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Mad Mail: Buy a House – Now

Published: Thursday, 24 Jul 2008 | 8:44 AM ET
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By: Tom Brennan
Web Editor, Mad Money

Jim: I thought you were of the opinion that banks could not bottom before housing bottomed. What changed? --Dana in Florida

Cramer says: “We saw quarters from Wells Fargo [WFC  Loading...      ()   ], from USB [USB  Loading...      ()   ]. We saw a quarter from JPMorgan [JPM  Loading...      ()   ]. We saw a quarter from Bank of America [BAC  Loading...      ()   ]. And those guys had already put charges in that made it so that when housing does bottom, they will be overreserved. That’s the ticket. That’s what Wachovia did. They anticipated a housing bottom and they’re going to be right.” The Federal Housing Authority will put $300 billion to work to help homeowners with exotic loans and that will put a bottom in housing. “I was the first guy that said torch your house for the insurance money. I am now telling you that between now and the next six months you have to buy a house.”

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Jim: Booyah from the land of Chesapeake! They're drilling on my land. Can we say royalty checks?! Question: The Sirus [SIRI  Loading...      ()   ]-XM [XM  Loading...      ()   ] merger…will it go through in some form or another? Are you still a player on this merger? --Bruce in Texas

Cramer says: “One year, 156 days. Exxon [XOM  Loading...      ()   ], Chevron [CVX  Loading...      ()   ] and Conoco [COP  Loading...      ()   ] could have merged overnight versus this deal. It’ll finally get done. The restrictions are not great. I am concerned that there will be much more financing that needs to be done that will make it so the common stock is not a great bet. But I do believe, as I say in Stay Mad for Life, that it’s perfectly OK to have one speculative stock in your portfolio. And if that one stock is Sirius Satellite out of, say, five, I bless it.”

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Jim: I give up. When Wachovia [WB  Loading...      ()   ] missed earnings estimates by a ridiculous margin and their stock went up, and XTO Energy [XTO  Loading...      ()   ] who beat estimates, went down. What's going on here?!? My head is going to explode. A head spinning, mind-boggling booyah to yah! –Todd in California

Cramer says: “The answer is, be some of both. Own some Wachovia, and own some XTO. That way, whatever’s killing you in one, will be making it in the other.”





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