FEATURED SLIDESHOW
Who Is The Worst CEO?Mad Money needed new inductees for its
Wall of Shame, so we asked viewers for
nominations.
RECENT POSTS
- 4 Enemies of Bull Markets
- Experiencing Technical Difficulty?
- The Importance of Good Breadth
- How Big Money Rules the Markets
- Follow the Leader
- Mad Mail: Chesapeake Energy Is Hiring?
- Lightning Round: Royal Dutch Shell, Bank of America, RF Micro Devices and More
- Lightning Round OT: Harley-Davidson, Heartland Payment and More
- Cramer’s Christmas List
- Cramer: This Stock Offers ‘Plenty of Upside’
MAD MONEY FEATURES
PODCASTSWatch the Lightning Round whenever and wherever you want.
FULL SHOWSMissed an episode of Mad Money? Watch the lastest show here.
OFFICIAL MAD MONEY WIDGETGrab this all-in-one application and get recaps of the show sent right to your desktop or blog.
CRAMER'S SOUNDBOARDAdmit it: You’ve always wanted to hit the “They know nothing!” button. Here’s your chance.
CRAMER QUICK PICSCheck out the Mad Money host on set, back to school, behind the scenes and more.
VIDEOSGet all your favorite Cramer clips right here.
SHOP FOR MAD MERCHANDISEBuy Cramer books, bobbleheads and other Mad Money merchandise.
RING TONESPick up the phone! It’s Cramer! New Mad Money sounds for your cell phone.
TEXT MESSAGE ALERTMad Money’s mobile. Get show highlights sent to your phone.
Text Size 
 |
] and go with the big dogs. I am assuming that you are referring to Electronic Arts [ERTS
Loading...
()
] here. They own Guitar Hero and Call of Duty, the two leaders in the field currently. Most importantly, after completing their merger with Blizzard, they now own online games such as World of Warcraft, which has 11.5 million subscribers paying some $10-$15 per month to play online, generating huge cash flow for the company. The company already has $3 billion in cash with no debt, and a $1 billion stock buyback in place. --Mike Cramer says: “I’m not recommending the big dogs. I did like at one point GameStop, but I don’t like retail. Look, you bring up some good points. I recommended it for a trade a couple years ago, we made good money, I never looked at it again. I don’t like the gaming business anymore. But you know what? I read your e-mail because I thought it sounded interesting enough that people should take a look at it even if I don’t like it.”
___
Jim: Everything is bad, we know that and there does not seem to be a short-term fix that anyone in the administration is willing, able, or even knows how to offer. Accepting that, for now, I would love to see a show or portion of a show that prepares us for the coming inflation and how best to protect us against it. Can you please tell us what to do now to protect us in the future? --James
Cramer says: “It’s why, even though I said gold’s going down, that I want you to buy gold into the weakness. Because I fear one day that inflation’s coming back. Every portfolio should own a little gold. That is the protection.”
___
Jim: Cisco Systems [CSCO
Loading...
()
] has spent billions on its stock buybacks over the years and sits on about $29 billion in cash as of the latest report. Most of the buybacks have just covered the huge stock giveaways to directors and employees. A measly 10 cents a quarter would cost the company $2.3 billion per year and yield 2.6% based upon last week's closing price. Time for you to get after John Chambers. He is no better than the others you mentioned on last week's buyback show. --Chris
Cramer says: “I have not been happy with Cisco’s buyback. I wish they would have a dividend. I do believe in the company and John Chambers. I own it for my charitable trust. But I do believe that they should not be doing the buyback and they should be doing a dividend. And maybe that’s enough to sell it, but I don’t think so.”
___
Jim: Tata Motors [TTM
Loading...
()
] is about to roll out the Nano, known as the cheapest car in the world, on March 23. With the volume of people in that part of the world needing cars, do you see this stock moving up? Also, it looks like TTM is has an accidentally high yield right now. --Mark
Cramer says: “I recommended TTM. I had a really good trade. I never looked back. I’m not going to recommend any auto companies on this show. There’s too much risk.”
___
Jim: 60 Minutes did a segment a few months ago saying Alt-A and interest-only loans still need to adjust in 2009 and 2010. If the rates of default are high for these loans, will it impact your call for a housing bottom in July? --Aaron
Cramer says: “I am counting on the administration to do a lot of things beside what they’ve already done to make it so that housing is more affordable. And I do not believe that the Alt-A, interest-only loans are going to impact my call for the bottom. I don’t believe it because I think that so few homes are being built, there is so much demand when housing comes down in price, and the government’s going to make mortgage money so plentiful that I think we’re going to chop right through the supply.”
Questions for Cramer?
Questions, comments, suggestions for the Mad Money website?
Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes