
Info, curiosamente o Cramer hoje abordou o tema do Iraque num dos artigos. Vou transcrevê-lo.
"Keep One Eye on Iraq"
By James J. Cramer
RealMoney Columnist
4/7/2004 7:37 AM EDT
"If the exquisite moment was a moment when all the negatives were priced in and all the positives were priced out, this moment has to be the polar opposite, at least when it comes to Iraq.
When the market embarked on its historic rise to near Dow 11,000 from 7500, the betting was that our soldiers would meet with fierce house-to-house resistance and ambushes by a heavily armed militia of raiders and rogues, backed by Saddam Hussein. We've got the militia, but it is backed by the clerics, a much more powerful -- and once again totally underestimated by our government -- opponent.
But this is not a piece about what's going wrong in Iraq. It is a piece about how what's going wrong in Iraq impacts our market. I think that Iraq has gone from a major positive last year at this time to a major negative now.
To me, the raids that we are doing now seem totally necessary, yet totally negative, particularly for the president of the U.S. I do believe that we have almost replaced the jobless recovery with Iraq as an issue for the Democrats and the media.
The problem, though, is that it was just a matter of time before we started creating jobs. I just don't know what a matter of time brings us in Iraq.
It's earnings season. We should be focused on earnings, but I think keeping one eye on Iraq is right. It is a factor that is going to hurt -- not help -- the stocks you own. "
(in www.realmoney.com)

"Keep One Eye on Iraq"
By James J. Cramer
RealMoney Columnist
4/7/2004 7:37 AM EDT
"If the exquisite moment was a moment when all the negatives were priced in and all the positives were priced out, this moment has to be the polar opposite, at least when it comes to Iraq.
When the market embarked on its historic rise to near Dow 11,000 from 7500, the betting was that our soldiers would meet with fierce house-to-house resistance and ambushes by a heavily armed militia of raiders and rogues, backed by Saddam Hussein. We've got the militia, but it is backed by the clerics, a much more powerful -- and once again totally underestimated by our government -- opponent.
But this is not a piece about what's going wrong in Iraq. It is a piece about how what's going wrong in Iraq impacts our market. I think that Iraq has gone from a major positive last year at this time to a major negative now.
To me, the raids that we are doing now seem totally necessary, yet totally negative, particularly for the president of the U.S. I do believe that we have almost replaced the jobless recovery with Iraq as an issue for the Democrats and the media.
The problem, though, is that it was just a matter of time before we started creating jobs. I just don't know what a matter of time brings us in Iraq.
It's earnings season. We should be focused on earnings, but I think keeping one eye on Iraq is right. It is a factor that is going to hurt -- not help -- the stocks you own. "
(in www.realmoney.com)