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"And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else"

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Cramer’s line is a jumble on purpose: it mimics the manic, half-improvised cadence of cable finance, where speed and certainty matter more than syntax. The intent isn’t literary clarity; it’s performance. He’s trying to land a punchy verdict - that some “third” option, some “latter” choice, some thing people “buy with our eyes closed,” has outperformed everyone else. The stuttered pileup of clauses creates the feeling of urgency and inside-baseball authority, as if the conclusion is so obvious he can’t wait for the sentence to catch up.

The subtext is classic Cramer: markets are chaotic, but I can still point to a winner, and you should trust me even if the explanation is messy. “Eyes closed” is doing double duty. It flatters the audience’s desire for an easy, default move (the set-it-and-forget-it trade), while also winking at how often investors follow narratives on faith. That’s the culture of televised stock-picking: conviction sold as entertainment, where confidence becomes a product.

Contextually, this reads like a live reaction - a moment when a host is triangulating between options on-air (the third vs. the latter), trying to reconcile a takeaway with whatever chart or ticker is in front of him. The odd phrasing exposes the mechanism: financial media doesn’t just interpret markets; it manufactures emotional permission to act. If the sentence is breathless, that’s because the business model is, too.

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Cramer, Jim. (2026, January 17). And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/and-strangely-this-one-of-the-few-things-in-life-49862/

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Cramer, Jim. "And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/and-strangely-this-one-of-the-few-things-in-life-49862/.

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"And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/and-strangely-this-one-of-the-few-things-in-life-49862/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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Jim Cramer (born February 10, 1955) is a Businessman from USA.

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