CNBC Investing Club's Paulina Likos and Zev Fima recently sat down with Jim Cramer to get his thoughts on the forces shaping today's market — from geopolitics and oil prices to interest rates, earnings, valuations, and artificial intelligence. With the market nearing the halfway point of the year, investors have plenty of questions: Are oil prices still a risk? Where are interest rates headed? Has the market become too dependent on AI? And, perhaps most importantly, how do you make money in this environment? Jim tackled them all in this month's Investing Club Check-in. Along the way, he shared his views on what investors are getting right (and wrong) and where he sees opportunities in the back half of 2026. See here for a full list of the stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB. NO SPECIFIC OUTCOME OR PROFIT IS GUARANTEED.
