Make Mad Money Work http://www.makemadmoneywork.com Helping Guide Investors Through Cramerica Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:57:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en Huge Returns! http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/22/huge-returns/ http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/22/huge-returns/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:39:44 +0000 Cramerican http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/22/huge-returns/ Just a heads up to all you Cramericans…if you are looking for HUGE gains you need to check out these stock picks!

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]]> http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/22/huge-returns/feed/ Niederauer Speaks About NYSE Euronext Merger http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/19/niederauer-speaks-about-nyse-euronext-merger/ http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/19/niederauer-speaks-about-nyse-euronext-merger/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:29:51 +0000 Cramerican http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/19/niederauer-speaks-about-nyse-euronext-merger/ The Wall Street Journal recently interviewed Duncan Niederauer about the merger between NYSE and Euronext. Here is a piece of that interview:

WSJ: How is the integration with Euronext working? The last quarterly call sounded a little rocky.

Mr. Niederauer: That was a wake-up call. We are now working very hard, and I hope to say something about what we are doing by the time we announce first-quarter earnings [on May 6]. The first six or eight months of the merger, not a lot of work was done on integration. It’s very easy to romanticize about all the wonderful things you can do together. Trimming head count is not what anybody gets out of bed excited to do. Yet that’s a part of making a merger.

WSJ: Why wasn’t integration a bigger priority from the start?

Mr. Niederauer: Everyone was getting to know each other. Larry [Leibowitz, the NYSE’s head of U.S. markets and global technology] didn’t get here until July. Larry could come in with no predispositions. I honestly don’t believe we made a lot of progress on that until we had an independent arbiter to say: “Let’s just make the right decision. Let’s not worry about whose feelings get hurt or what business you built.”

NYX still looks like a great buy from a valuation standpoint…

]]> http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/19/niederauer-speaks-about-nyse-euronext-merger/feed/ American Oriental Bioengineering (AOB) Set to Soar! http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/16/american-oriental-bioengineering-set-to-soar/ http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/16/american-oriental-bioengineering-set-to-soar/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:43:07 +0000 Cramerican http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/16/american-oriental-bioengineering-set-to-soar/ After reading countless articles and analysis on AOB it looks like this stock, which is trading a couple dollars off its 52 week low, is set to soar. The average pharmaceutical company in the U.S. trades for about 51 times cash flow. AOB trades for just 14 times cash flow, at $8.30 per share. This looks like it could offer a quick 100% gain. AOB also has tons of cash on its balance sheet ($160 plus million to be exact). AOB looks like a possible winner…I am getting long AOB!

]]> http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/16/american-oriental-bioengineering-set-to-soar/feed/ Microsoft Stands Ground On Yahoo http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/12/microsoft-stands-ground-on-yahoo/ http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/12/microsoft-stands-ground-on-yahoo/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:41:18 +0000 Cramerican http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/19/microsoft-stands-ground-on-yahoo/ Microsoft has given Yahoo a three week ultimatum (either agree or we enter a hostile takeover). Yahoo has tried to solicit bids from Time Warner (AOL), it has entered into new agreements with Google on an ad partnership and the company is going into an earnings report on April 22.

The upcoming earnings release will be a make it or break it report for Yahoo. Fall short and your options are limited, beat The Street and you might buy yourself some more time in the partnership/buyout arena.

Look for Yahoo’s earnings release Tuesday April 22.

]]> http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/12/microsoft-stands-ground-on-yahoo/feed/ Washington Mutual Raising $7 Billion http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/08/washington-mutual-raising-7-billion/ http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/08/washington-mutual-raising-7-billion/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:58:35 +0000 Cramerican http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/08/washington-mutual-raising-7-billion/ After failing efforts to rehab its finances, the country’s largest savings and loan has secured $7 billion in new capital. This newest effort to injection capital against the major loan losses comes at the same time that the company is rethinking its strategy. Washington Mutual is slimming down and revamping its management….maybe this effort will work…the stock was up 30% today on the news.

]]> http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/08/washington-mutual-raising-7-billion/feed/ NYSE Euronext Growing Volume http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/04/nyse-euronext-growing-volume/ http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/04/nyse-euronext-growing-volume/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:31:08 +0000 Cramerican http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/04/nyse-euronext-growing-volume/ The Big Board said March volumes on its U.S. cash exchanges rose 22% and up 20% on its European cash exchanges and volumes rose 41% on NYSE Arca Options.

The IPO activity included the $17.9 billion IPO of Visa, and the cross-listing in New York and Paris of Philip Morris International. It listed 7 ETFs in the U.S. and 35 in Europe.

This stock still looks attractive on a valuation basis…might be time to back up the truck!

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Way of the Turtle by Curtis M. Faith is a great book that documents an experiment that started out as a bet between Richard Dennis and William Eckhardt. The bet was whether great traders are born great or where they made great….it is an excellent book and a must read. There are many read examples and techniques that are noted throughout this historical yet timely trading guide.

]]> http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/04/01/way-of-the-turtle/feed/ Motorola To Split – Go Icahn http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/03/26/motorola-to-split-%e2%80%93-go-icahn/ http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/03/26/motorola-to-split-%e2%80%93-go-icahn/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:33:10 +0000 Cramerican http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/03/26/motorola-to-split-%e2%80%93-go-icahn/ After coming under extreme pressure from billionaire investor Carl Icahn, Motorola has decided that the handset business will operate separately from another company that will encompass its home and networks business which sells TV set-top boxes and modems, and its enterprise mobility solutions, which sells computing and communications equipment to businesses. We will see what this change brings to Motorola…can it reinvent itself?

]]> http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/03/26/motorola-to-split-%e2%80%93-go-icahn/feed/ XM Sirius Get Justice http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/03/24/xm-sirius-get-justice/ http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/03/24/xm-sirius-get-justice/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:14:47 +0000 Cramerican http://www.makemadmoneywork.com/2008/03/24/xm-sirius-get-justice/

In a press release the Justice Department said, “After a careful and thorough review of the proposed transaction, [the department’s antitrust division] concluded that the evidence does not demonstrate that the proposed merger of XM and Sirius is likely to substantially lessen competition, and that the transaction therefore is not likely to harm consumers.”

Cramer noted that the merger still requires approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an agency which Cramer lambasted as the “Federal Cartel Creators”.

According to Cramer, the FCC’s one-year, 35-day approval process is a travesty of justice and only denies consumers more choice and lower prices. He once again urged viewers to visit the FCC’s Website at www.fcc.gov to voice their support for the merger.

Cramer says Sirius will go to $5 if the merger gets final approval.