Hey, I'm Kramer. Welcome to MADMoney. Welcome to Kramer.

Other people want to make friends. I'm just trying to make you a little money. My job is not just entertained, but to educate you.

So call me at 100, 743C. or tweet me at Jim Kramer. If you spend much time watching this network, you've heard endless chatter about the Federal Reserve,

the business cycle, tariffs and trade, and of course all the ways our trading partners

try to get over on us by breaking the rules of the Great Arbiter, the World Trade Organization,

or at least breaking them in spirit.

But for all the relentless focus on the Fed or trade policy or the inherent boom and bust

nature of the economy, we don't always do a great job of putting this up into context and

explaining why it matters to you.

And I include myself in this.

There are periods of time when on any given night, you'll see me ranting about how maybe

the Fed chiefs made a mistake

in the fight against inflation or unemployment.

Then he makes one statement.

Suddenly, I'm acting like the guy's the best thing since sliced bread.

A responsible guy.

A kind man, a good man, who's doing an amazing job that the stock market absolutely loves,

at least until the next meeting.

See, there's a problem in financial journalism where we can get so inside baseball that we forget

to lay everything out in a way that everybody can understand. Even if you don't have a job

at an investment bank or an economics degree, that's why my mission is to take these concepts

and make them accessible. So home gamers like you can analyze stocks with the same level of rigorous the professionals,

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