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Investors Not Given Proper Credit

By Jim Cramer

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 People are getting back to even. In the last 72 hours I have spoken to about 500 investors -- or at least 500 book buyers! -- many of whom have told me they recently either got back to even, having dodged the big decline or gotten in near the bottom, or are actually up nicely because they saw the opportunity in March and rode it back up. I always figure when you meet people it is strictly anecdotal. But when you meet 500 of them it crosses over into empirical. Here's what I saw of this particular cross-section. 1. No greed whatsoever. Almost to a person everyone who is up nicely this year has taken a lot of off the table, certainly enough to be considered prudent, if not outright cautious. Those who are getting back to even are taking money out gradually and putting it in safer,...

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