the above doesn't explain why few make it. I am waiting for your assessment of jim rogers and george soros.
I agree Cramer is or has become an attention craving media whore. I seems like he's trying to substitute the satisfaction of making money with being loved and admired on TV; a strategy that is clearly failing. But for the rest, I disagree. This is Wall Street, not a charity event of 'who is the most likable guy'. Money talks, bullshit walks. As long as you're making money and you don't get caught you could be Lucifer himself, it wouldn't make a difference. Ever hear anybody say what a great likable guy with 'credibility' and 'integrity' Eddie Lampert, Steven Cohen or Ken Griffin etc. are? Nobody cares about their charisma, all that matters is their net worth and their performance last quarter. As long as their performance is great, everybody wants to be best friends with them. Once performance falters, nobody returns their calls and suddenly remembers what 'egoistic, low-credibility assholes' they were.
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