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

Cnbc · Aug 12, 2026 · 863 words · By Jim Cramer

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What to know about Financial Service Promotion

Stock futures are up after the consumer price index for July matched expectations.

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What happened

Stock futures are up after the consumer price index for July matched expectations.

Why it matters

When excluding food and energy prices, core CPI was up 2.5%.

Common ground

What's it mean for the Federal Reserve's next move?

Perspective signals

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Claim 1: “Johnson & Johnson 's recently approved Ottava system.”

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Claim 2: “When excluding food and energy prices, core CPI was up 2.5%.”

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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) explicitly states that the index for all items less food and energy (core CPI) rose 2.5 percent in July.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a family of various consumer price indices published monthly by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The most commonly used indices are t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_price_index_in_the_Un…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A consumer price index (CPI) is a statistical estimate of the level of prices of goods and services bought for consumption purposes by households. It is calculated as the weighted average price of a m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_price_index

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This page lists details of the consumer price index by country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_price_index_by_countr…

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Claim 3: “Headline CPI was up 3.4% year over year.”

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The provided evidence includes general definitions of CPI and Wikipedia entries, but no specific data point confirming that the headline CPI was up 3.4% year-over-year for the period mentioned.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This page lists details of the consumer price index by country.
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Claim 4: “Raymond James downgraded On to outperform from strong buy”

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Claim 5: “CoreWeave is surging 19% this morning.”

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While CoreWeave is identified as a company, there is no evidence in the provided search results confirming a 19% surge on August 12. The claim remains uncorroborated by the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is a 2026 American comedy horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. It serves as a sequel to Rea…
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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 — Michael Intrator (born 1969) is an American business executive. The CEO, co-founder, and chairman of CoreWeave, he was previously a commodities trader at Natsource Asset Management and co-founder and …
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Claim 6: “Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh is looking to the bond market for cues.”

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Multiple independent cross-references from CNBC and EuroNews identify Kevin Warsh as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is the head of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States. The incumbent is the active executive officer of the Board …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of historical rate actions by the United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The FOMC controls the supply of credit to banks and the sale of treasury securities. The Federal Op…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kevin Maxwell Warsh (born April 13, 1970) is an American financier and attorney who has served as the 17th chair of the Federal Reserve and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Warsh

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Claim 7: “Citizens hiked its price target on Palo Alto Networks to $415 from $320 and kept its buy rating.”

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Claim 8: “Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk was downgraded to hold from buy at Berenberg”

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Claim 9: “Citi and Barclays both went to $39 and kept their hold ratings [for Super Micro Computer].”

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One source mentions $39 billion in AI orders for SMCI, but there is no evidence that Citi and Barclays set a price target of $39 or maintained hold ratings.

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web search NEUTRAL — Super Micro Computer has confirmed approximately $39 billion in new AI server orders from more than 20 customers in an SEC Free Writing Prospectus filed June 9, 2026 — a backlog that exceeds the compa…
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web search NEUTRAL — There’s no arguing about it, Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) stock’s gains this year have been phenomenal. Up by 225% year-to-date, the server and storage systems maker’s strong returns have been b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Citigroup lifted their target price on Barclays from GBX 505 to GBX 510 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th.
https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/price-barclays-lon…

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Claim 10: “Shares [of Super Micro Computer] are up over 8% premarket to about $24 apiece.”

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Search results mention SMCI shares rising in premarket and one instance of it rising to $28.70, but no source confirms a rise of 'over 8% to about $24'.

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web search NEUTRAL — September 6, 2024 6:24 AM 1 min read.Semiconductor companies are mostly growth stocks, considered risky bets. A flight to safety ahead of the U.S. payrolls report could also serve as a drag. According…
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/24/09/40746353/nvi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Shares of Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) rose sharply in today's pre-market trading. Super Micro Computer will join the S&P 500 Index, effective March 18, S&P Dow Jones Indices, a division o…
https://www.moomoo.com/news/post/34523458/super-micro-comput…

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web search NEUTRAL — Super Micro Computer NASDAQ:SMCI rose 12.6% to $28.70, according to delayed premarket data.Shares of Super Micro climbed 12.6% to $28.70 during extended premarket trading. The U.S. cash market was set…
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Claim 11: “Citi went to $280 from $265 [on Cardinal Health].”

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Claim 12: “UBS bumped up its price target on Aramark to $71 from $67”

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Investing.com explicitly reports that UBS raised its price target on Aramark Holdings (ARMK) to $71 from $67.

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web search NEUTRAL — UBS analyst Joshua Chan lowers price target for Aramark ARMK from $46.00 to $45.00.Despite the slight decrease in the price target, UBS maintains its "Buy" rating for the stock. The price target adjus…
https://www.gurufocus.com/news/3127325/ubs-lowers-price-targ…

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web search NEUTRAL — Investing.com - UBS raised its price target on Aramark Holdings stock (NYSE:ARMK) to $71 from $67 on Wednesday while maintaining a Buy rating. The stock currently trades at $60.45, up nearly 65% year-…
https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/ubs-raises-ar…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aramark Price Performance. Shares of NYSE ARMK opened at $62.38 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $16.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.62, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.12.
https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-152400-shar…

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Claim 13: “Six-year-old Nvidia A100 chips are contracted out to 2029.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nvidia Tesla is the former name for a line of products developed by Nvidia targeted at stream processing or general-purpose graphics processing units (GPGPU), named after pioneering electrical enginee…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nvidia DGX (Deep GPU Xceleration) is a series of servers and workstations designed by Nvidia, primarily geared towards enhancing deep learning applications through the use of general-purpose compu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ampere is the codename for a graphics processing unit (GPU) microarchitecture developed by Nvidia as the successor to both the Volta and Turing architectures. It was officially announced on May 14, 20…
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Claim 14: “Oppenheimer upgraded robotic surgery giant Intuitive Surgical to buy from hold”

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Claim 15: “Shares [of On Holding] ... have a long way to go to make up for Tuesday's 20% post-earnings plunge.”

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Claim 16: “Wells Fargo upped its price target [on Cardinal Health] to $277 from $245.”

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Claim 17: “Baird removed On Holding as a fresh pick”

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