Monday, October 12, 2009
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Stock Smackdown: Cramer vs. CAPS
by Rich Duprey
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There's no denying that Mad Moneyhost Jim Cramer is entertaining, popular, and passionate. On many occasions, he's even right. So he's smart, funny, and the closest thing to a stock market rock star-- but is he smarter than you?

Cramming for Cramer
The Fool's free investing community, Motley Fool CAPS, aggregates the opinion of more than 140,000 members to assign ratings for each stock's likelihood of outperforming or underperforming the market.

Below, we look at some top stocks that Cramer picked and panned during last week's "lightning rounds" and compare them with how the CAPS community sees their future.

Stock

Lightning Round Show

Cramer's Rating  

CAPS Rating (out of 5)

Apple

Monday

Bullish

***

STEC (Nasdaq:STEC)

Monday

Bullish

**

PotashCorp

Tuesday

Bearish

****

Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI)

Tuesday

Bearish

*****

Palm (Nasdaq: PALM)

Wednesday

Bullish

*

Alcoa (NYSE: AA)

Wednesday

Bullish

****

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS)

Thursday

Bearish

**

Brocade Communications (Nasdaq: BRCD) Continued...

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