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If you take Jim Cramer seriously, you may be interested in what the CNBC stock picker is betting on this December 2010.

Jim Cramer Stock Predictions / Stock picks for December 2010

According to Jim cramer website the following were Cramers stock picks for 7th December 2010.

Stocks to buy by Cramer.

1. Motricity
2. Salesforce.com
3. Juniper Networks
4. Oracle
5. Eaton
6. Apple
7. Chipotle Mexican Grill
8. Deckers Outdoor

On 5th December 2010 Cramer had a sell rating on the following stocks.

1. Ross Stores
2. Cisco Systems
3. Medtronic
4. Madison Square Garden
5. Johnson & Johnson
6. Weatherford International
7. Vera Bradley
8. Hewlett-Packard
9. Wal-Mart

Before you rush out to buy or sell this stocks, remember Jim Cramer warning. Always do your own research as these are recommendations and I make no guarantees. No one cares about your money more than you do!

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Jim Cramer is the poster boy for stock pickers. The man has a tendency of leaning toward bullishness even when the market indicators show danger ahead.

Jim Cramer is a household name across US Thanks to his daily CNBC show “Mad Money,” Hundred of viewers tune in to his weeknights for his stock predictions, stock forecast and stock picks.

With such a large following I was interested to know his track record in picking stocks. Have investors made money by following his stock picks?

Jim Cramer Historical Track Record in Stock Picking.

According to analysis done by Barron back in 2007. If you had followed Jim Cramer stock picks between 2005 – 2007 you would have lost money.

Over the past two years, viewers holding Cramer’s stocks would be up 12% while the Dow rose 22% and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index gained 16%, according to a record of 1,300 of the CNBC star’s “buy” recommendations compiled by YourMoneyWatch, a Web site run by a retired stock analyst and loyal Cramer-watcher.

We also looked at a database of Cramer’s “Mad Money” picks maintained by his Web site, TheStreet.com. It covers only the past six months but includes an astounding 3,458 stocks -– “buys” mainly, punctuated by some “sells.” These picks were flat to down in relation to the market. Count commissions and you would have been much better off in an index fund that simply tracks the market.

As Cramer warns in his website, Always do your own research as these are recommendations and I make no guarantees. No one cares about your money more than you do!

For more details on Barron Analysis, read the full article at moneycentral

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I was over at Jim Cramers website and had a look at some of Jim’s stock picks for October 2010.

Jim Cramers Buy Recommendation For October 2010

The following companies stocks are predicted to rise by Jim Cramer. Cramer has given them a buy recommendation.

DuPont (DD)

Yum! Brands (YUM)

Costco (COST)

Caterpillar (CAT)

Disclaimer. Like Cramers warns, don’t follow him blindly, do your own homework these are recommendations and he makes no guarantees. No one cares about your money more than you do

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I found some interesting comparisons of returns of index fund and mutual funds.

From motley Fool website;

During the 1990s, the S&P 500 has provided an annualized return of 17.3%, compared with just 13.9% for the average diversified mutual fund.

And From Yahoo

In 1998, for instance, 85 percent of all mutual funds that were set up to beat the S&P 500 failed to meet that goal. When you think about it, that’s an amazing statistic — eight out of ten mutual funds didn’t beat the market!

Investing in a stock index fund guarantees that you’ll never outperform the overall but an index fund might give investors a higher return because of their cost advantage. Index funds have lower or zero fees, they also don’t hire expensive equity analyst. All that saving is passed to investors.

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