Jim Cramer is unfazed by Tuesday's sell-off: 'You should expect them, even hope for them'

Cnbc · Apr 28, 2026 · 326 words · By Alexa LoMonaco

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CNBC's Jim Cramer said he's unfazed by Tuesday's sell-off in AI stocks because it's exactly what the market needs.

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What happened

CNBC's Jim Cramer said he's unfazed by Tuesday's sell-off in AI stocks because it's exactly what the market needs.

Why it matters

"Rain is to gardening as sell-offs are to the stock market," the "Mad Money" host said.

Common ground

"You should expect them, maybe even hope for them.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Stocks retreated on Tuesday following a Wall Street Journal report that said OpenAI missed internal growth targets”

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Multiple independent sources (Wall Street Journal via web search, CoinCentral, and other news summaries) confirm that a WSJ report about OpenAI missing internal growth targets led to a retreat in tech stocks on Tuesday.

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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI missed internal revenue and user targets, The Wall Street Journal reported. The report sent some tech stocks into the red on Tuesday. OpenAI called the article "clickbait." Traders and scientis…
https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-missed-targets-what-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI also missed its annual 2025 revenue target for ChatGPT and fell short of several monthly revenue goals earlier this year, the report said. The situation is particularly challenging given the co…
https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/h1xewcapzg

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web search NEUTRAL — ORCL Stock Card Oracle Corporation, ORCL. OpenAI reportedly missed internal targets for both user growth and revenue in recent months.
https://coincentral.com/oracle-orcl-stock-falls-7-as-openai-…

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Claim 2: “He pointed to the late 1990s when stocks climbed relentlessly with barely any meaningful declines before a wave of selling from companies and insiders crushed the market.”

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The provided evidence for this claim discusses Black Monday 1987, the 1929 crash, and general market liquidity, but does not contain any information regarding Jim Cramer's specific comments about the late 1990s or insider selling patterns from that era.

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web search NEUTRAL — Black Monday was a global, severe and largely unexpected stock market crash on Monday, October 19, 1987. Worldwide losses were estimated at US$1.71 trillion. The severity sparked fears of extended eco…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987)

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web search NEUTRAL — stock market crash of the late 1920’s.
https://www.thebalancemoney.com/stock-market-crash-of-1929-c…

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web search NEUTRAL — Why the stock market functions less as a venue for price discovery and more as a liquidity sponge, de facto savings account, and tax-revenue engine that the political establishment can’t afford to let…
https://financialunderground.com/articles/the-stock-market-i…

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Claim 3: “CNBC's Jim Cramer said he's unfazed by Tuesday's sell-off in AI stocks”

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Multiple web search results from CNBC sources explicitly state that Jim Cramer said he is unfazed by Tuesday's sell-off in AI stocks, comparing it to rain for a garden.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the mayor of New York City was held on November 4, 2025. Democratic state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won the election with 50.78% of the vote, defeating Republican activist Curtis Sliw…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing political activist, was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, while speaking at an outdoor campus debate planned by Turning …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Charlie_Kirk

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Claim 4: “The report helped drive declines in AI-linked stocks like Arm, Advanced Micro Devices, Dell Technologies, and Corning”

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Web search results explicitly link the WSJ report on OpenAI's growth misses to declines in AI-linked stocks, specifically mentioning AMD's tumble on Tuesday. Other sources confirm the general impact on AI stocks following the report.

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web search NEUTRAL — Shares of Advanced Micro Devices tumbled on Tuesday following a Wall Street Journal investigation that uncovered OpenAI’s failure to meet its internal 2025 benchmarks for both revenue generation and u…
https://parameter.io/amd-stock-drops-nearly-5-after-openai-r…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI has recently fallen short of its own projections for user growth and revenue, leading to heightened internal concerns.
https://news.ssbcrack.com/openais-internal-growth-woes-impac…

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web search NEUTRAL — A report from the Wall Street Journal stated that OpenAI, the start-up behind chatbot ChatGPT, has failed to meet its own internal user addition and sales targets in 2026 so far.
https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/us-markets-tuesday-tech-stoc…

info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.