why does the inet price for stocks that jim cramer features seem to already have risen before 6pm airtime?
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The information somehow leak.  I don't buy stocks that he is recommended.
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Share prices rise when there is an increased demand for the shares.  That is people are willing to pay more money for them. If a comany reports that their earnings have increased more than was expected, that generally increases the demand for the shares and prices rise.  \n\nSometimes the price movement is due to technical factors.  If the price of a stock has fallen a significant amount, people might think it is now a bargain and begin wanting to buy it, driving the price higher, even though there is no other apparent reason for the price increase. The opposit is also true.  \n\nThe best way to consistantly make money, is to buy stocks with solid fundamental value that are not overpriced and then to hold on to them and not sell them after the price has risen a few points and not to panic and sell them if the price drops a few points. \n\n The markets tend to run in cycles. And many people tend to buy stocks at the top of the cycle when they are expensive and then to panic and sell them at the bottom of the cycle when they are cheap.  Others tend to buy speculative stocks hoping to make a fast buck, but usually wind up loosing a buck real fast.
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Yes absoultyly gold ahs never been at this price except for in the 1980- you should have invested a year ago. This is a market trend that reflects fear of "soft money" or currency. Because the value of the dollar has fallen so much. You can invest now but it will be expensive to do so, and the price may go down. But such is the nature of stock.
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Watch Jim Cramer on CNBC "Mad Money"
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yahoo site is blank sometimes. Sometimes the graphs don't pop up or the "real time ECN" is flaky, and i think this is only a "real time indicator" with a caveat that it is only an estimate.\n\nI us my brokerage firms website for REAL real time quotes.
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The stock price has more to do with expectations than the actual earnings number.  \n\nIf the company beats earnings expectations but misses on revenue of some other metric, the stock price will often suffer.  If the stock price has run up prior to earnings, the earnings report will often trigger selling (and a drop in price) no matter what the news.  \nIf the company makes optimistic statements about coming quarters or raises guidance, the stock price will often go up even if the earnings disappoint.
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Whoah!  Hold the bus!  The advice that includes gregarious reactionaries and traders like Cramer or commodities needs to be held off with the proverbial "ten-foot pole."\n\nGo to CNN Money, Motley Fool, MSN Money, Netscape Investing etc. which will give you a clear, comparatively safe starter advice.  Ask your broker (I recommend Scottrade, sharebuilder, or schwab) about some Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) like Diamonds or Spydrs or the like--these let you buy a cheap sampling of the Dow Jones Industrials or the Standard & Poors 500, comparatively safe but still very good, profitable companies.  They are about as sexy as steak and potatoes, but they are as substantial as steak and potatoes.  \n\nAs for individual companies, first--does it make a profit?  As for any other features, news, or events, first, does it make a profit?  Second, does it have a triple-digit price to earnings ratio?  Then there are too many people thinking it will be big and it won't likely be big enough to please them all.  If you divide the profit by number of shares (most stock sites will give this information for free, usually doing the arithmetic for you), and the result is higher than 30-something, stay away.  If the number is a negative number, go back to the other rule, first, does it make a profit.
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First, the real or imaginary "click fraud" is not manipulating the stock price.  The stock price is another stupid bubble that will burst upon headlines any day now--the irrational exhuberance cannot be sustained.  See the CNN/Money/Fortune article.\n\nSecond, there is a lot of fire and fuss over the definitions of clicks and it isn't just Google that is in the dispute.  Notice the businessweek articles.\n\nStock prices are not Google's manipulation, from what I read the people at Google are just perplexed at why their stock is flying so incredibly high--but they are pleased as can be that it is.
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It happens very much, I am convinced. I come to this conclusion since it would be extremely simple to hide.\n\nJust think about the following scenario:\n\nConsider that you work for a company, and you are privy to insider information. You just found out that a huge announcement is going to coming out that will greatly affect you company's stock price (either up or down, either way you can make money).\n\nJust call up your buddy that lives half way across the country, someone that you could trust with a large amount of money, get him to buy some stock in his name, using your money, and agree to let him have 10% of the profits.\n\nHe can't lose, he invests your money, and gets 10% of the profits. You probably can't lose, because what you know is a sure thing, and the chances of being caught in this sort of situation is negligible.\n\nIf the person doesn't brag about it, and his buddy doesn't brag about it, it will never get on the radar screen.\n\nGiven that it is this easy, I imagine that there must be tons of it going on under the radar.\n\nWarning! Kids, don't try this at home - it is illegal and immoral and will cause you to go blind!
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the main purpose of buying stocks is not for you to flip it immediately.  There has to be a reason that you bought the stock in the first place.  [other than a hope that it moves 2% over night.]  If the fundamentals of the stock haven't change then you shouldn't look at daily price fluctuations.  Put in a stop-loss to prevent a big drop and put in a market order so that when a stock does what you want it to, you take your profits out.
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There is a website (www.madmoneymachine.com) that has created some mock portfolios based on Mr. Cramer's recommendations.  Look under "Portfolio Challenge" and you'll find some in there.  There's also an accompanying podcast where he regularly talks about Jim's picks.  Recently the site has turned its attention to Index Funds and their merits, but there is still lots of Cramer talk.  Good site.
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If you tossed a coin, you have an equal chance of it landing heads as you do tails.  If you tossed it multiple times and it came up tails more often, then while you have the same raw possibility of it coming up tails next time, the likelihood (assuming a balanced coin) is that you are about to face a time of heads coming up more frequently.\n\nStocks are not coins.  It isn't just chance that sets a price up or down on any given day.  Still, if the company has been on the top ten biggest gainers list for three days, I'd start "betting" down because a "correction" is coming.  That is the closest thing to the 'coin toss' kinds of probabilities as you will get.  If you are trying to tie "probability concepts" to "being a good stock market analyst", I can tell you right now, you won't be a good stock market analyst.  Sorry.  As much as we popularly talk about the stock market being a crap shoot, it isn't.
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I'm a fan of Jim Cramer's Action Alerts Plus. Cramer tells people "Don't just buy what I suggest. Do some research on your own." He explains (in everyday language) why he thinks certain stocks will do well or not.\n\nWatch "Mad Money" on CNBC. If you like Cramer, then try a free trial of the newsletter.\n\nI agree with previous answers, most newsletters are crap.
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Watch MAD MONEY on CNBC with Jim Cramer....you can make lots of money!
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beter to sell even now & by other to cover loss eg gmr ind gave 100% rise in mth\n\nvisit my answers and try technical analysis for better decision
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AMAT is a solid company but there is a huge overhead supply of stock that is just waiting for an opportunity to be dumped on the market at break even.  Tell you what to do.  Take a small position, maybe 100 shares.  If it goes up 2 bucks a share add to the position.  If it goes up another buck add some more.  I agree the solar is a potential but this stock has been a dog for so long I expect it will take a good while to work out the overhead supply.
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it s already been over 10 cents in the last year, go to yahoo and look at the company's profile.  profits are up so that is good but it is still an pink sheet so watch out