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Jim Cramer

Jim Cramer is a financial television host and commentator who has hosted CNBC's "Mad Money" since 2005, co-anchors "Squawk on the Street," founded TheStreet and has written several published books.

234 claims collected, 30 researched, 14 resolved. Report of 4 November 2026, method 0.1.0+c876030c.

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Each kind of claim is scored on its own, out of 100: the share that held up, with the range it likely falls in. Fewer resolved claims give a wider range.

  • Factual claims

    Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

    75 61 88

    Low confidence, 12 factual claims resolved. From 8 documents, 2006 to 2026; 16 documents sampled from 30 candidates found.

    Not scored: 7 unresolvable, 2 checkable only against their own records.

    See the factual claims

  • Predictions

    Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

    Insufficient record: 2 predictions resolved, 5 needed for a score.

    Not scored: 6 unresolvable. 1 more fall due later.

    Does not yet allow for how likely each prediction was when made.

    See the predictions

All types combined: 75 (likely 61 to 88, low confidence), from 12 claims: 12 factual claims. It mixes kinds of claim in different proportions for different people, so compare people kind by kind.

Jim Cramer's claims

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234 claims, sorted by newest said. Choose a claim to read it in full.
VerdictKindSaidClaimTopic
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 That’s why I like my life now more than my previous life. Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 The people are right, Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 Now I can work with people of much lower economic means and I’m very proud of that. Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 But I’m ashamed that we’ve gotten to the point in this country where we believe that being poor is just your own damn fault. Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Unresolvable Factual 16 Dec 2005 In his last Crimson article, Cramer wrote that Alan Heimert's words to the Faculty were rooted more in fiction than in fact. Factual · 16 Dec 2005 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 I regard 100 percent of my ability to tell the truth and have an impact on the truth to be because I have money. Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Own records only Factual 16 Dec 2005 For twenty years of his career Cramer worked only with people who were incredibly rich. Factual · 16 Dec 2005 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 If you don’t have time and money, don’t look at me. Go to some bogus guy, Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 I gamble Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 In my world Bob Cratchit makes out like a bandit, Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 It’s a new model, of which I’m the only one who embraces. Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 He gets rich. Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 If you wanna play in this league, Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 That the institutions that help people are corruptible. Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 He pays for Tim’s operation, and he’s not beholden to me. Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 is a major butt-kick in the ass. Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 But I will at first humiliate and mistreat you—boot camp style—until you do. Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 16 Dec 2005 It took me a long time to realize that the Lenin-Trotsky model was corrupt. Not checkable · 16 Dec 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 Does it occur to you, on hearing the tip, that if the person telling you that Nokia is going to buy RIM really knows that’s going to… Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 > Tips are for waiters. Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 That’s the reason I’ve had to default to a simple analogy, tips are for waiters, to remind myself how stupid tips really are. Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 It’s pithy and the interviewers love it, so whenever I’m asked about my new book, Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 Tips are winning lottery tickets in most people’s eyes. Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 Instead of thinking, “Sure, Cisco (CSCO) is going to buy Nortel (NT),” after you are given that particular tip, you should be thinking… Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 Leave it for the waiter. Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 People can whisper in your ear that Nokia (NOK) is going to buy Research In Motion (RIMM), and you believe, you genuinely believe, because… Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 I know that cynicism isn’t a particularly positive attribute, but when it comes to tips, it sure is. Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 You know that the best moves are takeovers and you are convinced that if you can catch one, it will make up for all the bum steers and bad… Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 There simply is no way a tip like that can work. Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 Actually, it means that human nature and securities are a potent and devastating mix. Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 It gets more sinner. Most rumors start for a reason: Someone’s in a bad position. Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable 13 Apr 2005 Leave them for the waiter. Not checkable · 13 Apr 2005
Not checkable Not checkable Jan 2001 I don’t know if in six months this thesis, this mantra, will work for weeks, if not months because in three months I know it will be higher Not checkable · Jan 2001
Not checkable Not checkable Jan 2001 I am so tempted to say that all of this kind of optimism is the real bunk. But who am I to buck the consensus when there is so much money… Not checkable · Jan 2001
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Jim Cramer

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“That’s why I like my life now more than my previous life.”

Jim Cramer 16 December 2005 Cramer's About More Than 'Money' (Harvard Crimson)

That’s why I like my life now more than my previous life.

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Jim Cramer, “That’s why I like my life now more than my previous life.” (said 16 December 2005). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_7d9abfa338f2, method 0.1.0+c876030c. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_7d9abfa338f2

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