Cramer's Mad Money - We Don't Need No Education Stocks (3/1/12)

Steve Alexander submits:Magic Formula Investing (MFI) looks for stocks with low valuations (measured by high earnings yield) of excellent companies (measured by high returns on tangible capital). So it is no surprise that the formula is in love with the for-profit education sector.

Investor's Business Daily - School stocks fell broadly, including Career Education (NMS:CECO), down 9%; Corinthian Colleges (NMS:COCO), down 7.5%; Grand Canyon Education (NMS:LOPE), down 6%; Apollo Group (NMS:APOL), down 4%; Strayer Education (NMS:STRA), down 4% and DeVry , down 3%. American Public Education (NMS:APEI) fell 5% during the day and 29% after hours. It beat Q2 EPS estimates but sales fell short.

By Mariusz Skonieczny: When the economy is struggling and jobs are being lost, it is not surprising to see people enroll in school to increase their chances of finding employment. This is exactly what happened during the recession. Consequently, for-profit education was one of the best performing sectors in the stock market.

David Trainer submits:After offering several technology companies for “stock pick of the week,” we are switching to education stocks this week. Enter the Apollo Group, aka University of Phoenix, (APOL), a leading provider of private, online education.

Kevin Kennedy submits:Beleaguered school stocks got some relief Friday after new regulations proposed by the U.S. Dept. of Education weren’t as tough as expected. It's not really enough to make them attractive yet, but it's a start.Publicly-traded stocks in the U.S.-based education and training services industry jumped an average of more than 3.8% Friday.

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Thursday March 21.

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Monday November 26.

By Kapitall:Should education ever be shorted? In light of the news that DeVry, Inc. (DV) is one of the 6 Most Highly Shorted Stocks of the S&P 500 we discuss if the short sellers are justified. To be fair, and to keep it educational, we will discuss both the fundamental positives and negatives for DeVry.