Stocks discussed in the lightning round session of Jim Cramer’s Mad MoneyTV program, Tuesday January 20.

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Stocks discussed on Jim Cramer’s Stop Trading! TV program, Tuesday January 20.

Expect the Unexpected: Chubb (CB), Travelers (TRV)

While The Street traditionally fears a Democrat in the White House, Cramer doesn’t think Obama’s approach is going to be what the market expects; “Everything he’s said is surprising. Why wouldn’t we suspect surprise from Treasury?” [...]

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Mrs. Watanabe trusts her government. How far does she trust Uncle Sam? How far, indeed, does Hu Jintao?

From Martin Wolf, Financial Times, "Why Obama’s plan is still inadequate and incomplete".
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Dr. Duru submits:
This economy is truly President Obama’s mess now. The market greeted Obama with its worst showing ever for an inauguration day (I also heard that inauguration days tend to be down days anyway). While Main Street partied like the 1990s, Wall Street sulked like the 1930s. Volume on the S&P 500 [...]

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Ockham Research submits:
The price-to-peak earnings multiple fell to 9.5x after the S&P 500 shed another 4.5% last week. The price-to-peak multiple is being compressed by the ongoing bear market because S&P aggregate earnings are down 35% from the August 2007 high. Peak earnings were reached at the height of the credit bubble. With de-leveraging [...]

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