Jim Cramer says don't give up on this unpredictable market. Here's why
- ID
- 35587
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 15 Oct 2026, 6:19 AM
- Fetched
- 15 Oct 2026, 6:31 AM
- Provider
- CNBC Technology
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/14/cramer-stock-market-selloff-inflation.html
- Source URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/id/19854910/device/rss/rss.html
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 15 Oct 2026, 6:31 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- startup_founders
What happened
CNBC's Jim Cramer used his Oct 14, 2026 'Mad Money' segment to argue against selling into the selloff, after the S&P 500 fell just over 1%, the Nasdaq dropped 1.9% and the Dow closed slightly lower despite strong earnings. He cited uncertainty over inflation, interest rates and the war with Iran as reasons the next move is nearly impossible to call, and pointed to a JPMorgan finding that $10,000 invested in the S&P 500 between 2005 and 2024 would have ended up with less than half the wealth if it missed the 10 best trading days. The article also references ASML but the excerpt cuts off mid-sentence before Cramer's next point.
Why it matters
There is nothing here a working builder has to change. The only hard number is a JPMorgan backtest about missing the 10 best trading days from 2005 to 2024 — an argument about staying invested, not about tooling, cloud costs, funding terms, or anything you ship. No Malaysian or Southeast Asian angle appears in the text at all, so treat this as background market mood, not a decision input.
Discussion angle
Worth 30 seconds at most: does a 1.9% Nasdaq day or 'inflation, rates and Iran' uncertainty change anything concrete for your runway or hiring plan this quarter — or is this the kind of headline that should be skipped in favour of items with actual product, policy or funding detail?