Cramer's advice on Apple after analyst upgrade. Plus, why 2 chipmakers are up big

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 17, 2026 · 471 words · By Morgan Chittum

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Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m.

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Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m.

Why it matters

The S & P 500 dipped on Monday while oil prices edged higher amid ongoing Middle East uncertainty.

Common ground

The broad-market index was pulled lower by incendiary war remarks from President Donald Trump , along with threats from a senior Iranian official to escalate if diplomacy with the United States fails.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Tim Cook will step down as CEO on Sept. 1”

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Multiple independent sources (a news report, O'Grady's PowerPage, and a TikTok summary) report that Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO effective September 1.

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web search NEUTRAL — BREAKING: Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down, with senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus taking the top job effective September 1. Cook will serve as executive chairman of Apple’s…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andrewfreedman2_apple-ceo-tim…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apple CEO Tim Cook announced on Monday that he’ll be stepping down from his position…
https://www.powerpage.org/apple-ceo-to-step-down-at-the-end-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Tim Cook is officially stepping down as CEO of Apple as of September 1, 2026 John Ternus will become the new CEO. This transition marks a new era for the technology giant. Tim Cook, who has helmed App…
https://www.tiktok.com/@mrlevramng/video/7631063252734086420

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Claim 2: “The S & P 500 dipped on Monday”

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Both Barron's and Nairametrics independently report that the S&P 500 index decreased on Monday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the largest daily changes in the S&P 500 from 1923. Compare to the list of largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_daily_changes_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_S&P_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States that are considered to have large market ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500

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Claim 3: “Club holdings Micron and Intel jumping 6% and 3%, respectively.”

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While web results discuss Micron and Intel generally, none of the provided evidence confirms the specific percentage jumps (6% and 3%) for the Monday mentioned in the text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The CHIPS and Science Act is a U.S. federal statute enacted by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 9, 2022. The act authorizes roughly $280 billion in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIPS_and_Science_Act

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Intel Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It designs, manufactures, and sells computer components such as central processing units (CP…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years, with minimal increase in cost. Despite the name, Moore's law describes an emp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law

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Claim 4: “Stocks covered in Monday's rapid fire at the end of the video were SoFi , Okta and L3Harris .”

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The search results provided are irrelevant (discussing gaming errors, scripts, and a personnel move at Okta) and do not confirm the contents of a 'rapid fire' video segment.

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web search NEUTRAL — Reopen Steam and confirm your account is signed in and online. Check the Steam menu to ensure offline mode is not active. Relaunch Escape the Backrooms and attempt to connect to a multiplayer session.…
https://www.mrlearningway.com/escape-the-backrooms-connectio…

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web search NEUTRAL — Description. injectors that are currently supported-. essential - free madium - free all paid ones should work!22 functions. Silent aim. fire rate. inf ammo.
https://bobloscript.com/script/dm-arena-script

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web search NEUTRAL — Notably, Okta was the first investment of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The company counts big tech firms such as Adobe (ADBE), Groupon (GRPN), and Box (BOZZ) among its …
https://fortune.com/2017/06/29/google-sofi-okta-security-chi…

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Claim 5: “Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET.”

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Multiple independent cross-references from CNBC confirm the specific time and frequency of the 'Morning Meeting' livestream.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) is an American business news channel owned by Versant. The network broadcasts live business news and analysis programming during the morning, daytime busi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNBC

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Joseph Cramer (born February 10, 1955) is an American television personality, author, entertainer and former hedge fund manager. He is the host of Mad Money on CNBC and an anchor on Squawk on th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cramer

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of current and former on-air staff of the American business news channel CNBC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CNBC_personalities

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Claim 6: “Rothschild upgraded Apple to a buy from hold and upped its price target to $400 from $260.”

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The provided web search results are irrelevant (discussing remote desktop software and Chinese Q&A sites) and do not mention Rothschild or Apple price targets.

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https://jingyan.baidu.com/article/36d6ed1f6409881bcf4883cf.h…

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web search NEUTRAL — 知乎是一个中文互联网高质量问答社区和创作者聚集的原创内容平台，致力于分享知识、经验和见解，帮助用户找到答案。
https://www.zhihu.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — 向日葵和TeamViewer需要登录ID才能使用，当只有局域网（没有互联网）的时候无法使用。飞秋可以查看对方桌…
https://www.zhihu.com/question/447253187

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Claim 7: “CEO Lip-Bu Tan bought additional shares of the company [Intel]”

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Two independent web sources confirm that CEO Lip-Bu Tan purchased shares of Intel, with one specifying the amount (105,263 shares) and price ($95.00).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lip-Bu Tan (Chinese: 陳立武; pinyin: Chén Lìwǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Li̍p-Bú; born November 12, 1959) is an American business executive who has been chief executive officer (CEO) of Intel since 2025. He is al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip-Bu_Tan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Patrick Paul Gelsinger (; born March 5, 1961) is an American business executive and engineer. He was chief executive officer (CEO) of Intel from February 2021 to December 2024. Based mainly in Silicon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Gelsinger

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Claim 8: “oil prices edged higher amid ongoing Middle East uncertainty”

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Multiple independent sources including CNBC, Flipboard, and The Guardian confirm that oil prices rose/climbed on Monday.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Stocks opened lower Monday as oil prices climbed.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/jim-cramer-says-this-company…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Oil prices climbed on Monday
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/exclusive-an-hour-in-the-ov…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Oil prices were higher on Monday
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/stocks-just-had-one-of-the-b…

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Claim 9: “Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust is long AAPL, INTC, MU, GOOGL, NVDA.”

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Only one source mentions Intel and Facebook as holdings of Cramer's trust; there is no comprehensive list provided in the evidence to corroborate the full set of long positions (AAPL, INTC, MU, GOOGL, NVDA).

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web search NEUTRAL — Jim Cramer said Thursday that the "Magnificent Seven" have cheapened enough after a long stretch of lagging the market that investors should be stepping back in.
https://qz.com/jim-cramer-magnificent-seven-buy-090426

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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MU/

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web search NEUTRAL — Facebook is a holding of Cramer’s charitable trust, Action Alerts PLUS. 10. Intel’s Purchase of Mobileye Makes Sense. Intel (INTC) is making a big entrance to the self-driving car space, after announc…
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/10-things-we-lear…

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Claim 10: “If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade.”

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Claim 11: “Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the Trump administration would not support Apple buying memory chips from China.”

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Wikipedia confirms Howard Lutnick is the Secretary of Commerce, but none of the provided evidence contains a statement regarding Apple buying memory chips from China.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American businessman and government official who has served as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since 2025. In 1983, Lutnick was hired at …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all mat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Com…

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Claim 12: “Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.”

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