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Jim Cramer warns against 'short term capital gains' —says retirement comes down to 3 assets. Which are you missing?
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- Jim Cramer warns against 'short term capital gains' —says retirement comes down to 3 assets.
- If you want to retire early, there’s a lot of advice about how to do it, but CNBC’s Jim Cramer says getting out of the rat race ahead of schedule means ditching just one bad investing habit for a couple of good ones.
- “Trading is for people who professionally traded like I did,” Cramer said (1). “We don’t want that for you.
Jim Cramer warns against 'short term capital gains' —says retirement comes down to 3 assets. Which are you missing? Lars Niki/ Getty Images Moneywise Mon, May 25, 2026 at 11:05 PM GMT+7 11 min read Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below.
If you want to retire early, there’s a lot of advice about how to do it, but CNBC’s Jim Cramer says getting out of the rat race ahead of schedule means ditching just one bad investing habit for a couple of good ones.
“Trading is for people who professionally traded like I did,” Cramer said (1). “We don’t want that for you. We want compounding … We don’t want short-term capital gains.”
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