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Jim Cramer says this is how to play a market rotation — and one stock he’d buy

Cnbc · · 406 words · By Alexa LoMonaco
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“The three major indexes ended Monday mixed”
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The provided evidence consists of Wikipedia entries for a song and the day of the week, but contains no financial data or market reports regarding stock index performance on a specific Monday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Blue Monday" is a song by the English rock band New Order. It was released as a 12-inch single on 7 March 1983 through Factory Records. It appears on certain cassette and CD versions of New Order's s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_(New_Order_song)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Monday is the day of the week that takes place between Sunday and Tuesday. According to the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 8601 standard, it is the first day of the week.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Monday, Monday" is a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by the Mamas & the Papas, with backing music by members of the Wrecking Crew for their 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday,_Monday
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“Beaten-up software vendors Salesforce and ServiceNow climbed roughly 3.4% and 8.8%, respectively.”
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The evidence provided does not contain the specific percentage gains for Salesforce and ServiceNow on the Monday in question. One source mentions ServiceNow plunging 18% on April 23, which contradicts the claim of a climb, but does not confirm the specific 3.4% or 8.8% figures.
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web search NEUTRAL — Go to Salesforce Trial Account Login page.
https://login.salesforce.com/sfc/
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web search NEUTRAL — Shares of ServiceNow, Inc. NOW plunged sharply on April 23, extending losses after first-quarter 2026 earnings failed to excite investors already wary of mounting global risks. The stock plunged as mu…
https://www.tradingview.com/news/zacks:51da6cc51094b:0-servi…
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web search NEUTRAL — With AI-assisted dev and modern cloud, you can now ship a focused internal SaaS app in months, tailored to your workflows, on your own infra, and pay pennies on the dollar Salesforce. ServiceNow. Snow…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/notreload_salesforce-shares-h…
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“Meanwhile, chip giant Nvidia fell 1.3%.”
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The evidence provided for Nvidia consists of general company descriptions and Wikipedia summaries; there is no mention of a 1.3% price decrease on a specific Monday.
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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.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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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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“Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio used by the CNBC Investing Club, owns Salesforce and Nvidia shares.”
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Multiple sources confirm the existence of the Charitable Trust and specifically state that the portfolio includes software firms like Nvidia and Salesforce.
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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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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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“one standout opportunity emerging from Monday's selloff was Micron, which fell 6% Monday.”
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The evidence is contradictory. One source says Micron dropped 6.6% on Friday, another says it rose 5.75% on Monday, and a third says it jumped 6% on Monday. The claim that it 'fell 6% Monday' is directly contradicted by two sources reporting a rise on Monday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Micron Technology shares go into the week battered but still a key AI play for Wall Street. The stock dropped 6.6% Friday, closing at $724.66, after hitting a high of $818.67 earlier in the week.
https://ts2.tech/en/micron-stocks-wild-week-just-set-up-a-bi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Investing.com -- Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) shares rose 5.75% Monday as labor unrest at Samsung Electronics and supply constraints drove optimism, with Deutsche Bank setting a $1,000 price target f…
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/micron-stock-surges-6-sams…
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web search NEUTRAL — Shares of Micron jumped 6 percent on Monday after the company filed a new shareholder rights plan. The agreement aims to prevent an "ownership change" and preserve certain tax benefits, according to d…
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/25/micron-shares-jump-on-increa…
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“Micron and other memory stocks came under pressure following comments from Seagate's chief executive about the pace of building new capacity.”
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While the evidence mentions memory stocks falling and the impact of AI demand, there is no mention of Seagate's CEO or specific comments regarding the pace of building new capacity.
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web search NEUTRAL — But they are memory stocks, and this seems to have been enough of a catalyst to throw a wrench into the skyward trend for the cohort. Along with being highly correlated by the nature of their business…
https://sherwood.news/markets/memory-stocks-fall-south-korea…
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web search NEUTRAL — Insatiable demand for memory chips has some of the industry’s top stocks defying the market’s math, becoming cheaper to own even as their share prices soar to nosebleed levels.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-15/these-mem…
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web search NEUTRAL — Both semiconductor stocks have benefited from the incredible demand for memory chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. Moreover, memory demand has been so strong that Micron and Sandi…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/12/the-memory-shortag…
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“Micron sells for less than 12 times earnings”
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The evidence provides general definitions of P/E ratios and links to Yahoo Finance, but does not provide the actual current P/E ratio for Micron to verify if it is less than 12.
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web search NEUTRAL — The price/earnings ratio (PER) is the most widely used method for determining whether shares are "correctly" valued in relation to one another. But the PER does not in itself indicate whether the shar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price–earnings_ratio
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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 — PE Ratio or Price to Earnings Ratio. The most common method of company valuation is the market cap. Among investors and analyst circles, conversations about market cap are pretty common. It is simply …
https://eqvista.com/price-to-earnings-pe-ratios-by-industry/
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