A Closer Look at the World of Jim Cramer and Weekly Economic Calendar...

Jim Cramer's World

It wasn't so long ago that Jim Cramer demonized the the hedge funds and short sellers. Let's face it, our banking system was on the verge of collapse and hedge funds were any easy target. Put a ban on short-selling...and everything will be o.k..  After all, U.S. banks provide capital and credit for almost every aspect of our economy. However, one will note the deafening silence of Cramer when leaked emails show that Goldman Sachs was one of the companies shorting Lehman Brothers into oblivion. So, Cramer could easily echo the words of Walt Kelly's first Earth Day poster in 1970...  "We have met the enemy and he is us". Walt Kelly  More importantly, the tangled web of lies, half-truths, and out-right deceptions leading to passage of TARP only angers and confuses a public who is still feeling the ripples of our Great Recession. 

See Cramer Then... But What Does He Have to Say Now?

Weekly Economic Calendar

Date	Time (ET)	Statistic	For	Actual	Briefing Forecast	Market Expects	Prior	Revised From
Apr 27	9:00 AM	Case-Shiller 20-city Index	Feb	-	NA	-0.10%	-0.7%	-
Apr 27	9:00 AM	Case-Shiller 20-city Index (y/y)	Feb	-	0.7%	1.1%	-0.7%	-
Apr 27	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence	Apr	-	54.0	53.7	52.5	-
Apr 28	10:30 AM	Crude Inventories	04/24	-	NA	NA	1.89M	-
Apr 28	2:15 PM	FOMC Rate Decision	4/28	-	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	-
Apr 29	8:30 AM	Continuing Claims	04/17	-	4625K	4625K	4646K	-
Apr 29	8:30 AM	Initial Claims	04/24	-	435K	440K	456K	-
Apr 30	8:30 AM	GDP-Adv.	Q1	-	1.8%	3.2%	5.6%	-
Apr 30	8:30 AM	Chain Deflator-Adv.	Q1	-	0.9%	0.9%	0.5%	-
Apr 30	8:30 AM	Employment Cost Index	Q1	-	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	-
Apr 30	9:45 AM	Chicago PMI	Apr	-	59.5	59.8	58.8	-
Apr 30	9:55 AM	Mich Sentiment	Apr	-	72.0	71.5	69.5	-