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Software stocks stage a comeback. Plus, why Boeing's CEO going to China matters

Cnbc · 🇨🇳 public China · · 873 words · By Jeff Marks
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Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street.

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What happened

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street.

Why it matters

The S & P 500 is retreating from record highs Thursday, and the losses picked up steam in the afternoon after The Wall Street Journal reported Saudi Arabia and Kuwait lifted restrictions on U.S.

Common ground

The news added to uncertainty surrounding negotiations between the U.S.

Perspective signals

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

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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.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 18 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “U.S. oil standard West Texas Intermediate crude climbed back above $97 per barrel”
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A web search result explicitly confirms that WTI crude futures rose above $97 per barrel on Tuesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A benchmark crude or marker crude is a crude oil that serves as a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil. There are three primary benchmarks, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), Brent Blend, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benchmark_(crude_oil)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — West Texas is a loosely defined region in the U.S. state of Texas, generally encompassing the arid and semiarid lands west of a line drawn between the cities of Wichita Falls, Abilene, and Del Rio. No…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Texas
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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 2: “Average hourly earnings are expected to have increased 3.8%, compared with 3.5% increase in March”
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Claim 3: “The S & P 500 is retreating from record highs Thursday”
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Web search results provide contradictory information for 'Thursday'. One source states the S&P 500 made a new all-time high on Thursday, while another reports the index declined 1.4% on the day. There is no consensus on whether it was retreating or hitting highs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the largest daily changes in the S&P 500 from 1923. Compare to the list of largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_daily_changes_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_S&P_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on the American stock exchanges (including th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies
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Claim 4: “Arm Holdings is the biggest laggard after its earnings Wednesday night”
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The evidence provides general information about Arm Holdings and links to stock quotes, but does not mention earnings from a specific Wednesday night or its status as the 'biggest laggard'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest Arm Holdings plc (ARM) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ARM/?fr=sycsrp_catchall
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web search NEUTRAL — Arm (stylised in lowercase as arm) [a] is a family of RISC instruction set architectures for computer processors. Arm Holdings develops the instruction set architecture and licenses them to other comp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture_family
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web search NEUTRAL — From cloud to edge, Arm provides the compute platforms behind today’s most advanced AI, trusted by innovators worldwide.
https://www.arm.com/
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Claim 5: “Semafor reported CEOs from Apple , Nvidia , Exxon Mobil , Qualcomm , Blackstone , Citigroup , and Visa will be invited by the Trump administration to the summit”
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Claim 6: “If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade”
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Claim 7: “Economists polled by FactSet expect job additions of 65,000 with the unemployment rate staying unchanged at 4.3%”
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Claim 8: “Jensen said in March that Nvidia was "restarting our manufacturing" to meet orders from some Chinese customers”
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Claim 9: “CrowdStrike briefly crossed above $500 a share for the first time since December”
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While general information about CrowdStrike is available, none of the provided evidence mentions the specific stock price crossing $500 for the first time since December.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Kurtz (born October 14, 1970) is an American entrepreneur and businessman. He is a co-founder and chief executive officer of CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity technology company. Kurtz also co-owns …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 July 2024, the American cybersecurity company CrowdStrike distributed a faulty update to its Falcon Sensor security software that caused widespread problems with Microsoft Windows computers runn…
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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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Claim 10: “Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio”
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Claim 11: “The Wall Street Journal reported Saudi Arabia and Kuwait lifted restrictions on U.S. military use of their bases and airspace”
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The claim is reported by the Wall Street Journal and corroborated by The Guardian and Drop Site News, confirming that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait lifted restrictions on U.S. military use of bases and airspace.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic State – Saudi Arabia Province (IS–SAP; Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية – ولاية المملكة العربية السعودية, romanized: al-Dawlat al-'Islamiat – Wilayat al-Mamlakat al-Earabiat al-Sueudia), referred …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_–_Saudi_Arabia_P…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saudia is the first flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, headquartered in Jeddah. Its main hub is King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, with secondary hubs at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Internat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Line (Arabic: ذا لاين) is a planned linear settlement under construction in Neom, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia, to be housed entirely in a single very long arcology. It is planned to be a smart ci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Line,_Saudi_Arabia
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Claim 12: “CoreWeave , Iren , Coinbase , Affirm Holdings , McKesson , Cloudflare , Airbnb , and Expedia all scheduled to report [earnings]”
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Claim 13: “we'll see the April nonfarm payroll report”
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Claim 14: “CNBC reported CEO Kelly Ortberg is expected to join President Donald Trump on his trip to China next week”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding CEO Kelly Ortberg and President Trump's trip to China.
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Claim 15: “Airbus secured an order of more than 100 jets valued north of $20 billion before discounts, according to the South China Morning Post”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding Airbus orders reported by the South China Morning Post.
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Claim 16: “the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note nearing 4.4%”
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The claim is directly supported by a cross-reference from Axios stating the 10-year Treasury note yield was about 4.4%.
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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 17: “Both CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks are now firmly in the green year to date”
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The search results discuss comparisons and financial positioning of the two companies but do not provide specific year-to-date return data to confirm they are 'firmly in the green'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Compare key features and offerings of the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® cybersecurity platform versus Palo Alto Networks.
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/compare/crowdstrike-vs-pal…
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web search NEUTRAL — Compare CrowdStrike vs Palo Alto Networks based on verified reviews from real users in the IT Security market, and find the best fit for your organization.
https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/it-security/compare/c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Analysis of which cybersecurity leader, CrowdStrike or Palo Alto Networks, is better positioned financially and operationally after an AI-driven market selloff.
https://www.ad-hoc-news.de/boerse/news/ueberblick/a-cybersec…
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Claim 18: “Palo Alto Networks traded above $190 for the first time since January”
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The provided evidence contains links to stock quotes for Palo Alto Networks but does not provide the specific price data or dates needed to verify if it traded above $190 for the first time since January.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PANW/
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web search NEUTRAL — The latest Palo Alto Networks stock prices, stock quotes, news, and PANW history to help you invest and trade smarter.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/panw-stock?op=1
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web search NEUTRAL — View the latest Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW) stock price, news, historical charts, analyst ratings and financial information from WSJ.
https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/US/XNAS/PANW
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