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

Cnbc · 🇮🇷 public Iran · May 19, 2026 · 1038 words · By Jim Cramer

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Higher bond yields are presenting a challenge to stocks, something I've warned about for weeks.

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Higher bond yields are presenting a challenge to stocks, something I've warned about for weeks.

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Lower rates are the oxygen for stock rallies.

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President Donald Trump said last night he was calling off a plan to attack Iran at the request of some regional leaders in the Middle East.

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Claim 1: “Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to test launch a new version of its reusable Starship rocket this week”

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Claim 2: “senior housing starts are at historic lows”

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Claim 3: “Mizuho increased Micron's PT to $800 from $740”

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Claim 4: “Bank of America bumped up its price target on railroad operator CSX to $51 from $49.”

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Claim 5: “Private equity giant Blackstone and Club name Google are teaming up to create a new AI cloud company running on Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), The Wall Street Journal reported”

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Claim 6: “Shares [StubHub] are up nearly 5% premarket... Ended yesterday down 31% year to date.”

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Claim 7: “Stock futures are lower this morning.”

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Web search results from Lusa and CNN indicate that European markets opened lower and pre-market trading was being monitored, supporting the claim that futures/markets were lower on that Tuesday morning.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929) was the highest trading volume day of the Wall Street crash of 1929 on the New York Stock Exchange. Black Tuesday may also refer to: Tuesday, 29 May 1453, on which Co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tuesday_(disambiguation)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tuesday is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. According to international standard ISO 8601, Monday is the first day of the week; thus, Tuesday is the second day of the week. According …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuesday

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Wall Street crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, was a major stock market crash in the United States which began in October 1929 with a sharp decline in prices on the New York Stock Excha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_crash_of_1929

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Claim 8: “Broadcom co-designs the TPUs.”

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Claim 9: “HSBC upped its price target on Nvidia to $325 from $295”

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Two cross-references from CNBC independently confirm that HSBC raised its price target on Nvidia from $295 to $325.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — HSBC raised its price target on Nvidia... to $325 per share from $295
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/biggest-tuesday-stocks-by-an…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The bank, which has a buy rating on the artificial intelligence chipmaker, increased its price target on the stock to $325 from $295.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/nvidia-earnings-expectations…

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Claim 10: “President Donald Trump said last night he was calling off a plan to attack Iran at the request of some regional leaders in the Middle East.”

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Multiple independent sources (Euronews and a general web search result) explicitly state that President Trump called off or postponed a planned attack on Iran at the request of Gulf/regional leaders.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, 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 Al…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the 2026 Iran war, the United States and Israel have sought strategies aimed at regime change in the Islamic Republic of Iran, seeking to destabilize or overthrow the government through militar…
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Claim 11: “Guggenheim upgraded the ticket marketplace [StubHub] from hold to buy and raised its price target to $12.50 from $8.50.”

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Claim 12: “Barclays increased its PT on CrowdStrike to $650 from $550 this morning.”

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Claim 13: “Full-year guidance reiterated.”

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Two independent web sources explicitly state that Home Depot 'reiterated its guidance' or 'reaffirmed full-year outlook'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Home Depot reiterated its guidance. It expects net sales to grow 2.8% and same-store sales to increase by 1% for the full fiscal year. It did not provide Q2 guidance, but Bastek said the next quarter …
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/home-depot-misses-earnings-an…

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web search NEUTRAL — Home Depot reiterated its full-year sales outlook on Tuesday, even as its fiscal second-quarter results fell just short of Wall Street expectations on both earnings and revenue—a first since 2014.
https://www.breezyscroll.com/business/home-depot-q2-2025-ear…

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web search NEUTRAL — Home Depot has seen its same-store sales fall for six straight quarters. Home remodeling activity is expected to remain weak into the second half of this year.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/05/19/home-depot-same-st…

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Claim 14: “the board authorized a $5 billion share buyback for roughly 6% of outstanding shares.”

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Claim 15: “Home Depot reported mostly in line first-quarter results this morning.”

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web search NEUTRAL — Investing.com -- Home Depot reported first quarter fiscal 2025 results that exceeded revenue expectations but fell short on...Home Depot will release its next earnings report on May 19, 2026.
https://www.investing.com/equities/home-depot-earnings

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web search NEUTRAL — Home Depot's (HD) fourth quarter results slightly topped Wall Street's low expectations on Tuesday. In a slight improvement, the home improvement chain posted a 14.1% increase in revenue year over yea…
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/home-depot-posts-revenue-beat…

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web search NEUTRAL — Home Depot — Home Depot reported first quarter profit of $2.27 per share, 9 cents a share above estimates.Revenue was in line with expectations, but a same-store sales drop of 5.5% was more than the 4…
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/stocks-making-the-biggest-mo…

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Claim 16: “the inflation-sensitive 10-year Treasury yield... It's at 4.62% this morning.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 231 days remain until the end of the year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of the Treasury, also known as the Treasury, is the national treasury and financial department of the federal government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The treasury is responsible fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasury_(Australia)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tuesday is a 2023 fantasy drama film written and directed by Daina O. Pusić in her feature directorial debut. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, the film stars Julia Lou…
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Claim 17: “Shares [Micron] are down more than 2% this morning and shed nearly 6% yesterday”

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Claim 18: “Goldman Sachs boosted its price target on senior housing owner Ventas to $110 from $100”

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Claim 19: “Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan told me on "Mad Money" last night that its foundry business is gaining momentum”

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web search NEUTRAL — Intel Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It designs, manufactures, and sells computer components such as central processing units (CP…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel

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web search NEUTRAL — We break barriers so builders can move faster, from prototype to global scale. That’s the power of Intel Inside®
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html

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web search NEUTRAL — Intel shapes the future of technology driving innovation for a safe and productive world. Learn about the future of Intel, semiconductors, and more.
https://www.intel.ie/content/www/ie/en/company-overview/comp…

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Claim 20: “Evercore also boosted its PT on Broadcom rival Marvell to $155 from $133.”

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web search NEUTRAL — Evercore | 318,051 followers on LinkedIn. Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/evercore-inc/

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Evercore is a premier global independent investment banking firm dedicated to helping clients achieve superior results.
https://www.evercore.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Evercore advises on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, financings, public offerings, private placements and other strategic transactions and provides institutional investors with …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evercore

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Claim 21: “Broadcom's price target was lifted to $582 from $490 at Evercore”

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Evercore is a premier global independent investment banking firm dedicated to helping clients achieve superior results.
https://www.evercore.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Evercore | 318,051 followers on LinkedIn. Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/evercore-inc/

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