Archive for August, 2006

Jim Cramer - Bear or Just All Bull

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

We recently analyzed Jim Cramer’s bullish stock tips and determined his bullish track record is pretty dismal. In fairness, we also analyzed Jim Cramer’s bearish stock tips and found his results were slightly positive. A sample of Jim Cramer’s bearish or short selling results are shown:

Ticker
%Return
Ticker
%Return

GEPT
84.7%
HITK
-158.6%

FORD
81.6%
MYOG
-121.5%

ESCL
81.5%
RSAS
-117.0%

NTMD
77.3%
GNA
-107.5%

PGR
75.9%
DXPE
-107.0%

GTOP
73.6%
NSSC
-100.6%

ISON
71.8%
GLG
-97.8%

NPSP
67.9%
TS
-79.6%

SVA
66.1%
SKX
-78.7%

CTDC
65.8%
SBUX
-77.8%

MRGE
65.5%
AGP
-76.6%

BCSI
65.1%
REGN
-74.9%

WPTE
65.1%
APN
-74.3%

GGR
63.8%
MEK
-71.7%

GST
63.5%
AUY
-71.0%

VRSO
62.5%
RMBS
-70.5%

ORCT
60.9%
RNWK
-69.9%

AVII
59.2%
CELL
-69.2%

BMHC
59.1%
BGC
-67.3%

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Backtesting & High Dividend Covered Calls

Friday, August 4th, 2006

We’ve analyzed Jim Cramer’s bullish stock tips in previous articles and found his performance isn’t so hot. But what if we combined Jim Cramer’s recommendations with one of the many covered call strategies available, particularly a high dividend yield covered call strategy?
For this analysis, we’ll backtest Jim Cramer’s recommended stock tips with a high yield […]

Jim Cramer Contrarian Short of MOT

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

In a previous article, we analyzed Jim Cramer’s bullish stock trading tips for shorting opportunities. Based on the analysis in the article a possible shorting opportunity has been discovered. On 7/19/2006 Jim Cramer recommended Motorola (MOT), the day immediately following his recommendation the price of MOT went higher and 10 market days later is still […]

Jim Cramer Contrarian Short of UTX

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

We analyzed Jim Cramer’s bullish stock trading tips for shorting opportunities. Based on the analysis in the article a possible shorting opportunity has been discovered. On 7/18/2006 Jim Cramer recommended United Technologies (UTX), the next day following his recommendation the price of UTX went higher - 10 market days later is still 5.6% higher than […]