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Jim Cramer says Wall Street's latest trading trend is creating buying opportunities

Cnbc · 🇮🇷 public Iran · · 498 words · By Alexa LoMonaco
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CNBC's Jim Cramer on Monday said Wall Street's "basket trades" during the Iran war are distorting stock prices, urging investors to use the dislocations to their advantage.

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What happened

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Monday said Wall Street's "basket trades" during the Iran war are distorting stock prices, urging investors to use the dislocations to their advantage.

Why it matters

They create real opportunities, as the stocks divorce themselves from the fundamentals until the companies report," the "Mad Money" host said.

Common ground

"There are big gains to be had when the worth of the baskets blows up in the face of real earnings." Cramer said traders have increasingly grouped stocks into baskets that rise or fall together based on broad themes rather than company-specific fundamentals.

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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.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/03/jim-cramer-wall-streets-latest-trading-trend-cre…

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Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio run by CNBC's Investing Club, owns shares of Boeing.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that Cramer's Charitable Trust owns shares of Boeing, including a CNBC cross-reference and multiple web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following events occurred in April 1945:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On the American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show Saturday Night Live (SNL), a commercial advertisement parody is commonly shown after the host's opening monologue. Many of the…
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Claim 2: “the company's [Boeing] backlog of roughly 6,200 aircraft”
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The claim states a backlog of 'roughly 6,200 aircraft', but the provided web search evidence explicitly states Boeing has a backlog of 'approximately 6,700 aircraft'. This is a direct numerical contradiction.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Boeing Company ( BO-ing) is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its factories in Washington state. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 70…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. It was conceived in response to the demand of Pan…
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Claim 3: “Cramer's Charitable Trust owns shares of Costco.”
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The claim is confirmed by a CNBC cross-reference and multiple web search results stating the trust owns shares of Costco.
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web search NEUTRAL — Big Lots Inc: "Let's buy Costco. Don't need anything [retail] but Costco." Create a free account with NBC 5 DFW to save articles and videos.Boise Cascade Co: "I've got to do some more work on it, beca…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jim Cramer: These big chains can survive without more stimulus money.Disclosure: Cramer's charitable trust owns shares of Costco, Starbucks and Amazon.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/14/jim-cramer-only-big-chains-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cramer said he thinks more details from Trump and Jinping's discussion will move stocks. Tuesday brings earnings from AutoZone and Micron. He expressed optimism about the car parts' dealer's business,…
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Claim 4: “Cramer's Charitable Trust owns shares of Salesforce.”
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Multiple independent cross-references from CNBC confirm that the Charitable Trust owns shares of Salesforce.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Various sanctions against Russia and its affiliates have been imposed by major economic and political powers in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the United States, the member sta…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio run by CNBC's Investing Club, owns shares of Salesforce, Costco, Johnson & Johnson, Intel and Nvidia.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio used by the CNBC Investing Club, owns Salesforce and Nvidia shares.
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Claim 5: “CNBC's Jim Cramer on Monday said Wall Street's "basket trades" during the Iran war are distorting stock prices”
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While one web search result from TheStreet mentions 'Boeing and retail show how basket trades distort prices' in the context of Jim Cramer, the provided evidence does not contain a second independent source confirming the specific statement about 'Iran war' distorting prices. The other search results for 'Jim' are irrelevant.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Erin Isabelle Burnett (born July 2, 1976) is an American news anchor, currently the anchor of Erin Burnett OutFront on CNN. She previously worked for CNBC as co-anchor of Squawk on the Street and the …
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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.