The main problem with Action Alerts is the trading style that Mr. Cramer adopts for the fund. It is a larger fund than most readers can duplicate and because of this he can adopt a more frequent trading style – often doing quarter positions in a stock and then growing it over time (or moving out of it over time). Most people have only 10% of the investment capital of Mr. Cramer and so cannot trade in this way as effectively nor can they trade in as many different stocks. Since they cannot mimic Mr. Cramer’s portfolio they tend to not be diversified.

Also, the theme that Mr. Cramer carries in both venues is that the average investor can understand the dynamics of the market and how it affects an individual stock. He suggests that fuel prices are going to go up therefore airlines and transportation stocks will go down. This is an obvious conclusion but when he tries to relate that fuel price to the profitability of Amazon or Apple or Urban Outfitters, that conclusion takes a bit more understanding of the macro-market than most investors can accurately reproduce on their own.

Many times the viewer/reader comes out with the conclusion that price of a stock is simply the result of the profitability of the company. As any seasoned trader will tell you, as long as the company doesn’t miss its projections or show amazing changes in direction of profit, it is quite often the herd mentality of the market that causes major moves in a stock’s price. So while FedEx might get hurt on a 10% gas price increase, the stock may not move much at all due to that news.

My trading philosophy (see my site) is different. I believe in finding good companies and then moving in and out of them as the market indicators show the stock to be increasing or decreasing. Trying to understand the macroeconomic issues that affect a stock’s price is too subjective for most investors. Instead they need to learn to trade on the momentum and movement of a high quality company.

I’m not sure you understand enough about what the Occupy movement is trying to do since you’re appealing to these people about how they, personally, could benefit more from improving themselves and “getting a job.” It’s not about personal improvement. It’s not about that individual person, on the street, not having a job. It’s the airing of legitimate grievances with the economic system that we’re all playing a part in. The system won’t get fixed for everyone if people ONLY focus on how they, personally, can find a way to prosper in the system that they find broken enough to go out and be willing to get pepper sprayed and arrested by protesting.