Mad Money provides valuable information about stocks, steering investors away from danger zones and leading them to investments that can turn a lackluster portfolio into a powerhouse of profit. This book shows investors how to take the advice on Jim Cramer’s TV program and put it into action. It walks investors through the key decisions they have to make: understanding their tolerance for risk and defining their goals, doing the essential homework on a stock, and knowing how to buy and sell stocks the right way—the Cramer way. This is a true nuts-and-bolts guide to investing, from Cramer's detailed discussion of the sort of homework investors must do to his own guidelines for knowing when and how to sell stocks.