Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Taking Profits

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As reporters play "pin the tail on the sell-off," trying to explain today's market decline with eye catching headlines, Jim Cramer told the viewers of his "Mad Money" TV show that he's got the real answer.

Cramer said the sell-off was not due to a breakdown in the technology stocks, as some reported. He said the tech stocks are still selling at some of the lowest historical P/E ratios ever.

The failed takeover of Sun Microsystems (JAVA Quote) is nothing to be concerned over, he said. "Why did IBM (IBM Quote) want to buy them in the first place?"

Cramer said the sell-off was not due to a collapse in oil prices either. A pullback in oil is not a bad thing, he said. Isn't $50 a barrel oil better for the economy that $60 a barrel oil?

The sell-off was also not due to the rally in gold, said Cramer. After a $100 fall in the price of gold, doesn't a rally make sense? He also scoffed at the idea that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's plans aren't working. "Can we have a little wait-and-see," he asked?

Cramer said the real answer as to why the market declined is simple: profit taking. After a huge 20% rally off the bottom, people are simply taking some money off the table, he said. This week is also a vacation week, he added, with many schools on spring break.

Cramer told viewers not to be discouraged by the decline, or the light volume. The markets could still go lower, he said, but the fundamentals are still there.