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[[File:Cramer jim.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Jim Cramer]]

[[File:Cramer jim.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Jim Cramer]]

'''James Joseph "Jim" Cramer''' (born February 10, 1955)<ref name=pabook>{{cite web|title=Cramer, James J. (Jim)|url=http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Cramer__Jim.html|author=Michael A. Kowalski|date=Spring 2008|publisher=[http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/ The Pennsylvania Center for the Book]}}, June 6, 2009.</ref> is an [[United States|American]] television host of [[CNBC]]'s ''Mad Money'' and a co-founder of TheStreet.com, a former [[hedge fund]] manager, and a best-selling author.<ref>[http://www.cnbc.com/id/17364946/site/14081545/ Jim Cramer Bio], CNBC.com</ref> Cramer was born to Polish-American parents in Wyndmoor, [[Pennsylvania]], a suburb of [[Philadelphia]].<ref name=pabook/> One of his first jobs was selling ice cream at Veterans Stadium during [[Philadelphia]] Phillies games.<ref name=isb>{{cite news|title=Jim Cramer|url=http://www.internationalspeakers.com/speaker/395/jim_cramer|publisher=[http://www.internationalspeakers.com/ International Speakers Bureau]}}, June 6, 2009</ref> He went to Springfield Township High School in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/71004|title=Springfield Township High School|publisher=publicschoolreview.com}}, June 6, 2009</ref> Cramer graduated <i>[[magna cum laude]]</i> from [[Harvard College]] in 1977, where he was President and Editor-in-Chief of the daily ''The Harvard Crimson''. He graduated from Harvard with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[government]].<ref name=isb/> After graduation he became a reporter for the ''Tallahassee Democrat'' and later for the ''Los Angeles Herald Examiner'' before attending [[Harvard Law School]] where he earned a law degree.

'''James Joseph "Jim" Cramer''' (born February 10, 1955)<ref name=pabook>{{cite web|title=Cramer, James J. (Jim)|url=http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Cramer__Jim.html|author=Michael A. Kowalski|date=Spring 2008|publisher=[http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/ The Pennsylvania Center for the Book]}}, June 6, 2009.</ref> is an [[United States|American]] television host of [[CNBC]]'s ''Mad Money'', he is a former [[hedge fund]] manager, and also a best-selling author.<ref>[http://www.cnbc.com/id/17364946/site/14081545/ Jim Cramer Bio], CNBC.com</ref> Cramer is also a market commentator for TheStreet.com, which he co-founded and of which is he is the largest shareholder. In addition to writing a column for TheStreet.com, Cramer also writes about the [[stock]] market as a columnist for ''New York'' magazine, and he is a frequent contributor to ''[[Time Magazine]]''. He was a founder of and former columnist for ''SmartMoney'' magazine and helped found ''American Lawyer'' magazine.

Jim Cramer is the author of several [[books]], including ''Confessions of a Street Addict'', ''You Got Screwed: Why Wall Street Tanked and How You Can Prosper'', ''RealMoney: Sane Investing in an Insane World'', ''Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich'',<ref>Jim Cramer. [http://www.cnbc.com/id/16005693/ Mad Money: Watch TV, Make Money], CNBC, December 2, 2006.</ref> ''Stay Mad For Life: Get Rich, Stay Rich'', and his latest publication, ''Getting Back to Even: Your Personal Economic Recovery Plan.''<ref>[http://books.simonandschuster.com/Jim-Cramer%27s-Getting-Back-to-Even/James-J-Cramer/9781439158012 Jim Cramer's Getting Back to Even - Book Summary & Video], Simon & Schuster, October 2009.</ref> In addition to writing a column for TheStreet.com, Cramer also serves as the "Bottom Line" columnist for ''New York'' magazine, and he is also an occasional contributor to ''[[Time Magazine]]''.

Jim Cramer was born to Polish-American parents in Wyndmoor, [[Pennsylvania]], a suburb of [[Philadelphia]].<ref name=pabook/><ref name=isb>{{cite news|title=Jim Cramer|url=http://www.internationalspeakers.com/speaker/395/jim_cramer|publisher=[http://www.internationalspeakers.com/ International Speakers Bureau]}}, June 6, 2009</ref> He went to Springfield Township High School in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/71004|title=Springfield Township High School|publisher=publicschoolreview.com}}, June 6, 2009</ref> Cramer graduated <i>[[magna cum laude]]</i> from [[Harvard College]] in 1977 with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[government]],<ref name=isb/> where he was President and Editor-in-Chief of ''The Harvard Crimson''. After graduation he became a journalist for four years; he worked for the ''Tallahassee Democrat'' and later for the ''Los Angeles Herald Examiner'' before attending [[Harvard Law School]] where he earned a law degree in 1984.<ref>[http://www.thestreet.com/author/269/jim-cramer/all.html Jim Cramer RealMoney columnist], TheStreet.com</ref> Cramer worked at Goldman Sachs from 1984 to 1987.

== Investing career ==

== Investing career ==

On the same day,<ref name=norespect/> Jim Cramer also admitted, "OK, I'm a tempting target. Plenty of people come in and give their criticism on this show. But we're dealing with serious issues here; we need solutions, which I offer almost every night. I don't want [[ad hominem]] attacks. Take Frank Rich and [[Jon Stewart]]; I criticize Obama, so both of them seize on the [[urban legend]] that I recommended Bear Stearns the week before it collapsed, when I simply told an emailer that the deposit in his account at Bear Stearns was safe. 'Your money is safe in Bear Stearns,'"<ref>[http://www.cnbc.com/id/23575614 Mad Mail: Is Bear Stearns in Trouble?]</ref> Cramer repeated, referring to his own quote during a March 11, 2008 segment of ''Mad Money''. Moreover, Cramer outlined, "But through a clever sound bite, Stewart,<ref>{{cite news |title=CNBC Gives Financial Advice |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=220252&title=cnbc-gives-financial-advice |publisher=The Daily Show}} 2009-05-03</ref> and subsequently Rich<ref>{{cite news |title=Some Things Don’t Change in Grover’s Corners |author=Frank Rich|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/opinion/08rich.html?em |publisher=New York Times}}, 2009-07-03</ref> - neither of whom have bothered to listen to the context of the pulled quote - pass off the notion of account safety as an out-and-out buy recommendation. If you called ''Mad Money'' and asked me about Citigroup, I would tell you that the common stock might be worthless, but I would never tell you to pull your money out of the bank because I was worried about its solvency. Your money is safe in Citi as I said it was in Bear. The fact that I was right rankles me even more."<ref>{{cite news |author=Jim Cramer |title=Cramer Takes on the White House, Frank Rich and Jon Stewart |url=http://www.mainstreet.com/article/moneyinvesting/news/cramer-takes-white-house-frank-rich-and-jon-stewart?page=4 |publisher=MainStreet.com}}, 2009-09-03</ref> Cramer then argued, "I called out [Paulson<ref>{{cite news |title=Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Dec. 16 |url=http://www.thestreet.com/story/10453585/1/cramers-mad-money-recap-dec-16.html |publisher=TheStreet |author=Jim Cramer}}, 12/16/08</ref> and Geithner<ref>Rush Limbaugh. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_031109/content/01125108.guest.html Business Leaders Can't Let Go of Emotional Investment in Obama], RushLimbaugh.com, March 11, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cramer: Where the Heck Is Tim Geithner? |url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/29304624 |publisher=CNBC}} Friday, 20 Feb 2009</ref>] for their mistakes, where was Frank Rich praising me on that? Where was that?"<ref>{{cite news |title=No Respect: Cramer Criticizes His Critics |url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/29601234 |publisher=CNBC}} 2009-10-03</ref>

On the same day,<ref name=norespect/> Jim Cramer also admitted, "OK, I'm a tempting target. Plenty of people come in and give their criticism on this show. But we're dealing with serious issues here; we need solutions, which I offer almost every night. I don't want [[ad hominem]] attacks. Take Frank Rich and [[Jon Stewart]]; I criticize Obama, so both of them seize on the [[urban legend]] that I recommended Bear Stearns the week before it collapsed, when I simply told an emailer that the deposit in his account at Bear Stearns was safe. 'Your money is safe in Bear Stearns,'"<ref>[http://www.cnbc.com/id/23575614 Mad Mail: Is Bear Stearns in Trouble?]</ref> Cramer repeated, referring to his own quote during a March 11, 2008 segment of ''Mad Money''. Moreover, Cramer outlined, "But through a clever sound bite, Stewart,<ref>{{cite news |title=CNBC Gives Financial Advice |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=220252&title=cnbc-gives-financial-advice |publisher=The Daily Show}} 2009-05-03</ref> and subsequently Rich<ref>{{cite news |title=Some Things Don’t Change in Grover’s Corners |author=Frank Rich|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/opinion/08rich.html?em |publisher=New York Times}}, 2009-07-03</ref> - neither of whom have bothered to listen to the context of the pulled quote - pass off the notion of account safety as an out-and-out buy recommendation. If you called ''Mad Money'' and asked me about Citigroup, I would tell you that the common stock might be worthless, but I would never tell you to pull your money out of the bank because I was worried about its solvency. Your money is safe in Citi as I said it was in Bear. The fact that I was right rankles me even more."<ref>{{cite news |author=Jim Cramer |title=Cramer Takes on the White House, Frank Rich and Jon Stewart |url=http://www.mainstreet.com/article/moneyinvesting/news/cramer-takes-white-house-frank-rich-and-jon-stewart?page=4 |publisher=MainStreet.com}}, 2009-09-03</ref> Cramer then argued, "I called out [Paulson<ref>{{cite news |title=Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Dec. 16 |url=http://www.thestreet.com/story/10453585/1/cramers-mad-money-recap-dec-16.html |publisher=TheStreet |author=Jim Cramer}}, 12/16/08</ref> and Geithner<ref>Rush Limbaugh. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_031109/content/01125108.guest.html Business Leaders Can't Let Go of Emotional Investment in Obama], RushLimbaugh.com, March 11, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cramer: Where the Heck Is Tim Geithner? |url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/29304624 |publisher=CNBC}} Friday, 20 Feb 2009</ref>] for their mistakes, where was Frank Rich praising me on that? Where was that?"<ref>{{cite news |title=No Respect: Cramer Criticizes His Critics |url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/29601234 |publisher=CNBC}} 2009-10-03</ref>

== Other television appearances ==

== Publications ==

 

== Television appearances ==

Cramer has made appearances on NBC's ''Today'' show, ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'', ''Live with Regis and Kelly'', [[ESPN]] Classic's ''Cheap Seats'', [[NBC]]'s ''Late Night With Conan O'Brien'', [[Comedy Central]]'s ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'' & ''The Colbert Report'', ''The Tonight Show with [[Jay Leno]]'', [[David Letterman|Late Show with David Letterman]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' and NBC's The Apprentice (U.S. Season 7) called ''The Celebrity Apprentice''.

Cramer has made appearances on NBC's ''Today'' show, ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'', ''Live with Regis and Kelly'', [[ESPN]] Classic's ''Cheap Seats'', [[NBC]]'s ''Late Night With Conan O'Brien'', [[Comedy Central]]'s ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'' & ''The Colbert Report'', ''The Tonight Show with [[Jay Leno]]'', [[David Letterman|Late Show with David Letterman]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' and NBC's The Apprentice (U.S. Season 7) called ''The Celebrity Apprentice''.

Cramer also appears in the 2008 motion picture ''[[Iron Man|Iron Man]]'', spoofing Stark Industries on his show ''Mad Money''.<ref>{{cite news |author= Carlo Dellaverson  |title=Cramer In 'Iron Man'  |url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/24427046/  |publisher=CNBC}} Friday, 2 May 2008</ref> He is also expected to appear in the upcoming movie ''Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps''.<ref>Time Arango. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/movies/08stone.html?bl&ex=1252555200&en=ba7f1af0b1943951&ei=5087 Oliver Stone Returns to Wall Street for a Sequal] NYTimes.com, September 7, 2009.</ref>

Cramer also appears in the 2008 motion picture ''[[Iron Man|Iron Man]]'', spoofing Stark Industries on his show ''Mad Money''.<ref>{{cite news |author= Carlo Dellaverson  |title=Cramer In 'Iron Man'  |url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/24427046/  |publisher=CNBC}} Friday, 2 May 2008</ref> He is also expected to appear in the upcoming movie ''Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps''.<ref>Time Arango. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/movies/08stone.html?bl&ex=1252555200&en=ba7f1af0b1943951&ei=5087 Oliver Stone Returns to Wall Street for a Sequal] NYTimes.com, September 7, 2009.</ref>

== Biographies ==

==References==

 

==See also==

* [http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838187/ Jim Cramer biography] on CNBC.com

* [http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838187/ Jim Cramer biography] on CNBC.com

* [http://www.thestreet.com/author/269/JimCramer/all.html Jim Cramer biography] on TheStreet.com

* [http://www.thestreet.com/author/269/JimCramer/all.html Jim Cramer biography] on TheStreet.com

== Jim Cramer's Rules for Investing and Trading ==

===Jim Cramer's Rules for Investing and Trading===

* [http://www.thestreet.com/_tscnav/tsc/cramerbook Cramer's Twenty-five Rules] for Investing

* [http://www.thestreet.com/_tscnav/tsc/cramerbook Cramer's Twenty-five Rules] for Investing

* [http://www.cnbc.com/id/17583642/ Watch and Learn] Cramer's Rules to the Game

* [http://www.cnbc.com/id/17583642/ Watch and Learn] Cramer's Rules to the Game

* [http://www.jimcramermadmoney.com/20%20rules%20trade%20execution.htm Cramer's 20 Rules] for Effective Trade Execution

* [http://www.jimcramermadmoney.com/20%20rules%20trade%20execution.htm Cramer's 20 Rules] for Effective Trade Execution

* [http://www.jimcramermadmoney.com/20%20rules%20stop%20losing%20money.htm Cramer's 20 Rules] To Stop Losing Money

* [http://www.jimcramermadmoney.com/20%20rules%20stop%20losing%20money.htm Cramer's 20 Rules] To Stop Losing Money

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