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Let's run things through that otherwise would seem bullish to me:
This exercise gets performed every day around here, and its rigor is undisputed even though I think it represents terrible analysis that refuses to see good things for what they are -- good things. It also rankles me when it is done in the press, because the press has no accountability whatsoever. Did you ever read that back-to-school was strong even though they predicted it wasn't? Today I have. That was in the "October was strong" articles we saw today. Did those articles mention that October was supposed to be weak? No. It's all pretty ridiculous. The lack of money being made by this kind of nonsense is staggering me. Think about where these retail stocks, for example, have run to. They have been phenomenal. That's because the data's great. It's because people get it, even if the bears and the heavily influenced press keeps up this front. There's no winning. Which is, again, why it is so much fun to be a bear. Every headline goes your way. All the commentary goes your way. It just makes life so easy. I should go to Build-a-Bear after the session! Random musings: My bear hat makes me scramble to figure out how to put a negative spin on Becton (BDX - commentary - Trade Now) and Time Warner (TWX - commentary - Trade Now), but give me until 10:00 a.m, OK? At the time of publication, Cramer had no positions in the stocks mentioned. Special note from Jim: You can learn my time-tested ways to trade smart, even in this market. All my latest thinking is in my brand-new book, Getting Back to Even, which I'll send to you as part of a special promotion when you sign up for my Action Alerts PLUS service for a limited time. So if you sign up now, you'll get to see how I'm playing these stocks in my portfolio today, plus, I'll teach you how you can play these stocks to help your portfolio get back to even.
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