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Jim Cramer says the world of tech investing has changed and it's not going back

Cnbc · · 490 words · By Alexa LoMonaco
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Nvidia reported quarterly earnings Wednesday evening that topped Wall Street expectations.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general company descriptions and product information from Wikipedia and Nvidia's official site. There is no mention of specific quarterly earnings reports or Wall Street expectations in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hopper is a graphics processing unit (GPU) microarchitecture developed by Nvidia. It is designed for datacenters and is used alongside the Lovelace microarchitecture. Named for computer scientist and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopper_(microarchitecture)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang (Chinese: 黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn; Tâi-lô: N̂g Jîn-hun; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese and American business executive and electrical engineer who is the founder, pre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Huang
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nvidia Corporation ( en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company develops graphics processing units (GPUs), systems on chips (SoC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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“The chip giant posted adjusted earnings of $1.87 per share and revenue of $81.62 billion.”
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The provided evidence contains general information about Nvidia's GPUs and company history, but does not contain any financial data regarding adjusted earnings per share or revenue figures for a specific quarter.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The GeForce RTX 40 series is a family of consumer graphics processing units (GPUs) in Nvidia's GeForce line of graphics cards, succeeding the GeForce RTX 30 series. The series was announced on Septemb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_RTX_40_series
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list contains general information about graphics processing units (GPUs) and video cards from Nvidia, based on official specifications. In addition some Nvidia motherboards come with integrated o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_proces…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nvidia Corporation ( en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company develops graphics processing units (GPUs), systems on chips (SoC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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“This year, the iShares Semiconductor ETF has climbed roughly 72%”
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A web search result from '24/7 Wall St' explicitly states that the iShares Semiconductor ETF has vaulted 'roughly 71% year to date', which closely aligns with the claim of 'roughly 72%'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Direxion is an American provider of financial products known for its leveraged ETFs. Founded in Alexandria, Virginia, the company also has offices in New York City, Boston, and Hong Kong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direxion
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SPDR funds (pronounced "spider") are a family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) traded in the United States, Europe, Mexico and Asia-Pacific and managed by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Informall…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPDR
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scion Asset Management, LLC is an American hedge fund headquartered in California, founded by Michael Burry. It is best known for profiting from the subprime mortgage crisis, as well as paving the way…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scion_Asset_Management
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“the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF has fallen about 12%.”
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While the evidence confirms the existence and nature of the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV), none of the provided sources mention its performance or a 12% decrease.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company. Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's larg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackRock
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Guggenheim Partners, Inc is an American global investment and advisory financial services firm headquartered in New York City that engages in investment banking, asset management, capital markets serv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guggenheim_Partners
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft
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“Nvidia is the most valuable company in the world”
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The Wikipedia entry for Jensen Huang explicitly describes him as the founder, president, and CEO of Nvidia, 'the world's most valuable company'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial Intelligence Computing Leadership from NVIDIA: inventor of the GPU, which creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html
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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA invents the GPU and drives advances in AI, HPC, gaming, creative design, autonomous vehicles, and robotics.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia's first graphics accelerator, the NV1, was designed to process quadrilateral primitives (forward texture mapping), a feature that set it apart from competitors, who preferred triangle primitive…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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“Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio used by the CNBC Investing Club, owns shares of Arm, Broadcom, Nvidia, and Salesforce.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm the holdings. One source mentions Nvidia, Apple, and Meta; another mentions BA, CRM (Salesforce), CSCO, HON, LIN, and MSFT; a third mentions Nvidia, Eli Lilly, and Broadcom. Collectively, these confirm the trust holds shares of Nvidia, Broadcom, and Salesforce (CRM). Arm is not explicitly listed in the provided snippets, but the majority of the listed companies are confirmed.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Warren Edward Buffett ( BUFF-it; born August 30, 1930) is an American investor and philanthropist who is the chairman and former CEO of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his success,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett
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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 — Kenneth Cordele Griffin (born October 15, 1968) is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder, chief executive officer, co-chief investment officer, and 80% owner of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_C._Griffin
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