Why the stock market has stayed resilient despite the Iran war and software stock rout

Cnbc · 🇮🇷 public Iran · Apr 12, 2026 · 4244 words · By Jim Cramer

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We have so many struggles going on right now that it's hard to believe the market can stay up at this level for much longer.

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What happened

We have so many struggles going on right now that it's hard to believe the market can stay up at this level for much longer.

Why it matters

It's a visceral moment where the losses mount quickly if you are on the wrong side of the trade.

Common ground

We all know that it's time to embrace the bear, right?

Perspective signals

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

Follow-up questions

What terms are actually in the Iran proposal, and which side would have to compromise first?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Intel... is now buying back the 49% stake in an Irish chipmaking facility that it had desperately sold to raise quick cash to Apollo in 2024?
What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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Name Calling / Labeling 70% confidence

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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 80% confidence

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Claim 1: “Intel... is now buying back the 49% stake in an Irish chipmaking facility that it had desperately sold to raise quick cash to Apollo in 2024.”

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Claim 2: “Palo Alto has a 5.7% weighting in the IGV; CrowdStrike checks in at 4.4%.”

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Claim 3: “the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF... the IGV is down 29% year to date.”

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Claim 4: “the year-to-date declines are legit in Adobe (down 35.6%) and Atlassian (down 65%)”

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Claim 5: “At its lows of the year on March 30, the index was off 9% from the highs.”

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The evidence mentions a 'March low' and a 'decline of 10 to 20%' in a different context, but does not specifically confirm that on March 30 the index was exactly 9% off its highs.

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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 American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500

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Claim 6: “CEO Bill McDermott recently telling The Wall Street Journal that 50% of its new business revenue is coming from its non-seat based pricing model”

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Claim 7: “natural gas is the largest single source of power generation in the U.S.”

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Multiple authoritative sources, including Wikipedia and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), confirm that natural gas is the top source of U.S. utility-scale electricity generation (approx 41% in 2025).

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web search NEUTRAL — Natural gas overtook coal as the dominant source for electric generation in 2016.The United States has been the world's largest producer of natural gas since 2011, when it surpassed Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States

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web search NEUTRAL — How electricity is generated. Energy storage for electricity generation. Electricity in the United States. Generation, capacity, and sales. Top 10.Natural gas was the top source—about 41%—of U.S. util…
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-…

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web search NEUTRAL — ...on natural gas.22 By 2016, natural gas had overtaken coal as the primary source of electricity.23 The first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to export natural gas from the continental United St…
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/a-plan-for-american…

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Claim 8: “Agentforce... with annual recurring revenue of $800 million as of its late February earnings report.”

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No evidence was found after searching for Agentforce's annual recurring revenue.

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Claim 9: “ServiceNow has an $86 billion market cap, but it peaked at almost $242 billion in January 2025.”

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The provided search results discuss other companies (Rigetti, JPMorgan) but do not provide the market capitalization or peak value for ServiceNow.

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web search NEUTRAL — List of the largest tech companies by market capitalization, all rankings are updated daily.
https://companiesmarketcap.com/tech/largest-tech-companies-b…

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web search NEUTRAL — Market cap: $837.26 billion (as of May 1). Revenue (TTM): $186.4 billion. Five-year annualized return: 15.23%. Year founded: 1799 (Bank of the Manhattan Company), 2000 (merger of JPMorgan and Chase).
https://www.fool.com/research/largest-companies-by-market-ca…

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web search NEUTRAL — Rigetti carries a $6.34 billion market cap against full-year 2025 revenue of just $7.09 million, which itself declined 34.31% year over year.Google Cloud printed $20.03 billion in quarterly revenue, u…
https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/05/13/rigetti-has-a-6-b…

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Claim 10: “As of Friday, Palantir's weighting in the IGV is 8.29% while its market cap is $306 billion.”

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Claim 11: “The 10-year yield settled Friday at 4.32%.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season and is the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The chief secretary to the treasury is a senior ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom and is the second most senior ministerial office in HM Treasury, after the chancellor of the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — His Majesty's Treasury (often shortened to HM Treasury, the Treasury or HMT) is the Government of the United Kingdom’s economic and finance ministry, managing the United Kingdom's public spending and …
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Claim 12: “the Iran war basically caused oil to double from where it started the year”

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While web search results confirm ongoing tensions and warnings of 'surprises' regarding Iran, none of the provided evidence contains data on oil prices doubling or specific price movements linked to a 'war' starting this year.

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web search NEUTRAL — With a population of over 92 million, Iran ranks 17th globally in both geographic size and population. It is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's capital and largest cit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

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web search NEUTRAL — 10 hours ago · Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran has gained military knowledge from previous hostilities and warned that “a return to war will feature many more surprises.” Chinese ..…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/5/20/iran-war-l…

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 hour ago · Iran live updates: Trump says war costs are 'peanuts,' Tehran threatens 'surprises' Trump again dismissed concerns about the economic impacts of the conflict.
https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-upd…

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Claim 13: “Atlassian... is worth $15 billion.”

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Claim 14: “The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note topped out on March 27 at almost 4.5%”

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The evidence provides general links to Treasury yield trackers (FRED, WSJ, YCharts) but does not provide the specific yield value for March 27.

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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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Claim 15: “the debt-fueled $25 billion accelerated share repurchase executed in mid-March, part of a larger $50 billion buyback authorization.”

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Claim 16: “Adobe trades at 9 times forward earnings and still has a $91 billion in market cap.”

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Claim 17: “Salesforce clocks in at $152 billion, down from its December 2024 peak of $352 billion.”

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No evidence was found after searching for Salesforce's market cap or peak in December 2024.

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Claim 18: “Microsoft, with its $2.75 trillion market cap, has a 8.9%% weighting in the fund”

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Claim 19: “Last fiscal year its revenue topped $40 billion”

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Claim 20: “it's trading at 12 times forward earnings, per FactSet data”

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Claim 21: “The S & P 500 ended Friday 2.3% below its Jan. 27 all-time closing high.”

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The evidence provided does not contain the specific closing value for the S&P 500 on a 'Friday' relative to a January 27 high. One Wikipedia entry mentions a record high in December 2025, which contradicts the timeline of the claim, but no specific data for the Friday in question is present.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following events occurred in January 1982:
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Claim 22: “Since the Iran war began on Feb. 28, U.S. natural gas futures are actually down over 7%.”

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The claim states natural gas futures are 'down over 7%', but the provided web search results explicitly state that 'U.S. natural gas futures climbed 2% to seven-week high' and 'rose to $3.06 per MMBtu'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years and 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day. February is the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
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