Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World

· Simon and Schuster
4.6
25 reviews
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320
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Even after repeated boom and bust cycles on Wall Street, it’s still possible to make real money in the stock market—provided investors take a disciplined approach to investing. Personal finance expert, bestselling author, and host of CNBC’s Mad Money Jim Cramer shows how ordinary investors can prosper, no matter the climate on Wall Street.

How do we find hot stocks without getting burned? How do we fatten our portfolios and stay financially healthy? In Jim Cramer s Real Money, financial expert Jim Cramer explains how to invest wisely in chaotic times, and he does so in plain English in a style that is as much fun as investing is—or should be, when it’s done right.

For starters, Cramer recommends devoting a portion of your assets to speculation. Everyone wants to find the big winners that can bring outsized gains, and Cramer explains how to allocate your portfolio so that you can afford to take this kind of risk wisely. He explains why “buy and hold” is a losing philosophy: For Cramer, it’s “buy and homework.” If you can’t spend an hour a week researching each of your stocks, then you should hand off your portfolio to a mutual fund—and Cramer identifies the very few mutual funds that he’d recommend.

Cramer reveals his Ten Commandments of Trading (Commandment #5: Tips are for waiters), explains why he’s not afraid to compare investing to gambling (and tells you which book on gambling you should read to become a better investor), and discloses his Twenty-Five Rules of Investing (Rule #4: Look for broken stocks, not broken companies).

Detailed yet approachable, Cramer shows how to compare stock prices in a way that you can understand, how to spot market tops and bottoms, how to know when to sell, how to rotate among cyclical stocks to catch the big moves, and much more. Jim Cramer’s Real Money is filled with insider advice that really works, information that Cramer himself used to make millions during his fourteen-year career on Wall Street. Written in Cramer’s distinctive turbocharged style, this is every investor’s guide to what you really must know to make big money in the stock market.

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4.6
25 reviews
Anthony Lee
November 19, 2017
The book is very well thought out and very informative. It is nice that he gave his wife credit. I would recommend the book to anybody who wants to get into investing or to learn a little more about the stock market. I also watch his show and he is very entertaining on his show and he is funny. He makes investing more fun when learning about it.
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Jennifer Graziano
May 17, 2025
A stock portfolio isn't a game; joke, or boring. The companies already have to be in our language where a number of answers are complete when one-hundred percent full is reached. Once finished investing neatness of our record keeping is learned due to market changes in other places than futures. Invester money is equity; shareholder means company products are a household name; however, the stock market belongs to no individuals. Where all invested names are who's here so the same ones; they aren't what usable to shareholders. Data sheets are and how to get rich normally in the real-life market.
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Charles Peterson
October 2, 2016
Helps the little man understand the market or become a better consumer of the trade.
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About the author

Jim Cramer is a bestselling author, financial expert, and media personality. He is the host of CNBC’s Mad Money, CNBC’s Investing Club, and co-host of Squawk on the Street. He is also the founder of TheStreet. His many books include Confessions of a Street Addict, Jim Cramer’s Getting Back to Even, Jim Cramer’s Mad Money, Jim Cramer’s Real Money, Jim Cramer’s Stay Mad for Life, and Jim Cramer’s Get Rich Carefully. Cramer is a former hedge fund manager and founder/owner and senior partner of Cramer Berkowitz; when he retired from his hedge fund, he finished with one of the best records in the business. A graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law, Cramer worked at Goldman Sachs while writing for The New Republic. Now a household name after twenty seasons of Mad Money, he shows viewers how to navigate the market like a pro.

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