Opening Bell: August 25, 2026

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  August 25, 2026 at 14:57  |  3:32  |  CNBC
Speakers
Jim Cramer — Host, Mad Money

Summary

CNBC's Opening Bell segment features Jim Cramer discussing a market pinned near the 7,700 level. He expects data center stocks to lead the open as cost pressures are tamed and warns that KOSPI weakness has become a scary risk signal for U.S. stocks. Cramer also criticizes retail speculation in leveraged ETFs, zero-day options, and prediction markets as dangerous gamification.

  • Market indexes are pinned around the 7,700 level for several weeks.
  • Sector support has come from health care, financials, transports, and retail.
  • Cramer sees data center stocks leading the open as costs are tamed.
  • He flags a scary KOSPI-to-US-market correlation where KOSPI weakness hits U.S. stocks.
  • Korean retail 'ant' investors chased leveraged ETFs and got burned.
  • Cramer likens leveraged ETFs and 14-leg parlays to candy and gambling.
  • He criticizes zero-day options, day trading, and prediction markets for gamifying stocks.
  • Cramer says he complained to the SEC and found the SEC lenient.
Ideas
Jim Cramer Host, Mad Money 1:19
Data center stocks lead as costs tame.
Cramer says that at least at the open, the market will be led by familiar data center stocks because cost pressures are being tamed.
DATA CENTER STOCKS MED
Jim Cramer Host, Mad Money 1:26
KOSPI down means US stocks down.
Cramer warns that the relationship between KOSPI and the US market is scary: when KOSPI is down, US stocks close down no matter what, making KOSPI an important risk signal for US equities.
EWY MED
Jim Cramer Host, Mad Money 1:50
Avoid leveraged ETFs and zero-day options.
Cramer says leveraged, double, and triple ETFs are like candy that makes investors overeat and get sick. He extends the warning to zero-day options, day trading, and prediction markets, arguing these instruments gamify the stock market and have become damaging speculation.
Leveraged ETFs Zero-day options HIGH
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This CNBC video, published August 25, 2026, features Jim Cramer discussing DATA CENTER STOCKS, EWY, Leveraged ETFs, Zero-day options. 3 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Jim Cramer  · Tickers: DATA CENTER STOCKS, EWY, Leveraged ETFs, Zero-day options