We're trimming an AI rocket ship of a stock and one that's now back in favor

Cnbc · May 18, 2026 · 528 words · By Jeff Marks

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Shortly after Monday's opening bell, we will be making two trades.

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What happened

Shortly after Monday's opening bell, we will be making two trades.

Why it matters

Selling 40 shares of Arm Holdings at roughly $211 each, leaving Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust with 185 shares of ARM, decreasing its weighting in the portfolio to 1% from 1.22%.

Common ground

Selling 20 shares of CrowdStrike at roughly $594, leaving the Trust with 245 shares of CRWD, decreasing its weighting in the portfolio to 3.8% from 4.08%.

Perspective signals

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

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eFinder identified 2 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 80% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “decreasing its weighting in the portfolio to 1% from 1.22%”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of unrelated search results regarding compliance, health services, and general Wikipedia entries. No information regarding the portfolio weighting of Arm Holdings in the Charitable Trust was found.

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Claim 2: “From this trim, we will realize a gain of about 20% on stock purchased in April.”

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The evidence mentions Arm's revenue growth projections of 20%, but this is a corporate growth forecast, not a realized gain of 20% on a specific stock purchase from April for the Charitable Trust.

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web search NEUTRAL — Arm Holdings plc is a British semiconductor and software design company based in Cambridge, England, whose primary business is the design of central processing unit cores that implement the ARM archit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_Holdings

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web search NEUTRAL — Looking ahead, Arm guided for fiscal Q1 revenue to come in around $1.26 billion, representing year-over-year growth of 20%. Both royalty and licensing growth are projected to grow at a similar 20% pac…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/11/is-arm-holdings-st…

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web search NEUTRAL — (ARMH) (NASDAQ:ARMH) released its earnings results on Tuesday, April...
https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NASDAQ/ARMH/

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Claim 3: “the stock is up 90% year to date”

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The evidence provides general information about Arm architecture and stock quotes but does not provide a specific year-to-date percentage increase of 90%.

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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 — 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 — 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 4: “realizing a gain of about 98% on stock purchased in November 2022”

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Claim 5: “decreasing its weighting in the portfolio to 3.8% from 4.08%”

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The evidence discusses CrowdStrike and Jim Cramer's general views, but does not provide specific portfolio weighting percentages (4.08% to 3.8%).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing political activist, was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, while speaking at an outdoor campus debate planned by Turning …
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Claim 6: “Palo Alto Networks said, in a blog post, that it estimates that organizations have a three to five-month window before AI-driven exploits, or attacks, become the new norm.”

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No evidence was found after searching for this specific claim regarding the Palo Alto Networks blog post.

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Claim 7: “The stock was down 25% in February”

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One source mentions CrowdStrike stock 'sinking' on February 21, 2025, but no source confirms a specific 25% decrease for the month of February.

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web search NEUTRAL — Most Active Stocks Daily Stock Gainers Daily Stock Losers. Why CrowdStrike Stock Sank Today. By Keith Noonan – Feb 21, 2025 at 6:50PM EST.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/02/21/why-crowdstrike-st…

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web search NEUTRAL — Investing.com - Goldman Sachs lowered its price target on CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ:CRWD) to $492.00 from $530.00 on Thursday, while maintaining a Buy rating on the cybersecurity company’s shares.
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web search NEUTRAL — CrowdStrike stock price prediction for tomorrow, near days, this week and this month. Short term CRWD stock forecast updated TODAY! CrowdStrike share price prediction for 2026, 2027, 2028 in the table…
https://30rates.com/crwd-stock

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Claim 8: “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 9: “we initiated this position in April”

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The provided evidence for this claim is irrelevant, consisting of biographies of Jim Carrey and general dictionary definitions of 'Jim'. No evidence confirms the initiation of an Arm position in April.

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Claim 10: “Selling 40 shares of Arm Holdings at roughly $211 each, leaving Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust with 185 shares of ARM”

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The provided evidence mentions Arm Holdings and Jim Cramer, but none of the sources confirm the specific transaction of selling 40 shares at $211 or the remaining balance of 185 shares.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is a privately held American company operating a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, communi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jay Robert Pritzker (born January 19, 1965) is an American politician, lawyer, and businessman serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Born in Palo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jerome Hayden "Jay" Powell (born February 4, 1953) is an American central banker and attorney who has served as the 16th chair of the Federal Reserve since 2018. He was previously both a lawyer and in…
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Claim 11: “Selling 20 shares of CrowdStrike at roughly $594, leaving the Trust with 245 shares of CRWD”

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While one source mentions Jim Cramer's Trust purchasing 10 shares of CrowdStrike at $417 to reach 255 shares, there is no evidence provided that confirms the sale of 20 shares at $594 or a remaining balance of 245 shares.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Joseph Cramer (born February 10, 1955) is an American television personality, author, entertainer and former hedge fund manager. He is the host of Mad Money on CNBC and an anchor on Squawk on th…
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Claim 12: “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 13: “buying 10 shares twice when the stock was being hit in February and March”

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No evidence was found after searching for this specific claim.

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