Higher or paying you juicy dividends or often both. But perhaps because of my four decades in the business, i sometimes leave way too much unsaid and take too much knowledge for granted. Knowledge you need to know to be the best investor you can be. So tonight, im taking time out to impart some of that knowledge in a special show about the way stocks really work and how they interrelate or dont with the companies they stand for and are supposed to represent. On mad money, we analyze companies, trying to figure out what makes them tick. What should we be watching for . What goals theyre supposed to meet . What are expectations supposed to be . But we dont trade these companies, we invest in their stocks. And you should never forget that the company and their stock are not the same thing. I know, sounds pretty obvious, the kind of thing that should go without saying, but people constantly make the mistake of equating a company with its stock. And its the kind of mistake that can absolute
Stocks that are worth owning, that i believe will reward you be either going higher or paying you juicy dividends or often both. But perhaps because of my four decades in the business, i sometimes leave way too much unsaid and take too much knowledge for granted. Knowledge you need to know to be the best investor you can be. So tonight, im taking time out to impart some of that knowledge in a special show about the way stocks really work and how they interrelate or dont with the companies they stand for and are supposed to represent. On mad money, we analyze companies, trying to figure out what makes them tick. What should we be watching for . What goals theyre supposed to meet . What expectations are supposed to be . But we dont trade these companies, we invest in their stocks. And you should never forget that the company and their stock are not the same thing. I know, sounds pretty obvious, the kind of thing that should go without saying, but people constantly make the mistake of equ
Today. Remember whats been driving the markets in the whole month of september. Weve had syria and the lesser chances of a conflict there. Weve had better than expected China Economic data. On some days lower Interest Rates have helped Interest Rate sensitive sectors. Essentially we had none of that today. You could sense the market was kind of floundering. The dow traded in a very narrow range. You see closing right near the end of the lows for the day. In the middle of the day we did get a little bit of a pop. Disney provided some of that. Weve told you a lot about that. Disney buying back 6 billion to 8 billion in an announced buyback. They havent actually done it yet. See the effect. Thats a lot. Disney has got a market cap about 117 billion. Its about 5 of the company. Thats a significant number for a company that size. You can see what it did. That helped the dow industrials here. Elsewhere, things kind of ran out of steam. China, we didnt have any china data today. Anything sign
What i want to do tonight, is trace the arc that brought me to mad money. But to give you some lessons from the faces of my various careers and how you can profit from them. Remember, in the end, this is cramerica. I want to tell you how i became a good investor and how i continue to learn every day. And that is the goal of mad money. My love of stocks started back in 4th grade. You see my dad would bring home the old philadelphia bulletin when he returned home from work every single night. Back then, the only thing i would change, i would have made it that i would have been a yankee fan. I was a curious kid. It has been a blessing and a curse of mine there was a solid chunk of the paper that seemed inpenetrable to me. They were the other tables. Different than the tables and box scores. They made no sense to me. Open, range, closed. What were these strange things and what did they matter . I asked my dad because i would hear him get mad. Buy buy buy when he would hear prices mentioned
Welcome to your business. The show dedicated to helping your growing business. Not that long ago getting a food product to market was all but impossible for a small company. The big brands Controlled Distribution and selfspace. Today things are different. Madelyn hayden the founder of nondairy creamer shows how she used facebook, twitter and amazon to change the rules. It started when madelyn hearing aid chb seattle, washington, put together this simple mixture of almond milk and coconut along with a few scoops of this and a dash of that. She blended them together here in her own kitchen. She did this because shes lactose intolerant and she just didnt like any of the nondairy creamers available in the store. I wanted something rich and creamy, something that wasnt loaded up with sugar and created what i was hoping to buy. She worked out a recipe that was exactly to her taste. She used it in her coffee and for baking. And then my friends started borrowing it and then i realized, its not