Jim Cramer says the bull market's remarkable 4-year run offers a crucial lesson for investors
- ID
- 34689
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 13 Oct 2026, 6:16 AM
- Fetched
- 13 Oct 2026, 7:01 AM
- Provider
- CNBC Technology
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/12/cramer-sp-500-bull-market-stay-invested.html
- Source URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/id/19854910/device/rss/rss.html
Summary
- Score
- 1.5
- Created
- 13 Oct 2026, 7:01 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- founders
What happened
CNBC's Jim Cramer points to the S&P 500's roughly 118% gain since its Oct. 12, 2022 bottom as evidence that staying invested beats timing the market. He cites that $10,000 in the S&P 500 at that low would now be worth about $23,061, while the same amount in Nvidia — up roughly 1,875% over the period — would be worth about $197,505. The article notes the rally survived Fed rate hikes, a banking crisis, tariffs, and a war in Iran.
Why it matters
This is general-market investing commentary with no AI/ML, developer-tooling, or Malaysian tech content, so it should not change anything about how builders ship software, choose tooling, or plan infrastructure. The only actionable data point is the specific figure — $10,000 at the Oct. 2022 low would be ~$23,061 today, versus ~$197,505 in Nvidia — which is relevant only to personal portfolio decisions, not to product, engineering, or startup operations. If your team runs a 15–30 minute slot, this does not fill it.
Discussion angle
Use it as a 30-second icebreaker at most: ask whether anyone in the room treats personal index investing as a deliberate 'do nothing' decision — then move to the actual agenda, since the article offers no builder-relevant takeaway to debate.