBC.
To order Cramer's newest book -- "Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life: Get Rich, Stay Rich (Make Your Kids Even Richer)," click here.
Click here to order "Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich," click here to order "Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World," click here to get "You Got Screwed!" and click here for Cramer's autobiography, "Confessions of a Street Addict." While he cannot provide personalized investment advice or recommendations, he appreciates your feedback and invites you to send comments by clicking here. TheStreet.com has a revenue-sharing relationship with Amazon.com under which it receives a portion of the revenue from Amazon.com purchases by customers directed there from TheStreet.com.
RSS FEEDS
PODCASTS
