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Great Stocks at Better Prices

By Jim Cramer

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 What if individual stocks want to go up, but the market wants to go down? Don't laugh. In 1982, when The Kansas City Board of Trade started trading Value Line futures (before there were S&P futures), we used to kick around in securities classes what would happen if eventually stocks became so commoditized that individual companies couldn't be removed from the gravitational pull. For example, we know today looks like a terrible day, with Europe down horribly and our futures real soggy. But then we look and see that J. Crew , one of the best retailers, is not just saying that the fall season is good; it is saying it is blowout beyond imagination. The big Dow stock 3M is not just saying that things are getting better; it is showing that business is very strong. The monster insurer and fellow Dow stock Travelers ...

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