You picked the number 12 out of your ass because it's 2012, then you only had eleven. LAME.

Ha! I knew Bill Gross was going to be on there. I read a doom and gloom article he wrote last year about how "we're all gonna die in 2011 so invest the way I do!" It sounded like a pump and dump. Looks like he didn't get his pump.

This reminds me of ol' T. Boone Pickens in 2007 predicting that oil is going to $200 so buy now! I bet he made out on that deal too.

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

-Yogi Berra

SlothB77: This list is good because a) includes Jim Cramer; b) Excludes Erin Burnett. I definitely do *not* ignore her.

Eh, I ignore what she says. Who can forget her 2007 Dubai miniseries in which she yammered about how now is the time to get in on the Dubai market! It's nice she got some great free dinners and jewelry from the Emir, but if you invested in an exchange which was over 50% real estate/construction stocks in 2007 then you probably got burned.

I like how Cramer is the whipping boy. Back then John Stewart was beating him up for not seeing the Stearns collapse (wait, someone didn't see the financial crisis coming? no really?), Planet Money ran the numbers and found the Cramer was one of most accurate shills on TV.

I don't blame the Daily Show: their job is to make a comedy show out of whatever material they've got. I blame everyone who watches the Daily Show and thinks it's fair and balanced.

#12 - The Media

Cramer got me thinking about nat gas MLPs, particularly KMP and ETP in late 08.. Great call, I've nearly doubled my money..

I don't, maybe dumb luck, I know he's made some big mistakes, like the Bear stearns call..

//worried about my MLPs, natural gas is getting too cheap for them to have any kind of margin..

James!: 1.Jim Cramer
2.Jim Cramer
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Except that time and time again Cramer has said not to blindly follow his picks. And that his show/books are about education and teaching people how research and pick stocks.

mrtoadswildride: James!: 1.Jim Cramer
2.Jim Cramer
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Except that time and time again Cramer has said not to blindly follow his picks. And that his show/books are about education and teaching people how research and pick stocks.

While that is 100% true, it doesn't mean that Cramer isn't a hype man that should be ignored.

Hydra: #13: David Weidner for being a hack writer

/what a shiatty article

The general argument for some of the list's picks amounts to 'because they haven't been 100% right or timely in their predictions must mean they're completely wrong'. If we handled our ignore lists using TFA's standards, Fark would be a barren wasteland.

RedPhoenix122: Rapmaster2000: mrtoadswildride: James!: 1.Jim Cramer
2.Jim Cramer
3.Jim Cramer
4.Jim Cramer
5.Jim Cramer
6.Jim Cramer
7.Jim Cramer
8.Jim Cramer
9.Jim Cramer
10.Jim Cramer
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12.Jim Cramer


Except that time and time again Cramer has said not to blindly follow his picks. And that his show/books are about education and teaching people how research and pick stocks.

While that is 100% true, it doesn't mean that Cramer isn't a hype man that should be ignored.

To be fair though, if you're idea of getting a hot tip on a stock is because the man in the talking box told you to, you deserve to lose your money.

BUT HE HAS A BASEBALL BAT! I thought it was a stock market divining rod!

FTFA:

Half of America hates Moore. He may have single-handedly turned the 99% into 44.5%.

Am I missing something?

Why not use this list of proven losers as a benchmark against a list of proven winners. That would make for a more useful and informative piece of journalism, instead of this steaming, maggot-stuffed piece of crap.

RedPhoenix122: jvl: I blame everyone who watches the Daily Show and thinks it's fair and balanced.

That's how I non-retards feel about Fox News.

ftfy

RedPhoenix122: jvl: I blame everyone who watches the Daily Show and thinks it's fair and balanced.

That's how I feel about Fox News.

As far as I know the Daily Show has never claimed to be fair and balanced, and Jon Stewart has never claimed to be practicing journalism.

Hardy-r-r: Why not use this list of proven losers as a benchmark against a list of proven winners. That would make for a more useful and informative piece of journalism, instead of this steaming, maggot-stuffed piece of crap.

Because NOBODY successfully predicts the future consistently. Guess right this year and next year everyone will call you a genius. Guess wrong next year and the media will anoint a new guru to take your place.

List is a joke without Larry Kudlow.

Rapmaster2000: mrtoadswildride: James!: 1.Jim Cramer
2.Jim Cramer
3.Jim Cramer
4.Jim Cramer
5.Jim Cramer
6.Jim Cramer
7.Jim Cramer
8.Jim Cramer
9.Jim Cramer
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11.Jim Cramer
12.Jim Cramer


Except that time and time again Cramer has said not to blindly follow his picks. And that his show/books are about education and teaching people how research and pick stocks.

While that is 100% true, it doesn't mean that Cramer isn't a hype man that should be ignored.


But if the hype man tells you he's a hype man who should be ignored...you can't get mad that people listen to him?

For example...Penn and Teller make it clear everything they do it a trick...there is no magic, they can't read minds, they can't really catch bullets in their teeth, etc...it's all just tricks. (the even show how some tricks are done for comedic relief)...if you then choose to believe in magic and psychics and supernatural powers...it's your own fault....you can't really blame Penn and Teller.

That's my whole point. Cramer's message is that you shouldn't listen to his picks...you need to do your own homework/research and come to your own decision (all he provides is insight into how he thinks/makes decisions)