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Don't Sweat Today's Selling

By Jim Cramer
RealMoney Columnist

5/20/2009 5:29 PM EDT
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In the end, they had to sell stock to take in stock. That's what it felt like to me. The big boys were selling banks to buy a cheaper bank -- Bank of America (BAC - commentary - Trade Now) -- and selling stocks because of an S&P rebalancing. I don't think the selling was anything but mechanical.

 
Still, I know that when I saw Fifth Third (FITB - commentary - Trade Now) file $750 million in stock, I blanched -- I mean, like, enough already.

Of course there will not be "enough already" until all of the banks file deals, and there are more to go for certain, so we will have to deal with the ebb and flow of the supply. I found the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch big-money survey helpful, as it is clear that large mutual funds are indeed still underweighted in banks. At the same time, at the end of the day, this market started to feel bank toppy, and we could use some strong BAC pushes tomorrow morning, which I think we will get.

All in all, this weak-dollar business, which is happening quickly, will produce higher numbers and more upgrades like we had today for McDonald's (MCD - commentary - Trade Now) and Procter & Gamble (PG - commentary - Trade Now).

I am not sweating the program...

At the time of publication, Cramer had no positions in stocks mentioned.


Know What You Own: In Wednesday's trading, the most active stocks include Bank of America, Citigroup (C - commentary - Trade Now), the Financial Bull 3X (FAS - commentary - Trade Now), the Financial Bear 3X (FAZ - commentary - Trade Now), the S&P Depositary Receipts (SPY - commentary - Trade Now), the Financial Select SPDR (XLF - commentary - Trade Now) and the PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ - commentary - Trade Now).






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