事后诸葛亮也挺能学到东西的。。。。。# Stock
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"Despite the overwhelmingly negative backdrop, it wasn't the time to sell,
it was the time to buy. The toughest move would have been the smartest one
to take," Cramer said.
Cramer was reminded of this lesson when he looked at the stock of
Caterpillar, which was trading at $57 in late January. It reported a loss of
15 cents per share, versus a $1.35 profit the year before. Many sold on
this news, but Cramer found that the company had actually taken a huge
restructuring charge, and would have earned 74 cents a share it if didn't
need to slash costs due to a downturn of clients across its business.
Caterpillar was so easy to sell back then. The end markets appeared to be
bleak, especially in oil, and the dollar was strong because the Fed had just
tightened.
The stock closed at $76 on Thursday.
Apple was also in pain this quarter when the stock plunged to $93 from $105
before eventually rebounding back to $109. The day in January when Apple hit
$93 was the day that it had just reported a monster quarter.
Instead of focusing on Apple's strength, analysts chose to focus on how they
thought it would be the last good quarter for iPhone sales, so Apple's
earnings would be downhill from there, and analysts began to cut price
targets.
It turns out that plunge to $93 was the low for the year. The stock has
rallied ever since as investors realized that the next quarter would most
likely be the low because there is a new iPhone on the horizon, and Apple's
revenue stream is growing rapidly.
In the second week of February,the stock market seemed to think the world
was coming to an end. European banks were struggling, oil was dropping fast,
the dollar was gaining strength and the averages were all down double
digits.
These were plenty of reasons to bail on stocks, yet the companies themselves
gave investors a reason to be encouraged. Caterpillar said it was in good
shape for a downturn, and Apple explained it wasn't a one-product company
anymore.
That was not the time to sell.
"Please remember that even if you hate the market, there is almost always a
better time to ring the register on stocks of great companies than into a
maelstrom of selling, because panic is not a strategy," Cramer said.
it was the time to buy. The toughest move would have been the smartest one
to take," Cramer said.
Cramer was reminded of this lesson when he looked at the stock of
Caterpillar, which was trading at $57 in late January. It reported a loss of
15 cents per share, versus a $1.35 profit the year before. Many sold on
this news, but Cramer found that the company had actually taken a huge
restructuring charge, and would have earned 74 cents a share it if didn't
need to slash costs due to a downturn of clients across its business.
Caterpillar was so easy to sell back then. The end markets appeared to be
bleak, especially in oil, and the dollar was strong because the Fed had just
tightened.
The stock closed at $76 on Thursday.
Apple was also in pain this quarter when the stock plunged to $93 from $105
before eventually rebounding back to $109. The day in January when Apple hit
$93 was the day that it had just reported a monster quarter.
Instead of focusing on Apple's strength, analysts chose to focus on how they
thought it would be the last good quarter for iPhone sales, so Apple's
earnings would be downhill from there, and analysts began to cut price
targets.
It turns out that plunge to $93 was the low for the year. The stock has
rallied ever since as investors realized that the next quarter would most
likely be the low because there is a new iPhone on the horizon, and Apple's
revenue stream is growing rapidly.
In the second week of February,the stock market seemed to think the world
was coming to an end. European banks were struggling, oil was dropping fast,
the dollar was gaining strength and the averages were all down double
digits.
These were plenty of reasons to bail on stocks, yet the companies themselves
gave investors a reason to be encouraged. Caterpillar said it was in good
shape for a downturn, and Apple explained it wasn't a one-product company
anymore.
That was not the time to sell.
"Please remember that even if you hate the market, there is almost always a
better time to ring the register on stocks of great companies than into a
maelstrom of selling, because panic is not a strategy," Cramer said.
