TheStreet.com investor complains about Jim Cramer
Josh Kosman of The New York Post writes that an investor in The-Street.com claims the company’s co-founder and biggest name — TV stockpicker Jim Cramer — is the equivalent of an overpaid baseball slugger who has failed to deliver for shareholders. Kosman writes, “Private-equity firm Spear Point argued in its latest letter to the company’s […]
Cramer welcomes Greenberg back to TheStreet
TheStreet.com founder Jim Cramer writes Friday to welcome business journalist Herb Greenberg back to the company. Cramer writes, “With my persistence, Greenberg signed on. After that hire, I never doubted our success. Who could risk not reading Herb? Our slogan once Herb was hired was ‘Ignore us at your own risk.’ People couldn’t afford to. […]
Don’t trust some financial journalists
Investment professional Dan Solin writes for U.S. News & World Report why some financial journalists are not to be trusted. Solin writes, “CNBC is a rich source of useless financial information. Typical is Cramer’s recent endorsement of Facebook. He now believes the stock is a buy because it has entered a ‘virtuous cycle’ […]
Cramer: Enough with the hedge fund coverage
Jim Cramer writes Thursday on TheStreet.com that business journalists spend too much time coverage the buying and selling of stocks by hedge funds when they file 13F documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cramer writes, “Here’s a visionary memo I am writing now for people in the press one year from now: “‘As of […]
Solin: Ignore what Cramer says
Dan Solin writes for The Huffington Post that CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer‘s talk at the recent Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ conference in New York was full of misstatements, including when he said he was among the “best of the best.” Solin writes, “If Cramer was really ‘the best of the […]
Why Cramer’s comments about biz journalism hurt
Dow Jones Newswires columnist Al Lewis writes about the comments made by CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer on Saturday at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ conference about the current state of business journalism. Lewis writes, “If you watch his show and you buy his stock picks, you are not really doing […]
Jim Cramer and Al Lewis of Dow Jones: Separated at birth?
Dow Jones Newswires columnist Al Lewis says that many of his readers tell him he looks like Jim Cramer of CNBC and TheStreet.com. On Saturday night, the two met at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ event in Washington, DC. What do you think? Separated at birth?
Good and bad in business journalism, says Cramer
There are some good and bad areas of business journalism, said CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer, and also some areas that could use improvement. “Business journalism is now everywhere, and just a keystroke away, as it should be,” said Cramer, who was the dinner speaker at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers […]
At the intersection of Wall and Broad
Debra Borchardt of TheStreet.com worked in the securities business for almost 20 years, spending 15 of those years at Bear Stearns. Borchardt’s work experience covered such diverse areas as equities, fixed income and mutual funds with her last position in the clearing side of the business vetting money managers. During her Wall Street years, she […]
Cramer to keynote SABEW’s 50th anniversary gala
CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer will be keynote speaker at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers 50th anniversary gala on Saturday, April 6. “Cramer is an iconic figure who has contributed greatly to business journalism,” says Jill Jorden Spitz, SABEW president and assistant managing editor/business of the Arizona Star About 350 persons […]
