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

Cnbc · May 21, 2026 · 1002 words · By Jim Cramer

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My top 10 things to watch Thursday, May 21 1.

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What happened

My top 10 things to watch Thursday, May 21 1.

Why it matters

Look no further than oil prices and Treasury yields.

Common ground

benchmark WTI crude is back above $100 a barrel.

Perspective signals

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

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eFinder identified 3 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence

Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.

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.

Why it matters: Recognizing loaded language helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 70% confidence

Overstating facts or claims to create a stronger emotional response.

Why it matters: Recognizing exaggeration / hyperbole helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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Glittering Generalities 80% confidence

Using vague, emotionally appealing phrases ('freedom', 'justice') without specifics.

Why it matters: Recognizing glittering generalities helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 22 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Deere beat on the top and bottom line.”

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Claim 2: “Walmart earnings matched and revenue beat in the first quarter.”

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Claim 3: “Same-store sales increased 6%, beating estimates [for TJX Companies].”

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Claim 4: “Quantinuum, which is majority owned by Club name Honeywell, is receiving some money ahead of its planned IPO .”

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Claim 5: “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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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

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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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Claim 6: “Kroger CEO Greg Foran tells Bloomberg he's going to cut prices, the biggest in years.”

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Claim 7: “Barclays hiked Club name TJX Companies to $190 from $183”

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Claim 8: “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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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

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Claim 9: “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.

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Claim 10: “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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web search NEUTRAL — 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…

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web search NEUTRAL — "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

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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA Revenue 2010-2024 | NVDA - Macrotrends macrotrends.net.
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/NVDA/nvidia/revenu…

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Claim 11: “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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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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Claim 12: “Intuit is also laying off 17% of its workforce.”

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Claim 13: “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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web search NEUTRAL — 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

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web search NEUTRAL — 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…

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web search NEUTRAL — 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…

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Claim 14: “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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WTI or wti may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTI

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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

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Claim 15: “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.

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Claim 16: “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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Claim 17: “IBM is getting half [of the $2 billion in grants].”

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Claim 18: “Barclays cut its price target [for Intuit] to $443 from $540.”

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Claim 19: “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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web search NEUTRAL — 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…

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web search NEUTRAL — 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-…

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web search NEUTRAL — 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…

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Claim 20: “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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web search NEUTRAL — 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…

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web search NEUTRAL — 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…

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web search NEUTRAL — 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…

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Claim 21: “He [Greg Foran] became CEO in February.”

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Claim 22: “The Commerce Department is doling out $2 billion in grants to nine quantum companies, the Wall Street Journal reported.”

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