In his latest appearance on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, Jim Cramer analyzed the extraordinary market turnaround following President Trump’s unexpected 90-day tariff reprieve. Cramer explained just how abruptly the momentum changed:
“The word that I kept hearing about is failed, that it would be a failed auction. It wasn’t. And therefore, it was a save. Once that save was made, in part because what the president did, you overrun what was the easiest trade of the year, which was the short Mag 7, short technology, short semiconductors, and everything reversed. Now, see, today, if you’re short – and the shorts are more or less the motif – they’re feeling good because it’s down, but they’re going to cover. They’re going to cover because they got hurt so badly yesterday that their bosses are saying, we want your books more. That’s historically what happens in these situations. So you may see all these down, but they’re not going to go back to where they were because we’re building in estimate cuts for everybody. And once they’re all built in, then it’s like 87. They’re all built in, and then you got to start figuring out. He was building too low.”
He also painted the market as a high-stakes showdown between short sellers and bulls, warning that the tide may have turned decisively:
“It’s a great day for the longs, bad day for the shorts. […] What I’m talking about is that it’s a battle between longs and shorts. And the shorts are trying to keep their jobs after being victorious for so long. And the longs are revelling in what happened here because the 10%, except for, of course, what you talked about, which is the embargo.”
Finally, Cramer credited a single Trump tweet with flipping the entire market narrative:
“Yes, we are, given the fact that we should be in a hot seat estate, which is, we’re on a recession territory, ground, so whatever you want to say, until the tweet. Is that not insane? That a tweet came out and we went from being a recession to being up. […] The guy gave you the best call I’ve seen in my career, and yet there are people who are critical of that. I mean, come on. He got the Nasdaq to have the greatest single day ever, and he let you in. How many strategies have that kind of power? […]
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NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA): “Highest Quality Company in the World,” Says Jim Cramer
Jim Cramer and his co-host revisited the AI and semiconductor trade and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was brought up. Cramer talked about a major transition in data center demand from hyperscalers to smaller, specialized buyers. Here’s his analysis:
“Okay, here’s my theory. And so far, okayed by the powers that be. There is a shift from hyperscaler to others who need the latest and greatest. What does that mean? And by the way, Grace Blackwell sold out, which is the current ship, sold out. […] And I will tell you that if you’re a robot maker, you need all the ones that you can possibly get. Self-drive, you need all these. These are not hyperscale. […] I think what you find is that people who have felt that NVIDIA was an easy short, maybe not so easy.”
Jim Cramer recently broke down all of the Magnificent 7 stocks and categorized them into tiers, based on their strengths and weaknesses. He categorized NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in the “second tier”, but defended the company’s long-term value and financial strength, saying:
“NVIDIA is down 36% from its highs. Just 3 weeks ago for instance, that Nvidia GTC event occurred where there was no sign at all that this AI theme was slowing but investors want to throw in the towel so there’s just been a freight train of selling in anything AI. Maybe you just have to step back and let the selling play out for Nvidia. Let me give you some good news, it sells for just 21 times this year’s earnings. This is the highest quality company in the world. It’s also less than half its average valuation over the past 5 years; that’s cold comfort. I think the stock will fly.”
Overall, NVDA ranks 6th on our list of key stocks that Jim Cramer highlights. While we acknowledge the potential of NVDA as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than NVDA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.
