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Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Monday

Cnbc · · 851 words · By Jim Cramer
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What to know about Stock Market Analysis

We're tracking for a mixed open to start the new trading week.

Claims checked 16
Techniques found 2
Topics 3

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What happened

We're tracking for a mixed open to start the new trading week.

Why it matters

Dow futures are lower, while the Nasdaq is slightly higher.

Common ground

After Friday's disappointing retail sales report , we'll see earnings this week from Walmart , BJ's Wholesale , and Club names Home Depot and TJX Companies .

Perspective signals

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

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “CrowdStrike reports on Aug. 26 (the same night as Nvidia ).”
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The web search results for this claim returned irrelevant information about Whatsapp Web and general Wikipedia entries for Nvidia and CrowdStrike, providing no evidence regarding their earnings dates on August 26.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is an American cybersecurity technology company based in Austin, Texas. It provides endpoint security, threat intelligence, and cyberattack response services. The company wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrowdStrike
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lumentum Holdings Inc. is an American manufacturer of optical and photonic products. It was created in 2015 as a spinoff from JDSU.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumentum
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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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Claim 2: “Piper Sandler initiated SoFi with a buy rating... Price target of $22”
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Claim 3: “the server maker's earnings report on Sept. 3.”
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One source states Dell last announced quarterly data on September 1, 2026, while the claim specifies September 3. There is no definitive confirmation of a September 3 date in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — DELL Earnings Reports. Positive Surprise Ratio. Max. DELL beat 28 of 35 last estimates.What are the forecasts for Dell Technologies Inc.'s next earnings report? Based on 19 analysts, Dell Technologies…
https://www.fxempire.com/stocks/dell/earnings
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web search NEUTRAL — Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) last announced its quarterly earning data on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Learn more on DELL's earnings history.
https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NYSE/DELL/earnings/
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web search NEUTRAL — Dell’s AI Growth, Valuation & Earnings Make DELL a Buy. Dell’s fiscal second-quarter 2027 results and full-year guidance indicate that it has emerged as a strong AI infrastructure play, supported by r…
https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2984760/dell-earnings-surge…
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Claim 4: “Brinker's price target was lifted to $240 from $166 at Piper Sandler, though analysts reiterated their hold rating”
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Claim 5: “Analysts at Wells Fargo and TD Cowen both hiked their price targets on Club names CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks .”
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Only one source mentions Wells Fargo maintaining price targets for CrowdStrike and Palo Alto. Other sources mention Truist raising targets, but there is no corroboration for TD Cowen hiking targets for both companies.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Citigroup Inc. or Citi (stylized as citi) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company based in New York City. The company was formed in 1998 by the merger of Citicorp, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citigroup
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational banking institution headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. It is the largest bank in the United Stat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company. The company operates in 35 countries and serves more than 70 million customers worldwide. It is a systemically important …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo
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Claim 6: “Palo Alto is on Sept. 1.”
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Multiple sources, including a cross-reference from CNBC and several web articles, confirm that Palo Alto Networks reports earnings on September 1.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is an American multinational cybersecurity company with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The core product is a platform that includes advanced firewalls and cloud-base…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto_Networks
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palo Alto ( PAL-oh AL-toh; Spanish for 'tall stick') is a charter city in northwestern Santa Clara County, California, United States. Part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it is named after a coastal re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palo Alto Senior High School (commonly referred to locally as "Paly") is a comprehensive public high school in Palo Alto, California. Operated by the Palo Alto Unified School District, the school is o…
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Claim 7: “Anthropic's second-quarter revenue was more than $11.5 billion, Bloomberg News reported , a 14-fold increase from a year earlier.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Anthropic's second-quarter revenue exceeded $11.5 billion, representing a more than 14-fold increase from the previous year's $787 million.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — CoreWeave, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence (AI) cloud-computing company based in Livingston, New Jersey. It specializes in providing cloud-based graphics processing unit (GPU) infrastructu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoreWeave
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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palantir Technologies Inc. () is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics software. Palantir is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and was founded in 2003 by Pete…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir
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Claim 8: “Goldman reinstated Etsy with a hold rating and price target of $89.”
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Claim 9: “Melius Research's Ben Reitzes boosted his price target on Dell to $650 from $565”
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The evidence directly contradicts the specific numbers in the claim. Benzinga reports that Ben Reitzes raised the price target from $650 to $735, not from $565 to $650.
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web search NEUTRAL — Melius Research Maintains Buy on Dell Technologies, Raises Price Target to $735. Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes maintains Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) with a Buy and raises the price target from…
https://www.benzinga.com/quote/dell/price-targets
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web search NEUTRAL — Track Ben Reitzes's latest stock ratings, price targets, and historical performance.
https://stockcircle.com/analysts/melius-research/ben-reitzes
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web search NEUTRAL — Melius Research Analyst forecast on DELL. Ben Reitzes.The average price target represents 29.82% Increase from the current price of $451.5.
https://www.tipranks.com/stocks/dell/forecast
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Claim 10: “Shares are up 2% premarket, but are still down over 30% this year.”
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Claim 11: “A pair of Workday downgrades, with Deutsche Bank and BTIG both going to hold from buy on valuation concerns.”
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No evidence was found after searching for downgrades of Workday by Deutsche Bank and BTIG.
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Claim 12: “New CEO Kruti Patel Goyal... recently announced a 12% workforce cut .”
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Claim 13: “Morgan Stanley upped its price target on Klarna to $21 from $18.”
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Claim 14: “The stock is up over 50% since late July, including a 18% surge last Thursday after Reuters reported that Silver Lake was in talks to buy the enterprise software maker.”
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No evidence was found regarding Workday's stock price movement or reports of Silver Lake acquisition talks.
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Claim 15: “Club name Goldman Sachs is one of the banks leading the IPO.”
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Multiple sources identify Goldman Sachs as one of the lead banks for the IPO, alongside Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan.
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web search NEUTRAL — Gate News reported in early September 2026 that while both Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were selected as lead underwriters for Anthropic's IPO, Morgan Stanley was designated the "lead left underwr…
https://www.octagonai.co/markets/financials/ipos/which-bank-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2026 is the year of the initial public offering (IPO) resurgence.On the heels of that, the artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, maker of the Claude large language model (LLM), plans to go p…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/09/09/as-anthropics-ipo-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic's IPO roadshow advanced with Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley leading the offering, targeting a Nasdaq listing in October 2026.
https://polymarket.com/event/anthropic-ipo-by
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Claim 16: “Anthropic has reportedly held early meetings with prospective investors.”
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Multiple sources, citing CNBC and other reports, confirm that Anthropic's CFO and bankers have held early meetings with prospective investors regarding a potential IPO.
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web search NEUTRAL — CFO Holds Investor Meetings but Won't Discuss Valuation. Anthropic Chief Financial Officer Krishna Rao is already holding early meetings with prospective investors ahead of a possible IPO, CNBC report…
https://leap.uz/en/2026/08/17/anthropic-revenue-jump-ipo-cfo
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web search NEUTRAL — A Possible IPO Is Taking Shape. Anthropic is private today, but that could change soon. According to sources who spoke to CNBC's David Faber, the company has held early, high-level meetings with prosp…
https://www.briefs.co/news/anthropic-s-q2-revenue-soars-to-1…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bankers working on Anthropic's IPO are scheduling meetings with prospective investors, CNBC reported July 15, 2026, signaling that the $965 billion AI company is moving closer to a public debut possib…
https://www.startuphub.ai/ai-news/ipo-watch/2026/anthropic-i…
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