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You joke, but Jim Kramer provides a valuable service. I was basically financially illiterate until I had someone who could YELL the information at me. THANK YO
by ghostbrainalpha 9y ago
You joke, but Jim Kramer provides a valuable service.
I was basically financially illiterate until I had someone who could YELL the information at me. THANK YOU JIM KRAMER!
- adamnemecek 9y agoThe thing is that once upon a time, (I wanna say mid 2000s), there was a large segment of population (e.g. retired people with money) who though Kramer was impartial and who invested based on his advice.
- xor1 9y agoYep, my dad was one of these people
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- matthewbauer 9y agoI don't think that's changed honestly. I know there's a disclaimer at the beginning to not use anything he says as stock advice but why else would you watch the show? I guess the big buttons are kinda cool.
- adamnemecek 9y agoIt's like how Fox News is "entertainment" so they can say whatever.
- maxerickson 9y agoHe's a clown, but he is a relatively self aware clown. Someone gave me one of his books, the first part of the first chapter explains that "Mad Money" is money you can put aside after buying things like disability insurance and making sensible retirement investments (and having an emergency fund, and so on).