As Earnings Season Peaks, Jim Cramer Highlights These 10 Rules for Investing
Jim Cramer used a recent Mad Money segment on CNBC to restate his personal rules for investing. He argues that discipline, not luck, separates investors who survive market swings from those the market wipes out.
The segment landed as Wall Street works through the busiest stretch of the second-quarter earnings season. Big banks and mega-cap technology firms have already reported. Nvidia is still to come in late August.
Where Earnings Season Stands
The Q2 2026 season is running hot. Data shows a blended S&P 500 earnings growth rate of 47.4% year over year. That marks the second straight quarter of growth above 20%, and the fastest pace since Q2 2021.
With 61% of S&P 500 companies reporting so far, 86% have topped profit estimates. That beat rate sits well above the five-year average of 78%, according to FactSet.
Big Wall Street banks opened the season in mid-July. A wave of mega-cap technology reports followed in the back half of the month. Samsung's record AI-chip quarter showed how strong artificial intelligence (AI) demand flowed into corporate results this quarter.
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