It isn't easy to manage money, especially in the market we're in now. The whole time I ran money for a living, people would ask me, "Could you just tell me what you are buying and selling while you are doing it?" Considering that I compounded at 24% after all fees for 14 years, I can't blame people for wanting to look over my shoulder. But that wouldn't have been proper cricket. People were paying me millions of dollars to run their money and they didn't want me giving away my best ideas to those who weren't paying the freight.
At the end of 2000, though, I resolved that I would not run other people's money. I just wanted to run my own. That left me free to tell others what I was doing, without worrying that I was giving away the store to people who weren't partners in my hedge fund. I no longer cared if you looked over my shoulder, or even got a peek into my mind, for that matter, as I made my decisions. In fact, I no longer cared if you bought or sold the stocks that I was about to purchase or sell before I did it.
That's why we created
Action Alerts PLUS, a system for emailing you when I am about to make a trade -- letting you in on it
before I pull the trigger. I have crafted a portfolio of about 30 stocks and anytime I touch one of them or select a new stock, you know before I act on it. I send you a concise email bulletin before I take action telling you exactly what I am doing, the number of shares I am buying or selling and why I am doing it. You get the heads up faster than in real time! You can also see my exact portfolio of stocks, and how I'm doing with my stock picking.
And you'll see for yourself why I make my moves, while you're immersed in the flow of the market day along with me. Just this morning, I've increased my bet on pharmaceuticals like
Schering-Plough(SGP Quote - Cramer on SGP - Stock Picks) because of the signals I'm reading in that sector. And I told readers about other tasty bargains appearing in this session's selloff, like
Verizon(VZ Quote - Cramer on VZ - Stock Picks) and
Toll Brothers(TOL Quote - Cramer on TOL - Stock Picks). Even when I can't make trades because of my restrictions, you'll know when I think the timing is right for a move so you can still profit, like when
Tyco(TYC Quote - Cramer on TYC - Stock Picks) nearly doubles since dipping into the single digits.
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I know I did. I just wish someone would have let me do so a long time ago.
I am giving you that chance now.
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