I agree. The only real measure is how is Cramer's portfolio doing. Or, if he has a "show portfolio" for the TV show, how is that doing. Everything else is noise.
Either he likes the attention, is a workaholic, or genuinely thinks he is doing a good job and helping his viewers.
He does ("ACTION ALERTS CHARITABLE TRUST") and I believe he is under performing the SP500 over any type of time frame from inception (2004? 2005?) until now. Anybody (a subscriber) have the exact numbers?
Mitchell in Deepcapture.com calls him a sociopath, or some term along those lines. Or, as the old guys would say about guys like him, 'he just ain't right." http://www.deepcapture.com/index.php?s=cramer+sociopath "Cramer, who is a sociopath, owns TheStreet.com with Marty Peretz, who is an aristocrat. Peretz is also the former editor of the New Republic magazine. He dabbles in high finance and Harvard professing, which has resulted in his entrusting a large portion of his family fortune to a close-knit group of hedge fund managers, several of whom were his students. For example, Cramer was his student. Then Cramer was destitute. He lived in a car with a loaded gun hidden under the seat. Eventually, though, Peretz gave Cramer some money to start a hedge fund, which Cramer managed with celebrated ruthlessness until he resolved to seek spiritual enlightenment as a TV news host." Good read, if you want to try and understand him.
http://nymag.com/news/features/32382/ "Cramer vs. Cramer" âWhy does everybody hate me?â The Wall Street maniac explains his critics, the market, and himself. By James J. Cramer Published May 28, 2007
what amazes me... is that someone still needs proof that this clown is a nut job... I consider his show comedy...