section_path: Criticism/Performance of Jim Cramer's stock picks
section_name: Performance of Jim Cramer's stock picks
paragraph_text: Performance of Jim Cramer's stock picks
  
  Regarding CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer, a 2007 article in Barron's stated that "his picks haven't beaten the market. Over the past two years, viewers holding Cramer's stocks would be up 12%, while the Dow rose 22% and the S&P 500 16%."