I may be wrong but I think some/many of Cramer's "picks" and I hate calling them that, really need more explanation from him.
You can't say Apple's a great buy and leave it at that. Sometimes I think his "picks" can easily be misconstrued as go out and buy right now, now matter whether you're a trader or investor or 22 yr's old or 84 yr's old. He needs to clarify what kind of trade it is too. Hold it, get in and out or what.
I remember him one time even clarifying the difference between investing and trading and that his show was not for investing.
But I try to like him as a normal guy, but some of his silly antics and comments sometimes make me want to turn my head in embarrassment for him.
I still watch him, I just take what he says and try to figure out how or if I can use it. Sometimes he's got pretty good comments that are thought provoking.
I'll say this, I let him scare the shit out of me and start dumping FRN and FRE. I wiped out my month thus far and ended up closing the month in neg. territory. Had I ignored him (and other "experts) my play would have worked out, 3 days later as planned.
Lessons of a new trader learned.