Cramer Urges Investors to Trim Winners as Oil Nears $100 and 10-Year Yield Approaches 5%
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Updated · CNBC · Sep 11
Cramer Urges Investors to Trim Winners as Oil Nears $100 and 10-Year Yield Approaches 5%
2 articles · Updated · CNBC · Sep 11
Summary
Jim Cramer told investors to take some profits and hold extra cash heading into year-end, arguing that market conditions are setting up for a volatility spike rather than a full-scale selloff.
Oil near $100 a barrel, inflation still above the Fed's target and the 10-year Treasury yield approaching 5% are, in his view, echoing the pressures that hit stocks in late 2018.
That 2018 episode saw the S&P 500 drop about 20% from its late-September peak through Christmas Eve as rate fears and U.S.-China trade tensions intensified.
Cramer said 2026 may not replay that collapse because Fed Chair Kevin Warsh appears less hawkish than Jerome Powell was, and investors better understand how Trump reacts when markets come under pressure.
His advice is to stay calm if stocks turn 'squirrelly' and use any pullback to buy high-quality names rather than panic-selling.