It would be a mistake to confuse todays Cramer with the Cramer who often shorted stocks when he ran his hedge fund many years ago. He's relatively conservative today, most of his personal holdings are now pretty conservative, and the stocks in the portfolio he runs for the show are mostly larger well-known ones. I suspect the return on it are maybe not great but will make the follower some money. His interviews and comments can send stocks higher, but often because the market is moving them higher. I'll watch him because on occasion he does do an interview on a stock I find worth checking into. Not a show for the get rich overnight crowd, although his recommendations on stocks like NVDA, LLY, etc., have been big winners. Cramer has made it plain he has no interest .50 cent biotechs, so I'm not sure why his name would get Droid excited. CNBC's useful to watch to help track the overall market but you still need to depend on your own DD.