Who can you trust for investment advice?

The embedded video demonstrates how successful you would been if you followed Jim Cramer's investment advice to the letter, starting before the current declining economy.

Bitten by the Bear (Part 2)

Following up on the "Bitten by the Bear" entry that I posted last week, I decided to post the video below which describes what happened to Bear Stearns.

Please watch the video below before reading "My Take".

My Take

I think Jim Cramer is a great investor, and he has a great sense of the financial markets. So what I'm attempting to illustrate here is this: if Jim Cramer can't see these things coming, then how can any of us mere mortals feel confident about the markets or the economy?