We recently published a list of Jim Cramer Reacts to the Surprise Market Surge and Highlights 8 Key Stocks In this article, we are going to take a look at where Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stands against other key stocks that Jim Cramer highlights.
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.”
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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? […]
We have to acknowledge that it was one of the greatest rallies in history. I should have said that right up front. And you were allowed in it. You got the call.”
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To make our list of the stocks that Jim Cramer talked about, we listed down the stocks he mentioned during CNBC’s Squawk on the Street aired on April 10th.
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 166
In the context of escalating tariffs and U.S.–China tensions, Jim Cramer examined the production risk facing Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). He argued that if Apple was given a long-term exemption or exit strategy, it could be a major blow to China while preserving Apple’s dominance. Here’s his analysis:
“Last I heard, they still make most of their iPhones in China. They do, and some sent to Vietnam, but there are people in the White House who think that’s just trans-shipment. Put some screws in from China, and then, you know, boom. So you have the regular part, and then the screws, you know. They’re trying to make a discussion right now about exemption and Apple. It would be devastating to the Chinese if they gave Apple a year long extension to be able to move away because then Apple wouldn’t be hurt and Apple would know it have to leave. And that point we get to 2000. I mean what I hear is engineers who are crucial to Apple’s development and making [inaudible] they don’t want to let them leave.
[…] I’m saying that if you gave them a glide path to get out, the Chinese would lose 2 million workers. That’s about how many it would be. Apple would not be hurt. Apple again would become prominent.”
Overall, AAPL ranks 1st on our list of key stocks that Jim Cramer highlights. While we acknowledge the potential of AAPL 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 AAPL but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.
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