Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday
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Loaded Language
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Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Overstating facts or claims to create a stronger emotional response.
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Glittering Generalities
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Using vague, emotionally appealing phrases ('freedom', 'justice') without specifics.
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22 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.
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“U.S. benchmark WTI crude is back above $100 a barrel.”
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Investing.com reports WTI crude changing hands at $101.80, confirming it is back above $100.
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— Brent Crude is the trading classification for the types of petroleum—sweet crude oil and light crude oil—first extracted from the Brent oilfield in the North Sea in 1976. The term Brent Crude also ide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Crude
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Crude
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— West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is a grade or mix of crude oil; the term is also used to refer to the spot price, the futures price, or assessed price for that oil. In colloquial usage, WTI usually refe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Texas_Intermediate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Texas_Intermediate
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“The 10-year yield is around 4.6%.”
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The evidence shows the 10-year yield eased to 4.36% on May 8, 2026, which contradicts the claim that it is around 4.6% on May 21.
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— The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current U.S. government departments. The treasury …
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— The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the…
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— United States Treasury securities, also called Treasuries or Treasurys, are government debt instruments issued by the United States Department of the Treasury to finance government spending as a suppl…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Treasury_securit…
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“Nvidia added $80 billion to its buyback authorization, on top of an existing $39 billion.”
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Multiple sources (Google News, specific earnings reports) confirm Nvidia authorized an additional $80 billion in stock buybacks.
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— CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) is a proprietary parallel computing platform and application programming interface (API) developed by the American technology corporation Nvidia that allows …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUDA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUDA
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— 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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_proces…
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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“It also upped its annual dividend payout to $1, up from 4 cents previously.”
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The claim states the annual dividend was upped to $1 from 4 cents. However, the evidence states the quarterly cash dividend was boosted to $0.25 per share. While $0.25 * 4 = $1 annually, the claim's phrasing regarding the '4 cents' previous value is not explicitly corroborated in the provided text, though the increase to $0.25 quarterly is confirmed.
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— Nvidia raises its dividend 2,400% after a record quarter.Nvidia boosts quarterly cash dividend to $0.25 per share, a 25x increase. 4 hours ago. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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— "Nvidia represents 8% of the S&P 500. Unless there's a belief in this continued parabolic growth it's difficult for investors to get super excited, although Nvidia posted outstanding numbers," she tol…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c759x9pq3dpo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c759x9pq3dpo
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— NVIDIA Revenue 2010-2024 | NVDA - Macrotrends macrotrends.net.
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/NVDA/nvidia/revenu…
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/NVDA/nvidia/revenu…
“Goldman Sachs will be leading the record-breaking deal [SpaceX IPO] with help from other big banks.”
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Bloomberg and other reports explicitly state Goldman Sachs has the leading role/top spot on the SpaceX IPO.
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— The technology company Facebook, Inc., held its initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, May 18, 2012, with shares trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol FB. The IPO was one of the biggest in tech…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering_of_Fac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering_of_Fac…
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— This is a list of unicorn startup companies:
In finance, a unicorn is a privately held startup company with a current valuation of US$1 billion or more. Notable lists of unicorn companies are maintain…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_compan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unicorn_startup_compan…
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— Margaret Cushing Whitman (born August 4, 1956) is an American business executive, diplomat and politician. She served as the United States ambassador to Kenya from July 2022 to November 2024 under Pre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman
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“The ChatGPT creator [OpenAI] is preparing to confidentially file for an IPO as soon as Friday.”
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Multiple sources report OpenAI is preparing to file for an IPO confidentially, with some mentioning 'as early as Friday'.
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— OpenAI prepares confidential IPO filing. 4 hours ago. By Dan Primack.OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO in the Coming Weeks.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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— The ChatGPT maker is working with bankers at firms, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, on a draft IPO prospectus that it plans to file confidentially with regulators soon, possibly as early a…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/openai-…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/openai-…
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— SpaceX’s IPO paperwork may be made public as soon as Wednesday. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley declined to comment. The Wall Street Journal reported on OpenAI’s IPO filing plans earlier on Wednesday…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-20/openai-pr…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-20/openai-pr…
“The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday Anthropic is on track to turn its first ever operating profit this quarter”
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The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets (PYMNTS, Google News) report that Anthropic is on track for its first operating profit in the second quarter.
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— Anthropic has informed its investors that it will more than double revenue to approximately $10.9 billion in its second quarter and deliver an operating profit for the first time, according to The Wal…
https://dataconomy.com/2026/05/21/anthropic-profit-revenue-1…
https://dataconomy.com/2026/05/21/anthropic-profit-revenue-1…
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— Anthropic Projects Turning an Operating Profit in Second Quarter. 2 hours ago. By Sri Muppidi.Anthropic Is On Track For Its First Quarterly Profit: Report.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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— Anthropic is on track for its first operating profit in the second quarter of 2026, outpacing Google, Facebook and Zoom at similar stages.In the first quarter, Anthropic spent 71 cents on compute for …
https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2026/anthro…
https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2026/anthro…
“The bank [Goldman Sachs] is serving as the lead financial advisor to AvalonBay in its all-stock merger with fellow apartment owner Equity Residential .”
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While evidence confirms a merger between AvalonBay and Equity Residential, none of the provided search results explicitly name Goldman Sachs as the lead financial advisor for this specific deal.
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— Goldman Sachs is one of the largest investment banks in the world by revenue and is ranked 32nd on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs
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— Equity Residential, AvalonBay, and certain of their respective trustees, directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Equity Residential’s and …
https://investors.avalonbay.com/news-events/press-releases/d…
https://investors.avalonbay.com/news-events/press-releases/d…
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— Merger discussions between AvalonBay Communities and Equity Residential leaked after hours this week, sending shares of both apartment REITs higher and raising important questions for income investors…
https://alphabetastock.com/avalonbay-equity-residential-merg…
https://alphabetastock.com/avalonbay-equity-residential-merg…
“The combined market cap of the two REITs [AvalonBay and Equity Residential] would be $52 billion, with more than 180,000 units under their umbrella.”
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No evidence was found regarding the combined market cap or unit count of AvalonBay and Equity Residential.
“Eli Lilly's next-generation weight-loss injectable retatrutide helped obesity patients lose 28% of their body weight on average in a late-stage trial.”
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No evidence was found regarding Eli Lilly's retatrutide trial results in the provided search results.
“Walmart earnings matched and revenue beat in the first quarter.”
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“Kroger CEO Greg Foran tells Bloomberg he's going to cut prices, the biggest in years.”
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“He [Greg Foran] became CEO in February.”
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“Barclays hiked Club name TJX Companies to $190 from $183”
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“Same-store sales increased 6%, beating estimates [for TJX Companies].”
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“The Commerce Department is doling out $2 billion in grants to nine quantum companies, the Wall Street Journal reported.”
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“IBM is getting half [of the $2 billion in grants].”
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“Quantinuum, which is majority owned by Club name Honeywell, is receiving some money ahead of its planned IPO .”
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“Deere beat on the top and bottom line.”
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“Intuit is also laying off 17% of its workforce.”
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“Barclays cut its price target [for Intuit] to $443 from $540.”
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“It's [Nvidia] pushing hard into standalone CPU sales, saying it has line of sight into $20 billion in total revenue this year.”
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