Opinion of Jim Cramer & Mad Money

[Moooooo]

Jim Cramer grew up in the town of Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. He went to Springfield Township High School in Montgomery County. He learned the value of a dollar by selling ice cream at Veterans Stadium during Philadelphia Phillies games. Cramer graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1977 where he was an editor of the Harvard Crimson. After college, he worked as a journalist at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. He went back to school to get a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School and, after graduating in 1984, went to work in Goldman Sachs' Sales & Trading department.

In 1987, he started his own hedge fund company, Cramer Berkowitz. After a stellar 2000, Cramer's fund finished up the year +36%, compared to -11% for the S&P 500 and -6% for the Dow Industrials. Cramer then retired from the hedge fund business, turning the company to his long-time partner, Jeff Berkowitz. While Cramer's success in producing high returns for his fund was unmistakeable, he began to concentrate on his passion for journalism.

[Moooooo]

I love the guy... Can't get enough of him.

Not to mention, he's brilliant.

[Nation]

I can't watch his show (too intense!) but he does seem to have a great idea of what he's talking about. I suspect too many people rely on him too heavily, but he seems like a good place to go to if you're looking to explore new stocks. A good introduction, perhaps.

[WalterMitty]

freedom fighter.