The Fed Gets It Right Again
You want to know something pathetic? I am praying for one of those hedge funds to start a raid based on something untrue, you know, something involving what the
Fed
really
intended to do. Some innuendo. Some rumor.
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Because they won't send the good ones down. You can buy all the
Xerox
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you want. But you want some
Verisign
(VRSN) - Get Report
? The Fed will have to recommend shorting Verisign to get in. You want
Bestfoods
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? I can sell you all you want. But
Liberate
(LBRT) - Get Report
? Let's just say, "Get in line!"
The bears must hate the Fed. It got it right again.
Random musings
: From
Matt "My Word Is the Only Bond I Will Ever Own" Jacobs
: "The best thing
Yahoo!
(YHOO)
ever did was strong us out on a split. As long as they don't do it, the stock can keep climbing in anticipation of one!!"
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James J. Cramer is manager of a hedge fund and co-founder of TheStreet.com. At time of publication, his fund was long Verisign, Liberate and Yahoo!. Cramer's fund also may be long or short certain stocks in his B2B rotisserie league or Red Hot index. His fund often buys and sells securities that are the subject of his columns, both before and after the columns are published, and the positions that his fund takes may change at any time. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. Cramer's writings provide insights into the dynamics of money management and are not a solicitation for transactions. While he cannot provide investment advice or recommendations, he invites you to comment on his column at
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