Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Take Charge of Your Portfolio (Final)

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- After two days of signing copies of his new book, Getting Back To Even, and talking to hundreds of individual investors, Jim Cramer told the viewers of his "Mad Money" TV show that the verdict is in, and that it really isn't too dangerous to manage your own money.

Cramer said the investors he's spoken to have dispelled the conventional wisdom that individuals should only invest in Treasuries or index funds and should leave the "real" investing to the professionals.

He said Treasuries and index funds are the real "toxic" assets in the market, and investors who left their portfolios on auto-pilot this past year are not even close to breaking even.

Cramer said those investors who were flexible and followed his lead in taking profits at the last Dow 10,000 and getting back in during the March lows are now well past breaking even, and making profits.

Cramer said investors need to stay flexible and take charge of their money. He said they need to stick with the themes that are working, like natural gas, homeland security and his mobile Internet tsunami thesis.

But above all else, Cramer said investors need to always "stay in the game."